Rubik's TouchCube

Meet the new Rubik's TouchCube, a completely electronic version of its famous predecessor, the Rubiks Cube. With a swiping motion, you can electronically twist the Rubik's TouchCube until you get the familiar solid color 3D cube and have solved the puzzle. If you get stuck, Rubik’s TouchCube will even give your suggestions on your next move. Learn more about the new Rubik’s TouchCube on this page.

A Hungarian professor of architecture, Erno Rubik, invented the Rubik’s Cube in 1974. Originally called the Magic Cube, the name was changed with it was sold by Ideal Toy beginning in 1980. The original Rubik’s cube is the top selling puzzle game in the world and has sold over 350 million units.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1112396/Driven-mad-Rubiks-nut-weeps-solving-cube—26-years-trying.html Variations on the original cube have been sold over time, including cubes with layers and color variations. These have been called Pocket Cube, Rubik’s Revenge, Professor’s Cube, V-Cube 6, and V-Cube 7, among others. Other shape variations include Rubik’s Magic, Rubik’s Snake, Missing Link, Rubik’s Revolution, Rubik’s clock, Rubik’s 360 and Rubik’s Triamid.http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik’s_360 Rubik’s TouchCube is the second electronic cube produced by Techno Source. The first, Rubik’s Revolution, won the 2008 Game of the Year award from the Toy Industry Association.

Rubik's Touch Cube took home the Electronic Entertainment Toy of the Year award at the American International Toy Fair in New York City in February of 2010.http://www.toyassociation.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=TOTY_Awards&Template=/TaggedPage/TaggedPageDisplay.cfm&TPLID=41&ContentID=1829

Rubik’s TouchCube retails for $149.99 and is available for purchase at Best Buy, Amazon.com, Hammacher.com. http://www.rubikstouchcube.com/#/press/ Those who wanted to give a Rubik’s TouchCube for a Christmas gift, had to make their purchases early to avoid a potential sellout of this hot new game.