Rubik's 4x4 | 
| Brand: Winning Moves
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Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 2199
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 8 - 99 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 3.4 x 7.9 x 10.5
4x4 rubiks cube
adult puzzle
teen puzzle
MPN: 005011
Model: 5011
UPC: 714043050112
EAN: 0071404350114
ASIN: B0001CU16A
Release Date: May 22, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Contains: 1 4x4 Rubik's Cube | | • | 3-D Puzzle | | • | Another stimulating Rubik's challenge |
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Product Description
Rubik's 4X4 will drive you crazy. You may think you will be able to solve this puzzle quickly, but then you make a turn on the cube and it changes all over again. The constant changing Rubik's 4X4 will keep you entertained for hours.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 Great fun until it falls apart April 21, 2006
Stephen F. Yegge (Seattle, WA United States)
32 out of 34 found this review helpful
I bought the cube, and it was in ruins a week later. One of the center pieces broke off, and it's irreparable. I saw it coming, though, because the cube started showing signs of flakiness by the second day: some of the stickers (mostly the orange ones) had begun peeling off, and the pieces were getting very loose, very fast. The cube burst side pieces out on two occasions before its final destruction.
I was being as gentle as possible, but if you learn how to solve the cube, then you'll be performing thousands of turns on it. Both the 3x3 and the 5x5 cubes seem to hold up a lot better than the 4x4.
I'm hoping I can find another manufacturer. I've played with 3x3 cubes from many manufacturers over the years, and some are obviously better-made and more durable than others. This isn't one of the good ones.
If you're going to make serious attempts at solving your 4x4, I recommend lubricating it with something. The cube-solving sites seem to recommend silicone spray (whatever that is). When I was in high school I'd take them apart and put vaseline in them, which smooths over the "catches" that happen as you turn rows that are slightly misaligned, and also has a slightly glue-y effect that holds it together better.
 Same experience - fragile (okay), stickers peel off with use (not okay) August 29, 2006
P. Johnston (State College, PA)
15 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought the cube, and it was in ruins a week later due to the fact that the cube started showing signs of flakiness by the second day: some of the stickers (mostly the white and blue ones) had begun peeling off. This is beyond belief because this toy should have been designed / built with the durability to withstand some handling; the statement "if you learn how to solve the cube, then you'll be performing thousands of turns on it" is spot-on.
Big disappointment! December 30, 2006
S. Zakos (Hudson, NH United States)
15 out of 16 found this review helpful
I used to love playing with the 3x3 Rubik's cube as a kid and decided to get it for my son for Christmas. I mistakenly ordered the 4x4, but decided it didn't matter - still the same kind of fun and challenge. The day it was opened, the stickers started to come off and when I tried to use it, within the first 30 seconds, four pieces came off, one of which broke and can't be fixed! I just went online to order the 3x3, but are finding similar reviews about stickers, etc. WHAT A DISAPPOINTMENT!!
 Not as hard as you may think... October 28, 2004
Joe Shmow (Tacoma, WA)
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
An expansion on the 3x3x3 cube, this is a whole different dynamic in solving algorithms. just because you can do three doesn't mean you can do this! But, once you figure out your meathod it isn't super hard. You really need to know how to solve a 3x3x3 before you attempt this, however. Definately, if you like puzzles, pick this up.
 Easier than the Rubik's 3x3... May 14, 2005
happy review warrior
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
The Rubik's 4x4, earlier called Rubik's Revenge, is 56 pieces: 24 center pieces, 24 edge pieces, and 8 corner pieces. Although that's 30 pieces more than the 3x3's 26 peices, the 4x4 is actually easier!
The reason for this is that the mechanic of the 4x4 leads to an intrinsic mechanical solution that any fan who has solved the 3x3 would enjoy, and easily discover. I belive it is also thus more educational for younger minds, maybe 7 and up.
I would give Rubik's 4x4 5 stars if it were slightly more durable. The 3x3's six core peices really never move along the core, but the 4x4 has 24 core peices, the center ones, and each is attached by only one millimeter thick piece of plastic.
With heavy twisting, which is necessary, it may break. Once one of the core peices break off, the whole cube falls apart, and is beyond repair. I've had to purchase one replacement so far. This time I'll know not to lend it to my destructive nefews, unlike the harder, but more durable 3x3.
Overall, this is a great toy, especially for 12+, but I think even the gifted 7 year odl could solve it if really dedicated. That is if he didn't break it first. :(
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