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Rubik's Revenge Cube 4 X 4 | 
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| Brand: Hasbro
Category: Toy
List Price: $12.99
Buy New: $5.60
You Save: $7.39 (57%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 237
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.7 x 3
MPN: CASKU708
Model: 40262
UPC: 653569282969
EAN: 0653569282969
Release Date: September 15, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Worlds #1 Puzzle | | • | 4 x 4" size to enhance play | | • | Hint book included | | • | Triangular stand also included | | • | Billions of puzzle combinations but only 1 solution! |
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Product Description
You twisted it into the tangle of colors, so there must be some logical way back to its original formright? Rubik has done it againand by it we mean flabbergasted, confounded, and baffled us with a great new twist on his infamous cube. Now even more l
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
 A great challenge! October 28, 2007
36 out of 38 found this review helpful
My 13 year old can solve the 3x3 cube in under a minute consistently, and was looking for a new challenge. I was happy to see this was only a few dollars more, and even happier it was made by Milton Bradley. It's been 4 days now and he cannot solve the 4x4 yet! It appears to be well made, and glide easily around the pivot. The price here on Amazon cannot be beat!
The best 4x4 ever made November 1, 2007
28 out of 30 found this review helpful
Finally a Rubik's brand 4x4 that doesn't pop or lock. If your a fan of the Eastsheen 4x4 clone, you'll find this cube just as smooth, but with the solid feel of the 4x4 product distributed by Winning Moves.
And, no, I haven't seen "Pursuit of Happiness" yet, but I'll keep my eyes peeled. April 24, 2008
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
Of course you should follow your own interests and do what you enjoy, but there's also something to be said for having a few skills that seem more impressive than they are.
It's not that doing the Rubik's cube is easy, but it isn't as mysterious as it seems at first. It actually doesn't take a genius. There is a method for solving it, and it is learnable. It requires no more effort than solving one of those video games that you sit in your basement and play for hours with your buddies. A handful of your aimless buddies might be impressed when you beat a video game, but I promise it doesn't travel any further than that. Video games link a little bit more directly to your brain's reward system, with their immediate bonuses for good play and game-over consequences for mistakes. The cube might take a little bit more discipline to stick with, but it certainly won't take up any more time.
Being a bigger cube, with more moving parts- just 56 though, since the center is a sphere- Rubik's Revenge is easier to break. It's not conducive to trying to beat your previous time. You have to make sure all the planes are lined up before giving it a turn. The 4X4X4 seems like it would be much more complicated than the 3X3X3, what with 10 to the 45th possible permutations, versus just 10 to the 19th for the smaller version. But, in fact, it isn't much harder. Here's the trick, and stop reading if you want to figure it out on your own: any N cubed puzzle can be solved by simplifying it to the (N-1) cubed puzzle, and then just solving it from there. (I'm not pretending I figured this out on my own. There are countless blogs and videos devoted to this stuff. Getting help does not devalue the accomplishment. As I keep trying to say, even with the formulas, you still need to struggle and practice in order to really internalize how and why they work.) With the 4 across version, you solve the centers and pair up the edge pieces, then you never have to turn any sections down the midline plane, and the cube converts to a 3X3X3. It turns out any N cubed puzzle can be solved by reducing it to the N-1 cubed version. It's still a different skill and you have to play around with it to get the hang of it, but it's not like a black belt trying to move up a degree. It only took me a couple of weeks, although that did include an airport day. And, it isn't quite as simple as that sounds. There are a few distinctions that require different tricks. Since the 4X4X4 lacks fixed centers, there are a few possible novel situations that can come up called `parity errors.' It looks sort of like when someone takes apart the regular cube but puts the pieces back in wrong and it can't be solved. But the 4 cubed parity errors are solvable although they require some extra fancy little algorithms to memorize. People grumble about these algorithms on some of the web sites, but I actually find them very elegant, in their near-symmetry, with repetitive doings and undoings and minor little twists and turns putting things into place. I could sit and turn that into a metaphor for things in life but right now that feels like a boring idea. Springtime in New England.
I feel like I didn't really get the 3 block cube until I mastered the 4 block. The Rubik's 4X4X4 is fantastic. You will feel grandiose when you solve it, and most people will be impressed. Some percentage of people won't give you the satisfaction of being impressed, but it's still a positive accomplishment since it is always important exactly who those people are. Still, I continue to have trouble knowing what to say when people asked me how I learned it. I used to tell the truth but that leaves people disappointed, like finding out how a magic trick is done. So I've experimenting with various more mystical answers. I'll let you know if I settle on one.
4 X 4 Rubik's Cube is bigger and better than the original! December 18, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
After having finally conquered the brain-twisting original 3 X 3 cube, I was eager to try the next level. I wasn't disappointed. While many of the techniques for solving the 3 X 3 cube are transferable to the 4 x 4, the 4 X 4 cube also presents several new and interesting twists, no pun intended, that make for a much more challenging puzzle. After a few minutes at it, you'll understand why it's called the "Revenge". Solving the puzzle for the first time is a feat sure to fill you with lasting smugness. But soon you're at it again, endeavoring to master the solving techniques and best your previous time. Though slightly larger than the 3 X 3 version, the Rubik's Revenge is still quite comfortable to grip and easy to manipulate. However, my hands are on the larger side, so people with small hands may find the cube a bit difficult to handle. As far as durability goes, if this cube can withstand the hours of merciless twisting punishment of my brutish man hands, you can bet the average person will get some great mileage out of it. A fun and challenging puzzle for problem solvers of all ages!
Classic game! Tough, fun, how do they solve these things? February 14, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a classic rubiks cube game, a little harder then the ones with less rows. I can't solve any of them (other then the junior version), but it's fun to try.
I'm just not even sure how to begin solving this one, but it comes with a booklet of help. I just wanted to try for a while before using the book. If your into rubics cubes this is great. If your begining, try one with less rows first and then move up.
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