As the name Rubik's Cube, this game was first invented by Erno Rubik. He was a lecturer at the Academy of Applied Arts and Crafts in Budapest, Hungary. These toys found around the year 1974.
Erno Rubik initially create a prototype to voice their ideas about form and structure of 3D geometry. Then in 1975 he patented the prototype of this, at first gave a Rubik's "Magic Cube". And require several years for the mass production of this prototype. Finally, in 1977 "Magic Cube" was first sold in toy stores in Hungary.
A Hungarian resident who works in Vienna "discovered" this toy, he then tried to market this game to a western country. Then he met Tom Kremer, a toy inventor who has offices in London. They succeeded in cooperation with a toy company. In 1980 this toy sales soared. Ideal Toy Corporation changed the name "Magic Cube" with a "Rubik's Cube".
In 1981 Patrick Bossert, a 12-year-old student who lived in England produced a book entitled "You Can Do The Cube". This book sold 1.5 million copies. In 1982 Rubik's first championship was held in Budapest. More than 100 million Cubes have been sold and the words "Rubik's" entry in The Oxford English Dictionary. Until now Rubik's Championship still often held and currently Erno Rubik has enjoyed retirement but The Rubik's Studio is still continuing his work designing games and also works with young designers in Hungary and beyond.
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