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Rubik’s 360

Alex — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:50:57 +0000

The curse of the 1980′s is back with a unique “twist” going all 21st century in 360 but gosh darn it that doesn’t make it any easier in fact one might say it’s even harder than you remember.

With over 300 million sold the original Erno Rubik’s Cube is the most popular toy ever and had the whole of the world scratching it’s collective head, and now it’s back we can begin all over again!

Be under no illusion, this is the hardest Rubik’s cube puzzle yet, are you up to the challenge? Or is yours destined to be relegated unfinished to a draw somewhere, if so you might want to leave the Rubik’s sphere as it arrives – pristine and complete, and put it out pride of place, pretending that you were able to complete it!

Thankfully one puzzle that has been made delightfully simple for you is where to buy Rubik’s 360 from. Here at Giftaholic.co.uk we’ve compared prices from a wide range of UK retailers that specialise in gadget wizardry to find the Rubik’s sphere cheapest.

So with that conundrum sorted, on your marks, get set, and ……. twist, or will the first true puzzle from Erno Rubik’s in the noughties be too much of a challenge for you?

Vice Bottle Puzzle

Alex — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 19:14:31 +0000

Part of the extraordinarily fun but excruciatingly challenging don’t break the bottle puzzle series, the vice bottle puzzle has come along to frustrate those who thought that they were free to drink in peace now that they’d solved the original.

If you’re a fan of puzzles and brain teasers or know somebody who can’t resist a challenge then you need to make sure this is your next party piece. Or if you have a friend with a birthday coming up why not buy them this, their sure to appreciate the booze locked safely away inside all the more once they solve it in time for their next birthday!

Another ingenious use for this toughest of all puzzles is to safeguard your more valuable bottles of alcohol during even the most raucous of parties. Even the most determined of guests will fail in their attempts to raid your drinks cabinet. So even if they do manage to breach the outer perimeter, they will find themselves up against the brick wall that is the vice don’t break the bottle puzzle leaving them empty handed and thirsty!

Don’t Break The Bottle

Alex — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:52:06 +0000

Lots of occasions call for a bottle of wine, they make the perfect no hastle gift, but how do you make your offering stand out? Well how about this for a twist? Give someone a bottle in one of the don’t break the bottle puzzles and your bottle is miraculously transformed into the central attraction of whatever party you go to.

It might appear at first glance to be easy to solve, but don’t be fooled, this puzzle is fiendishly challenging, so make sure you have another bottle of wine on hand, as this one isn’t going anywhere for quite some time!

Don’t break the bottle has become so popular that there are now four versions of the game, so even if you manage to solve one, there are three others to keep you amused.

There is the original with the string, peg and balls; the corscrew, which is similar but has a built in corkscrew for added value; the press, with its elegant Swan neck made to take a full champagne bottle; and the vice, a smaller top only version to fit around the neck of the bottle.

Once you have discovered the don’t break the bottle challenge a bottle of wine never needs to be a boring present ever again (sorry you have to buy that yourself)!