A week in the life of the Rubik’s 360

Well its is almost a week since the Rubik’s 360 officially launched at Hamleys in London. So what’s happened since then?

Well firstly it has to be said that the launch was a fun day had by many and the demand for the Rubik’s 360 was huge, as expected. So big in fact that Hamleys currently have the Rubik’s 360 as out of stock through their website.

So who does have stock of the Rubik’s 360 online?

At the moment it seems that no-one does.  Play.com have it as a pre-order still for £14.99 with expected delivery date of the 7th august 2009, theToyShop.com have it as out of stock and all the other retailers such as Argos, Amazon, ASDA, Tesco, Toys R Us to nme just a few are still awaiting their first delivery.

The Rubik’s 360 is going to be one of the top toys for Christmas 2009.

Getting back to the launch, the Rubik’s 360 entered the UK with a bang. The PR team promoting this new puzzle had put together an excited Rubik’s Media Team including, Dan Harris, twice UK Rubik’s Speedcubing Champion, Emily Dixon, Freelance Acrobat/Trapeze Artist and huge Rubik’s fan. A recent SKYPE for windows video was released based around the Rubik’s Cube and featured Jay Terrafranca who was also present as part of the media team. the youngest member of the media team on the day was 12 year old Maddy Kendall-Murray who was one of the madcap children in the St. Trinians films and has also been used in photo shoots for the Rubik’s brand. All were at hand to assist and demonstrate the Rubik’s 360 to those that dared to stand still for a split second, somewhat taken aback by the furor of what was developing before the……… Rubik’s 360 Mania was here, and here to stay.

The launched kicked of with the official cutting of the tape by Seven Towns Ltd representatives David Hedley Jones and Chrisi Trussell, the former  sporting as you will see in some of the photos a pretty fantastic Rubik’s top hat and for those that noticed a tie with loads of spheres, in keeping with the theme for the day. As well as the media team and other Rubik’s representatives there were plenty of Hamleys officials around to help those eager shoppers to get their hands on the Rubik’s 360 for the first time.

With the shelves emptying at a fast rate, members of the press joined the offcial Rubik’s 360 party for light refreshments and the opportunity for further photographs celebrating this long awaited day.

Having been lucky enough to be present at the launch, making the most of the opportunities to snap away, we can aonly draw on the conlcusion, shared by many that the Rubik’s 360 is already a massive hit and is a worthy successor to the original Rubik’s Cube. Will it be as succesful? is a question on the lips of many. With so many differences and likenesses, it is hard to say, but it will no doubt be a success in it’s own right.

Rubik’s 360 Launched Today

The long awaited launch of the Rubik’s 360 finally arrived today at midday in Hamleys Regent Street shop.  With online pre-orders already reducing stock levels, the official launch gave people the chance to try and buy the most anticipated toy, not just in the Rubik’s range to become available for many years. A full write up of the launch with loads of pictures will be posted soon.

So, at last the Rubik’s 360 is here, and here to stay!

Watch this space.

Rubik’s 360 comes to Play.com

With the Rubik’s 360 due to launch this Wednesday, the opportunity for other online retailers to promote and sell the Rubik’s 360 becomes available. One of the first of the most popular of online retailers to start to sell the Rubik’s 360 is Play.com. You can currently pre-order the Rubiks 360 from their website, link below for delivery when Play.com release it officially on the 24th July 2009. Click the link below for information & pricing for the Rubik’s 360 from Play.com.

Buy the Rubik’s 360 online at Play.com >>>>> CLICK HERE

Space 360 - Beware of cheap imitations

Following on from our beware of fakes post, you have to take some pride in the fact the lengths people will go to imitate a top class product. Imitation of the Rubik’s 360 is I suppose the greatest form of flattery. However, having said this, if someone is conned by this then it takes away this pride.

We have looked at some of the Ebay auctions and have come up with the Space 360?????

Anyone think that it looks familair?

This is not the Rubik’s 360 despite the similarity. All Rubik’s 360’s will come in the correct packaging with official Rubik’s branding.

Do not be conned, fooled or even tempted as you will only end up being dissappointed. These cheap imation rubik’s 360’s such as the space 360 are inferior and tacky in comparison.

There is only one Rubik’s 360.

Rubik’s 360 now available from Amazon.co.uk

With the official Rubik’s 360 Launch just a fortnight away, the Rubik’s 360 has made its first appearance on the Amazon.co.uk Website. Any Rubik’s 360 orders taken via the Amazon site are being handled by Hamleys.

So do Hamleys have exclusive selling rights for this new puzzle from the people at Rubik’s?

We will let you know as soon as we do, but we expect the likes of Amazon, Firebox, Play and a few others to be selling the Rubiks 360 after the official launch.

In the meantime make sure you order your copy of the Rubik’s 360 as we expect the first batch of stock to go fast….very fast.