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Bedlam Cube - Retro | 
 enlarge | Brand: Bedlam
Category: Toy
Buy New: £9.99
New (4) from £8.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 768
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 4 x 3.9 x 3.8
MPN: RETRO
EAN: 5060087780030
ASIN: B0008FXVSA
Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | The Bedlam Cube has 19,186 different solutions! | | • | Everytime it is attempted it is different and becomes addictive | | • | Playing the Bedlam cube is educational and improves spatial awareness & hand eye co-ordination. | | • | The Bedlam Cube is a British Invention | | • | The Bedlam Cube consists of 13 unique geometric shapes |
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Product Description
As featured in Hamleys Brain Gym. The most mind-boggling and addictive puzzle in history! 13 Pieces of differently shaped cubes.
With 19,186 ways to put it back into a cube shape, but you have to try find one! Everytime it'll change. Retro Bedlam Cube is full of retro colours, best combination ever!
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| Customer Reviews:
 Cant put it to Bed January 29, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Its now almost a month since i started playing with this puzzle and as yet have not completed it. After seeing it on Dragons Den i was completely intrigued and being a fan of the old rubiks cube i thought this would be something I could master pretty quickly. How wrong could i be!
My first plan of attack was to carefully lift the puzzle out of the box and study it to see if i could memorise where some of the blocks had to go. This was fine until my 4 year old decided to 'help'. Since then i have tried all different ways but I always seem to be just one piece away from succes.
I would reccommend this puzzle to anyone who has a little patience .
Kept my girlfriend quiet for hours August 4, 2007
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I bought this for my dad. I got a call from my Brother (who's a clever chap) and they were trying to complete it. They said they had done it after 30 mins but I have a feeling it was a lie. Anyway, when visiting them I found the cube all complete and in its box but with stickers on all the pieces!!!, my girlfriend wanted a go so off she goes, sits on the floor and empties it out. 3 hours later she is still at it, cries of frustration and "I almost did it" etc...I have NEVER seen her put so much effort into something and she's addicted. Hence the reason I'm here...to buy another one. So, for me I give it 5 stars, as I have never seen her get so hooked on something.
This was a present for my son June 3, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
And, I just had to play with it. I am not sure I believe there are 19,000 solutions, I haven't found any of them but this toy is so addictive! I can do the Rubic cube, Frantic is easy and I can fix most things but this toy is driving me mad - I love it! I'm just off to YouTube to see if there is a video of someone completing this... not that I'm really a cheat!
 Nowhere near as good as the Rubik's cube May 26, 2007
4 out of 32 found this review helpful
When I first saw the Bedlam cube, I wondered why it was being marketed as something new - this type of toy (a set of pieces that form a cube) has existed for decades in the U.K. Unlike the Rubik's cube, which you can learn how to do, and can improve your time, the Bedlam cube doesn't involved the same intellectual principles to solve the puzzle, and is more of an exercise in frustration than anything. Also, you can't put the pieces back into the box unless you have solved the puzzle. I can picture 99% of these being left to gather dust after a few minutes' use by easily bored children - it's simply not a good idea for a toy, and no amount of hype will make it so. You can't carry it around in your pocket, so you can't show your friends how quickly you can do it (and who could put it back together quickly anyway?).
But I suppose it's better suited to today's 'youth', most of whom would be simply incapable of memorising the moves required to solve a Rubik's cube... This they can show to their friends, and as it's incredibly difficult to solve, can justify their inability to complete it.
A terrible example of the triumph of marketing over good toy design. I wonder about the intellectual ability of anybody who would look at this in a shop and then actually want to buy it!
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