Tag Archives: Rubik’s Cube
Calling all Rubikubistes
Rubik’s Cube was a 1980s worldwide puzzle-game phenomenon. The advert below is a promotional offer from le Cercle Française du Cube to send off for Cube goodies which included a tee-shirt, book, badge, sticker, and another of Rubik’s mind-challenging puzzles – the Tower of Babel (Babylone Tower).
And in other vintage French news … another 1980s toy phenomenon …
Les Patoufs – Cabbage Patch Kids
Barbie – Camping Van
Group Action Joe
ET Vinyl Doll by Kamar
Mon Petit Poney – My Little Pony
Figurine Panini Stickers – Candy Candy
TCR – Total Control Racing
Carrera Servo Racing
Atlantic Toy Soldiers
Thanks for looking 🙂
RUBIK’S CUBE… the Hungarian coloured cube that puzzled the world
Architect, designer and university professor, Ernõ Rubik from Budapest, Hungary, created his first working prototype version of the cube in 1974. In 1977 the first ‘Magic Cube’ was sold in a Budapest toy store. By 1980 the Ideal Toy Corporation was exporting the cube worldwide – rebranding it the Rubik’s Cube. What followed was a phenomenon that quickly ingrained itself into popular culture, with cube variants, books, merchandise, championships and clubs, and even an entry into the Oxford English dictionary!
TVTA is pleased to present a selection of print adverts, catalogue pages and promotions for the Cube and its derivatives!
Post updated with new images Oct 2019