Looking to recall a cube-based game or puzzle

February 27, 2009 10:47 AM

Help me remember the name of a game/puzzle from the early '70s that featured dice-sized clear acrylic cubes.

As I recall, there were five or so cubes, and they each had a colored square painted on each side. The square may have been filled in or just an outline, and the colors were basic primaries like red, blue, yellow, green, etc. I don't even remember the object of the puzzle, but I remember it as beautifully-designed, even elegant. I'd love to track down whatever that game/puzzle was called.

I recall seeing it in drug stores and other such non-toy retail stores as well as in regular toy stores. Ring a bell for anyone?

posted by DandyRandy to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (6 answers total)

Was there a board or anything?
posted by rhizome at 11:32 AM on February 27, 2009

Cube Fusion?

We still play!
posted by genesta at 11:38 AM on February 27, 2009

Response by poster: rhizome - No board or anything else - just the cubes.

genesta - see above. The cubes were solid acrylic, not hollow like the ones in Cube Fusion appear to be.
posted by DandyRandy at 12:47 PM on February 27, 2009

Hey, I had it as a kid. It's Instant Insanity.
posted by davebush at 4:16 PM on February 27, 2009

Do you mean a Rubik's Cube?

More like '80s but could have originated in the '70s.
posted by Lord Fancy Pants at 5:21 PM on February 27, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks, but no, not Instant Insanity, nor Rubik's Cube - dice-sized clear acrylic, remember?
posted by DandyRandy at 2:35 PM on March 2, 2009