File 001 · Category Openers
Record 048 · Games · 1980
80.48.GRubik's Cube
Seven Towns / Ideal Toy (launch)
“A 1974 classroom aid that became a global dexterity-and-math icon.”
The world's best-selling puzzle toy.
Ideal Toy launched it worldwide in 1980. Speedcubing, art, and 43 quintillion states made it a permanent desk object.
Filed notes
- Core-and-cubelet mechanism
- Color-permutation as play
Units. 450–500 million
SIC
3944
Games, Toys, and Children's Vehicles
NAICS
339930
Doll, Toy, and Game Manufacturing
