Thursday, May 21, 2009

Best-Selling Toy in the World

Ever wonder, what is the world's best-selling toy? I have always been fascinated by facts and history and as the head of the Toys Department category, I have always thought, the Barbie, a super-hero toy, a Train Set may have dominated the frontier of toys... So I began to read all about toys and I was amazed that people are so fascinated that it sold more than 350 million pieces of this educational piece of toy.  Its the Rubic's Cube or some may call the Magic Cube that has been declared the best-selling toy.


Rubik’s Cube began in 1974 by Erno Rubik,a Hungarian sculptor and professor of Architecture,  he wanted a working model to help explain three-dimensional geometry.  It took him one month before he was able to solve the Cube for himself.  Over 350 million Rubik’s Cubes have been sold worldwide – making it the best selling toy of all time.I have several friends who are really good at playing this cube,  I have to admit, I don't have much patience to learn the various tricks in playing this game.

But I must say, I can't remember how many Rubik's Cube have I bought myself and eventually would have lose it or have given it away to kids as a fun way of making children's learn an educational game such as the Rubik's Cube.

With the proliferation of many kinds and designs of a Rubik's Cube, it has evolved tremendously and catching up with the aficionado's of this toy.  There are indeed many countless ways to enjoy playing this game.  But as for me, it may only turn up as a paper weight in my office as I find the colorful toy relaxing to look at in the same way most people likes to nibble and twist and return the thing to its original completed same side colors.