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Piles of Cinderellas and Harry Potters, available in seventeen color combinations and made out of fourteen different materials. Need a porcelain Harry for an ancient-oriented offspring? Or rather looking for a cute sponge Harry head for your car antenna? Or Cinderella-shaped pillow? Oh, how about a simple cute little statue of Harry and Santa Claus holding hands (Santa is also wearing a Gryffindor scarf, of course!)? One could easily define the American dream with similar sentences. What's, actually, the world's best-selling toy? Unsurprisingly, it's not American. Surprisingly, it was created by a professor of architecture. His name was Erno Rubik and he taught sculpture classes at one Hungarian school. One day in year 1974 he had a hard day at school and for one long moment his mind became all crowded with different thoughts. So overcrowded, it made him wish he could connect the thoughts somehow and get his brain cleaned up. Connect the thoughts together, just like in a puzzle. Except it wouldn't be a flat puzzle. It would have a shape. He remembered a project he did with his class the other day & model of a 2x2 cube, which had been created in 1970 by Harry Nicholas. But his busy mind needed more elements, four wouldn't work. After he came up with his 3x3 mechanical puzzle in a cube, his mind and thoughts and efforts were awarded greatly. Mr. Rubik's "Magic Cube" won the Toy of the Year and German Game of the Year awards and today it is the best-selling toy worldwide, no matter how many new characters Disney and Mattel come up with.

related story: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20071007/tod-hungary-game-leisure-offbeat-7f81b96_1.html

by Barbie Kunkelova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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