Friday, March 9, 2007

Cube World


Behold a whole new world. Yes, they may just look like funky little cubes, but inside each one lives a very small person, albeit a two dimensional pixelated one. Nevertheless he's a dynamic, interactive, multi-talented and behaviourally erratic little dude that'll provide you with hours and hours of useless entertainment. Cube World is a terrific concept, a place populated by stick people who get up to all sorts of tricks. Each cube has its own inhabitant, with their own set of tricks, games and general odd behaviour. Slim, Dodger, Scoop, Whip, Handy, Dusty, Mic, Hans, Chief, Toner, Dash and Sparky will get up to all sorts of stuff, like playing basketball, juggling, snake-charming, the list is as long as it is random. Not only can they entertain themselves, they're also interactive and will react to you pushing buttons on the cube, and are motion sensitive - so roll the cube around and they'll crash about too. As well as being an individual blast to play with, they can meet and play with each other. Click the cubes together, side by side or on top of each other, and they'll interact with each other, playing games, hopping from their own cube into someone else's, even having a punch up!
You can connect up to sixteen cubes together in any combination, and you never can tell what the little dudes will get up to. They're deeply cool, compellingly random and you just won't be able to help yourself becoming unhealthily attached to your own little world.



Features
Pack of 2 interactive cubes with LCD displays.
Each cube has its own stick character with their own personality and games.
Each cube contains a motion sensor so when you turn or shake the cubes the characters will react.


Characters available are:
Series One: Scoop and Slim (in one pack) or Dodger and Whip (in another pack).
Series Two: Handy and Dusty (in one pack) or Mic and Hans (in another pack).
Series Three NEW: Chief and Sparky (in one pack) or Toner and Dash (in another).
Cubes can be played with individually or can be connected to create a 'Cube World'.
Once connected the characters can interact, visit each others cubes, play, pester and protect each other.
A maximum of 16 cubes can be played together.
Action buttons start the games and interactions.
Stick games include:


Slim: showing off his pull ups, Dodger: bouncing
Scoop: playing with his dog, Whip: jumping ropes.
Handy: fixing things, Dusty: constantly cleaning
Mic: spinning on his decks, Hans: working out
Chief: in Police Training, Toner: amongst paper pile-ups
Dash: dashing around with parcels, Sparky: putting out fires
100 animations are possible in Cube World, ranging from group hugs to bungee jumping.
A Sleep Mode that self-activates after 4 minutes of no activity.
Sound control for silent or noisy play.
High Score recorder.


Cube colours: -
Slim: purple, Dodger: red
Scoop: orange, Whip: yellow
Handy: blue, Dusty: green
Mic: pink, Hans: turquoise
Chief: blue, Sparky: red
Dash: green, Toner: grey
Suitable for ages 8 years+.
Requires 1 x CR2032 battery per cube (included).
Size: - individual cube: 4.7 x 4.7cm.
Presentation box: 15 x 9 x 9cm.

1 comment:

Sushi said...

I love these things, there is no better handheld(?) game. They're a staple of any childhood and, to this day, entertaining. I'm pretty sure my parents threw all of them out though, and getting one nowadays is really expensive. But aside from that, I LOVE these things and I hope y'all still make them, I'm gonna go check now actually.

Okay I've checked and now I'm buying one. I LOVE THESE THINGS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!

Anyway thanks for reading. :)