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A cube. It sits in the hand comfortably. Not heavy, but not light. It could really hurt someone if you wanted to throw it.

Six different colors: blue, yellow, orange, red, green, and white, each a small square on a background of black. Nine tiny square stickers for each face of the cube. The stickers peel slightly, wanting to come off again.

 There is a pleasant click noise when you complete a twist. Each face of the cube can twist six different ways: three tiers horizontally and three tiers vertically. Not all at the same time of course, that would break it. You can make a fun pattern by giving each tier a quarter twist. Then it’s no longer a cube, but a multidimensional colored toy. That is not how it’s meant to be played with, however.

Twist things around until you get all of one face one color. Start with yellow, it’s easier. At least that’s what I always heard. You can only twist one tier at a time, so it takes some thinking. First line up one tier of one face as the same color. Then the whole face of the cube as that color. You’re supposed to get every face to be one solid color. Until it’s finished. Until it’s organized.