Message #4188

From: Ty Jones <whotyjones@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [MC4D] Please nominate Melinda’s 2x2x2x2 for the National Toy Hall of Fame
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:42:13 -0600

Great idea! I submitted my nomination as well. Fingers crossed!

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 5:22 PM jbaile2@rochester.rr.com [4D_Cubing] <
4D_Cubing@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

>
>
> This is a request for your vote, nominating Melinda’s 2x2x2x2 4D Pocket
> Cube for 2019 inclusion in the National Toy Hall of Fame. Go to
> http://www.toyhalloffame.org/nominate and complete the form.
>
> When I asked for guidance on how to nominate Melinda’s 2x2x2x2 4D Pocket
> Cube to the National Toy Hall of Fame, I got this response from Nicholas
> Ricketts, the Curator of the Strong Museum of Play (Rochester, NY).
>
> Date: Thursday, February 28, 2019 1:05 PM
> From: Ricketts, Nicolas <nricketts@museumofplay.org>
> To: jbaile2@rochester.rr.com <jbaile2@rochester.rr.com>
> Subject: 4D Pocket Cube Nomination
> Dear Mr. Bailey,
> I just got your letter recommending the 4D Pocket Cube for the National
> Toy Hall of Fame. Thank you! I have forwarded the information to our
> chairman for the nomination committee and the cube will officially get a
> nomination. The best advice I can give you at this point is to get your
> friends and other fans of the cube to go online and nominate it as well.
> And you can also vote yourself—I think the limit is once daily but not sure
> about that. The more votes it gets, the more likely it will be to finally
> get inducted. I assure you that all the votes get counted, and they become
> one of the stronger factors for eventual induction.
> I myself will give it a nomination vote. You’ve convinced me with your
> heartfelt letter. Thank you very much for taking the time to write me and
> for thinking of Strong Museum.
> Sincerely,
> Nicolas Ricketts
> Curator
> The Strong
> One Manhattan Square
> Rochester, NY 14607 U.S.A.
>
> If you know the device well, filling in the field “Why does this toy
> deserve to be in the hall of fame?” may be easy. If you need some words my
> own nomination words were:
>
> To appreciate the innovation of Melinda’s 2x2x2x2, consider how hard it
> would be
> reduce the dimensionality of the Rubik’s Cube from three dimensions to
> two. A three dimensional
> puzzle reduced to a two dimensional challenge requires imagination.
> It is just as hard to reduce the dimensionality of a abstract device such
> as a four dimensional
> Rubik’s Cube. Four dimensional Rubik’s cubes, implemented as
> computer representations and virtual display imagery have been available
> since 1988. Melinda’s 2x2x2x2
> provides an actual three dimensional artifact that presents the four
> dimensional challenge
> in physical form. Rendered in hard colored plastic pieces using a 3D
> printer
> and cleverly placed magnets, it presents a challenge that requires
> patience and
> determination to solve. Only twelve "twisty puzzle" solvers have presented
> solutions.
> Fewer than one hundred instances of the device have been produced. As a
> puzzle on the leading edge
> of technology and challenge, this puzzle deserves early recognition.
> Go to http://superliminal.com/cube/2x2x2x2/ for more information.
>
> Thanks for your help
> John Bailey
>
>
>