{"id":1786199,"date":"2018-08-31T09:47:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T13:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1786199"},"modified":"2018-08-31T09:47:13","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T13:47:13","slug":"a-hungarian-globe-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/a-hungarian-globe-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"A Hungarian Globe Puzzle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vintage Rubik&#039;s cube Globe EARTH made in Hungary 80s, NEW condition, WITH BOX\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CGO-60wQ1Nk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Sometimes called a Rubik&#8217;s globe, though Rubik had nothing to do with it, this Hungarian-made globe puzzle from the 1980s, known variously as the F\u00f6ldg\u00f6m, Globus G\u00f6mb or Var\u00e1zs G\u00f6mb, sometimes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/ca\/listing\/96182180\/vintage-magic-earth-rubiks-cube-puzzle?show_sold_out_detail=1\">shows up on the lists of collectibles dealers<\/a>. Consisting of a plastic core and tin surface pieces, the puzzle operates on two axes; the eight corners do not move. Jaap&#8217;s Puzzle Page has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jaapsch.net\/puzzles\/equator.htm\">details on its origins and how to solve it<\/a>, and also shows a couple of non-geographical globe puzzle variants. <a href=\"https:\/\/jatekmuzeum.blog.hu\/2014\/10\/31\/fold-gomb\">Here&#8217;s a short blog post<\/a> from the Retro Game Museum (in Hungarian). And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N6_ywVTiOeI\">here&#8217;s an unboxing video<\/a> from someone who bought a globe (bundled with a Rubik&#8217;s cube) on eBay. [<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HarvardMapColl\/status\/1024284028550217728\">Harvard Map Collection<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes called a Rubik&#8217;s globe, though Rubik had nothing to do with it, this Hungarian-made globe puzzle from the 1980s, known variously as the F\u00f6ldg\u00f6m, Globus G\u00f6mb or Var\u00e1zs G\u00f6mb, sometimes shows up on the&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/a-hungarian-globe-puzzle\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[26,1266],"class_list":["post-1786199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-memorabilia","tag-globes","tag-toys","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1786704,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/11\/earth-puzzle\/","url_meta":{"origin":1786199,"position":0},"title":"Earth Puzzle","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"19 November 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"This is wild. The Earth Puzzle is a 442-piece jigsaw puzzle with a difference: based on an equal-area icosahedral projection, the puzzle can be built from any starting point, and in any number of configurations: there is no defined centre or edge. 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