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This is a request for your vote, nominating Melinda=E2=80=99s
2x2x2x2 4D Pocket Cube for 2019 inclusion in the National
Toy Hall of Fame. Go to href=3D"http://www.toyhalloffame.org/nominate"
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and complete the form.

When I asked for guidance on how to nominate Melinda=E2=80=99s
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 href=3D"mailto:nricketts@museumofplay.org"
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To: href=3D"mailto:jbaile2@rochester.rr.com"
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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=E2=80=94I 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=E2=80=99ve convinc=
ed 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.

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this toy deserve to be in the hall of fame?=E2=80=9D may be eas=
y. 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 href=3D"http://superliminal.com/cube/2x2x2x2/"
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for more information.

Thanks for your help

John Bailey

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