Fidget Cube
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The Fidget Cube is a fidget toy designed by Matthew and Mark McLachlan, brothers and co-founders of the US design studio Antsy Labs.{{Cite news|url=https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/fidget-helps-concentration/|title=Are fidget toys legitimately good for your brain, or pseudoscientific snake oil?|last=Dormehl|first=Luke|date=2017-03-08|work=Digital Trends|access-date=2017-05-07|language=en-US}} It has fidget tools on all sides: a toggle switch, gears, a rolling ball (marble), a joystick, a spinning disk, a worry stone, and five buttons.
Reception
In a positive review, The Verge described the cube as, "basically a baby toy for adults".{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/2/7/14541632/fidget-cube-review-desk-toy-kickstarter|title=The Fidget Cube is basically a baby toy for adults and I love it|last=Bohn|first=Dieter|date=February 7, 2017|work=The Verge|access-date=2017-05-07}}
After its 2016 Kickstarter campaign, the Fidget Cube ranked tenth on the highest-funded crowdfunding projects.{{cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2016/9/12/12887894/fidget-cube-kickstarter-success|title=Fidgeters made this toy one of Kickstarter's most successful campaigns|last=Kuchera|first=Ben|date=12 September 2016|website=Polygon.com|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/30/a-24-year-old-made-345000-by-beating-kickstarters-to-market.html|title=This 24-year-old made $345,000 in 2 months by beating Kickstarters to market|last=Guzman|first=Zack|date=30 January 2017|website=cnbc.com|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/creativity/story-behind-fidget-cube-4-million-phenomenon-you-didnt-know-you-needed-173491/|title=The Story Behind Fidget Cube, the $4 Million Phenomenon You Didn't Know You Needed|last=Griner|first=David|date=September 14, 2016|website=Adweek|publisher=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.polygon.com/2017/1/3/14157334/fidget-cube-delay-shippping-date|title=The Fidget Cube hit with shipping delays as knockoffs flood market|last=Kuchera|first=Ben|date=2017-01-03|website=Polygon|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2017-04-15}}
See also
References
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Category:Kickstarter-funded products
Category:2010s fads and trends
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