I remember very clearly when Rubik's cubes arrived in the United States in the early 80s. I wanted one. It spoke to me in a way few things did. I liked that it was colorful and compact and could fit nicely in your hands. I liked that it was something that would take time to figure out.
I also come from a family of collectors, so in my home growing up it was accepted and even encouraged that if you liked something for you to collect and save anything related to it. So I didn't just have a cube and a solution book, I had all the cubes and all the solution books I could find.
