Cube World (Handheld)

This page details pre-release information and/or media for Cube World (Handheld LCD).

Series 1#

• The official (defunct) Radica Games US webpage ¹² for Cube World shows the square formation special animation that was later used in Series 2 on the Series 1 cubes.

Series 2#

Unreleased Animation for Handy#

• On some official pictures of Series 2, its instruction manual,³ and on its Special Edition instruction manual⁴, Handy is depicted with a graphic that shows them reaching for a cat hanging from the ceiling by its tail, which is nowhere to be seen on the actual product. It is unknown as to how the animation would've been played out, or who would've been connected to Handy to activate said animation.

Series 3#

Hot (Sparky) is shown wearing a firefighter's helmet in some of the promo images of Series 3 in the Bandai line, but these are clearly mockups, as is the interaction with Hot (Sparky) connected to Toner happening with Hot (Sparky) and Dash.

Series 4#

• On an catalog picture that was part of an advertisement in Japan for the at-the-time upcoming Series 4, an animation that would be in Grinder's cube instead is shown on Major (Slugger).

Block Bash and Global Getaway#

• Early pictures show a green Block Party (which was renamed to Block Bash and had its color changed to a golden yellow) and a lighter blue Global Getaway with different symbols (an unknown object with a triangular roof and a palmtree instead of a taxi and a helicopter) and a whopping two sets of magnets on each side with magnets instead of one set of magnets on each side.

Mods - Series 5#

• Prototype units show the modifiers being at least two separate cubes as opposed to an rectangular prism.

Splash#

Hip Hop#

Sci-Fi#

Dart#

References#