Purchased this for my 6 year old, only to discover that half of the sides are identically marked. This makes actually soving the cube akin to doing it in the dark. It does not make it easier, it makes it significantly harder. Eventually we added stickers to each side to distinguish them. Once done, my son needed less than an hour to figure it out on his own. Now the baby chews on it without protest.

It is very durable I can say.

My daughter loves this cube (2x2x2) when she want to show how smart she was (mess it up and return by reversing it).

When she is a year or two older, I will show her how to solve it.

I didn't realize that 3 sides of this Junior Rubik's cube were the same color. I was just looking for a regular 2 x 2 Rubik's cube with 6 different colors. I didn't realize this until I opened the package. I wanted to return the product but when I considered the shipping costs and the restocking fee, it doesn't pay to return it. The description of the product should have been clearer about 3 sides being the same color.

Bought this one for my niece - going to be traveling over the summer and thought this would be a great gift for her to take in the car. She loved it - got one for her big bro too - and they both sat together to do them. Perfect thing for a little sibling to have along with the bigger sibling to have and do together!

This is not as easy as it seems! Of course, by comparison to the 3x3, 4x4, & 5x5 cubes, it's certainly a lot easier, but I am not well suited, brain-wise to solving these Rubik's cubes, though I do have fun having a go at them! I think the idea to have one side be one color, and the rest another color is very clever, and to have the Monkey face on one side helps you to solve part of the puzzle. But if even a Monkey can solve this puzzle as it says on the package, I must be sub-primate, where Rubik's cubes are concerned. I DO, however, think it's ingeniously designed, and a great entry level Rubik's cube for beginners, children, or anyone who has struggled endlessly with the classic 3X3 cube. Maybe one day I'll solve it, and have it bronzed for posterity! LOL! Enjoy.