Norbuk's Cube

This is a puzzle that looks like Rubik's Cube when finished, but works totally differently. Thus, "not Rubik's cube" which somehow became "Norbuk's Cube."

It's a chain of small cubes, linked at either 90 or 180 degrees to one another. Each cube can rotate freely with respect to the next one.

I saw something like it in a single color (clear-finished wood), and wanted to know whether adding color would change the puzzle.

It's not a hard print, but it does have a lot of pieces, an elastic cord is used to keep them together, and attaching the 110 colored faces requires glue.