Packages Just Arrived with Rare Puzzles

katsmom · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 7:16 am

Today's package came from Taiwan. I thought they were rarre, but judging by the number available, they might not be.

funmonkey54 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:42 am

Those ball shaped puzzles are pretty cool looking! What are they called?

Steveo · **Joined:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:37 pm **Location:** Canada

I recently recieved a puck from this auction.
It got here last friday, and I picked it up on tuesday.
It is a wonderful little puzzle! It turns very nicely, but is easy to solve. It looks very nice on the cube shelf! It came with a nice plastic case/ stand.
Thanks Milan!
Pictures

ejisfun · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 4:49 pm

Finally got me a spindle.

Took it apart, dusted, and lubed, and now it turns very smoothly.

Steryne · **Posted:** Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:49 pm

Yesterday I recieved a vintage rubik's clock but didn't post here until I could solve it. I solved it today (without any help what so ever) and have a current record time of 1 min 48 sec. I am very proud of that.

ptrsdboy · **Posted:** Tue Jun 09, 2009 12:50 pm

A number of packages arrived for me today.

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Above is a Club Nintendo Tenbillion Star Barrel, a white Varikon Box 3x3x3 and a keychain 4-level Varikon Tower. I wasn't even aware until recently that there WAS a Varikon Tower keychain, but it looks like there's a keychain version of just about every puzzle out there. Next stop, keychain Skewb!

Plus...

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A set of 13 pucks to keep the first three company. Thanks, telephiten and Milan!

Georges · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 4:02 am

Aaahh! A Greenhill's Cube!!

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and a 3x3x3 MorphEgg

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funmonkey54 · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:10 pm

Just got both of my Allspark cubes. Opened one to play with and kept one in the plastic for my collection. Really cool puzzles! The images are a tad challenging to match up, but they look very, very cool. =D

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:45 pm

Wow, beautiful Greenhill cube! Did you get it from Anthony Greenhill himself, or is it second-hand?
And how is the egg? do you find it 'eggy' enough? because is looked a little more stumped in the picture then the golden egg. Mine should arrive soon.

Georges · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:50 pm

Sjoerd wrote:

Wow, beautiful Greenhill cube! Did you get it from Anthony Greenhill himself, or is it second-hand?
And how is the egg? do you find it 'eggy' enough? because is looked a little more stumped in the picture then the golden egg. Mine should arrive soon.

It is from Anthony, I was on a waiting list for several months (Hi Rox).
It was worth the wait every minute. This is a fantastic puzzle.

You are right with the 'stumpy' look of the MorphEgg.
But I like it very much (much more in fact than the Skewb Egg - because it is a 3x3x3 and therefore easier to understand for me)
When I showed it around this morning in the office, all said that the egg should be coloured and that Greenhill's Cube is by far the more beautiful puzzle of both.

olz · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 7:41 pm

got my 4x4x2 and 5x5x3 from clauswe today

they are awesome

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Steryne · **Posted:** Wed Jun 10, 2009 10:06 pm

Looks like it needs a little bit of silicon.

Alex · **Joined:** Sat Jan 14, 2006 9:36 am **Location:** Europe

Sjoerd wrote:

And how is the egg? do you find it 'eggy' enough?

I got my morphegg today and it's extremly "eggy". It even has a bright yellow core :lol:

Sven · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:17 pm

Came yesterday.
Thanks Georges

!

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:03 am

Sven wrote:

Came yesterday.
Thanks Georges

!

That cube looks very familiar. But I can testify, it is definitely VERY smooth!
(and whoever owns one is also very smooth)

Pantazis

Sven · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:03 am

kastellorizo wrote:

Sven wrote:

Came yesterday.
Thanks Georges

!

That cube looks very familiar. But I can testify, it is definitely VERY smooth!
(and whoever owns one is also very smooth)
Pantazis

Well I wont open it

But what's up with the pink thing inside the box. Its not on the picture, its on the white side. And there is a little hole in the white center.

katsmom · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 7:57 am

Where there's a will, there's a way! I wanted a few puzzles from Japan, so I found a way. EMS shipping cost less than I would pay for the same from China.

Bottom row: Nob copies of the old toyo glass puzzles (x6) suntory beer sliding can box of 12 7-piece instant insanity type puzzles.
crunky bar, suntory beer slide, santory beer mini key-chain barrel, brown and white snake, mcdonalds 3x3x3 keychain, slide barrels x2, slide barrel with "oriental writing"
Capuzle x3, mickey mouse wire puzzles x4, black and white snake, colored and white snake, gundam character puzzle, gundam 2x2x2 silver!

Georges · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 10:59 am

Sven wrote:

Well I wont open it

But what's up with the pink thing inside the box. Its not on the picture, its on the white side. And there is a little hole in the white center.

That's a 'pin' to put into the little hole to open the lid of the center cubie so that you have access to the screw to adjust tension.
Mèffert was selling such cubes with a real key to open the tile.

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 12:03 pm

Georges wrote:

Sven wrote:

Well I wont open it

But what's up with the pink thing inside the box. Its not on the picture, its on the white side. And there is a little hole in the white center.

That's a 'pin' to put into the little hole to open the lid of the center cubie so that you have access to the screw to adjust tension.
Mèffert was selling such cubes with a real key to open the tile.

Hmmm... I thought that pink pin was in there for the same reason there exists one inside the... "Rubik's Desire"!

:mrgreen:

Pantazis

Georges · **Posted:** Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:38 am

A Russian Tetraminx - first time I saw one.
There is an interesting logo on it, like a power plug.
Price 4,40 roubles

katsmom · **Posted:** Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:50 am

I contemplated asking you to help with shipping on this one. Glad I didn't! :lol:

Retr0 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:54 am

Finally got my floppy cube! I'm not using surface mail from Japan again. :lol:

Georges · **Posted:** Mon Jun 15, 2009 6:01 am

katsmom wrote:

I contemplated asking you to help with shipping on this one. Glad I didn't! :lol:

Phew! Glad you didn't :-)

RedRoost80 · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:17 am

that must have cost a fortune for those dino stars! theyre like 600$ each!!

katsmom · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 9:21 am

Not all rare. Some are, most are duplicates so they will end up on ebay so I can get them out before my house turns into a construction zone.

I bought most of this lot for the columbus egg in the top picture, and the glen levit bottle. I've been after both of these for more years than I can count! Both are in very good condition.

Sven · **Posted:** Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:08 pm

I just got my sealed mefferts pyraminx and the tiny cube from george!:D

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Wed Jun 24, 2009 3:58 pm

I received my Yoshimoto cube yesterday. Very nice design, but I got bored after 10 minutes.
I also bought a Rubik's Clock from Matchbox, and the seller had included a free necklace cube, which is as big as a normal 3x3x3 cubie.

RFP · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:49 am

I got this cube last week. I bought it for S$19

VeryWetPaint · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:05 am

I just got some uncommon puzzles from George Miller...

Vesa Timonen's Flat Tire (left) divides into four pieces in four simultaneous curved motions.
Vesa Timonen's Tire (top) has four interlocked pieces which require some mental discipline to reassemble.
Vesa Timonen's Fishhooks (bottom) slide together effortlessly if you can figure out how to do it. It took me about an hour to get it right.
George Miller's Three Card Burr (right) uses three ordinary playing cards that require creativity--and foresight--to assemble.

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Although it's the least twisty of the four puzzles, I think George Miller's Three Card Burr warrants a little extra explanation.

The picture below shows the Three Card Burr before assembly (left) after assembly (right). Each card is very precisely cut so they can be assembled as shown, but the cuts are positioned so it takes planning and organization to move them into position. The cuts are too small to assemble the puzzle unless you devise exactly the right moves--it's only millimeters from being impossible!

Once it's assembled it must stay assembled forever! Some of the movements aren't reversible (except by magic); there's just no physical way to undo it without tearing the cards. George Miller says "it is a one time puzzle." For me this novel limitation is part of the puzzle's endearing charm.

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Zaxef · **Joined:** Sat Mar 21, 2009 5:43 pm

Not that rare.. but I got my Pyraminx Crystal today :lol:

Thanks to khjs534

JoeCube · **Posted:** Tue Jul 07, 2009 9:17 am

Got this in the mail yesterday:

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No logo (unless it's on the blue side :wink:

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Red on orange too

I haven't seen this color scheme before (white opposite red, yellow opposite orange, green opposite blue) with this packaging, so if someone could tell me what it might be worth?

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:52 am

Perhaps you should ask Drew :lol:

Sven · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 6:16 am

Danny Devitt wrote:

Perhaps you should ask Drew :lol:

haha I remember that one! :lol:

ptrsdboy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 08, 2009 8:24 pm

It's a red letter day!
A number of rare puzzles arrived in the mail today. (Video uploaded here)

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Back Row (l to r): Massage Ball FT-107 (Regular), Tennis MasterBall, Tiger Head 2x2x2, Massage Ball FT-117 (Blind man version)
Middle Row (l to r): Diamond Bob's Billiards 9 Ball Puzzle, Saturn puzzle (Black), Octo (AKA Disco Puzzle)
Front Row (l to r): SpongeBob SquarePants puzzler, Saturn puzzle (Beige)

I'd been looking for several of these puzzles for a while now. It's nice to get them at last.

VeryWetPaint · **Posted:** Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:47 am

Great news!

A TwistyPuzzles member has gotten another puzzle into production!

Bram Cohen's Trapped Marble puzzle has been produced by Hanayama Puzzles as Cast Marble.

The picture shows Cast Marble (center) beside the prototyped version (right) which I described in a previous post.

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Congratulations Bram...it's a puzzle!

Ben · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 7:01 pm

I got a package in the mail:

5 new Rubik's Wahns in original packaging
1 Meffert's Megaminx new in box
New, older version of 4x4
3x3 Fused Cubes w/ extra cubies

Nothing particularly rare, but certainly not a bad day for me, I guess.

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:00 pm

That's actually a siamese, not a fused. Fused cubes share a 2x2x2 block.

PotatoSpades22095 · **Joined:** Sun Sep 28, 2008 9:56 pm

Danny Devitt wrote:

That's actually a siamese, not a fused. Fused cubes share a 2x2x3 block.

Fused cubes share a 2x2x2 block.

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:56 pm

*Hides in his solutions corner, not venturing out into building or collecting for a while*

Ben · **Posted:** Thu Jul 23, 2009 8:57 pm

Oops

I'm a failure as a collector

Q · **Posted:** Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:57 pm

Coming home late, and finding a puzzle in your post box is a great way to start the weekend. :mrgreen:

I just had an old mobile phone to make a picture, but I could not withstand and had to post it.

Q

Georges · **Posted:** Mon Aug 03, 2009 3:23 am

Woohoo! My second Gigaminx came today.
I am satisfied!!!

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With a set of replacement stickers!

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 2:19 am

Two weeks ago a package with this content arrived:

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They were made by matt523 for me.
Thank you, once again.

I waited so that my package for him could arrive in the meantime.

matt523 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:13 pm

Andreas does such great work. I just got this yesterday and I must say that it is easily my favorite puzzle in my collection.

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

Matt523, what puzzle is that? I'm not sure what it is. It looks like a skewb ultimate but I know it's not.

Alex

Jared · **Posted:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:32 pm

It's a Dodecahedron 3x3 shape mod. One of the more interesting shape mods IMO.

Kapusta · **Posted:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:33 pm

looks like a 3x3 Dodecahedron to me.

Edit: I guess it IS a 3x3 dodecahedron.

matt523 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:58 pm

yes it is a 3x3 sharp truncated dodecahedron. i love the size of this puzzle. only stands a few inches tall since it was cut into the 3x3.

kloopstomp · **Joined:** Mon Feb 25, 2008 10:19 pm **Location:** Utah

APJ wrote:

Matt523, what puzzle is that? I'm not sure what it is. It looks like a skewb ultimate but I know it's not.

Alex

This thread shows how it's made.
http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopi ... 273&hilit=

Steryne · **Posted:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:20 pm

3x3x3 dodecahedron.

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