I have quite a number of mods made mostly by people who are also members of this forum, but not exclusively.
On the picture below every puzzle is a sample from a different maker, except the sticker variations in the next picture.



For the moment I am sorting through some more interesting sticker variations:



The one on the left is by Philip Knudsen, the one on the right is the 'original' Tartan Cube, after Jim Saxe & Dan Hoey.
The one in the middle is from someone from this forum, but I can't remember from whom.
Any help is appreciated.

The one in the middle may be from Italrubik. I believe he offered this sticker variation a while back.

Is that a Christoph's Magic Jewel in there? Enlighten me Georges, I was under the impression that those were mass produced at one time. Am I wrong? I think I'm vaguely remembering that from an old archive out of Berkley.

Yes it is.
They were all hand-modded by Christoph from Polish octahedrons (no I don't [yet] have a Polish Octahedron).
Christoph had bought the remaining stock of these (several 100) ages ago when I only had enough cash to buy edibles.
We were talking about this during IPP in Prague and he was complaining that it was very hard work to sand the pieces after having removed the tips. The stickers were made by some shop.

I remember sending him an email around 12 years ago asking if he still had any. I think I was a day late That and the flower design cube that he made (sorry, I can't remember the name) were two puzzles I really wanted at the time.

I am surprised to see you don't have more mods than this. Umm, a post in another topic section made me assume you had many many more

I thought so, but I wasn't sure, because I couldn't find any email from him saying so.
Let's give credit to Fabio as long as this is not disproven.

I have *many* more mods, but I took this picture with *one* mod from every maker I got some.
I have f.i. 13 mods by Tony.
I am still searching all my cubes for more makers.

Pic taken from this post by Italrubik (Fabio)

You said it, not me I'd love to see a pictue of all your different modifications. I'm running out of drool (and cash) though so maybe it's better if you don't post one.

Wasn't there just a Tony Fisher Mod on ebay that didn't sell? I had never seen that one in anyone's pictues before.

Please find the picture to post it. Please.

Thanks! That's it. I didn't look in the Ebay mails. The Armageddon Cube by Fabio.

Your wish is mine to grant



is this a new one? The seller had it up for 190 Euros/pounds? I can't remember.

Thank you Rox.
It's one of the three new ones by Tony from DCD 2007.


I have the smallest one of these.

Frank has one for sure.
http://tiex.de/cubecorner/my_collection.php

Made from a dogic? I haven't looked at Frank's page in a while. To be honest, I'd forgotten it was there. Sorry Frank. So saying it was 190 pounds, That seems a bit cheap. Doesn't it?

The official price was 260 euros I believe; that would be about £190.

What is that other one called. Front right.

Yep, it's based off of a Dogic. The Nesting Cubes is one of the puzzles I could never understand until I found out the mechanism. And I agree, 190 pounds does seem low. And you say it didn't sell at all?



I'm quite sure that's based off of a Dogic as well. It's called the Rhomball.

Rhomball.
And I forgot the Bicone from 2007.

I just found it. It did sell Buy it now for GBP190. Sorry wrong again.

Hi Georges,
yes I can confirm the cube is from italrubik. I have one in my collection, too:
Fabio's Armageddon Cube

And for those who are interested: here's a picture with the original price list from Tony:
DCD 2007: Tony's puzzles

Frank

Adam Zamora build a cube almost exactly like this and sold stickers for it. I bought some and made one for myself. The difference is in the last three few colors, which on mine are purple, light green and light blue.

Dave

On Georges photos he just showed, what is that puzzle on the left? It looks like a reverse-truncated Icosohedron or something... I don't see how it turns though...

Are you speaking of this one http://tiex.de/cubecorner/protected/images/pid252_pic1016.jpg ?
A Dogic mod.

The shape is called a stellated icosahedron. Tony Fisher just made the extentions look like there were a lot of 3x3´s ´nesting´. It´s called Nesting Cubes.

It looks like Tony needed to figure out something to do with all of the mini cubes he used to make the fake 9x9s

Oh, ok, that's what you guys were talking about, ok, well it looks pretty kool. Georges, you should show us your entire collection, I'm really curious as to how many puzzles the *famed* collector really has.

Between 18000 and 20000 cubes I guess.

ok, I took a look at Georges collection, and he has a ton of puzzles! But one thing I noticed he doesn't have is a fully functional 3x3x5 cuboid. All the more reason for me to finish mine.

I don't think anyone has that many. I did hear of a collector who had 25,000 wooden puzzles though. From some website Pantazis linked to, I think.



http://www.helm.lu/gallery2/main.php?g2 ... alNumber=4

I'm pretty sure Georges said on his collection page that that one was extended and what's with the 2x4x5 there? Does it work?

Reference for my fully working 3x3x5
http://www.helm.lu/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=5362
Reference to the 2x4x5 aka Tony Fisher's Cubie Chaos 1
http://www.helm.lu/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4856
http://www.helm.lu/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=4860

got it

You are right elijah516, I should.
But it is a lot of work.
Here are some pictures I took in May 2005 while reorganising my collection
http://www.helm.lu/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=11241
and here are some videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9zyZWDcGhM
I'm not satisfied with the videos, perhaps I will make new ones.

Oh my..... I don't even have a word... Each of those pictures have completely unique puzzles to eachother? You must have thousands Georges! I was greatly underestimating your collection size as under 1000, I now see I am mistaken. I see what you mean by the amount of work it would take to photograph and video all of this... *whistles* I'd love to see videos, but I now understand what you'd have to go through.Don't rush it is all I have to say.

Those pics look like you have thousands of cubes(or atleast one thousand) did you ever count? Also, when did you start collecting?

On the unpacked pictures many cubes are on several pictures, but it gives a good impression nevertheless of the volume.



I started collecting in 1981 and I have stopped counting them.
There are not as much though as the guess ofapel ventured.

Do you have a rough estimation of the total number of puzzles? 5000? 10000? 15000?

Georges, I love you. Let me start with that. Now.....

DON'T YOU DARE POST PICTURES OF YOUR COLLECTION!!!!!!

I'll be burried in a paupers grave.
My tears will never end....

You know this thread?
another cubemeister's collection

Frank

I do know it Frank. I just don't want to see EVERYTHING Georges has. The pain of the little green man will be too much for my weak heart. I wouldn't live through till morning. Between Georges, Pantazis and you sites It's bad enough already. I've found this collecting to be an addiction. If I see anymore pictures I shan't make it through.

Last year I emptied my teacher cabinet. Within a week it turned into my cube cabinet. That has now overspilled into my bookshelf (they had to go into the office and now get carried back and forth when I need them.) and the top of the china cabinet and the hutch. I've no room for more puzzles (even though I've ordered about 4 or 5 more) much less money

I'm on my knees now Georges, please don't recharge your camera batteries and find a free weekend...

My offer is always available to everyone in this forum.
(for sale, for display, even for cleaning!)




Pantazis

Who built your gigaminx?

Nice try sweetheart!

How shall I tease you? Or tempt you? Hmm....what can I bring to show you when I see you in HK that might make up for the torture your site has put me through this past year?

Here's the post from Feb 2007 where Adam offered these stickers. The original post was from 2004, someone bumped it 3 years later in 2007 asking if Adam was willing to sell any, and he was. viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2397

And reading that thread, Georges, I believe this is where you may have gotten the stickers too

Thanks, I wasn't able to find the link when I made my post. You search better than I do

By they way for the new members of the forum:

Adam doesn't visit the forum much anymore (if at all) and probably isn't offering these. You might try a PM I suppose, but please don't bump the thread asking him for these stickers.

Dave

Why is it that Adam doesn't get on anymore? I pmed him yesterday about something, and I'm afraid I may not get my answer till next week...

Tyler.

I finally found the email that confirms that I bought mine from Fabio via Ebay on Feb 19th, 2007.

that 2x2x2 looking cube with missing corner wouldnt be a snake mod like my Little Brother Cube right?

I think it's a 3x3 modification. Although I don't really understand which puzzle you're referring to? The 2x2 "anti-cube" is right next to a puzzle that appears to be a truncated 3x3 that looks similar to a Rubik's Snake.