Packages Just Arrived with Rare Puzzles

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 4:31 pm

Hello! I thought it might be fun to have a thread where we can share the joy of a package that has just arrived. It's kind of fun to see what other collectors have obtained, and it's also fun to show your new puzzles to people who won't think you're crazy for being so overjoyed over a plastic toy.

This thread's final direction was the inspiration:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=12505&start=50

I'll start with one I just received! A 4 color Dino!

coastercrazy10 · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:13 pm

Good idea jason. I'll definitely be looking here for some interesting puzzles

They're always so awesome to see straight from the shipping box, you know?

-CC10

Sven · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 5:19 pm

Soon my Hex prism 1 and realeux mastermorphinx wil be send

I'll put some pictures up by then

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:55 pm

OK, I'm having a very good day! The mailman came :

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Mon Mar 02, 2009 11:50 pm

I keep them all at work!

Georges · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:01 am

Yesterday I got an interesting cube from Australia.
It's more like a paperweight in chrome and leather...

Bigandrewgold · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 12:27 am

Georges wrote:

Yesterday I got an interesting cube from Australia.
It's more like a paperweight in chrome and leather...

very interesting....

Celia · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 9:37 am

Georges wrote:

Yesterday I got an interesting cube from Australia.
It's more like a paperweight in chrome and leather...

Does it turn, or unfold or anything like that? It doesn't seem to be one piece.

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:49 pm

Woo hoo!

coastercrazy10 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 03, 2009 3:51 pm

OOOH, they're finally coming! This is great news. Can't wait to get mine!

And interesting paperweight there georges. How big is that cube? By the looks of it, the side length is at least twice that of a normal 3x3.

-CC10

Georges · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:13 am

coastercrazy10 wrote:

OOOH, they're finally coming! This is great news. Can't wait to get mine!

And interesting paperweight there georges. How big is that cube? By the looks of it, the side length is at least twice that of a normal 3x3.

-CC10

It's just like a standard cube, save for the weight of course.
It weighs (hi katsmom!) 370 grams, whereas the China made chrome cube that was sold some time ago weighs 398 grams.
(the big one on the picture below)

katsmom · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 12:44 am

Thanks Georges! Soon I'll have everyone trained and they will just list the measurements when they post :lol:

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:15 pm

I checked my measurements:

3x3x3 Metal Cube: Weight: 400g, edge length: 5.5cm

Georges · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 1:57 pm

My 48mm Rubik’s cube from solid brass bars weighs 900g.

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:00 pm

.. and I missed to add the measurements of my full aluminium bump cube:

Weight: 318g Size: 5x5x5cm (solved position of course)

Garrett · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2009 3:02 pm

A little late, but I got my golden cube from Josh:

Ignore the puppy. He likes to get in the way of things :roll:

flambore · **Posted:** Sun Mar 08, 2009 5:05 pm

How can we ignore that cute little guy?!?

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:09 am

YAY!!! Interesting color scheme on this one....

Door · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:02 am

io wrote:

YAY!!! Interesting color scheme on this one....

Very nice!
Where do you get those (Is this what they are called?) 'Dino stars'? :?:

-Mark-

JasperJ · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:57 am

Door wrote:

Very nice!
Where do you get those (Is this what they are called?) 'Dino stars'? :?:

From ebay at exorbitant prices, usually. They're *long* out of production.

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:09 am

Door wrote:

Very nice!
Where do you get those (Is this what they are called?) 'Dino stars'? :?:

-Mark-

I got this one in a purchase directly from another forum member who knew I was looking for them. I'll take more pics soon and post them in the Dino Star Colors thread.

Georges · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:36 am

I got one from Canada.
(the one on the right)

Thank you Dragam!

coastercrazy10 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:27 pm

The contents of the package aren't really rare, but the amount of puzzles is a very rare occasion for me, so i felt it best to post here:

4 White Square-1 DIYs (at least 3 are going to be round-1s)
2 Black Square-1 DIYs (at least 1 is going to be a round-1)
1 White 3x3 DIY Type A
1 Black 3x3 DIY Type A (for a new mod which should start construction shortly)
1 Sky Blue 3x3 DIY Type A
1 Red C4Y type DIY
1 ES 2x2 (for a friend)
1 ES 4x4 (for the same friend as above)

-Ben

Georges · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:36 am

Another package with a leather metal cube, this time with 6 colours.

So now I have 7 different metal cubes.

Silver, brass, brass coated, chrome 1 colour, chrome 6 colours, metal standard, metal mini.

katsmom · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:52 pm

I got one in the post today. Only one

and here it is for a comparison. It's tiny!

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:43 pm

I didn't think to take a picture while it was still in the packaging, but today I got the Turn-Key puzzle designed by Goh Pit Khiam and crafted by Eric Fuller. It is very nice and though it is based on trinary, it was still somewhat challenging and if nothing else, you can admire both the great craftsmenship and mathematical beauty of it (or at least I can; I know Roxanne wouldn't :wink:

Sorry for the quality, you can see better photos here

katsmom · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:04 am

Danny Devitt wrote:

I if nothing else, you can admire both the great craftsmenship and mathematical beauty of it (or at least I can; I know Roxanne wouldn't :wink:

Hey! I resemble that remark! But I get binary so trinary is just 3? Anyway, mine should come within a week or so and I'll let you know how I get on.

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:32 am

I wasn't saying that you didn't/wouldn't get the math, I was saying that you wouldn't appreciate the puzzle for its mathematical beauty. For instance, consider Euler's identity: e^(iπ) + 1 = 0. Do you find this beautiful? I do. It uses 5 very important constants once each: e, i, π, 1, and 0. It uses 3 fundamental operations once each: exponentiation, multiplication, and addition. And it ascribes one thing as equal to another, linking the 5 constants and 3 operation together. To me, this is just as beautiful as anything you'd find in nature. Paul Nahin wrote a 400 page book on the equation, Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula, in which he says it is "the gold standard for mathematical beauty." Constance Reid said that it is "the most famous formula in all mathematics." Gauss is reported to have commented that if this formula was not immediately apparent to a student on being told it, the student would never be a first-class mathematician. After proving the identity in a lecture, Benjamin Peirce, a noted nineteenth century mathematician and Harvard professor, said, "It is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means, but we have proved it, and therefore we know it must be the truth." Stanford mathematics professor Keith Devlin says, "Like a Shakespearean sonnet that captures the very essence of love, or a painting that brings out the beauty of the human form that is far more than just skin deep, Euler's equation reaches down into the very depths of existence." (These quote are all from here). Are you offended now? :wink:

katsmom · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:47 am

I just find that scary! I ran away from my desk screaming and it took all my will power to come back and reply :lol:

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 1:52 am

My point exactly! :wink:

NeoDarkHaven · **Joined:** Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:30 pm

I know a few programming languages and have always done well in my math classes so with that background, I just loved the tern-key puzzle. It was just as fun putting it back together as it was taking it apart! I did solve it in one go but did enjoy the challenge, mechanics, and mathematics involved.

I did show this puzzle to my parents and a few friends, but sadly they don't share the same appreciation. To each their own, and more fun for me!

Looking forward to another solve of it!

Sven · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 5:50 am

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THEY ARRIVED

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Celia · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:09 am

Danny Devitt wrote:

... today I got the Turn-Key puzzle designed by Goh Pit Khiam and crafted by Eric Fuller.

Wow, I've never heard of this or seen this before. Thanks for posting it!

Josh B · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:19 pm

I just received a new, wonderful puzzle. I wasn't even expecting it so soon! Thank you again, Pantazis! :mrgreen:

Note: The one on the right is the one I received in the mail today.

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 2:53 pm

Interesting! What's the one on the left?

Josh B · **Joined:** Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:19 pm

It's a prototype Cubedron. I was surprised at how similar it is to the final version. The stickers especially.

flambore · **Posted:** Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:57 pm

Got a box today from the Netherlands.

Impossiball (common), pillowed half-truncated cube, Rubik's Rabbits/Hat and a really cool origami ball just for fun.

Thanks, Sven!

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:17 pm

YAY!!

My yellow dino star arrived today.

Bigandrewgold · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:19 pm

how many of those are you going to get!!!!!!!!!!

NeoDarkHaven · **Joined:** Mon Oct 06, 2008 8:30 pm

He probably won't stop until he has THEM ALL!!! Or at least one of each of the colors!

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:33 pm

NeoDarkHaven wrote:

He probably won't stop until he has THEM ALL!!! Or at least one of each of the colors!

Ha ha! Yes, that's the idea. Looking for a green one...

katsmom · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:41 pm

Does that mean you'll leave some for the rest of us now?

Jared · **Posted:** Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:35 pm

Well, I haven't got a picture, but I got my Golden Cube today, finally. Haven't solved it but I did take it apart and put it back together. Which, incidentally, is not easy to do.

Jaredloe · **Joined:** Fri Jan 30, 2009 8:16 pm **Location:** Canada

Quote:

I'll start with one I just received! A 4 color Dino!

I'm pretty sure that was my Dino

Your enjoying it?

PS - This is my first posting....im a brand new member

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:16 am

Welcome to the forums kitslam!

Yes, that's your/my 4 color dino. I'm looking for the other dino variations, but a big part of me hopes I don't find them for awhile!

katsmom wrote:

Does that mean you'll leave some for the rest of us now?

That will depend on the color. :twisted:

JasperJ · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:44 pm

Jared wrote:

Well, I haven't got a picture, but I got my Golden Cube today, finally. Haven't solved it but I did take it apart and put it back together. Which, incidentally, is not easy to do.

My set of golden cubes arrived today, as well. I have succesfully managed to scramble, not solve, disassemble, and reassemble the copper one, so far

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:00 pm

My golden cubes also arrived today. I don't have a picture, but I think by now everyone knows what they look like.

coastercrazy10 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 6:45 pm

Jason: Have you posted a recent collection picture/pictures lately? With all these fantastic puzzles that you're getting, i'd love to see everything ELSE you've got. Not to mention your, what, 5 dino stars next to each other? If you keep collecting at this rate and expand your tastes a bit you might give georges a run for his money in a few years. Key words are might and a few years.

-Ben

Georges · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 12:32 pm

A rumpled 3x3x3 cube and two DIY face turning octahedrons.

Ten minutes later: one of the DIY FTO's is assembled.

Thomas · **Posted:** Wed Mar 18, 2009 3:15 pm

Georges wrote:

Ten minutes later: one of the DIY FTO's is assembled.

Georges, the idea is that you sticker every face with the same colour!
By the way, my FTO also arrived today. :-)

Thomas

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