The "hints of secret ideas" thread!!! :-)

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:00 pm

Today... inside the spume of the sea waves... a new puzzle...
the most beautiful puzzle of all, was born...

Her name is Afroditi (Αφροδίτη), and she has five colors,
each one representing a different reflection of the sun. :-)

(And each reflection is a solved state!)

Pantazis

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

kastellorizo wrote:

Today... inside the spume of the sea waves... a new puzzle...
the most beautiful puzzle of all, was born...

Her name is Afroditi (Αφροδίτη), and she has five colors,
each one representing a different reflection of the sun. :-)

(And each reflection is a solved state!)

Oh god... how many dimensions are there this time?

yummyyummypbj · **Joined:** Mon Nov 16, 2009 10:50 am

Hint: it's a world record

Adman234 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:39 pm

yummyyummypbj wrote:

Hint: it's a world record

1x1x100? Highest order twisty puzzle? :lol:

Jeffery Mewtamer · **Joined:** Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:18 am

According to United States Law, you have to be at least 21 to obtain the materials for this sticker mod.

Also, I need a black jumbo cube.

pirsquared · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 2:40 pm

To be posted sometime this weekend:

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-π (Eitan)

Door · **Posted:** Fri Feb 25, 2011 6:01 pm

pirsquared wrote:

To be posted sometime this weekend:

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-π (Eitan)

That picture really reminds me of the master skewb kite:

Can't wait to see what it is!

-Mark-

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:34 pm

MiniLogan Kelly's avatar

olz · **Posted:** Thu Mar 10, 2011 4:39 pm

I just brought my moldmax back in to the house after beeing on a shelf in the garage for 10 months
The parts under the pink silicone has been sitting in my box full of masters for 10 months to.
When this mold is done I have one or two more to do before I have all parts molded.

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pirsquared · **Posted:** Thu May 05, 2011 12:56 pm

Here's one face of my next puzzle.... If you know what it is, keep quiet!

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-Eitan

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

ALMOST a Jewish star. Is it a shape mod? Wild guess: ETO.

Jeffery Mewtamer · **Joined:** Sun Nov 23, 2008 2:18 am

12 Golden Triangles
6 Golden Rectangles
Mass-produced core
3-D printed shell
~$240 in printing costs without hollows.
Design complete, just need to hollow to make it prototyping affordable.

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2011 1:38 am

If you had to choose, which one would you prefer, the deadly sun rays,
or the destructive darkness of a black hole?

The Abyss is the answer, though doom is unavoidable...!
(τ0 83 r3v34!3δ ω1τ#1π τ#r33 δ4y5)

:lol:

Pantazis

gingervergo · **Joined:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:23 pm

a dino cube is to my royal skewb as a megaminx is to ????

(I have a feeling this hint will be "figured out" very quickly)

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

EDIT: I'll go with professor pentultimate. Scratch my original ideas.

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

Professor Pentultimate?

alaskajoe · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am

But the master pentultimate, that already exists, is to the megaminx as the dino is to master skewb.
If your puzzle is to megaminx as a royal skewb is to dino, than it would be a pentultimate with 3 layers in between. There hasn't even been one with two slices has there? :shock:

I am confused. That would be too much wouldn't it?

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Wed May 25, 2011 6:47 am

He IS talking Royal Pent (i'm almost sure), as we were 3 wanting to make it in the last month... I'm sure it would've arrived earlier isf at least one of us had 400+ $ to prototype it (mine is 500$ for 10cm from faces (C4U giga size))

- Greg :lol:

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

Just spent $300 on Shapeways so I have a few.

It's just a normal 2x2x2 right, then why does it have 32 pieces?

You could call it the Mixup Cubes big brother.

The Mixup family needs a younger brother too.

The father is the odd one in the group. He is 1/3 greater than his sons.

Note: I know these hints suck but I'm happy to be prototyping more now that it's summer.

Note 2: These puzzles didn't cost me $300. I also ordered a few of my Mini Mixup Cubes, $300 just sounds cooler.

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Tue May 31, 2011 6:02 pm

Twinkle, twinkle, little star...
How I wonder what you are...
Up above the dimensions so high...
Like a rainbow in the sky...
Twinkle, twinkle, little star...
How I wonder what you are....

Gosh... I feel sleepy already!

:lol:

Pantazis

Gus · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 4:35 am

kastellorizo wrote:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star...

I prefer:

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a tea tray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

Gus wrote:

kastellorizo wrote:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star...

I prefer:

Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!
Up above the world you fly,
Like a tea tray in the sky.
Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!
How I wonder what you're at!

Wouldn't that be "where you're at"?
EDIT: *facepalm*

TBTTyler · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 10:43 am

Rentlix wrote:

Wouldn't that be "where you're at"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle,_T ... Little_Bat

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Thu Jun 09, 2011 5:49 pm

Gus wrote:

kastellorizo wrote:

Twinkle, twinkle, little star...

I prefer: Twinkle, twinkle, little bat!

Hmmm... a bat theme for a puzzle... *very* interesting!
Well, you should know I may be after one when I post here
something like "Welcome... to... Frrrrright Nnnnnight"!!!

:lol:

Pantazis

Garrett · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 1:58 am

"deliberately confusing angle"

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:37 am

The piece on the right looks like it comes from a 24-cube

gingervergo · **Joined:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:23 pm

katsmom · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 11:48 pm

Eric, did you steal my merlin game for that photo? :lol:

Jared · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:32 am

I know what it iiiis! :lol:

Robert111 · **Joined:** Sun May 30, 2010 5:29 pm **Location:** England

Quote:

I know what it iiiis! :lol:

I second that.

pirsquared · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:03 am

Coming soon to a theater near you...

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Synester · **Posted:** Mon Jun 27, 2011 12:08 am

Oh man, I really want to see this one Eitan!

gingervergo · **Joined:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:23 pm

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

looks cool! And also very confusing. I'm looking forward to this one.

rubikcollector123 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:20 am

gingervergo wrote:

is that a proportianate oh cube????? or even a proportianate void oh cube?

damo676767 · **Joined:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:18 am

katsmom · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:52 am

That's a hint??? I wonder what a snake would bring.

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:53 am

Nice try haha, Sky actually wanted to make one (your fusion isn't right btw) with three of his void peta's, that would just be crazy :lol:

damo676767 · **Joined:** Tue Mar 15, 2011 12:18 am

RubixFreakGreg wrote:

Nice try haha, Sky actually wanted to make one (your fusion isn't right btw) with three of his void peta's, that would just be crazy :lol:

I couldn't actually decide how to do the fusion.

How would you so it?

And that is how I got the idea!

Monopoly · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:37 am

rubikcollector123 wrote:

gingervergo wrote:

is that a proportianate oh cube????? or even a proportianate void oh cube?

I think it looks like a fadi + 333
And I always thought that dodecahedral puzzles should be fused by one large corner segment, is that correct?

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 7:51 am

damo676767 wrote:

RubixFreakGreg wrote:

Nice try haha, Sky actually wanted to make one (your fusion isn't right btw) with three of his void peta's, that would just be crazy :lol:

I couldn't actually decide how to do the fusion.

How would you so it?

And that is how I got the idea!

Ok this is how I see it. Fused means it joins at 1 cubie or in a group of cubies to form a bigger cubie that's fused together by both puzzles. Siamese means it shares one or multiple rows or columns depending on your point of view that joins both puzzles to make one puzzle.

http://twistypuzzles.com/cgi-bin/pdb-se ... sec&key=25

I hope this helps you out.

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

Feel free to guess unless you are one of the 2 people I already told about it.

shzl · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2010 2:13 pm **Location:** London

@ cubedude76

Aw no

I hope thats not what I think it is... giga-hexaminx? I'm am about 1/3 of the way done making one out of an mf8. Aw well, I hope it turns well (whatever it is)

Or, I suppose it may even be a... hexaminx crystal?

(I added spoilers for those who don't want to see my guesses :lol:

)

Katniss · **Joined:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:33 pm

cubedude76 wrote:

Feel free to guess unless you are one of the 2 people I already told about it.

Could it be a Master Hexaminx?

Beans · **Joined:** Sat Apr 10, 2010 8:07 pm

εPrism
Hint:Like a quartet...

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 7:36 am

cubedude76 wrote:

Feel free to guess unless you are one of the 2 people I already told about it.

I looked and I though... oh damn poor cubedude76 he wanted to make this... and then I was like... wait who posted ? I guessed without really knowing it but sadly enough i'm one of the two ^^

I'm glad you got it printed it's beautiful !

gingervergo · **Joined:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:23 pm

This is the core for my next puzzle (picture taken at a deliberately confusing angle).

Any guesses?

cubedude76 · **Joined:** Sun Mar 06, 2011 12:46 pm **Location:** Wichita

Maybe I should have posted a more difficult hint haha. I should get stickers today or sometime soon. Then I will post pictures and a video. Thanks for the compliments!

GoombaGeek · **Posted:** Tue Aug 02, 2011 11:54 am

gingervergo wrote:

This is the core for my next puzzle (picture taken at a deliberately confusing angle).

Any guesses?

Well... um... I'm assuming it's a combination of two puzzles? That's just a wild guess though.

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

My guess? Circle 2x2.

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