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GoombaGeek
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Post subject: Christmas Puzzle  Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 5:29 pm |
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Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:57 pm
Location: The land of dreams, coincedentally located in Alberta
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I'll be going to Austria and the UK this Christmas, which is excellent! But it also means that I can only get one present (airline weight limits, suitcase space, etc.). The price range is anything below $200. Currently I'm thinking the set of all 8 crazy cube planets. (that counts as one, right?)
So, yeah. Suggestions?
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3x3x3 PB: 38.9 seconds
Well, I accumulated puzzles without even trying this Christmas. Whoops.
(Bermuda 8 planets, Rex Cube, Master Skewb, London Natural History Museum keychain 2x2x2, Impossiball)
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Adman234
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Post subject: Re: Christmas Puzzle Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2011 6:47 pm |
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Joined: Tue Jul 27, 2010 10:17 am
Location: Missourica
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Ehh, I think that you could do better than the crazy planets. Plus you don't want to drag all of those around. You should look around on shapeways and got a 3d Printed puzzle! $200 is a great amount for a shapeways puzzle! 
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Luke
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Post subject: Re: Christmas Puzzle Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:19 am |
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Joined: Thu Sep 24, 2009 12:21 pm
Location: Chichester, England
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Adman234 wrote: You should look around on shapeways and got a 3d Printed puzzle! $200 is a great amount for a shapeways puzzle! I agree. And then when you come to the UK, you can give me the puzzle!  On a serious note, for $200 I would recommend Eric's Master Pentultimate.
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3x3x3 average of twelve: 10.46 seconds.
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Burgo
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Post subject: Re: Christmas Puzzle Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:23 am |
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Joined: Tue Feb 08, 2011 3:17 am
Location: Australia
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I have to disagree (of course), you will not get more value for money than those crazy planets  . In fact, if you like idea of the planets, for that price you could get 2 complimentary `Cubes` and 2 complimentary `Minxs`that you can transform into any planets and a Jupiter, Mercury and Mars `Tet` (which is all the pure circles).. they should keep you busy for.. about the rest of your life . That's the equivalent of 8+8+3=19 (plus you could make pure circle cubes=22 puzzles)! Cheers, Burgo.
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GoombaGeek
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Post subject: Re: Christmas Puzzle Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:33 am |
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Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:57 pm
Location: The land of dreams, coincedentally located in Alberta
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Luke wrote: Adman234 wrote: You should look around on shapeways and got a 3d Printed puzzle! $200 is a great amount for a shapeways puzzle! I agree. And then when you come to the UK, you can give me the puzzle! On a serious note, for $200 I would recommend Eric's Master Pentultimate. Master Pentultimate before Pentultimate? :O Well, that's one way to stay occupied for two 10-hour plane rides... And thank you for the advice Burgo, but I'd rather have eight cubes than the full range of possibilities. That way I can keep track of which is which without using a screwdriver (also, I'm a bit of a completist and it would be nice to have all the planets on my shelf in body rather than spirit.)
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3x3x3 PB: 38.9 seconds
Well, I accumulated puzzles without even trying this Christmas. Whoops.
(Bermuda 8 planets, Rex Cube, Master Skewb, London Natural History Museum keychain 2x2x2, Impossiball)
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77mouser
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Post subject: Re: Christmas Puzzle Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2011 4:19 pm |
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Joined: Mon Jun 14, 2010 6:59 pm
Location: Crestwood, IL
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I would also recommend Eric Vergo's Pentagram. A wonderful puzzle and it jumbles too if you so wish.
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Phoenix
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Post subject: Re: Christmas Puzzle Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2011 7:37 pm |
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Joined: Sun Aug 21, 2011 8:03 pm
Location: Gotham City
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Yeah... the Crazy Planets cubes are one of those things where when someone buys all of them, it's really just for the saking of bragging they have them. I would go for a Shapeways or two... how 'bout an Oskar puzzle? He has TONS below 200 dollars! Here, right after page 7: http://www.shapeways.com/shops/oskarpuz ... =7#sg13603But whatever, it's your decision. It's your present. --JC--
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GoombaGeek
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Post subject: Re: Christmas Puzzle Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 10:29 am |
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Joined: Wed Jun 22, 2011 4:57 pm
Location: The land of dreams, coincedentally located in Alberta
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Well, another set of planets has been released... and it sounds really awesome Also, they all change shape, so they're much cooler than the crazy planets
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3x3x3 PB: 38.9 seconds
Well, I accumulated puzzles without even trying this Christmas. Whoops.
(Bermuda 8 planets, Rex Cube, Master Skewb, London Natural History Museum keychain 2x2x2, Impossiball)
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