Packages Just Arrived with Rare Puzzles

GuiltyBystander · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:45 pm

alaskajoe wrote:

Wow that's pretty cool. Although I actually at first hoped it to be a circle skewb. Although I just checked with gelatinbrain's applet and a circle skewb looks different anyway.
Cool cube.

The circle skewb (gb's 3.2.10) is stupid hard and confusing. I can do the skewb ultimate just fine, but this is ridiculously hard for me to see (as you can tell by my times).

Jared · **Posted:** Sun Oct 30, 2011 9:55 pm

Wow, neat! ...But was "dreidel" misspelled intentionally?

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:59 am

bmenrigh wrote:

I recently got Eric Vergo's fantastic Dradle Skewb so I thought I'd show it off.

How unfair.
Not posting this in "New Puzzles" to prevent a poor moderator from finding it later?

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Tue Nov 01, 2011 10:17 am

Jared wrote:

Wow, neat! ...But was "dreidel" misspelled intentionally?

Nope

. Apparently enough people spell it wrong that Google doesn't suggest the correct spelling. I have fixed the name, thanks.

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

GuiltyBystander wrote:

alaskajoe wrote:

Wow that's pretty cool. Although I actually at first hoped it to be a circle skewb. Although I just checked with gelatinbrain's applet and a circle skewb looks different anyway.
Cool cube.

The circle skewb (gb's 3.2.10) is stupid hard and confusing. I can do the skewb ultimate just fine, but this is ridiculously hard for me to see (as you can tell by my times).

Stupid!

I really laughed when I read that line. HA. That's a good description for a mere puzzle.
But since you solved it already you proved the fact to it that you are much smarter than it.

Zzupler · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:26 am

My "holy grail" puzzle has arrived!! I can stop collecting puzzles forever now :lol:

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Ever since i saw this on a browse in the museum it has been number 1 on my wanted list. Italia 90 was the first world cup Ireland ever qualified for and it has a special place in my heart - as a kid my bedroom wall was covered with paraphernalia from this world cup so when i saw this puzzle i knew the little boy inside of me would never be happy until i had it......he's having a party now

Edit: Finally got around to taking new pictures!

Aleksey · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:08 pm

Can you share with us where did you find it?
I got mine about 10 years ago from eBay.

Anyway, congrats! This is a very rare find! 8-)

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:24 pm

Zzupler wrote:

My "holy grail" puzzle has arrived!! I can stop collecting puzzles forever now

What exactly is it? The pictures are very dark. Looks like it could be an 8x8x1? Oh... I think I figured it out. I believe its this:

http://pages.cs.brandeis.edu/~storer/JimPuzzles/ZPAGES/zzzUriblock.html

Carl

Zzupler · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:26 am

Aleksey wrote:

Can you share with us where did you find it?

I found it on italian ebay - the seller didn't know what they had

I did ask if they had more but unfortunately it was the only one they had.

wwwmwww wrote:

What exactly is it? The pictures are very dark.
Carl

Yes, it's a uriblock variant with the world cup logo for 1990 on it - sorry about the pctures, it's late here but i couldn't wait - i will try to change them when i get a chance.

Aleksey wrote:

Anyway, congrats! This is a very rare find! 8-)

Thanks!!
I do however have a new problem now.....i need a new number 1 for my wishlist!!!

Drake · **Joined:** Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:48 pm **Location:** Canada

I have a Chilen cube that just arrived from Shapeways! Will need to dye and assebmle it, beofre my mom put it under the tree

. But thanks Osakr i can't wait to try it out! And the customs sended me a nice bill to :oops:

.

clauswe · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:05 am

Today a package from my friend Zeljko/Serbia arrived. Inside I found 3 beautiful puzzles. For one of them I am looking since more than 10 years.

Top: MOZAIKA a.k.a. Pentomino) from the seventies
Right: VINTAGE RUSSIAN white Rubik's CUBE from Irkutsk 1983
Left bottom: ОЛИДЮС»(OLIDJuS)

I can't belief the perfect conditions of their packages. Thanks again Zeljko!!!!

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Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:10 am

clauswe wrote:

Right: VINTAGE RUSSIAN white Rubik's CUBE from Irkutsk 1983
Left bottom: ОЛИДЮС»(OLIDJuS)

You know that now I will have two additional jobs for you in the future? 8-)

Konrad · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 3:35 pm

I do not know how rare it is.
RyanA has made it and he knows how many he made.
A Void cubic 3x3x2

Konrad · **Posted:** Sun Dec 25, 2011 4:58 am

Three Christmas parcels with puzzles:

Some rare, some not so rare.
One is still unique in the universe!
Can you guess which one?

Drake · **Joined:** Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:48 pm **Location:** Canada

Chilen cube assembled and stickered

, didn't scrambled it wet, but look's very fun. I lubed it with lubix, at the place the i thinked that their would be a lot of friction (basicly on the rotating axis), and woah :mrgreen:

, work very very very well.

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:06 am

Konrad wrote:

Some rare, some not so rare.
One is still unique in the universe!
Can you guess which one?

I see a Masterball Cube in the 2009-image. But that is not unique. Claus Wenicker (who else?) owns one.

Konrad · **Posted:** Mon Dec 26, 2011 8:11 am

Andreas Nortmann wrote:

...I see a Masterball Cube in the 2009-image. But that is not unique. Claus Wenicker (who else?) owns one.

Yeah, indeed, I had assumed that the Total Mastercube from Eitan is unique.
Eitan has told me back in 2009 that he made only one. Claus, may I ask, where you got yours? Did you make it yourself?

clauswe · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:05 am

Sorry Konrad,

I built myself early in the 2010.
http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15885&start=0

It is complete casted by hand, also the master pieces. The both missing platon solids I built some weeks ago with a design Door has made for me.

Zzupler · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:26 am

Just received a Rolling Cubes puzzle

so i can now "retire" my Lego version- mine has three cubes with the white/yellow tiles flipped (the 3 along the bottom) while Kastellorizo's version had two cubes flipped - i suspect it must have been a mistake during the production process.

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chuchudengren · **Joined:** Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:05 am **Location:** China

Zzupler wrote:

Just received a Rolling Cubes puzzle

I saw the item on ebay and contact the seller, but the seller replied that only uk bidders are allowed. Later I found him endding the auction early and relisting it as BIN for uk and ireland buyers. Then I bet you're the lucky guy. Congrats on the nice deal.

I received three puzzles this morning, including a logi-vip and a WWF masterball from Ton and a not-so-rare puzzler from ebay.

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The puzzler is produced by Denver Mold Engeering Inc instead of Go Images shown in the museum. Who knows their relationship or which one produce the puzzle first?

Zzupler · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:26 am

chuchudengren wrote:

I saw the item on ebay and contact the seller, but the seller replied that only uk bidders are allowed.

Yes, when i contacted them first they said uk only too, but then i asked if i paid for registered shipping if they would consider it - but they still said no. So then i made an offer to "Buy it Now" with registered shipping - and luckily my persistence paid off!! Or else they just got tired of answering my questions :lol:

Very nice WWF Masterball! I'm still looking for one of those!

JeongEC · **Posted:** Wed Mar 14, 2012 7:00 am

My first post on this topic.

The 'Easyball'

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Made in korea.
It dosen't selled to other country and rare in korea too.
It isn't production anymore now.
Only few koreans get it now.

Yes, This is Pyraminx mod.
But I'm pretty sure you never see this before.

I'm very happy with this.
Sorry for my poor English.

-JEC-

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Thu Mar 15, 2012 3:05 am

JeongEC wrote:

My first post on this topic.
The 'Easyball'

A very worthwile posting!
Can you give me additional informations?
Do you know the inventor?
Or the year it was produced?
Or the original price it was sold for?

Can you post some images of the puzzle outside the box?
One showing the puzzle in midturn?

All this would be of great help for the museum.
Andreas

JeongEC · **Posted:** Fri Mar 16, 2012 7:37 am

Andreas Nortmann wrote:

Do you know the inventor?
Or the year it was produced?
Or the original price it was sold for?

Can you post some images of the puzzle outside the box?
One showing the puzzle in midturn?

All this would be of great help for the museum.
Andreas

Here it is.

Inventer - Kim Junghwan
Produced when - 2009
Original Price - 9~10$ when it selling.
Weigt - 160g (180g with prop)
Diameter - 9cm

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Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Sat Mar 17, 2012 5:50 am

Very helpful.
Thank you.

lunny · **Joined:** Thu May 05, 2011 8:50 am

The package from Bear, the puzzle's name shown on eBay is "ULTRA RARE RUBIK'S BABILON VARIATION". Does anyone knows the information(official name, inventor, etc.) of this puzzle?

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Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:54 am

I picked this up from the post office yesterday:

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and it allowed me to make this image:

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There is an empty slot.
Does anybody want to help me filling it?

cisco · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 2:32 pm

Maybe a silly question, but I do not see any relationship between all those puzzles :\

chuchudengren · **Joined:** Sun Dec 06, 2009 11:05 am **Location:** China

cisco wrote:

Maybe a silly question, but I do not see any relationship between all those puzzles :\

If I understand right , they are different sub-groups of the four by four rubik's cube, for example, the brilicube revenge equals to the edges and corners of the rubik's revenge. The slot left is the combination of the centers and the corners.

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 9:33 am

chuchudengren nailed it.

In the past I finished a series for the 3x3x3 with the same principle:
viewtopic.php?f=14&t=15541

This series could be extended if one considers the pieces of the core but there are way more empty slots in that case.

Zzupler · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:26 am

Do you mean like this one?

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BTW: Congratulations on the beautiful puzzle!

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Tue Jun 26, 2012 10:29 am

Zzupler wrote:

Do you mean like this one?

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Exactly.
That one is missing.

c1829 · **Joined:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:20 pm

The first printed puzzle I've owned!

Georges · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:04 am

Thank you Oskar!

Great puzzle!

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Paradox · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:42 am

Just got my first Shapeways order:

Pentacle Puzzle (David Pitcher) by Puzzleparadox, on Flickr

Pentacle Puzzle (David Pitcher) by Puzzleparadox, on Flickr

Lovely work from David Pitcher. I'm really liking the full-colour sandstone.

Near · **Posted:** Sat Aug 11, 2012 9:01 pm

Not too sure how rare this puzzle is, but compared to how many people there are in the world for every one of these puzzles, I would say that it is rare enough.

Unfortunately I was not invited (nor was I able to go) to IPP32, but I was still able to snag this beauty.

Here's another picture with the Breadbox next to the custom Elemental Neon that I got from Dave a few years ago. If you don't own a puzzle that Dave has made, I highly suggest that you remedy this.

The two puzzles that I have that he has made are of the highest quality, plus he was quite happy to provide a signature, which always makes a puzzle cooler.

I haven't managed to solve the Breadbox yet (I've only spent 20 minutes or so on it) but I am quite pleased to be able to add it to my collection. Thanks Dave!

Puzzlemad · **Posted:** Sun Aug 12, 2012 4:53 am

I love the breadbox puzzle! The first test took me about 10 mins but it was much harder to do the second challenge (all pieces including the crumb inside) that took me about 40 minutes. It is a great one to challenge friends with. I hope to get an Elemental from Dave sometime after the IPP.

Paradox · **Posted:** Mon Aug 13, 2012 2:28 pm

Here are a few of the more 'twisty' type puzzles to arrive at my puzzle madhouse recently:

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Back Spin - Binary Arts
BrainBall - Brainway
Planets - Recent Toys
Kinato - Funtime Gifts
Rubik's Rings - OddzOn
Rubik's Shells - OddzOn
Mini Ghost Cube - MDW
Chrome Dino Cylinder - Smaz
Dioctipoid 1.0 - Moulding Innovations
Dioctipoid 2.0 - Moulding Innovations
Hungarian Rings
Hungarian Rings - Olympic Edition
2x2x2 Dice Cube - AJ

Zzupler · **Joined:** Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:26 am

Quite excited to receive these puzzles today!

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Looks like Rox was mistaken in this thread - there are at least two more designs in the series!

Edited to add: "Tsukuda Popeye" for future generations of twisty puzzle searchers!

Georges · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:35 am

On August 3rd, 2006 - i.e. six years ago - I wrote in this topic viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5098 about my interest for Mike Grimsley's Baby Face puzzle.
Today the postman brought me Mike's puzzle.
At last!

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skeneegee · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:40 pm

Georges wrote:

Today the postman brought me Mike's puzzle.
At last!

I really did intend to build one specifically for you Georges, It just didn't work out that way. Enjoy the original!

-mg

DLitwin · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:37 pm

skeneegee wrote:

Georges wrote:

Today the postman brought me Mike's puzzle.
At last!

I really did intend to build one specifically for you Georges, It just didn't work out that way. Enjoy the original!

-mg

We always enjoy old friends stopping by. Nice to hear from you Mike!

Dave

Sigurd · **Posted:** Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:00 pm

Not too long ago I recieved a package from Brandon.

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Master Pentultimate, designed by Luke and tumbled by Brandon

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Lattice Cube, designed by Tom and tumbled by Brandon

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Master Skewb, designed by Tom and tumbled by Brandon

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Master Pyraminx, designed by Timur and tumbled by Brandon

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For thos of you who know me better you will know that I have owned some of these puzzles before. But since I have some sort of rare OCD (not really) I need a perfect copy of a puzzle before I am happy.
This is for example my 3rd Master Pyraminx and 3rd Master Pentultimate.
I am getting my 3rd Pentultimate as well. I think you know why

ps. I wont be getting any more copies of the puzzles in these pictures. I also think you know why that is.
Let me know if you want to see any of the puzzles in action.

oxymoronicuber · **Joined:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:17 pm

This arrived today!

Very nice puzzle - thanks William.

Now, how to solve it :lol:

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

I picked this up at the post office today.
Thanks, Timur!

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Sigurd · **Posted:** Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:04 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXAtHHcI ... plpp_video

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 2:11 pm

I have just received this two puzzles:
They are 3 color "Vadász" kind of inside out puzzles.
The interesting, is that I have never seen any of these with promo stickers.

Do someone know their real name?

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Andreas: I did not find them at the museum. If you need I can take more photos with white background.

And also received this one:
It is the Olympic Rings, sealed, never opened, with instructions.

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Jared · **Posted:** Thu Sep 20, 2012 9:19 pm

Sorry, I haven't got any pictures of my own, but I just got a brand-new Pyrix in the mail!

It might be "new old stock", I'm not sure, as there are no dates on the package or enclosed leaflet. But it's in perfect condition. Though, of course, I didn't get it to display on the shelf in the packaging - I got it to solve! :lol:

Torito is selling them. (But they don't ship outside of Japan anymore...) They do not have the related Pyram or Pyrus.

iaroslavski · **Posted:** Sat Sep 29, 2012 3:47 pm

Two amazing dodecahedrons are in my collection now.
These are Master Starminx by Eric Vergo (gingervergo) and
Helimate (Helicopter Pentultimate) by Greg (RubixFreakGreg).
Both puzzles are complex, but turn very well!

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Tue Oct 02, 2012 1:40 pm

My eight new puzzles from Shapeways

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