For about a month I have been slaving away attempting to make this puzzle. I am very happy to say that I am finished and it has turned out great. I can safely say that stickering is an art, this puzzle has made me gain a respect for all you professional hand stickerers out there ....it has also made me really want a plotter haha. I am actually going to attempt to get this one mass produced. Wish me luck!

Looks nice, and thanks for the attention on the stickers. It's worth it. (But yes, a sticker cutter is a great time saver).

Dave

Good luck ! I will buy one for sure, because I love cuboids.

Hunter, it looks beautiful! Well done indeed!

I do have a question - the way you have made it makes it look like the 2 face is not fully functional! When you turn it (3rd picture) the 2x4 face should be able to turn just the middle 2 cubies of a 2x6 but due to the pillowing it looks like this doesn't happen. Am I mistaken or is a true 2x4x6 not physically workable?

Correct me if I am not answering your question exactly but even though the pillowed face does reach up like that, it is still functionally the same as a 2x4x6. Is there another picture I could take that would help you out?

Oh brother, these super cuboids are a mess haha

you should upload a video showing that it is a super shape shifter!

This is not really "true" but almost:
http://twistypuzzles.com/cgi-bin/puzzle.cgi?pkey=3479

Thank you for the clarification. In this instance are we using the word true as like...a proportional puzzle? Or like mechanically true?

On a sidenote, this is incredibly difficult.

How the Hell did you do that? What was the base puzzle for this? Really impressive work!

I believe he used a mass produced 4x4x6, you can see the "TomZ" engraved in the first picture.

A true sleuth indeed! Yes I did use a 4x4x6.

My friend had the idea to do this a while back, I giggled when i saw this topic

Superb. Thats a really good looking puzzle, nice work.

Thank you so much! You are too kind Rex.

That means so much coming from you! Thank you!

That looks incredible! Good luck on Mass Production, I will definitely buy one!

At least I used "true" as "proportional".

Yeah that makes sense. I was just asking for clarity.

I really cannot even get this puzzle to its original shape! Talk about difficulty! I may have to dissassemble and reassemble it solved!

Nooooooo Hunter!!

Don't dismantle it!!!
Watch Jon (aka SuperAntonioVivaldi's tutorials) on the 3x5x7 cuboid.
It will solve the same way - it will be a Floppy cuboid with "brick tendencies" - it will be a fantastic solve. You will love it!!!

Haha I was only toying with the idea. Of course I will solve it.....eventually. And if there is one person who has helped me grasp certain puzzles, it is Jon. That man, is so great at what he does, and is equally as kind!
I will certainly have to rewatch the video.
Thank you for the words of encouragement

I suspect It's the extra bandaging from not being proportional that is making it so difficult?

I really can't see how there is any bandaging. Wouldn't it reduce to a 2x2 when shapeshifted in any case?

I am also confused on how there would be extra bandaging. Could you elaborate?

Never mind, I was clearly talking nonsense

Of course it reduces to 2x2 when shapeshifted

Trust me, its okay! You just gave me a bit of a scare. How dreadful would it be if I were to find out this is not mechanically a 2x4x6 haha

Very nice and tempting. Are you selling also this one?

I intend on selling, however I will have to wait a while before I do so, because if I do end up successfully getting it produced (slim chance ) I will have to send the producer it.

Ok, let me know if you succeed (hope so) or give up.
Good luck!

I'm waiting patiently!

Get in line Kevin

Ah! Now the truth needs to come out!
I have spoken to Hunter about this puzzle over 2 months ago!!

It's okay guys! I can make more than one copy

Lets just hope I can get it mass produced so you guys can save a lot of money!

Hmmm. Turn the red (2x4) face 90 degrees. On a fully-functional 2x4x6 I would expect the blue (2x6) face to be able to turn, but it is blocked.

That said, it's a lovely puzzle. Given that it's "just" a shape mod of a 4x4x6, perhaps you should reach out to Calvin, since most of the tooling and pieces would be the same as the 4x4x6?

I don't think a standard 2x4x6 works like that. Otherwise you'd end up with gaps where pieces should be.
Awesome puzzle regardless!

I suppose we don't demand that of 1x3xN puzzles. The 3x5x7s that have been made are similarly constrained.

That is not true! The 3x5x7 from Shapeways courtesy of Puzzle Maestro is truly fully functional:
http://www.shapeways.com/model/515863/3x5x7.html

If you turn the 3x5 face through 90 degrees then the that face will take a slice out of the 5 columns leaving the edges free. You end up with some fantastic pieces sort of hanging in the air! Here's a pic of mine scrambled:



The 2x4x6 is not fully functional in the same way because of the pillowing - it will still solve in a similar fashion but will not be quite so difficult because certain configurations will not be possible during scrambling.
It will still follow the basic ideas mentioned by SuperAntonioVivaldi - it will basically be a floppy cuboid but will have the brick parities too. See my recent blog post for the summary of these ideas:
http://www.puzzlemad.co.uk/2013/01/first-there-was-cube-and-then.html

No that would never be possible on any cuboid ( at least the ones that exist now). You also could not do that on a 3x3x5 , think about it. The mechanism would prevent it. This 2x4x6 is fully functional. You can also take a 6x6x6 and emulate a fully functional 2x4x6. Think a little bit about it how it would look like if the turn you sugest worked. You would turn the stickerless side of a piece to the top (white face)

Joshua, what you are saying would only actually be possible on a 1x3x3 "scramble cube".

Those movement types really aren't possible on any conventional cuboid.

Thank you for the compliment though

Yes, I guess the rule is that a on a traditional cuboid (not counting the scramble cuboids) a slice cannot rotate unless it is fully populated.

Is that true for the 3x5x7 linked above? My visualization powers are a bit rusty. Having pieces hanging out is, of course, possible (witness the absurd 2x2xN variants when scrambled) but one a slice is missing cubies it itself can't rotate.

The analogy on a simpler cuboid would be rotating a 4x6 face on a 4x4x6 by 90 degrees, after which 4x4 faces are blocked. (Argh, I wish my puzzles weren't in storage! I'm feeling rusty.)

very nice puzzle..congrats..!!!
I really like those corner piece..
maybe someday I would also try this one too..

Maulana