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Heptaclaw
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A hollowed sphere with a 7-fold-symmetry. Another entry in the series that started with Rocket Twist.

Heptaclaw is a 7-fold-symmetry variation to the Penta Mystery puzzle, which has 5-fold symmetry. The puzzle has been coloured to show two seven-fingered "claw" shapes: one black and one colourfull. One can reorient the direction of the black "claw" in two moves. This illustrates how the axes of this puzzle can reorient in space. The puzzle is simple deep cut, and it uses dovetail rails to hold together.
The puzzle features 16 (sixteen, 2x (7+1)) functional heptagons. This must be the largest number of heptagons in any twisty puzzle.
A bonus feature is that the cut tilt has been choosen such that an eighth deep cut appears at the puzzle's equator. This is impossible with the 5-fold-variation Penta Mystery, whereas the same feature with the 3-fold-symmetry variation (Rocket Twist) would have resulted into in Minimal Twist, with the (now) ordinary Skewb or Pyraminx (see Almost-a-Pyraminx) geometry.
Diameter: 190 mm
Weight: 478 grams

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