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A dodecahedron that combines the axis system of a face turning cube and a face turning icosahedron. The result is a jumbling puzzle.
This puzzle is the YASL (Yet Another Starminx Lookalike), based on its appearance being similar to a number of puzzles with related names (Starminx I, Starminx II, Starminx III, Dino Starminx, and Dino Dodecahedron).
It uses hybrid axis system which combines the corners turns of the Dino Dodecahedron (see image 2) and SOME of the edge turns of Starminx II (see image 3). The second part of the axis system resembles more the face turns of a cube as there are only six turns available which also allow turns of 90�.
The puzzle therefore combines the geometries of cube and icosahedron and thereby crosses a line that outrules doctrinaire hybrids. Jumbling turns as in image 4 are the result.
There is a stranger series of moves. If you turn all six cube faces a quarter turn, the puzzle turns into a different dodecahedron (the other one from the compound of two dodecahedra), but acts exactly the same, with all moves being available. See image 5. This is somewhat reminiscent of the wandering axes puzzles like the Rocket Twist, but there are only two positions for some of the axes as opposed to infinite. The inventor coloured this puzzle with six colours and opposite faces the same so that it has a solution in either dodecahedral form.
The puzzle uses a two layer shells mechanism, with the inner layer being essentially equivalent to a Redi Rhombic Dodecahedron, with the 3-fold axes turning into 8 of the icosahedral axes on the outside. The remaining 12 icosahedral axes are screwed into the 4-fold centers.
It was printed with i.Materialize and with machine cut the stickers.
Diameter (inner): 53 mm
Weight: 67 grams
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