Esfera Marusenko (Marusenko Sphere)

Georges · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 10:47 am

Does anyone have information if these puzzles are available already? (apart from the ones that were shon on DCD 2008)
The page http://www.marusenko.com has not been updated for 3 months now.

http://www.helm.lu/gallery2/main.php?g2 ... alNumber=2

Juan Roure · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:37 pm

Hi

I have one mail from marusenko ( last week )

They are improving the puzzle, soon it will be ready (not give me the date ) :cry:

juanan · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:44 pm

Georges

All the ball is wrapped with stickers?

Do you used it, too much?

Georges · **Posted:** Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:05 pm

juanan wrote:

Georges

All the ball is wrapped with stickers?

Do you used it, too much?

No stickers, all the parts are painted.
This puzzle is a little bit intriguing. Not so easy (for me).
But nice.- I already can solve it like a 2x2x2 :-)

Georges · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:01 pm

Taylor wrote:

This puzzle is incredibly easy to solve, just like solving centers of a 4x4. I solved it in less than 2 minutes. I'm sure it can be done way faster.

Thank you for this tip Taylor, now I have solved it.
What kind of color scheme does yours have?

joey · **Joined:** Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:02 pm

Taylor wrote:

This puzzle is incredibly easy to solve, just like solving centers of a 4x4. I solved it in less than 2 minutes. I'm sure it can be done way faster.

I was about 40-50s when I played with it in Bilbao

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:42 pm

At the DCD the guy selling them (I don´t know if he was the inventor) scrambled one for me to solve, but I had no I dea how to. On the train back I suddendly realised what Taylor just said.

They had a lot of color scheme variations. some where 8 colors, like Georges´, and some where just six colored in only the circle pieces, some where six colored but also the corner pieces were divided in 3 colors. If they would´ve been for sale, not for show, I would´ve bought one since they look so cool, and it SEEMED like a new challenge back then.
How did you get yours Georges?

aliengrey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:03 pm

So it's like a spherical 2x2 babyface?

For lack of an attempt at a more complicated name.

They look very cool. I'll have to try and get one when they come out.

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:44 pm

An easier way to describe it would be an edge-less 4x4.

aliengrey · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:59 pm

Danny Devitt wrote:

An easier way to describe it would be an edge-less 4x4.

So it has corners? I can't really tell quite how it moves from the picture.

Noah · **Posted:** Fri Jan 16, 2009 10:28 pm

Danny Devitt wrote:

An easier way to describe it would be an edge-less 4x4.

Seeing as rotating the centers does not effect the corners, I think a better way to describe it is a spherical version of this.

http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/newpage11.htm

Georges · **Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 12:51 am

Sjoerd wrote:

At the DCD the guy selling them (I don´t know if he was the inventor) scrambled one for me to solve, but I had no I dea how to. On the train back I suddendly realised what Taylor just said.

They had a lot of color scheme variations. some where 8 colors, like Georges´, and some where just six colored in only the circle pieces, some where six colored but also the corner pieces were divided in 3 colors. If they would´ve been for sale, not for show, I would´ve bought one since they look so cool, and it SEEMED like a new challenge back then.
How did you get yours Georges?

Yes, the inventors were present at DCD. I was introduced to them by David who was on tour with them and I could choose one of the prototypes they had brought to show.

Georges · **Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:12 am

aliengrey wrote:

Danny Devitt wrote:

An easier way to describe it would be an edge-less 4x4.

So it has corners? I can't really tell quite how it moves from the picture.

The 'triangles' are the corners.
It looks for me like a 2x2x2, but of course a 2x2x2 doesn't have centers.
Below are some pictures for comparison. First some views of the Marusenko Esfera:

then the esfera next to a 2x2x2 cube and a 3x3x3 corner/center only cube.

Finally the picture that reminds me most of the esfera:

I would love to have this last one in my collection, too.

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Sat Jan 17, 2009 8:06 pm

Noah wrote:

Danny Devitt wrote:

An easier way to describe it would be an edge-less 4x4.

Seeing as rotating the centers does not effect the corners, I think a better way to describe it is a spherical version of this.

http://www.speedcubing.com/ton/newpage11.htm

Quite right. I didn't even think about that.

Thien · **Joined:** Fri Dec 12, 2008 12:16 am

When i first saw it i thought it was the 2x2 circle cube but rounded into a ball.

trixter · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:15 am

Are these for sale anywhere? or are they even being fully mass produced?

katsmom · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:41 am

I've emailed the company a while back and have gotten no reply

Georges · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:42 am

katsmom wrote:

I've emailed the company a while back and have gotten no reply

Did you write in Spanish?
They didn't understand a word of English at DCD 2008.
Luckily I had David at my side to act as interpreter.

juanan · **Posted:** Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:37 pm

I write in spanish one moth ago , and I still waiting

Juan Roure · **Posted:** Sun Apr 12, 2009 2:50 pm

Today I had a visit from Marusenko .. in my home

)

comming soon in the Market...

EMarx · **Joined:** Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:00 pm

Do you have any other information Juan? Like the price and approximate time of availability? I've been waiting for these.

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