My collection is a bit bigger than I remembered!

theVDude · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:19 pm

Not as big as most of you guys, but it's bigger than I expected it to be! All the images are links to a larger picture, so go ahead and click them to make them bigger. Full size images are 2576px × 1932px. Twisty puzzles are in this post, and other puzzles in the next.

Rubik's Ice Cube
I got this from a friend who had peeled the stickers off. I took off the logo with nail polish remover.

Magic Cube
This is a TERRIBLE cube without screws or springs. It cost a dollar and was a cheap stocking stuffer.

Rubik's Cube
I recently bought this at target, the blue face creaks.

Nothing special.

Eastsheen 4x4x4
I got this recently, and when it arrived, a face didn't turn. I took it apart and a piece was placed incorrectly. It's amazing after it's loosened a slight bit, and will be with me often.

Eastsheen 5x5x5
I got this a few years ago for christmas from puzl.co.uk. I solved it right away, then took it apart and rebuilt it. I tightened it a bit to keep it nice and tight, but it moves a bit less well.

Rubik's Revenge
I got this a while ago, and it pops like crazy. It's way too loose now, and will making a transformation into a different cube soon.

Megaminx
I got this with my ES 5x5x5 for christmas, also from puzl.co.uk. Nothing special about it, I had to glue on a light blue tile, but that's all.

Pyraminx
I just got this from my mom's friend the other day. I scrambled it, solved it, took it apart and cleaned it. It moves okay, the same as any other old one, I guess. It's pretty beat up.

Rubik's Magic
I got this at target, and figured out how to solve it. It's pretty fun, nothing noteworthy, though.

theVDude · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:32 pm

Now, these other puzzles aren't twisty puzzles, but I own them and keep them all together, so here we go!

StirlingFox Woodworm
This was my first take apart puzzle, and it puzzled me for quite some time! I got the best of it, though!

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StirlingFox Gatekeeper
I got this for my birthday this year, and had it apart after a day or so. It's not too hard, but was still fun!

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Hanayama Cast Iron Baroq
This little guy is SO much fun. He looks really nice and the moves are all graceful except one where it needs a bit of force to continue through. A nice, difficult puzzle.

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IQ Cube
This wooden puzzle wasn't hard at all for me, but most of my friends can't figure it out.

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Gordian's Knot
I got this for my birthday last year and was playing with it for quite some time before I finally got a piece out! After that, it's mostly just repeating moves you've done to get the others out. I just found it again today, taken apart, and had a bit of trouble putting it back together!

Now the load time on the page should be a lot less. Sorry TP forums.

Near · **Posted:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:55 pm

So you got the megaminx a few years ago from Puzzle.co.uk?

I purchased one from them a couple of months ago, and it's quite different. Without having used any other ones, I'm not sure how it compares, but it has only ever popped on me when I had it ridiculously out of alignment and went for a turn. The tiles are quite nice as well.

Bigandrewgold · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:05 am

Near wrote:

So you got the megaminx a few years ago from Puzzle.co.uk?

I purchased one from them a couple of months ago, and it's quite different. Without having used any other ones, I'm not sure how it compares, but it has only ever popped on me when I had it ridiculously out of alignment and went for a turn. The tiles are quite nice as well.

his looks like a chinaminx and yours looks like a pvc one

theVDude · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:08 am

I think mine is a chinaminx. It doesn't pop terribly, but it comes close. During turns it'll lock up and the pieces will get close to popping, but I stop turning.

I deal with it.

Danny Devitt · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:17 am

Yes, you have a chinaminx. They work okay, but the popping can be a problem sometimes.

Near · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:31 am

I see. I wasn't sure which one I had, but I had heard great things about the ones from Puzzle.co.uk, so I went with it. I'm glad I did in the end, it's a very nice puzzle, and I enjoy it a lot.

theVDude · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:52 am

I only got it to solve, not to speed solve. It works for me.

Thomas · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:02 am

theVDude wrote:

All the images are links to a larger picture, so go ahead and click them to make them bigger. Full size images are 2576px × 1932px.

Nice collection...

But the images don't really link to the larger pictures, they are the larger pictures.
Please change it before Stefan sees it. :-)

Thomas

theVDude · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:18 am

Well, technically they're the larger pictures. I can go ahead and resize them all real quick in photoshop, upload them, and then link them that way. I'll have it done in a minute.

Thomas · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:31 am

theVDude wrote:

Well, technically they're the larger pictures. I can go ahead and resize them all real quick in photoshop, upload them, and then link them that way. I'll have it done in a minute.

Yes, I think that's better. Currently the pictures in this thread total 22,5 Mb!

But you don't have to resize them. Imageshack has already done that.

Instead of

Code:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4048/collectionp.jpg

use

Code:

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/4048/collectionp.th.jpg

That will give this:

Thomas

theVDude · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 2:49 am

It's done. 500x375 isn't so bad.

Jared · **Posted:** Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:15 am

(Incidentally, PUZL sells both kinds of megaminxes - the PVC comes with nice thin plastic tiles and is listed as "speed megaminx")

My collection is a bit bigger than I remembered!

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