Hey Forum, here is my new puzzle, entitled the pentagram.

It is a vertex turning dodecahedron, and is equivalent to gelatinbrain 1.2.3. This is also the puzzle that the Michel Jackson hint referred to. in the song the Lyric Is abc, easy as 123! Thanks Eitan for the hint suggestion!

The stickers on the puzzle are temporary(I had to partially cut them by hand)


VIDEO


For sale!







showing the turning





And because of its geometry, it jumbles

Let me just say this is probably the best turning 3-D printed puzzle I have seen to date. I watched as Eric stickered this thing and the turning is FLAWLESS. You will not be disappointed if you buy it I can guarantee you that.

Chris Hemerich

Brilliant stickered! When I saw it in the sidebar, my mind was going "finally!"

ABCDEFG...

This is beautiful! I guess this name is slightly more marketable.

Very nice! I think you are making a great move by making this kit available through shapeways. May I ask how many pieces this cube has? Also, how tough is assembly.



Chris

It appears to me that this could also be an edge-turning and a (deep-cut?) face-turning puzzle. Has this been done before?

Do you plan to do this?

Wow, very nice!!! This may just have to find its way into my Christmas stocking.


It seem to me that it's essentially the equivalent of 2.1.2, a face-turning icosahedron, modulo stickering. I think all the piece types are the same. Roughly, this is to the FTI as Trajber's Octahedron is to the Rubik's Cube.

And as it has icosahedral twist, it is no surprise (these days!) that it jumbles.

That turns like a dream. Well done Eric! And at $250 I'm really going to have to consider getting one for myself.

I had seen it on the IRC but I'm still amazed at te quallity

What's the size by the way?

- Greg

Thanks for the kind words. Edge length is 35mm, it is a very comfortable size.

I am really thrilled that you decided to go with shapeways! This is the generous way! thank you for that!
This way we all have to oportunity to own this beauty! YAY!

Cant wait to see the final stickers

Excellent! Now the Satanix puzzle has an apprentice!

*prepares puzzle sacrifices*




Pantazis

That's a really nice puzzle. The smoothness of the turning is quite amazing for a 3d-printed puzzle like this. Well done!

Alex

This is a beauty. And it jumbles. Yes.

A 3-D Printed puzzle that is so fantastically turning and yet so cheap (for shapeway standards) is simply amazing! You just convinced me to make a shapeways account.

My name suggestion was the dodecadevil gram. That would have gone together

If I remember correctly, the pentagram is only a symbol of satanism when it is pointing down (they are pointing up on the most easily visible faces of this puzzle), other than that,it is a symbol for a ton of different things, most of them are religiously agreeable in some sense
In other words, this puzzle may actually be worship to the Greek gods

A beautiful puzzle, no matter what confusing symbolism is related to it's geometry

Very good Puzzle
congratulation

Thanks for the kind words everyone. A few people asked me to show some scrambled pics, so I will oblige them. I wanted to put this for sale tonight, but shapeways seems to be down. I will try to get it up as soon as possible.

Hey Eric!

I like this design very much - even if it´s black

And the name stands for itself - I never will dare to scramble it (evil, evil)

Go on and let´s see more and more great puzzles of yours

Hi all, I am just posting here to Let you know that the pentagram is now available for sale through my shapeways shop. The ordering instructions are pretty clear, bu if you have any questions, please contact me.

Beautiful puzzle! I find it really interesting how a megaminx+pentultimate puzzle, a dodecahedron helicopter, and this pentagram all look exactly the same on the surface!

Isn't this the dodecahedron shapemod of the DEFTI?
great puzzle, though I'll admit, when I first saw it I thought it was an order 4 face turning dodecahedron...
I'm also glad it's for sale, though there's no way I'll be able to afford it xD

Just out of curiosity, have you been able to solve it yet?

Yes, this is technically a shape mod of the DeFTI



No, I am atrociously bad at solving puzzles (compared to most of the members here). I haven't been able to put in the real time required, so the only progress I have made on the puzzle is figuring out the corners. I doubt ill every figure it out.

Amazing puzzle. Even if it is only a shape mod, it sure is a cool shape mod

Agreed. Normally I'm not a fan of shape mods, but this one looks awesome. Wow, 2010 certainly has been the year of icosahedral twist.

To see a detailed video review of Eric's pentagram go here.