Kite Cube I & Kite Cube II

Aleh · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:42 pm

I named them Kite Cube because ... look at the pictures

Aleksey · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:52 pm

Cool puzzle, and especially clever name of the puzzle! 8-)

I wish I had this puzzle! :oops:

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Aleksey

Aleh · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2005 11:01 pm

Aleksey wrote:

Cool puzzle, and especially clever name of the puzzle! 8-)

I wish I had this puzzle! :oops:

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Aleksey

On the next week you can see them on E-BAY.

sausage · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:55 am

Oleg, are these skewb based?

Vadim · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:48 am

What a great puzzle. The quality is fantastic as well.
Well done, Oleg.
I think I want one more than anyone else! :lol:

Vadim

Aleksey · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:54 am

Wayne, somehow I think it's not made from skewb. I vaguely remember seeing a patent for it, most probably russian. Maybe Tom Lohe can help with that? The beauty of the puzzle is that all elements of it have the same form and shape.

Vadim, don't you see an end of the line for this puzzle? 8-)

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Aleksey

skeneegee · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:28 am

It has to be made from a pyraminx, white plastic and deep cuts. The four faces were built up to form four corners and the pyraminx tips were made into the other four corners.

Very clever!

away · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:00 pm

Looks more like a 2x2x2 to me, no?

jaap · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:03 am

StefanPochmann wrote:

Looks more like a 2x2x2 to me, no?

Looks more like a Rubik's Ufo to me.

Sean · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:44 am

Well, what ever it's made from, it looks very cool! Are those tiles on there, Oleg? I wonder how much these will go for on Ebay... :roll:

Aleh · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:20 am

Jaap is right. It's based on Rubik's Ufo. This puzzel has vinyl stickers. Size 2.5x2.5x2.5 in (6x6x6 cm)

Jin H Kim · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:11 pm

That is really a fantastic transformation.

Thanks to Aleksey for clarifying a few things. A very nice puzzle.

Carter · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 9:47 pm

I am stunned. This is fabulous. Please tell us the story about how you thought of it and how you are building them, Oleg.

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:06 pm

Oleg wrote:

On the next week you can see them on E-BAY.

Whats your ebay Id? It sure looks like were going to have a bidding war next week. I thought it was skewb or pyraminx based but not a Rubik's Ufo. I'm still confused on how it works.

Aleh · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:08 am

Carter wrote:

I am stunned. This is fabulous. Please tell us the story about how you thought of it and how you are building them, Oleg.

I tried to cut a cube so that at rotation the form of a cube was kept. And to my surprise I have found as to cut a cube that its each side looked equally. And this cube had 12 parts as well as Rubik's Ufo. My first variant has turned out very much greater, nearby 3 ". Then I have reduced it up to 2,5 ".

Aleksey · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2005 7:54 am

Oleg, would you please make sure you pay attention to personal messages (PM)? The link to the messages is in the Forum's menu. Thanks!

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Aleksey

Aleh · **Posted:** Thu Apr 14, 2005 10:27 am

Darren Grewe wrote:

Oleg wrote:

On the next week you can see them on E-BAY.

Whats your ebay Id? It sure looks like were going to have a bidding war next week. I thought it was skewb or pyraminx based but not a Rubik's Ufo. I'm still confused on how it works.

My ebay ID alehik.

Aleh · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 1:22 am

Kite Cubes on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 05173&rd=1

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 05173&rd=1

Tom · **Joined:** Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:47 pm

Aleksey wrote:

Wayne, somehow I think it's not made from skewb. I vaguely remember seeing a patent for it, most probably russian. Maybe Tom Lohe can help with that? The beauty of the puzzle is that all elements of it have the same form and shape.

Vadim, don't you see an end of the line for this puzzle? 8-)

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Aleksey

Maybe you remembered SU1253658 with similar cuts but other mechanics ?

away · **Joined:** Tue Oct 07, 2003 10:00 pm

jaap wrote:

StefanPochmann wrote:

Looks more like a 2x2x2 to me, no?

Looks more like a Rubik's Ufo to me.

Yeah ok next time I'll either look at all images or shut up ;-)

But they were so large...

Aleksey · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2005 4:03 pm

Tom wrote:

Maybe you remembered SU1253658 with similar cuts but other mechanics ?

Thanks, Tom. But that's not it. These are the pictures that I've remembered. The puzzles pictured are not quite what Oleg did. His Kite Cube puzzle is an original design.

Tom · **Joined:** Fri Feb 06, 2004 3:47 pm

Aleksey wrote:

Tom wrote:

Maybe you remembered SU1253658 with similar cuts but other mechanics ?

Thanks, Tom. But that's not it. These are the pictures that I've remembered. The puzzles pictured are not quite what Oleg did. His Kite Cube puzzle is an original design.

Thanks, Aleksey. I had never seen this pictures before. Could you share the patent number ?

Aleksey · **Posted:** Sun Apr 17, 2005 1:58 am

Tom wrote:

Thanks, Aleksey. I had never seen this pictures before. Could you share the patent number ?

Tom, it's SU1378879 and SU1787475. Enjoy! 8-)

Mr.Twisty · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2005 3:48 pm

It looks like these cubes fetched a nice price. Do you plan on making any more for sale?

Aleh · **Posted:** Tue Apr 19, 2005 9:38 pm

Dodd wrote:

It looks like these cubes fetched a nice price. Do you plan on making any more for sale?

Yes, I think so. But it will take some time.

Carter · **Posted:** Wed Apr 20, 2005 9:45 pm

Congratulations, Oleg. Nice prices you earned for nice puzzles!

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