ALEH'S STARMINX (V1).

Aleh · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:56 pm

Hi my friends,
Here is my latest creation Starminx V1. Now I'm working on V2, which should be smaller with better movement (I hope

).

VIDEO

MarkSS · **Joined:** Sun Nov 25, 2007 7:29 am **Location:** UK

Beautiful.

Jason · **Joined:** Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:05 am

Wow, that is such a beautiful puzzle, really aesthetic. I reckon it's one of my favorites

APJ · **Joined:** Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:09 pm **Location:** My House

Wow! Kinda confusing too though

.

Alex

Sven · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:02 pm

Amazing puzzle, can't waight to see a video and the v2!

zevipa · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:02 pm

i thought it was a dino-dodecahedron at first, amazing.

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

This puzzle is absolutely unbelieveable.

Edit: Is this a "FTO'ed" Pyraminx Crystal?

dextir · **Joined:** Tue Jun 10, 2008 12:10 am **Location:** Norway

This is beyond and over! Thanks for the amazing pictures!

Looks like a beast!!!! Good craftsmanship all the way! Impressive!

:wink:

Alex

TwistyPuzzler117 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:06 pm

Kapusta · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:09 pm

This is one of the best puzzles you've ever made, Aleh, if not THE best puzzle.

And that is definitely saying something.

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:11 pm

That is absolutely beautiful! I can't believe how perfect it looks.
:shock:

Congratulations.

TomZ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:14 pm

That's is very cool! I was very surprised to see it also had the face turning functionality. Very cool.

After the pentultimate this is the deepest cut dodecahedron out there. Great on it's own, and the added corner twisting thing is a plus.

elijah · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:55 am **Location:** WA, USA

this puzzle is legendary!
And now it's here!
I love, love, love it.
You, Aleh, are always thinking outside the box. :mrgreen:

Can't wait to see V2, and maybe this was just the inspiration I needed to stop procrastinating.

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

TomZ, the puzzle is not a hybrid. It's only way of turning is the faces.

Bounb · **Joined:** Fri Oct 05, 2007 1:45 pm

Very sharp indeed!!

JFDude616 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:29 pm

OH MY GOD! :shock:

Beautiful puzzle!

Namegoeswhere · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 1:45 pm

A truely beautiful puzzle, I love how the star is turned in regard to the standard megaminx.
I first also thought it was a dino minx though

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

So *what* is the mechanism?

squabpuzzles · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:11 pm

Wow this is awesome! At first I thought this was a dino dodecahedron, but then I saw the movement pictures.

Sjoerd · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:13 pm

THAT is the best puzzle here I´ve seen in a very long time! And there have been some cool ones... looks absolutely perfect.

Justin · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:15 pm

Magnificent looking puzzle!

squabpuzzles · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:15 pm

Could we get a comparison picture with a megaminx and pyraminx crystal?

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

This is really something special Aleh.

Kapusta · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:29 pm

Is this based, in any way, off of an alexander's star?

Just my guess, due to the name you gave it and the way it looks mid-turn.

:wink:

elijah · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:55 am **Location:** WA, USA

I think it's just called a starminx because there's a star on each face.

Apollo · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:16 pm

Stunning. I love when great builders create an amazing puzzle such as this and they say there is already an improved version in the works. Fantastic.

chris the cynic · **Joined:** Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:15 pm

I just put the finishing touches on a design for this today. The last file was finished five hours and 30 minutes ago. Then I come here and see this.

It looks just like I'd imagined it. Good work.

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Any chance of seeing inside?

Aleh · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:28 pm

squabpuzzles wrote:

Could we get a comparison picture with a megaminx and pyraminx crystal?

Here is it:

Thanks a lot for nice comments my friends!!!

cubefan8 · **Joined:** Sun Feb 17, 2008 6:25 pm

Wow, this has got to be one of the most amazing puzzles I've ever seen in my life! Fantastic job Aleh, I can't believe it.
And sorry if this is a stupid question, but what is this puzzle technically? Is it a face turning dodecahedron with deeper cuts than a megaminx, but with twistable corners too?

Aleh · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:38 pm

cubefan8 wrote:

Wow, this has got to be one of the most amazing puzzles I've ever seen in my life! Fantastic job Aleh, I can't believe it.
And sorry if this is a stupid question, but what is this puzzle technically? Is it a face turning dodecahedron with deeper cuts than a megaminx, but with twistable corners too?

The corners are not twistable. It is just a face turning dodecahedron. 8-)

Monopoly · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:38 pm

When I read the title, I thought it was a Stelated Icosahedron Megaminx. When I saw the first pic, I thought it was a Dino Dodeca. I then got the notion that it was no normal 'cube'. Then I saw the turning pics. :shock:

. I don't even know how I'm still writing this, because I'm pretty sure that I dropped dead when I saw that. However, now that I'm back alive I can very well percieve how it's made. It appears to be to the Pyraminx Crystal as the FTO is the rainbow cube, and is made in a similar way.

Aleksey · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:43 pm

Just beautiful! Wow!

heiowge · **Joined:** Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:23 pm

Fabulous! I love it!

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:57 pm

God how I do love new mechanism puzzles. This puzzle is a 1.1.5 on gelatinbrand.

elijah · **Joined:** Sat Mar 29, 2008 12:55 am **Location:** WA, USA

yeah! I knew I'd seen this before, the gelatin brain version was someone's avatar for awhile, was it not?

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 7:46 pm

Beautiful Aleh, simply beautiful.

A real star among other twisty puzzles!

Pantazis

Puzzlemaster42 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:15 pm

Another amazing puzzle from a master craftsman.

Excellent work.

grigr · **Joined:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 8:38 pm **Location:** Russia

Super!

PentaUltimate mech?

sokoban · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:42 pm

So nice. I am glad to see essentially new puzzle.

Jared · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:52 pm

Naturally it's a little bigger than a Crystal...

Excellent, excellent work! I'm already wondering how to solve it...

DLitwin · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:10 pm

Just in case you were not yet impressed, consider that this beauty is cast from hand made masters.

That's right, no CAD and no 3D printing here.

Genius design and master craftmanship.

Dave

Derek Bosch · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:13 pm

WOW...

that is unbelievable! I'd love to see mechanism details if possible!!!

-Derek

Steryne · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:14 pm

NO WAY! Hand made?!? My vote for p.o.t.y!

TBTTyler · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:16 pm

I leave for the weekend and THIS happens??
EXCELLENT job!

You just need one more thing on that picture ... the pentultimate at the bottom.

lukeharry · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:18 pm

What! I cannot even imagine a puzzle this complex turning with hand made masters, let alone being of this quality.

Ben · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 9:46 pm

I'm absolutely speechless as to how amazing this puzzle is, not to mention that the masters were hand made!

Awesome job!!

Scott Bedard · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 11:13 pm

Holy crap! This puzzle is incredible! Keep up the stunning work Aleh!!!

traiphum · **Posted:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 12:24 am

I cant imagine its mechanism

News or transformation?
amazing built

RFP · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 10:49 am

Thats version 1? Then I bet version two would be a gigastarminx :lol:

ndgamer4life · **Joined:** Tue Jan 06, 2009 7:23 pm

i.... i dont even know how to describe it, my brain hurts

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