Packages Just Arrived with Rare Puzzles

Calvin · **Joined:** Wed Oct 01, 2008 10:41 am

The square 2xp looks absolutely incredible, your very lucky.

PikAssO7 · **Joined:** Wed Sep 23, 2009 9:00 am

I got a 6-colour dogic a few days ago

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goetz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 15, 2010 1:59 pm

I'm glad to see it arrived safely.

Steveo · **Joined:** Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:37 pm **Location:** Canada

I just recieved this varikon cube
It's in very good condition, looks alot better than it does in that picture.

TomZ · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:32 am

Maybe there should also be an outgoing packages thread:

(This photos is from before the GCD, but I didn't want to show it until I had fulfilled all the orders)

trixter · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:46 pm

Wow! those look really nice Tom. I want one

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Thu Apr 22, 2010 1:54 pm

TomZ wrote:

Maybe there should also be an outgoing packages thread

Judging from your photo, excellent suggestion!

The title of this thread should have added the "sent puzzles" description too!

Pantazis

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Tue Apr 27, 2010 11:14 am

No, it was not the left one which arrived!

Volitar Prime · **Posted:** Wed Apr 28, 2010 4:25 pm

Some metal puzzles from Australia.

goetz · **Posted:** Thu Apr 29, 2010 12:22 pm

I thought I had many different types of twisty octahedra in my collection already. But today a new and very special one arrived:

Thanks, Tony!

@Andreas: thanks for your post yesterday, it gave me an idea what to do with my spare Eastsheen 4x4x4

olz · **Posted:** Tue May 04, 2010 6:07 am

I got a pakage from Germany yesterday.

It contained:
5x5x2
mini 4x4x1
WHITE 1x3x4
and some 3x3 stickers for a puzzle I got in the last pagake from him (I ran out after the 2x2x8)

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Luke · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 1:27 am

The puzzles I received yesterday aren't exactly rare, but they came from Frank, so I consider them rare. I got a Face Turning Octahedron, Big 3x3x3, Black Golden Cube, 1x1x1, BiCube, and a Pyramorphinx. (I'll post a picture later.)

DLitwin · **Posted:** Thu May 06, 2010 12:40 pm

SEBUVER wrote:

The puzzles I received yesterday aren't exactly rare, but they came from Frank, so I consider them rare. I got a Face Turning Octahedron, Big 3x3x3, Black Golden Cube, 1x1x1, BiCube, and a Pyramorphinx. (I'll post a picture later.)

A 1x1x1 by Frank is rare, and absolutely appropriate for this thread.

Dave

Klara · **Joined:** Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:07 pm

DLitwin wrote:

A 1x1x1 by Frank is rare, and absolutely appropriate for this thread.

Indeed, I haven't posted in this topic for a long time, but today I want to share my treasured golden 1x1x1 from Frank:

Luke · **Posted:** Fri May 07, 2010 1:14 am

I didn't know that it was a puzzle, but I also got sent one of those in purple. Probably my best collector's item.

Disjunto · **Posted:** Fri May 07, 2010 3:14 pm

Klara wrote:

DLitwin wrote:

A 1x1x1 by Frank is rare, and absolutely appropriate for this thread.

Indeed, I haven't posted in this topic for a long time, but today I want to share my treasured golden 1x1x1 from Frank:

beautiful

mr bang · **Posted:** Fri May 07, 2010 3:53 pm

I don't know about you but I think this is still, and allways will be, a rare puzzle.
My Qubami is here and I love it :mrgreen:

Thank you Kelvin, you know I love it.

PS. Whats with us cubers and cats?

clauswe · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:05 am

I recieved this set of puzzles this morning. All ordered by incredible. For the mini 5x5x3 I used the files from OLZ, a scale factor of 0.6 and the print-service of Karl-Heinz. Thank you!

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Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 9:27 am

clauswe wrote:

I used the files from OLZ, a scale factor of 0.6 and the print-service of Karl-Heinz.

Karl-Heinz's printing service? I must have missed something...
Anyway: Really cool.

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Mon May 10, 2010 10:02 am

My standard Qubami arrived today to keep my first Qubami company

. Many Thanks Kelvin :wink:

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And here's my first Qubami:

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clauswe · **Joined:** Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:05 am

Andreas: Yes, Karl-Heinz is offering 3d-printing. He makes unbeatable kalculations and makes delivery only a few days later.

goetz · **Posted:** Sat May 15, 2010 9:40 am

Well, that Pillowed Master Skewb cost me two Dogics I had to spare (you might have read about that offer elsewhere), but it's definitively worth it:

Turns nice and smoothly. Just have to work out the solution for this guy ...

cooldayr · **Joined:** Fri Nov 27, 2009 8:09 am

Franks square 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a_moJU6jdE

theVDude · **Posted:** Sat May 15, 2010 5:37 pm

cooldayr wrote:

Franks square 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a_moJU6jdE

It uses the original square-1 scheme. That's how a square-1 is SUPPOSED to be stickered. When I order stickers for a couple ideas I have I'll be ordering new sq-1 stickers so I can have it how it's supposed to be instead of the rubik's standard.

kastellorizo · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 2010 1:24 am

When the auction for this puzzle started, he was still alive.
And when I opened the package today, I felt some goosebumps.

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Frank, you will always be remembered.

Pantazis

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Wed May 19, 2010 3:41 pm

Some pictures of the puzzles I received in the last days.
Dave's puzzles had been owned by Frank before.

The Q on the Pinwheel Cube has been rubbed off nearly because I took the puzzle with me to the ice hockey opening game and played with it waiting in the queue to get in.

All puzzles are really recommendable and of a very good quality. Thanks to all the builders for the effort they took.

ndiamond · **Joined:** Fri Jul 17, 2009 5:32 pm **Location:** Tokyo

Wow, it's my turn. A Google search for "rampart cube" didn't bring up anything meaningful, so is this unique? It's 3x2.5x3! One layer Rubik, centre layer windmill, and one layer Fisher. That's a nice twist.

http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e103484349

Ender Delphiki · **Joined:** Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:55 pm **Location:** Montana

I should have posted here last month, but I recieved Flambore's Half-Truncated set. This is and will always be my favorite puzzle by far, being the exact puzzle that got me into puzzling awhile back made by the person who brought me and many others into puzzling.

Rob · **Posted:** Sat May 22, 2010 6:12 pm

I received a medium 1x4x4 designed by Olz and made by incredible - I really like this puzzle - it turns well and is just the right size!
Also 10cm and 7cm Svetnashki puzzles - all the way from Russia - maybe not so rare, but not yet common, either:

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(I can usually solve the 1x4x4 without algs, but as you can see, I've got two center pieces flipped and cannot remember how I fixed them last time...)

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Sat May 22, 2010 7:22 pm

Nice to see the Svetnashky puzzles. I'm still waiting for mine, ordered one last week, can't wait...

By the way, they now sell a blue one and also an orange one

. Too bad I ordered mine already, I would've loved a blue one... Maybe for another time

c1829 · **Joined:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:20 pm

Two questions: what is the solved position and how do they turn?

Edit: I'm talking about the Svetnashki Puzzles

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Sat May 22, 2010 8:40 pm

c1829 wrote:

Two questions: what is the solved position

- The main goal is to have the entire puzzle area transparent or if you want, all dark (except one square). But you can think of any possible pattern with that 4x4 area and do it.

c1829 wrote:

and how do they turn?

- I think it's best for you to see the actual videos to have a better idea (see bottom of the page).

c1829 · **Joined:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:20 pm

gabrielmpf wrote:

c1829 wrote:

Two questions: what is the solved position

- The main goal is to have the entire puzzle area transparent or if you want, all dark (except one square). But you can think of any possible pattern with that 4x4 area and do it.

c1829 wrote:

and how do they turn?

- I think it's best for you to see the actual videos to have a better idea (see bottom of the page).

Thank you

So It moves like a fifteen puzzle.

GuiltyBystander · **Posted:** Sat May 22, 2010 11:50 pm

Rob wrote:

(I can usually solve the 1x4x4 without algs, but as you can see, I've got two center pieces flipped and cannot remember how I fixed them last time...)

F being blue, with just the inner slices, (U2 R2)x2

I use it a lot when solving my cubes with only half turns.

Rob · **Posted:** Sun May 23, 2010 6:20 pm

Hi Guilty,

Thanks! That works well.

Konrad · **Posted:** Mon May 24, 2010 8:05 am

Here are two custom puzzles I've got recently:

TomZ's Dino Skewb and Drewseph's Master Skewb:

Here they are sitting like friendly brothers on my desk:

Probably, I'm as of today the first and only man on this planet owning these two great puzzles both! Wow!!!!!

Sigurd · **Posted:** Thu May 27, 2010 6:04 am

konsassen am about to join you. hopefully soon

boy those two looks sweet together

quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

My Quartet (unstickered):

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I also got a 1x2x3, but I don't know what sort of screw/spring/washer to use (I got it from TomZ, so I will just PM to ask...). More pics to follow (perhaps).

katsmom · **Posted:** Sat May 29, 2010 9:31 pm

You are turning into quite the little collector! Nice additions.

Jared · **Posted:** Sun May 30, 2010 2:01 pm

He must have caught the collecting bug from you when he visited. Do you remember sneezing on him?

Sigurd · **Posted:** Sun May 30, 2010 2:34 pm

Jared wrote:

He must have caught the collecting bug from you when he visited. Do you remember sneezing on him?

LOL. A powerfull wind contending that virus must have swept all the way to Denmark too :p

TomZ · **Posted:** Mon May 31, 2010 2:08 am

Yet again I'm hijacking this thread to show off my outgoing packages:

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Fri Jun 04, 2010 11:45 am

quicksolver wrote:

My Quartet (unstickered):

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I also got a 1x2x3, but I don't know what sort of screw/spring/washer to use (I got it from TomZ, so I will just PM to ask...). More pics to follow (perhaps).

Lol when I ordered my first prototye, it wasn't filleted... I prefer it like that :lol:

Can U make a review when it's stickered plz, I'm just wondering what you think of it (means a lot to me

)

Greg

P.S: I used a white, yellow, red, blue, orange, green color scheme at first and recently I recieved a black vinyl sheet... Trust me the black, yellow, red, blue, green, orange color scheme looks soooo cool!!

VeryWetPaint · **Posted:** Sun Jun 06, 2010 5:00 pm

The hollow 1x2x5 came in a handmade box with cut-away windows to show what's inside. Nice touch!

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Mon Jun 07, 2010 11:42 am

Yes. It is the left one which arrived ...
and it helped me to make up another series.

ulmboy556 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:46 pm **Location:** PA, USA

VeryWetPaint wrote:

The hollow 1x2x5 came in a handmade box with cut-away windows to show what's inside. Nice touch!

so that was you......

Sigurd · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 10:38 am

ok I got this beast today and its by far my favourite twistypuzzle!

It will need to be dyed (later today) and stickered before I can truly present it for real!
Thank you Timur for taking your time and going through 6 verions before you were satisfied! Its truly worth it!

This puzzle is SO small! yet so smooth!

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I still cant believe its smaller than a standard Meffert's pyraminx.

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please excuse my extremely poor quality pictures! (I really hate my webcam, but w/o it I would have never made any youtube clips...)

Timur · **Posted:** Thu Jun 10, 2010 12:38 pm

There were 6 versions uploaded to Shapeways, but actually printed only 2.5 of them

quicksolver · **Joined:** Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:38 pm

I picked up a Junior Xenomorphix courtesy of Steveo last night! It's a little bit "gappy" but otherwise very nice (turning is very smooth.

Konrad · **Posted:** Fri Jun 11, 2010 8:49 am

3x4x5 V3 made by TomZ. http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopi ... 15&t=17107
I was the winner of his special prototype action. http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/viewtopi ... x5#p214395
Fourth part of my birthday gift:

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