Packages Just Arrived with Rare Puzzles

Georges · **Posted:** Mon Mar 21, 2011 3:11 am

A Mini Mixup Cube.
Thank you Mike!

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Robert111 · **Joined:** Sun May 30, 2010 5:29 pm **Location:** England

I received my White Golden Cube today.
So in the last week, I've gained 3 puzzles that I've dreamt of having for a while, White Golden Cube, White Golden Egg, and a Gold Golden Egg.

I got what I believe is a really good deal on the Golden Cube. Also I spoke with Ben a while ago, and he said that the White Golden Cube was made in a very small scale, does this make them more rare, and maybe more valuable?

The only puzzle now is a Dogic

Thanks Robert

Ben · **Posted:** Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:40 pm

Robert111 wrote:

I received my White Golden Cube today.
So in the last week, I've gained 3 puzzles that I've dreamt of having for a while, White Golden Cube, White Golden Egg, and a Gold Golden Egg.

I got what I believe is a really good deal on the Golden Cube. Also I spoke with Ben a while ago, and he said that the White Golden Cube was made in a very small scale, does this make them more rare, and maybe more valuable?

The only puzzle now is a Dogic

Thanks Robert

Indeed. According to Meffert's news (Mar. 6, 2009), the run of Tony Fisher's White Golden Cube was limited to 200 puzzles. I know that at least one or two has been transformed into mods (IIRC one was turned into a Hexagonal Dipyramid).

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Puzzle News as of March 06. 2009 - Tony Fischers Golden cube in white body is now available!!!

Hi all!

A very limited special production run of the Tony Fischer Golden cube in white body (only 200 pieces) is now available. This very special edition will not be reproduced and orders will be processed on a first come first served basis whilst stocks last, to secure your own copy of this beautiful puzzle please go direct to: http://www.mefferts.com/products/detail ... =13&id=240

-snip-

Happy Puzzling
Ulrich and Uwe

Ben

Robert111 · **Joined:** Sun May 30, 2010 5:29 pm **Location:** England

Thanks Ben, don't forget Apollos Tetrahedron puzzle as well.

Robert

Jumbo · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 9:44 am

That Mixup Cube is one of Oskars right?

Georges · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:26 am

Jumbo wrote:

That Mixup Cube is one of Oskars right?

No, it isn't. This one is from Mike, smaller than Oskar's.

mizzle576 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:18 pm

Two more Goldens came in today! I am going to assume that they are now rare. Enjoy!

Got these babies for $60 USD (For Both!)

Thanks!

Chris

VeryWetPaint · **Posted:** Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:10 pm

Just got Oskar's Cooksey Tribute E in Indigo and my own Twirlicue Puzzle Pendant in solid silver.

Volitar Prime · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 4:22 pm

Today I received these two rare puzzles which I have wanted for a long time.

stardust4ever · **Posted:** Thu Mar 31, 2011 11:23 pm

Ooooooooohh............... You got an Astrolab!!! I'm soooooooo jealous!

Volitar Prime · **Posted:** Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:01 pm

An Ideal Rubik's Mate.

DLitwin · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 2:08 am

Happy day for me, my first custom icosahedron

Next to some friends. I meant this picture to be a size comparison, but with the Master Tutt's Icosahedron in back it actually looks a bit smaller when it is really just a bit larger. Oh well. Good picture, terrible size comparison.

Enjoy (I will!)

Dave

Muffet · **Posted:** Tue Apr 12, 2011 11:08 am

Glad to see it arrived safely

Muffet · **Posted:** Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:15 am

Oopsie, a double post, hope you guys don't mind, but I had to show this piece of art to everyone. My pictures don't do it justice. It is the most beautiful thing and it makes me happy.

I can't seem to solve it, so ignore the scrambledness of the pictures :scrambled:

I was hoping to take some really nice pictures outside, but it is kind of dull and grey out, I will make a video eventually.

Door · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 6:19 pm

I saw this thread last week, and then when searching for puzzle deals later that day, I came across the calender puzzle on my national auction site for Buy-Now $4! It arrived today, so here are some pictures:

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-Mark-

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:13 pm

Yay! Today two rare puzzles arrived in two separate packages! An original Cuboctahedron which I won on eBay for £3.25! (about 5 USD). I also received my six colour Alexander's Star, also from eBay.

NType3 · **Joined:** Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:48 am

How much are the original cuboctahedrons worth?

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Apr 16, 2011 1:31 pm

Well, according to the Prices page on this site, they average around $43, although I wouldn't say that's too accurate, seeing as the prices varied from $3 to $155.

Rob · **Posted:** Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:53 pm

A Master Pentultimate from Eric Vergo arrived today. It turns really smoothly and feels & looks great!
Comparison with TomZ's Pentultimate shown.
I also received (ok, a while ago) an Elite Tetrahedron from Chris Hemerich. Also a fantastic puzzle!
The Elite Tet is the Halpern-Meier companion to Timur's Professor Pyraminx from Meffert - another comparison shot shown.

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RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Sat Apr 23, 2011 2:57 am

Sweeeeeeeet

Dreiser · **Joined:** Sat Oct 23, 2010 7:23 am **Location:** CH

Puzzles arrived last week.

Scott Bedard’s 2x2x6 (from Georges)
Tony Fisher’s Curviminx
Traiphum’s ReuleauxMinx II
Traiphum’s Pillowed Hexaminx
Traiphum's gift (I forget about the name, but I can solve the puzzle blind

)

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DLitwin · **Posted:** Sun May 01, 2011 11:15 pm

Dreiser wrote:

Puzzles arrived last week.

Scott Bedard’s 2x2x6 (from Georges)
Tony Fisher’s Curviminx
Traiphum’s ReuleauxMinx II
Traiphum’s Pillowed Hexaminx
Traiphum's gift (I forget about the name, but I can solve the puzzle blind

)

That is a wonderful set of puzzles!

Welcome to the forum,

Dave

dooper · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 2011 5:44 am

Two dodecahedrons arrived this week.

Thanks to Eric Vergo (Pentagram) and MF8 (Dino Dodecahedron). The Pentagram looks and turns perfect. Dino Dodeca is a little bit too tight for solving.

Luke · **Posted:** Fri May 13, 2011 4:10 pm

Yesterday I received a very special puzzle... a Curvy Copter II from Tom!

After playing with it, scrambling it, solving it, coming up with more algorithms for it, playing with it some more, accidently jumbling it, getting scared, disassembling it, reassembling it, and then more playing with it I have to say it's an awesome puzzle. I would very much like to thank Tom as well, as this is the last Curvy Copter II ever planned to be made!

(Pictures tomorrow.)

lunny · **Joined:** Thu May 05, 2011 8:50 am

Today I received a package from Aleksey, include two Japanese midi barrel, textured pyraminx, Massage Ball and a keyring Babylon tower. Here are some pictures :lol:

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Thank you Aleksey

dooper · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 5:01 am

The Eitan's Edge-turning Octahedron has found a new home.
It's super-light and great-looking!!

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Sun Jun 12, 2011 7:35 am

I believe we have a new Claus in the forum :lol:

!great collection dooper!!

Konrad · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 1:43 pm

Today, I've got my birthday parcel

The experienced eye will catch the single really rare item.
Right, it is Timur's Master FTO.
Chances are, that it is still unique in the universe

Is that rare enough?
Mike's Mini Mixup Cube may be not so rare, but it is very nice. (It is not really hard to solve, if you are familiar with some 3x3x3 Supercube algorithms.)
The two V-Cube 2x2x2 are not rare at all, but I can compare them with other 2x2x2 variants now.
The Crazy 3x3x5 may be not rare, but its shapeshifting looks quite confusing to me.

BTW, I'm probably the oldest member here, or is there anyone who wants to challenge my 65 years?

EDIT: The Crazy 3x3x5 has been confusing at the very first glance, only. It is not harder to solve than an ordinary 3x3x6. The circle does not add any difficulties.

EDIT2: The official name of the Circle 3x3x5 is Witeden's Super 3x3x5. I have used the term "Crazy" because it refers to circle puzzles very often. The puzzle behaves quite differently from other "Crazy" puzzles, though.
I hope I have not confused anybody.

TomZ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 13, 2011 3:14 pm

65? From you avatar I would have judged you were 2 :lol:

Congratulations and I'll try to get my late "present" to you as soon as possible!

Konrad · **Posted:** Tue Jun 14, 2011 5:21 am

TomZ wrote:

65? From you avatar I would have judged you were 2 :lol:

Congratulations and I'll try to get my late "present" to you as soon as possible!

Thanks Tom for the congratulations and thanks for your promise regarding that present

I'm looking forward to posting in this thread again

My avatar shows my older granddaughter. (We have two of them.) When I had got my first Rubik's Cube, I had been a bit older than her on the photo (33) :lol:

RizDub · **Joined:** Fri Nov 05, 2010 7:50 pm

AT LAST!!

Some cubers may not consider this cube a "rare" puzzle, but I think it is rare enough to post here.

I also got a Megaminx, which you can see in the "Packages with less rare puzzles" forum.

Luke · **Posted:** Sun Jun 19, 2011 3:16 pm

Yesterday I received an original Octagon Barrel from eBay. I'm not sure how 'rare' it is, but seeing as this version isn't mass produced anymore I would consider it rare.

RyanA · **Posted:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 7:44 am

After a nice early morning walk to the Post Office, I now have......

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There were other puzzles, however most of which I already owned and gave to my Brother.

iaroslavski · **Posted:** Wed Jun 22, 2011 3:32 am

New item in my collection. Is this labyrinth rare or not? I have not seen it before.

leonid · **Posted:** Sat Jul 02, 2011 5:30 pm

Does anyone recognize this puzzle? I was lucky enough to get it for free. 8-)

AndrewGK · **Joined:** Sat Feb 12, 2011 8:32 pm

Mini-Mixup Cube made by PuzzleMaster

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

Even though my Master Tutt's Icosaminx arrived more than a month ago, it is looking so adorable sitting next to my Tuttminx that I figured I would share some pictures.

The turning quality of this version (V2) is great, just as Claus mentioned in this post. Thank you so much Matthew (and Leslie)!

RyanA · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 3:26 am

The past weeks winnings

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Hungarian Politoys Cube
Sealed Meffert's Blind Man's/ Textured Pyraminx
Politechinca Groove Domino
Indented Tips Domino
Black Keychain Pyraminx
Meffert's Megaminx

Luke · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:49 pm

I sort of forgot to post this. :lol:

Last Thursday I received five different parcels containing six puzzles (five of them were rare):

Package 1: Original Rubik's Barrel.
Package 2: Alexander's Star
Package 3: Impossiball + Super Square-1 Column (thanks Zzupler!

)
Package 4: Original Meffert's Pyraminx
Package 5: Original Meffert's Skewb

And yesterday I received another package containing two Clocks and another Rubik's Barrel.

Gus · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:15 pm

Oh God, I am feeling old tonight. I bought all of these "original" puzzles the first time they were released

Well, at least I paid less than you for them

pirsquared · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 10:08 pm

I know it's not a puzzle, but I think people here would appreciate it. IT"S FINALLY HERE!!!!

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Check out the thread in the off topic forum to see more pictures: viewtopic.php?f=7&p=260248#p260248

VeryWetPaint · **Posted:** Mon Jul 11, 2011 3:30 pm

leonid wrote:

Does anyone recognize this puzzle? I was lucky enough to get it for free. 8-)

The puzzle is Plugged Dice by Oskar van Deventer. You can read about and watch a video on the Shapeways blog. George Miller used to sell this puzzle but now it's sold through Shapeways for $ 448.54 (€ 309.59)

dooper · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:30 pm

Last week I had a lucky day - 4 long-waited puzzles arrived all on the same day. These are all excellent puzzles!

leonid · **Posted:** Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:16 pm

VeryWetPaint wrote:

leonid wrote:

Does anyone recognize this puzzle? I was lucky enough to get it for free. 8-)

*IMG*

The puzzle is Plugged Dice by Oskar van Deventer. You can read about and watch a video on the Shapeways blog. George Miller used to sell this puzzle but now it's sold through Shapeways for $ 448.54 (€ 309.59)

You are right! (o: I was just wondering if anyone knows what this is.

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

Vintage rare Rubick's Cube and Pyraminx
1. Politechnika Rubick's Cube 3x3x3 - 1977 year
2. Ideal Toy Rubick's Cube 3x3x3 - 1980 year
3. Ideal Toy Rubick's Cube 2x2x2 - 1981 year
4. Ideal Toy Rubick's Cube 4x4x4 - 1982 year
5. Bandelow/Arxon Rubick's Cube 5x5x5 - 1983 year
6. Soviet Russian Rubick's Cube 3x3x3 - 1983 year
7. Tomy (Meffert) Pyraminx - 1981 year
8. Soviet Russian (Moldova) Pyraminx - unknow year

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ5b-sR1HuQ

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:09 am

I really don't know are they rare or not, but still some of them are signed, so they are unique in this way.

These are the puzzles of last month:
(Sorry for the bad quality images, my wife take my camera...)

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Thanks SMAZ for the signed puzzles. It wasn't a problem, that they arrived without stickers.

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I need to break in the SW micro puzzles, and only sticker them after it.

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Konrad · **Posted:** Fri Aug 12, 2011 4:42 am

Yesterday a big parcel with 5 puzzles from TomZ has arrived.

No, this is not rare any longer :lol:

It is a free gift.

The other four are rather in the rare league. And one of them is extremely rare

:

Sorry, but number four ist yet to be released and you have to wait for Tom, when he has recovered from IPP31 and his vacation :lol:

Tom has shipped them after IPP and he had them with him there. Maybe, some of you have even played with my puzzles there. Tom had proposed it this way and so I have got puzzles that are broken in, very well.

My family of TomZ puzzles is growing:

I'm VERY happy with the old and new members of that family, and especially with hidden number four above

Have you seen this mezon Dino 3x3x3 pattern:

Seems impossible at the first glance, right?

All invisible pieces are solved!!!