The "hints of secret ideas" thread!!! :-)

Gus · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 5:02 pm

I think that this puzzle should be called "The Mess" :lol:

TGCubes · **Posted:** Wed May 16, 2012 8:28 pm

Edge turning hecatonicosihedrigons?

:lol:

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 4:56 am

Oh no... the Borg are coming...

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Carl

Gus · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 5:00 am

Has something gone wrong with this last post? If not, that's not much of a hint

Paradox · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 5:04 am

Gus wrote:

Has something gone wrong with this last post? If not, that's not much of a hint

It seems that the image on Shapeways has been removed or somesuch.

TomZ · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 5:06 am

Carl has hotlinked to an image of a Shapeways model, which is private. Because the model is Carl's, he is able to see the image himself normally (because Shapeways detects his IP as being logged in) but we get to see an image "this model is not publicly available".
Carl, you should reupload the image to the twistypuzzles server. We can't see it if you link to it from Shapeways.

Coaster1235 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:25 pm **Location:** Finland

Here's hoping that it has something to do with The Comprehensive Geared Cube Kit :wink:

And sure looks like it...

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Tue May 29, 2012 5:15 am

TomZ wrote:

Carl, you should reupload the image to the twistypuzzles server. We can't see it if you link to it from Shapeways.

Sorry... fixed I hope.

Coaster1235 wrote:

Here's hoping that it has something to do with The Comprehensive Geared Cube Kit :wink:

It does... aside from the pizza cutter I added to the image for effect.

Carl

Shua · **Posted:** Wed Jun 13, 2012 9:00 pm

Rubik's UFO mod.
It is beautiful in design.

Luke · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:52 am

Latest hint for "The Mess", as Gus put it.

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bmenrigh · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:06 am

The blur makes it look like a shallow gear Dino-Dodecahedron.

Coaster1235 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:25 pm **Location:** Finland

Professor cornerturning dodecahedron. (If you dare name it 'master' then I will be very, very sad)

I'd like to know just how exactly you arrived to 20 types of jumbling on that and what are the different types of jumbling...

Luke · **Posted:** Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:34 am

I never said twenty. Greg did. I don't know how many ways it can jumble, but it can get confusing quickly.

And no, not professor. Nor master for that matter.

MaeLSTRoM · **Joined:** Sat Jun 11, 2011 2:34 pm

Im going to guess GB 1.2.5?

Drake · **Joined:** Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:48 pm **Location:** Canada

I know it's not that, but for a reason for me it look's like a gear puzzle, so gear gigaminx :lol:

.

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:27 pm

It shouldn't be too hard to figure out what this is. The rest of the puzzle you've already seen.

Carl

Aleh · **Posted:** Fri Jun 29, 2012 12:42 am

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Jul 14, 2012 11:46 am

Just ordered two puzzles from Shapeways. I'll only give a hint for the first one for now, seeing as I can't think of a good hint for the second one.

The first one is the non-shapeshifting Doctor Skewb.

PuzzleMaster6262 · **Joined:** Sun Jun 13, 2010 1:00 am **Location:** Colorado

I've learned to not post hints till I actually know I'll be presenting soon. So as soon as the rest of the stickers arrive it's time to present this baby.

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NXTgen · **Joined:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:48 pm

I've been expecting this one for a while!!

Hope it works out well!

QuirkyCubes · **Joined:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:19 pm **Location:** PA

My next puzzle:

Nonagons, shapeshifting, and stored cuts, but no jumbling. :shock:

At least I think it doesn't jumble...

...

Chandler

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

Quirky-Cubes wrote:

My next puzzle:

Nonagons, shapeshifting, and stored cuts, but no jumbling.

At least I think it doesn't jumble...

...

Chandler

Similar?

-Doug

QuirkyCubes · **Joined:** Sun Mar 07, 2010 2:19 pm **Location:** PA

rubixwiz031 wrote:

Quirky-Cubes wrote:

My next puzzle:

Nonagons, shapeshifting, and stored cuts, but no jumbling.

At least I think it doesn't jumble...

...

Chandler

Similar?

-Doug

Not at all. 8-)

I think I will reveal it tomorrow. I'm very excited.

EDIT: Well, slight change in plans. It might take me another few days.

gingervergo · **Joined:** Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:23 pm

I hope someone can guess this one!

bmenrigh · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:34 pm

gingervergo wrote:

I hope someone can guess this one!

Whoa that looks broken. I guess I wasn't quite picturing it looking so dramatic like this. Great job!

will_57 · **Posted:** Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:58 pm

What might this puzzle be?

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(The picture is intentionally a bit blurry)

Luke · **Posted:** Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:19 pm

This isn't a puzzle I have printed yet but I'm hoping to have it printed soon.

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Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:44 pm

Luke wrote:

This isn't a puzzle I have printed yet but I'm hoping to have it printed soon.

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Is this a knucklehead mechanism?

TomZ · **Posted:** Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:56 pm

I am proud to announce that I am working on the happiest puzzle ever :lol:

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Sat Sep 15, 2012 1:00 am

*peers, curious*

It looks cute!

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

1. Tony7
2. Clause11
3. Doug3-3s-5-gig-mm-x-si

:twisted:

-Doug

Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Wed Sep 19, 2012 10:49 am

It is a long time I have presented a new puzzle.
It is time to reveal a (distorted) photo from my new unfinished puzzle. (80% ready)

It is mostly (90%) hand made, and I'm working on it since 2 or 3 month. At the start Greg helped me out with some design help. So I hope it will have the same quality as Greg's puzzles.

It will be first show for public at the European Rubik's cube Championship at Wroclaw on the "Puzzle design competition"

Now who can guess what it is?
(Greg, please do not answer!)

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

This is a face from my latest mod.

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Olivér Nagy · **Posted:** Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:43 pm

Olivér Nagy wrote:

It is a long time I have presented a new puzzle.
It is time to reveal a (distorted) photo from my new unfinished puzzle. (80% ready)

It is mostly (90%) hand made, and I'm working on it since 2 or 3 month. At the start Greg helped me out with some design help. So I hope it will have the same quality as Greg's puzzles.

It will be first show for public at the European Rubik's cube Championship at Wroclaw on the "Puzzle design competition"

Now a photo from the finished puzzle.

Who can guess why is it here?

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NXTgen · **Joined:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:48 pm

Call me crazy... But I think that may be a Mixup Minx O.o :shock:

Drake · **Joined:** Sun Jan 02, 2011 6:48 pm **Location:** Canada

NXTgen wrote:

Call me crazy... But I think that may be a Mixup Minx O.o :shock:

That's exactly what I was thinking :shock:

....

Coaster1235 · **Joined:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:25 pm **Location:** Finland

I don't even understand what a mixup minx would be. Care to elaborate your vision? So here goes: you're crazy

Doug Roth · **Joined:** Sun May 29, 2011 2:56 pm **Location:** New York

I think it is some kind of megaminx + deceptaminx?

-Doug

Splinter · **Posted:** Wed Oct 03, 2012 2:44 am

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More in November.....

Since the Shapeways website is currently down due to 'Sandy', I'll have to wait for uploading and receiving my models (I should have been quicker with my modelling....). More by end of November I guess...

pirsquared · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:42 am

It's been a while since my last puzzle, but here's my next one. Hint: You might think it's like a Compy+Helicopter, but you'd be wrong.

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-Eitan

Splinter · **Posted:** Thu Nov 29, 2012 5:06 am

What....

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Jacob · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2012 11:38 pm

Is it a 2x2xN puzzle with its surface made so it can contain a rolling ball in it, and where the surface would be ever changing as you roll the ball around?

NXTgen · **Joined:** Sun Dec 13, 2009 5:48 pm

Similar to a puzzle, but with an extra "Twist"

pirsquared · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:45 am

About a week from now, I'll be presenting 3 puzzles. The first 2 are unfortunately paperweights

. But I'm really excited to present the third one!

Here's a hint picture for it:

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-Eitan

Door · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 2:50 am

Hi Eitan, I would have to guess that would be a face-turning Starminx + Dinominx? Or something along those lines. If so, I have wanted to see this puzzle come into existence for some time now!

-Mark-

benpuzzles · **Posted:** Sun Apr 07, 2013 11:24 pm

Sorry for the bump, but I just wanted to give a hint of a new puzzle I'm attempting to make which is very special. It should come out this summer. I'm pretty confident in the mechanism and I've designed it to be as stable as possible. Here's a hint: it's the first of its kind!

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Gus · **Posted:** Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:16 am

Here is a "picture" of one stickered face of my new cubical puzzle:

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benpuzzles · **Posted:** Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:35 am

Gus wrote:

Here is a "picture" of one stickered face of my new cubical puzzle:

Interesting. I think it might be either a Square-1 variation or an oddly proportioned cuboid mod. Looking forward to seeing it!

pirsquared · **Posted:** Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:19 pm

A slightly different way of doing things... Please keep your guesses to yourselves! EDIT: Feel free to guess. I'm curious what people think.

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-Eitan

rubikcollector123 · **Joined:** Fri Nov 05, 2010 2:20 am

THis is going to be printed soon....

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