TRIPLE FUSED PETAMINXES !!!!

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

Only joking :lol:

Actually I am not. Well if I don't make it who else is going to? Like I said a while ago everything should be made at least once and the rest of you seem to be wasting your time on new innovative clever worthwhile stuff! Anyway it's all Kelvin's fault. Ok it's not a Triple Fused VOID Petaminx but it will have to do.
There are two basic ways to make the puzzle, the easy way and the slightly less easy way. The easy way involves partial disassembly and super glue. As long as you line things up you're probably done in about 30 mins plus stickering time. I chose the less easy way. This invloves making and casting special joining pieces. I chose this method because it is reversible so I have the option to recover the three Petaminxes again if I wish.
There are certainly no rules when it comes to puzzles but the term "fused" I guess is more commonly used when puzzles are joined end to end to end. This however would have been far more difficult and wouldn't gain much more. Having decided on how I would join the puzzles I still had the option to make them in a row. This however would have resulted in a completely unmovable central Petaminx.
As you can see in the video the puzzle moves pretty much the same as a regular Petaminx.
I believe the puzzle breaks several unofficial twisty world records like- most stickers, most parts, most combinations, most stupidest etc etc.
I will shortly add a speeded up full stickering video. In real time it took a bit under three hours.
I have added some .pngs for Andreas at the bottom.

VIDEO

WEB PAGE

For Museum -
http://tonyfisherpuzzles.net/images/TFPnoback.png
http://tonyfisherpuzzles.net/images/TFPnoback2.png
http://tonyfisherpuzzles.net/images/TFPnoback3.png

Katniss · **Joined:** Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:33 pm

Wow.
That's all I can really say.
That's pretty amazing.

Callum · **Joined:** Sun Mar 04, 2012 9:52 am

Amazing! After seeing the video of you getting four petaminxes I wondered if this was your intention.

Callum

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

Now make them Void :twisted:

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Woah, this looks fantastic!

Please, please do me a favour:

Take a video of people's reactions watching you casually solve this in public, as if it's no big deal. I am sure the video would go viral BIG TIME!

wwwmwww · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 11:40 am

WOW!!! That looks crazy in a good way. This pic makes me think of some giant catapiller or maybe a slinkey.

And now he looks like he's about to take his first steps.

Walking at such a young age! This puzzle will surely take over the world in no time!

Carl

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

, I remember the post, where the triple void fused petaminxs came out :roll:

. But this is still amazing

. Could you knock some one with this :lol:

?

otischeng · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:14 pm

I want to shout out!

LukeLane1984 · **Joined:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:43 am

That is...

Well it's so awesome, I lost my train of thought...

Oh I remember, It's awesome! That's what I was going to say!

pytlivyj_1 · **Joined:** Tue Mar 24, 2009 12:52 pm

The puzzle looks difficult, but is solved easily.
Magnificent job!

mixer · **Joined:** Thu Apr 19, 2012 6:33 am **Location:** Belgium

Fantastic !
What's next???

Kattenvriendin · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:31 pm

Holy peep!

That is amazing and also smart that you did those new pieces! Wonderful work!

pirsquared · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 1:32 pm

Tony, you are bat-guano crazy.

Fantastic work.

-Eitan

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

wow! great!

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:25 pm

NXTgen wrote:

Now make them Void :twisted:

This is totally awesome but not yet done. I love the history about it. Now you should find tune your void technique from the person or people that made the void petaminx.

Near · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:43 pm

Brilliant as always Tony.

Frank Tiex · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 3:45 pm

Looks like an oversized molecule model

Fantastic work.
Will you be at the DCD and bring some of your latest puzzles with you?

- Frank -

JasonSmith · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 5:18 pm

Woah! That's so fantastic. Man, Tony, you are crazy, but I totally relate to your insanity.

Congrats.

BN · **Joined:** Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:35 am

I knew it had to be made some day. Now we only need to wait for a void version.

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

Thanks guys. I almost called it The Beast btw but that would have defeated the object I guess.
Frank, I am not attending DCD this year or I would have revealed my latest stuff there.

cubemaniac1231 · **Joined:** Sun May 08, 2011 4:57 pm

Tony Fisher wrote:

Thanks guys. I almost called it The Beast

I think The Beast is a good name

traiphum · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:05 pm

I am corrected!! after I see title is "TRIPLE FUSED PETAMINXES" I guess Tony do it again, Yes!!! crazy puzzle :shock:

cubemaniac1231 wrote:

Tony Fisher wrote:

Thanks guys. I almost called it The Beast

I think The Beast is a good name

Agree.
it is very nice pattern in first picture.
what will be happen if 6 petaminxes fuse together :lol:

rline · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 9:23 pm

Tony

I showed my wife some pics of this and she said "Wow!!!" then she paused and asked "Why would he do that?" I just mumbled some excuse about that's what you do for a living, but it would be much easier to explain if there was some childhood experience which scarred you for life. So... :lol:

Awesome work by the way. I myself am just astonished by it.

pirsquared · **Posted:** Sat Oct 27, 2012 10:18 pm

traiphum wrote:

what will be happen if 6 petaminxes fuse together :lol:

You just had to go and say that, didn't you? Now someone HAS to make it!

-Eitan

DLitwin · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:45 am

Bravo Tony, this one really turns it up to eleven.

Dave

Andreas Nortmann · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 1:57 am

Tony Fisher wrote:

Anyway it's all Kelvin's fault.

Yeah. Blame Kelvin!

Tony Fisher wrote:

I have added some .pngs for Andreas at the bottom.

Thank you.

And please excuse me for this rather meaningless posting. Everything else has been said.

pooya13 · **Joined:** Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:56 am

Great work Tony!
It's like looking at a griffin or some other mythical creature!

Frank Tiex wrote:

Looks like an oversized molecule model

- Frank -

Yeah looks like a water molecule!

Darren Grewe · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 2:46 am

My description of what Fused and Siamese means to me. Hopefully this helps you people understand it better.

Siamese = Always has a columns or rows of cubies shared by 2 cubes depending on which way your looking at it. It may have more columns or rows then one.

http://twistypuzzles.com/cgi-bin/puzzle.cgi?pkey=1271

Fused = Is where two cubes shares a cube of any size between them.

http://twistypuzzles.com/cgi-bin/puzzle.cgi?pkey=660

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

Woah. Tony, you truly are an evil genius!
Great work, as always.

-Doug

RubixFreakGreg · **Posted:** Sun Oct 28, 2012 3:43 pm

I know I'm not a good photoshopper, but couldn't you do this ?

alaskajoe · **Joined:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:52 am

RubixFreakGreg wrote:

I know I'm not a good photoshopper, but couldn't you do this ?

I for my part would have higher chances doing what is shown in the picture with one of my hands than the puzzle.

Adman234 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:40 pm

Scrambled pic please

X-TownCuber · **Joined:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:37 pm

Really fantastic puzzle. BTW I really like your new video style.

Derek Bosch · **Posted:** Tue Oct 30, 2012 10:52 am

truly insane

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

I just uploaded the stickering video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTfujDlFVIM . I was uncertain how to do it because I doubt anyone wants to watch for nearly 3 hours. So I started off at normal speed then went to 10x and then 100x (according to my editing software). The video turned out better than I was expecting though on hind site I wish I had done some sort of pattern.

Gus · **Posted:** Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:49 am

Nice video. Did you do that stickering all in one sitting? BTW, what does your partner have to say about you spending £680 just on Petaminxes? :shock:

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

Gus wrote:

Nice video. Did you do that stickering all in one sitting? BTW, what does your partner have to say about you spending £680 just on Petaminxes? :shock:

No I did it over a few days.
Remember I am involved in the puzzle business so things are often more complex than simply buying puzzles.

KelvinS · **Joined:** Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:13 pm

Tony Fisher wrote:

Gus wrote:

BTW, what does your partner have to say about you spending £680 just on Petaminxes? :shock:

Remember I am involved in the puzzle business so things are often more complex than simply buying puzzles.

So that's what you tell her, does it work?

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