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Christoph's Magic Jewel
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A very rare truncated Octahedron.
- Inventor : Christoph Bandelow
- Mechanism : Magic Octahedron
- Patents : Unknown
- Producer : Custom
- Year : 1983
- Original Price : Unknown USD
- Average Price : $396.79 USD
This puzzle was made by Christoph Bandelow, wellknown member of the community since the earliest days.
He bought a number of Magic Octahedrons from Poland and modified them by hand to give them this new shape. He applied newly produced stickers and sold them over the years. His packages included some instructions shown in image 3.
Image 2 compares it with a soviet version.
The shape is a truncated octahedron, an archimedean solid.
Edge length: 19 mm
Weight: 50 grams
Possible supply source
This is documented in a FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.chrono.org/other/rcfaq006.txt" TARGET="_blank"><B>http://www.chrono.org/other/rcfaq006.txt</B></A>
This is documented in a FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.chrono.org/other/rcfaq006.txt" TARGET="_blank"><B>http://www.chrono.org/other/rcfaq006.txt</B></A>
Contributors
Thank you to the following people for their assistance in helping collect the information on this page: Geert Hellings.
Collections
This puzzle can be found in 29 collections of these members:Carter: My Collection
_pink: My Collection
clauswe: Claus' Twisty Puzzle Collection
John Redvers Rooney: My Collection
Sandy: My Collection
JohnB: My Collection
Roman: Roman's Twisty Collection
Georges: Part of Georges' Collection
philipk: My Collection
Alexander: My Collection
Bruno: My Collection
Gus: My Collection
Frank: My Collection
Frank Tiex: Frank's Collection
reeeech: My Collection
rubik_fr: My Collection
DLitwin: My Collection
jjros242: My Collection
Geo: part of collection
misterpoopoohead: MisterPooPooHead's Collection.
ptrsdboy: My Collection
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jaap: Jaap's Collection
solucions: MI COLECCION
gramotej: My growing collection
kastellorizo: My Collection
Markube: Mark's Kubes
katsmom: Puzzle Palace Twisty's
grigr: Grigorusha Collection
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