This incredible dodecahedral “Petaminx” twisty puzzle was all hand-cast, hand-assembled, and hand-colored (okay, “hand-stickered,” but still…).
The Making of the Petaminx
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Gareth Branwyn is a freelance writer and the former Editorial Director of Maker Media. He is the author or editor of over a dozen books on technology, DIY, and geek culture. He is currently a contributor to Boing Boing, Wink Books, and Wink Fun. And he has a new best-of writing collection and “lazy man’s memoir,” called Borg Like Me.
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This should be titled “And you thought an 8 sided puzzle with 72 colored squares was hard to solve.”
On a side note I have a feeling the person who designed this would be an expert at torture.
Zof, I want to know where you buy puzzles, I recall a fun 6 sided puzzle… with 54 colored squares… but the almighty eight sided puzzle has eluded me all these years..
8 Sided puzzles for Zach: http://twistypuzzles.com/cgi-bin/pdb-search.cgi?act=sec&key=7
Thank the heavens for you Disjunto! My life dream suddenly becomes a reality
I suggest you leave the corners and center of each side black to make it harder to solve.
This has so many practical uses, like a butt-plug, a medium-light throwing missile, a paperweight, a dog’s toy, a fake eye for giant squid and even as an effective stroke inducing ‘stubborn nerd’ killer. Alas, it will most likely remain forever a humble impossibly difficult puzzle for one man and a talking point for the millions who stumbled upon this like myself. how boring.
Where can I buy this creation, I am in the uk, please email me on jamminonthemoon@yahoo.com if you know and I would be most grateful
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