The Petaminx

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...you damn nearly had me there Kevin! Thanks for not letting the side down! :D
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kev1n wrote: Some of them have been hand made and cost an arm, a leg and a kidney. :shock: :shock: :shock:
You're an anaesthetist, it should be pretty painless for you ;)

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....brings visions of a nutty-numb-er single-handedly solving a twisty puzzle...
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kev1n wrote:
allardwza wrote:Good Grief!! That is quite a twisty....

...any bets on what Kevin does when he see it? :shock:
:D :D

Actually, I have known about it for a few weeks!!! And ...... I'm not likely to buy it! :o

The reasons?
  • It is selling for $240!
    It comes unstickered - with 1200 stickers at 30 sec to place each one on average that will be 10 hours of stickering!!
    It is just a very large odd ordered megaminx and thus is more of an arduous solve than a true challenge. Being odd ordered means here will be no interesting parities to solve.
    I have already acquired 68 twisty puzzles in the last 5 months! :shock:
    There are more on there way! :shock: :shock:
    Some of them have been hand made and cost an arm, a leg and a kidney. :shock: :shock: :shock:
But on the other hand - it would make a great centrepiece wouldn't it? :D :D :D
And his wife will say "That better not jangle or make noise!"
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kev1n wrote: It comes unstickered - with 1200 stickers at 30 sec to place each one on average that will be 10 hours of stickering!!
It took between 15 and 20 minutes per 101 sticker side. I use the tip of an X-Acto knife to hold and position the stickers as I apply them.
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I finally scrambled it...
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:shock:
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Ohh waw!! now that does look like fun!!!
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And here i was all proud i just solved the 5x5 rubik's cube.

I think i about threw up when i saw that picture! :P

Mind showing us your progress from time to time?! Be interested to see how something like that gets solved!
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Naz737 wrote:Mind showing us your progress from time to time?! Be interested to see how something like that gets solved!
I can. This is going to take me a number of days or even weeks to get fully solved. We are in the process of packing to move (hope to close on a house in the next 2 weeks) so my time to play with this will be somewhat limited during this time. But since all my other puzzles are currently packed this will be what I spend my limited free time with.
Needs to be updated!
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BU Solved GR Solved BR Solved AG(V1) Not Solved AG(V2) Solved AU Won't Be Solved TI Missed
LE #05:
BL Solved RD Solved OR Not Solved HM Not Solved LI Ordered
Gold Plated CE #05:
BU Ordered GR Ordered BR Ordered AG Ordered AU Ordered TI Ordered
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