From @po2.andrew.cmu.edu:dn1l+@andrew.cmu.edu Sat May 4 12:20:57 1991 Return-Path: <@po2.andrew.cmu.edu:dn1l+@andrew.cmu.edu> Received: from po2.andrew.cmu.edu by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA01850; Sat, 4 May 91 12:20:57 EDT Received: by po2.andrew.cmu.edu (5.54/3.15) id for Cube-Lovers@life.ai.mit.edu; Sat, 4 May 91 04:59:53 EDT Received: via switchmail; Sat, 4 May 91 04:59:53 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aurelia.weh.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sat, 4 May 91 04:58:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from aurelia.weh.andrew.cmu.edu via qmail ID ; Sat, 4 May 91 04:58:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Messages.7.8.N.CUILIB.3.45.SNAP.NOT.LINKED.aurelia.weh.andrew.cmu.edu.pmax.3 via MS.5.6.aurelia.weh.andrew.cmu.edu.pmax_3; Sat, 4 May 91 04:58:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 4 May 91 04:58:29 -0400 (EDT) From: "Dale I. Newfield" To: Cube-Lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: Re: 5-cube in a game store!!! Cc: Cube-Lovers@life.ai.mit.edu In-Reply-To: <9104230337.AA04955@life.ai.mit.edu> References: <9104230337.AA04955@life.ai.mit.edu> I called and ordered things from this store in California, and just recieved things over the past two days. THE 5X5X5 CUBE!!!!!!!! (I just started the 5X5X5 about 2 hours ago, and already have all but a few on the bottom. I think it will be MUCH easier than the 4X4X4. It comes with instructs on how to open it, and I took it apart to look. THIS DESIGN IS IMPRESSIVE! You can make some REALLY neat patterns with the 5x5x5.) 5x5x5 from: Dr. Christoph Bandelow Haarholzer Str. 13 4620 Bochum 1 Germany Write (Dr. Bandelow) for a free mail order catalog with many twisting puzzles and books about these puzzles. The new Rubik's things: Rubik's Dice: Rubik's Dice, unlike any other dice, has nothing to do with luck. It has spots whose color can be changed from white to red and from red to white. Rbik's Dice in fact, is a hollow cube with which has 7 plates inside it. The plates are white with red dots on them. The plates are loose but adhere to the inner sides of the cube. By shaking and turning the cube, the postition and orientation of the plates can be changed and this in turn alters the color of the spots of the dice. Object: Re-arrange the plates within the cube in such a way that the dice has white and only white spots. If red is shown anywhere on the dice even through the small controll holes -- the puzzle is not complete. The number of possible combinations is 7! x 4^7=82,575,360. There is however, ony one correct solution. Rubik's Tangle: Rubik's Tngle has 25 square tiles each tile has the very same pattern of ropes, but the color of the ropes varies. Object: Lay down the tiles into a 5X5 square in such a way that each colored rop forms it's own continuous line. 24! x 4^24 = 1746 x 10^38 ( I have a feeling it should be 25!, not 24!) 2 correct solutions. 4 different tangle puzzles. each worrks by itself (differently) and together they form a 10X10 grid that also works Rubik's Triamid Dumb, and i'm tired, so I won't explain. I'm disappointed in this one, don't buy it. Rubik's 15: 2 puzzles: one side is a magic square the other side is a fifteen puzzle but the mechanisms that manouver pieces are SICK! both can't be solved at once. Sorry, I started typing in the sheet that explained them all, but i'm falling asleep, so I just finished by explaining them a little. Dale Newfield dn1l@andrew.cmu.edu