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blog.makezine.com - 3/3/2009

Mind-blowing homemade dodecahedral puzzle

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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 Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Toys and Games | Digg this!

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ohgizmo.com - 3/3/2009

Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle Would Make Ernő Rubik Cry

— ohgizmo.com — By Andrew Liszewski I think “whoa!” is the only response you can really have when you first... see this amazing dodecahedral puzzle created by Jason Smith of PuzzleForge.com . While the original design was created by Andrew Cormier, the ... (more) Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle Would Make Ernő Rubik Cry

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crunchgear.com - 3/4/2009

You can’t solve the petaminx dodecahedral puzzle

— crunchgear.com — And I can’t even solve a Rubik’s Cube with the help of YouTube tutorials. You have to... give it up to Jason Smith of PuzzleForge.com for hand casting each piece and painstakingly assembling this puzzle. There are over 975 individual parts, ... (more) You can’t solve the petaminx dodecahedral puzzle

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coolest-gadgets.com - 3/6/2009

Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle is a Rubik’s Cube on Crack

— coolest-gadgets.com — I still have fond memories of the early 80’s, when the Rubik’s Cube was everyone’s favorite puzzle.... Its success was seen by its number of imitators at the time, including the bar-shaped Missing Link and the Pyramid-shaped Pyramix. It appears that ... (more) Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle is a Rubik’s Cube on Crack

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Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle Would Make Ernő Rubik Cry
OhGizmo! — ... like this? All-in-all there are 975 individual parts not including the 1,212 stickers that each had to be placed by hand, one at a time. Overall the Petaminx took about 75 hours to complete including the molding process, cleaning the parts, assembly and finish, but as you can see in the video below, it only takes about a minute to royally screw the thing up. [ PuzzleForge - The Making of The Petaminx ] VIA [ MAKE: Blog ] ...

Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle to Test Your Brainpower and Your Sanity
The UberReview — ... puzzle by puzzle maker Jason Smith. It has a passing resemblance to the Rubik’s cube except that it has twice as many sides and a whole lot more pieces to align. In total there are 975 parts and 1,212 stickers, but surprisingly the build-time was only 75 hours and that included the molding process and placing each of those stickers by hand. Video after the jump. Click here to view the embedded video. [Puzzleforge via Make, Oh Gizmo!] Related posts Video: Homemade Human Catapult ...

The Petaminx: A Mind-Boggling, Satan-Loving Homemade Dodecahedral Puzzle [Puzzles]
Gizmodo — ... As technology advances, I have to say I'm no longer that easily impressed. Solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube in under a minute? Meh. Solving this DIY Petaminx? Congrats—you're probably autistic. [Make - Thanks Seung!] ...

The Pentaminx: A Mind Boggling, Satan Loving Homemade Dodecahedral Puzzle [Puzzles]
Gizmodo — ... As technology advances, I have to say I'm no longer that easily impressed. Solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube in under a minute? Meh. Solving this DIY Pentaminx? Congrats—you're probably autistic. [Make - Thanks Seung!] ...

The Petaminx: A Mind Boggling, Satan Loving Homemade Dodecahedral Puzzle [Puzzles]
Gizmodo — ... As technology advances, I have to say I'm no longer that easily impressed. Solving a 3x3 Rubik's Cube in under a minute? Meh. Solving this DIY Petaminx? Congrats—you're probably autistic. [Make - Thanks Seung!] ...