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You can’t solve the petaminx dodecahedral puzzle
CrunchGear —
... 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, including 1,212 stickers, which took 75 hours to complete. I’m going out on a limb after seeing the video after the break that there is no way in hell that anyone can solve this puzzle. No way.
Puzzleforge via OhGizmo
Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle is a Rubik’s Cube on Crack
Coolest Gadgets —
... colored squares, but the Dodecahedral puzzle has about 1,212 individual spots that are various shapes and sizes.
The puzzle was created by Andrew Cornier, and assembled by Jason Smith of PuzzleForge.com. It takes about 75 hours to complete the molding process, and there are 975 individual parts.
So far, there is no word on releasing the Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle to the general public, but here is a YouTube video if you want to see it in action.
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Petaminx Dodecahedral Puzzle
Tech Blog —
... comprised of "975 individual parts not including the 1,212 stickers that each had to be placed by hand, one at a time." Best of all, its creator will put it up for auction later this week. Continue reading to see it in action.
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.
[via OhGizmo]
