Unlucky Twist

[Bananadine]

Thanks for showing the telescoping. It really helped me understand--I'd been wondering how such a puzzle could exist!

Am I correct in thinking that this design could be warped into a disk shape, where there were six concentric, two-section rings on each side, instead of six pairs of similar-looking cube shapes? Maybe easier to design, but harder to turn.... Hmm and I guess it could be a sphere too, or a 2x13 Rubik's cube... haha look at me, I'm scaling the foothills of twisty-puzzle theory!

[MrDelirage]

geen nederlands accent hoor...

[tianyulu]

Can you ask Uwe Meffert to mass produce this puzzle? I really want to buy one.

[OskarPuzzle]

@tianyulu If you really want to buy one, then just buy it. Of course it would be nice if someone else would invest several $10.000 to save you $100. But the world's market for this type of puzzles is limited, I am afraid ...

[NeoCube9827]

@OskarPuzzle

how many cubes do you have????

[Berntisso]

I love it. Same whith all the 1x2xn's. But why unlucky?

[OskarPuzzle]

@Berntisso Some people associate the number 13 with unlucky

[jumping4free]

@OskarPuzzle and they are very wrong. 13 is my LUCKY number. and get this. Friday the 13th is the best day in the world

[IncuManiac696]

Oskar!, I watched this video twice... 1st time I was amazed by the close up to the telescopic design... 2nd time I was scared how you apply more force to twist it when it got stuck/locked... weren't you scared doing so??!! O_O

[OskarPuzzle]

@IncuManiac696 Nylon is a very strong material, which is also true for 3D-printed nylon.

[richard2mitchell]

@OskarPuzzle $300 for this?

[OskarPuzzle]

@richard2mitchell Please be so kind to read the description. It says "please do not mistake this for a cheap mass-produced puzzle". It is a one-of-a-kind prototype, that took a lot of money to create and produce.

[richard2mitchell]

@OskarPuzzle LOL right...... i make them for 45 bucks well mine is 1x2x10 not 13 it only takes me about 8 days to make it

[rustyscrapper]

I am assuming you have already patented all your puzzles. Market them and get them mass produced and get the frigging cost down!

A lot of them look cool, some of them look just too over engineered, I would probably buy some of them, but not for what they are priced at.

[Chyaman09]

Nice cube! I really want one now!

[Ramhams1337]

why does that piece of garbage cost 300$ it proberbly costet 10-15$ to make

[OskarPuzzle]

@Ramhams1337 This puzzle was 3D-printed using nylon-powder SLS technology, which explains its price. It is the very first prototype, costing its designer and maker a lot of money to create. Please do not confuse it for a cheap mass-produced puzzle.

[Ramhams1337]

@OskarPuzzle i dont think anyone want to buy that anyway

[OskarPuzzle]

@Ramhams1337 I have sold a few to expert collectors. Yes, there are those. It is a much cheaper hobby than collecting Rembrandts, and gives longer fun :-)

[winsum4]

@Ramhams1337 you are a total n00b when it comes to this stuff it takes many hard hours to design the puzzle. To purchase this rare puzzle (only 2 known to be made) the shapeways company has to do a very tedious process to create the 3d models.

[OskarPuzzle]

@winsum4 Well, the Shapeways 3D-printing is fully automated. Still, it is an expensive machine with expensive material and expensive operation, including the post-3D-print cleaning to remove all the excess powder, and sorting the parts.

[VCube100]

13?! no wonder it's unlucky

[jamiroleander]

design one where you can move the rotating point of the puzzle( if that is even possible)

[MrBakuganfan123]

do you sell a lot of them??? because its the coolest!!

[grubby7911]

can you solve all these puzzles you make??? or do you just make them

[OskarPuzzle]

@grubby7911 I can solve Unlucky Twist. Oskar

[Yorc1]

its like a ciylinder with layers and a cut in half

[skewb40]

@ccwtree It's by Leslie Le.

Look it up! :D

[skewb40]

@ccwtree 12x12x12 now.

[1c3f1r3741]

how does it stay together?

[OskarPuzzle]

@1c3f1r3741 A telescopic twisty-puzzle mechanism.

[pianoAUT]

very funny voice xD

and then twist and twist .... and do some more twists xD

[jcz1996]

If Fisher is mod-god, than you're just twisty puzzles god!

[77zady77]

i love that, cool ur coments at the end ;D XD

[PokefanDP]

I'd love to see one of these but x20+ rather than 13!! :D

^Just a small hint for you there Oskar!

[NerdGradeA1]

Yeah, you pwn Tony Fisher XD

[Lancer667owns]

nice

[Rouricht]

umm not possible ? xxD youre the best^^

[stardust4ever]

Those telescoping extensions looked paper thin. It's amazing that the puzzle doesn't just snap under it's own weight when you grab it by the end. What type of plastic did you use? It must have the strength of titanium to hold up like that...

[artman40]

Oh I kinda forgot that part.

[artman40]

Bet so.

[artman40]

But 2x2x13 would be possible?

[nkrasn11]

my god its hard to make an unlucky twist. i was able to make a 1x2x11 at most.

[RubiksMods]

i want to have it but its quite to expensive.. i would buy it for around 30-40 $

[person15575129]

proof of concept indeed, quite impressive

[CreamLightPudin]

i would buy it but i think your are selling for to much id buy one for $30 but $400!?

[artman40]

Hmmm...so can similar design be used to make a 2x2x14?

[cubescanfly]

can u sell me 1

[geurgeury]

DESCRIPTION

[Jo3Ach]

Looks like mathematics is going out the window with some designs as of late.Amazing idea ;-)

[qqwref2]

That's incredible. I don't understand how it stays together!

[TomPuzzle]

Very nice! I'm very surprised as when you showed me the design I gave it no chance of working but as you demonstrated the design is very good at being scaled up.

[PotatoSpades22095]

awesome! I saw this on your site a while ago and was waiting to see you make it.

[kornfan140]

That's unbelievably smooth

[blizzardkb]

Yikes!!!

I'm scared of your design skills, man!

Impressive stuff!

[Greeneyeskater93]

D=  .

[Drewseph0011]

thats amazing!

[neotoy]

impressive.

[olz91]

I feel honoured :D

[cubingforlife]

OMFG

[jlspma]

you said exactly what i would say and more. words cannot describe my excitement!!!!!!!!!! i was excited enough to watch a guy saying he would build the first ever 1x2x7..yeah right this guy kicked his ass, he came back down to earth and he kicked his ass again harder and harder until he reached an anti gravitational space where he just wouldn't fall back down again haha

You ROCK INFINITY!!!!!!!!!!!!

if you were to sell this, how much would this cost, anyway?

[poptheman1]

but mindstormscreator is young and he is awesome!

[philliescuber8]

yeah the guy thats building a 1x2x7 designed it himself and he is quite young. i think like 11 but i could be wrong

[poptheman1]

he's 11

[philliescuber8]

thanks

[poptheman1]

i meant 12 and go on skype