Rubik's Cube

Description:

I have a limited number of this unusual puzzle. It is a new version of an extremely rare and collectable puzzle from Rubiks from the early 1990's. The puzzle was patented by Rubik in Hungary on 28 March 1991, and the patent was granted two years later.

The puzzle is a triangular pyramid of 10 odd shaped coloured pieces (actually they are truncated rhombic dodecahedra) which are held together using 4 small cubical connectors. A move consists of pulling off a small pyramid of 4 pieces, and replacing it in any orientation.

The pieces have 4 faces (3 adjacent faces of the rhombic dodecahedron) which have one of four colours. For any pair of colours there is a piece with two faces of each colour. There are 6 such pieces. The other 4 pieces have three colours, so they all have one colour missing and one colour repeated on two faces. No two of them have the same missing colour, and no two of them have the same colour repeated.

In the solved position, Each side of the pyramid has a single colour. Therefore the 4 tri-coloured pieces should go in the corners, and the other 6 on the edges.

If you restrict the moves to those which don't move a corner piece from its place, then this puzzle mimics the pyraminx.

Packaging:

The puzzle comes in the manufacturer's box measuring 18.5cm x 16.5cm x 3cm and is wrapped in bubble wrap for protection during transit.