From pbeck@pica.army.mil Wed Feb 26 07:50:17 1992 Return-Path: Received: from FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL ([129.139.68.8]) by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA24169; Wed, 26 Feb 92 07:50:17 EST Date: Wed, 26 Feb 92 7:42:09 EST From: Peter Beck (BATDD) To: cube-lovers@ai.mit.edu Subject: news Message-Id: <9202260742.aa03535@FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL> What's UP - GAMES magazine is sponsoring "WORLD PUZZLE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS" in NYC June 24-28; registration forms in April issue of GAMES, on newsstands march 1 - NEW PUZZLE It is called "PYRIX" (retails for $10, I do not have a retail source) and is from: Enpros Novelty Products, Lorentzstraat 2, 2912 AH Niewerkerk aan den IJssel, The Netherlands - tel 31 (0)1803-19133 DESCRIPTION: The puzzle is an assembly folding puzzle based on a size 3 tetrahedron. The tetrahedron is dissected into 3 regular octahedrons and 11 tetrahedrons (1/3 the size of the original). These pieces are strung on a thread like a necklace; an octahedron, 3 tetras, an octahedron, etc except for one position that has only 2 tetras. The octahedrons are threaded on the diagonal of their square cross section. OBJECT: The faces are colored and the object is to not only assemble a tetra but of course to do it with solid colored faces, the enclosure says that there are 2 solutions as they have colored and strung the pieces. PRELIMINARY REVIEW: It took about 1 hour. The puzzle is awkward to manipulate since it falls apart easily. Doing it on a flat surface and using tape to hold it together seems to be the trick.