From pbeck@pica.army.mil Mon Aug 10 14:13:31 1992 Return-Path: Received: from COR4.PICA.ARMY.MIL by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA14995; Mon, 10 Aug 92 14:13:31 EDT Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 14:11:51 EDT From: Peter Beck (BATDD) To: CUBE-LOVERS@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: smart alex - new puzzle Message-Id: <9208101411.aa10693@COR4.PICA.ARMY.MIL> SMART ALEX about $14 retail from 2 MCH FUN 777-108th Avenue N.E. #2340 Bellevue, WA 98004 206-453-5659 purchase source PUZZLETTS MIKE GREEN 24843 144th Place S.E. KENT, WA 98042 206-630-1432 or from myself DESCRIPTION: This puzzle is similar to the Hungarian puzzle UFO but a little more complex. The puzzle has a cube at its center which is cut in half and these two pieces can rotate with respect to each other. In the plane of this cut there are four hubs that can rotate, 2 on the x-axis and 2 on the y-axis. These hubs have a hexagonal cross section and are divided into six equilateral pie shaped wedges. By rotating the hubs and then by rotating the center cube 3 hub pieces on each axle are moved at a time. The hub pieces have 2 colors each one perpendicular to the axis and the other on its edge. There are 2 wedges with the same coloring. The center cube is also colored. The object is to arrange the hub pieces so that the edge pieces align with the center cube and that the perpendicular sides are solid colored and aligned.