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L-I-Vator 1

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"Let’s start at the beginning – the original L-I-Vator Cube: Laszlo Molnar entered this design in the 2015 Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition. I had a bash at it in the Design Competition room in Ottawa and from memory it kicked my backside.

The premise is fairly simple: pack the pieces of a 3*3*3 cube into a box where the only potential issue is that a pair of opposite corners are blocked… the pieces are interesting in that there are an increasing number of cubies on each piece – from 2 up to 7 cubies – start from the largest piece, remove one cubie to form the next in the series – repeat until you’re left with a simple 2-cubie piece.

So, what’s it like as a puzzle – pretty damn good! Those two blocked corners in the box turn out to be really well-chosen! In theory there are three ways to assemble those pieces into a cube… and then each face could be uppermost, and oriented one of two ways, so I reckon there are 36 possible permutations for those pieces inside the box… and while I’ve no way of telling whether I’m right or not, I suspect that Laszlo has reduced that to a single possible solution (allowing for reflections).

I’m just happy to have found a solution!"

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Everyday Holiday No 3 Yavuz Demirhan

WOW! This is an amazing packing puzzle designed and made by Yavuz Demirhan with many "A-HA!" moments along the way. An excellent puzzle to own. Certain point you'll feel this is impossible and cannot be done but with some thinking you'll discover some clever "A-Ha!" moves to make the impossible possible and the feeling once you solved it is very satisfying. P.S. If you need help or hints once you get this puzzle, please feel free to reach out to me for hints or help.Shipping in US is $9 with (U...

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