RONDE - Pelikan / Latussek

RONDE - designed by Dr. Volker Latussek , built by Pelikan.

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Information below and some pictures obtained from Pelikan website. 

This puzzle measures: 75 mm x 75 mm x 50 mm

Material: Wenge, Garapa

Kevin Sadler wrote about it:

“I am terrible at assembly/pattern forming puzzles and anything by Dr Volker Latussek is going to be a challenge so I approached this with some trepidation. The aim of this is to assemble the 5 pieces so that the puzzle creates 5 whole yellow (Garapa) cubes amongst the Wenge cubes and also incidentally is self supporting. All of the yellow cubes have been cut in half diagonally and attached to the whole cubes oriented in different directions. This means that an assembly appears to be progressing nicely and then suddenly the final piece positioning is either blocked or just won't meet up where it's needed. This could be solved by brute force trial and error but there's no gun in that and the best approach after a little experimentation is to think© and actually plan it out. It's not terribly hard but it's quite a pleasant diversion. This is suitable for kids/newbie puzzlers as well as experienced solvers.”