New in 2012

386 Dayan Gem IV

all 4 Dayan Gems

387 Master Kilominx by mf8 from hknowstore

colour scheme is identical to Crazy Megaminx

388: Oskar's Treasure Chest (Gift Cube) from Jade Club

389: mf8 3x4x5; different design but they give credit to the original designer Tom van der Zanden (TomZ) see #250

size comparison; the original to the left has a more convenient size

I have chosen the same "old" colour scheme as Tom had chosen it for the original - white pposite blue; green opposite yellow

390: 2x2x2 keyring - gift from hknowstore

391: Gear Pyraminx by Timur Evbatyrov from Meffert's

392: V-Cube 3x3x3 DIY from vcubes.com

DIY with torpedoes

393: V-Cube DIY pillowed

394: V-Cube preassembled

395: 1x2x2 from hknowstore

396: mf8 Mini 4x4x4 (60 mm)

397: Bandaged 3x3x3 in a transparent 2x2x2 (by Witeden) from hknowstore

398: Zhanchi in coloured plastic from hknowstore; blue centre is missing

399: Sudoku Ball from Mefferts (idea by Geert Hellings)

how it looked at arrival

my first solved state

Zhanchi: the missing blue centre has arrived

400: yet another lucky number for TomZ's 30mm Pentultimate; unfortunately five pieces are broken

401: Pentahedron 3-layer; standard; from hknowstore

402: Pentahedron 5-layer circle; white is bandaged (1-face)

403: Pentahedron 5-layer; standard

404: Time Machine from SmaZ; another wonderful artwork from SmaZ

logically a bit similar to Vergo's Cube

405: TomZ's and Calvin's 4x4x6; very close to Tom's Shapeways version (from hknowstore)

the 30 mm Pentultimate with stickers from TomZ

406: Witeden 3x3x3 Mixup Plus (from hknowstore)

407: Witeden Wormhole I (from hknowstore)

408: Burr Cube (from hknowstore)

409: Pentahedron Saturn - white face is bandaged (from hknowstore)

410: second 30mm Pentultimate (long story why I have now two!)

complete colour scheme of the second Pentultimate; stickers from Olivér Nagy

two brothers; right is the first with stickers from Tom

411: mf8 Petaminx (from hknowstore)

the mf8 Minx-Brothers

will I ever solve it again?

412: 3x3x3 bandaged as a Fused Cube (from Lightake)

413: 2x3x4 by mf8 (ordered from hknowstore) ; now a 2x2x3 see #420

My three 2x3x4: Traiphum's, mf8, Garrett's from left to right

414: Mini Zhanchi (42 mm) from hknowstore

415: two 3x3x3 fused (solved as a Fused Cube) from SmaZ

size comparison with Mini ZhanChi

416: Quarter Cube (Latch Cube II) by Okamoto&Haseda from hknowstore (each face has two states only)

back view (grey opposite white)

417: Square 1 from Calvin (hknowstore)

opposite faces

418: Square 2 by Dave Litwin & Calvin (from hknowstore)

opposite faces

both together

419: Maru 4x4x4 ordered from Calvin (hknowstore) to get a second free 2x3x4 (see #420)

420: second (free) 2x3x4; I swapped three split internal edges from the first (#413) to this one and it is now fully functional

421: Bubbloid 122 by Carl Hoff, tumbled by Brandon Enright

please see

422: Constrained Cube by TomZ / Calvin (180°) from hknowstore

backview at arrival

423: Constrained Cube Ultimate

backview at arrival

424: DIY bandaged 3x3x3 by Cubetwist from hknowstore

backview of the "big block" version. As Andreas Nortmann explained here, you can build 3.563 variants with the kit!

3-slices

3-slices backview

Bandaged 3 by Hidetoshi Takeji (made with the DIY)

The "Bandaged Cube" (Meffert's) or CT BICUBE (probably the name is incorrectly used) made with DIY

Meffert's original "Bandaged Cube" from 1999

according to Andreas Nortmann, this is the BiCube

425: Diangsheng coloured plastic 5x5x5 - this puzzle actually arrived 2013-09-24

I have put it here to correct an error in my numbering scheme.

426: Snow Mystery from hknowstore

427: C4U 3x3x6 from hknowstore

428: Master Pyraminx from Jade Club

429: Dayan Megaminx

430: Witeden Camouflafe 3x3x3

431: Keyring 2x2x2 gift from hknowstore

432: Cube Twist AI 4x4x4 bandaged Cube

433: mf8 2x3x4 (with repair kit)

434: Hexaminx by Traiphum (mass-produced, handmade)

435: Luke's Curvy Copter; looks and turns excellent after adjusting the screws

436: Greg's Mini Master Pentultimate

I made an Unbandaged Helicopter Skewb (by TomZ) for my Australian friend Burgo; right is the Australian guest with cubesmith tiles, left is my own (regular)

437: Bauhinia Dodecahedron (or Rex) from mf8

438: Slim 3x3x3 by Evgenij Grigoriev

439: Pillowed Master Pentultimate by Eric Vergo

together with little brother from Gregoire Pfennig #436

my Pentultimate family with the Multidodecahedron

440: 4x5x6 Cuboid by Tom van der Zanden

441: Ghost Cube by Hungab (original by Adam G. Cowan)

#440 assembled and stickered in October 2014

442: Nautilus designed by Tim Selkirk produced by Meffert's

443: Super Star by Verypuzzle (Leslie Li)