So I went with my mother to help her move furniture she might buy today.

On display they had the most amazing and evil thing I had ever seen.

It was not a rubiks cube... It was...

THE ALEXANDER STAR PUZZLE OF ULTIMATE DOOM AND/OR BRAIN IMPLOSION.



This diabolical mechanism taunted me... It's every moment of existence unsolved an affront to my very soul.

Picking up the vile puzzle, I could feel it's burning hate. The spirit of colorful, mathematic evil lay squarely in the palm of my hand...

'I will defeat you, Alexander Star Puzzle © I.T.C. 1982 MADE IN CHINA... I will defeat you.'

With this, the contraption burned a dark message into my mind...

"WE ARE ALEXANDER STAR PUZZLE. WE ARE LEGION. YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT US. MANY HAVE TRIED. ALL HAVE FAILED. YOU WILL BE NO DIFFERENT. ALEXANDER STAR PUZZLE CANNOT BE DEFEATED."

The message sapped me of physical energy, as I lurched to the counter of the furniture store. Slamming my hand on the table to get the attention on the store clerk, I DEMANDED to know how much this intricate death machine would set me back.

"You... You can have it for free if you want. No one has EVER solved that thing."

I assured the now shaking clerk, that I would arrive once more, victorious and triumphant over this ghastly star.

My war wages on, with the Alexander Star Puzzle. I vow that one day, this evil device will exist unsolved NO MORE.

You will fall Alexander Star Puzzle.

You will fall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander's_Star

For the sake of discussion... Converse among yourselves about puzzles.

Do it.

I want it.

So badly.

That and the Isis.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megaminx
I want it. Also, I lol'd at the pentagrams.

@Dauss: One of my co-workers had one of those. She couldn't solve it, so I went and helped.. I solved it in like 45 minutes. They're pretty easy if you know how to work them.
@Empy: A $200 puzzle? Seriously?
@Ophanim: It's a mega-Rubik's Cube?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramorphix
That one looks hard.

I lol at how my friends think I have aspergers when i do a 3x3 cube in 2 minutes.
Theyre fairly easy..

Edit: Wow, Empyreal, those "Isis" things look amazing.

As far as I know, no one's solved the Isis yet. There are ten codes, each a different prize. But not directly. Oh no, each is redeemable for a clue to start you on a world-wide treasure hunt. Geocaching and all that good stuff. Not to mention puzzles in how to get them.

Yeah, and I'm sure the cost of everything needed to get to the final prize is more then the cost of the prize itself... That's how they get you.

I have this. So far, I have solved two sides! After 5 days...

I have the star, and some other, wierd thing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square_One_%28puzzle%29

jay; It's a dodecahedron, the most complicate Rubik's Cube currently in existence. I'm getting one as soon as it's back in stock. http://www.mefferts.com/products/detail ... y=13&id=99

Well yeah, that's basically the gist of what I was saying. I can't imagine trying to solve it..

Read the description, it says it comes with a how to solve pamphlet. Probably explaining algorithms.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=A_GjdBoirHU

Well yes, I meant solving it without aids.. such as that pamphlet...

Yeah. But it's still awesome.

Jeez, over half a trillion combinations. That's...a lot.

I just have a standard Rubik's Cube, I'm going to buy one of those Alexander's Stars though, and maybe a Square One.

- The-Masses

Whatever the generic triangle version of the Rubik's Cube is called, I can do one of those in about 10 minutes, I donno why though.