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SOMA CUBE
Each block is 3/4 inch (10.05 mm) Assembled puzzle (3 x 3 blocks) is a 2-1/2 inch (57.15 mm) cube
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Assemble the tabs in numerical order
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Piece 3 (or T)
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Valley Fold Mountain Fold
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Piece 1 (or V)
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Piece 2 (or L)
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Original Model design by Ron Caudillo (
[email protected]) Inspired by the work of Piet Hein, creator of the original Soma Cube puzzle.
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Valley Fold Mountain Fold
6 Piece 5 (or A)
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Assemble the tabs in numerical order
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Original Model design by Ron Caudillo (
[email protected]) Inspired by the work of Piet Hein, creator of the original Soma Cube puzzle.
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Notice that these 2 pieces are mirror images of each other.
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Special thanks to Thorlief Bundgård for hosting this model. Visit his website at: http://www.fambundgaard.dk Click on the “SOMA a 3D puzzle” button.
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Piece 6 (or B)
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Original Model design by Ron Caudillo (
[email protected]) Inspired by the work of Piet Hein, creator of the original Soma Cube puzzle.
Valley Fold Mountain Fold
Assemble the tabs in numerical order
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2 Piece 4 (or Z)
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7 10 _9_
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SOMA CUBE
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Piece 7 (or P)
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SOMA CUBE In addition to solving the original cube, other constructions can be built. Try to figure them out.
Original Model design by Ron Caudillo (
[email protected]) Inspired by the work of Piet Hein, creator of the original Soma Cube puzzle. This page does not need to be printed on cardstock
Original Cube Tower
Bed
Aircraft Carrier
Snake Crystal
Chair
Coffee Mug
Stairs
Bridge
Wall 1
Skyscraper
Wall 2 Sofa
Danish poet and writer Piet Hein invented this puzzle in 1936 while attending a lecture on quantum physics. R. Guy at the University of Malaya in Singapore tabulated 240 different solutions for the puzzle.... but this is by no means the final count. Page 4 of 4
Castle
Wishing Well CUSTOM MODELS
Ron Caudillo Lodi, New Jersey
[email protected]
