mf8 Radiolarian
Product Description
The mf8 Radiolarian is an exquisite and elegant looking face-turning icosahedron. It comes in a high quality sealed plastic encasement. The puzzle comes unstickered, and stickers with application tape are included in the encasement.
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Not completely satisfied with this product? We accept returns within 4 weeks (28 days) past the delivery date, for either store credit, or a full refund to the payment method — the choice is yours.
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Our Promise to You
All of our products are guaranteed to be free of defects, or we will replace and reship at no cost to you. Please contact us within 4 weeks (28 days) past the delivery date to report any issues with items you have purchased.
Please note that some new cubes when being used for the first few times may experience what is termed a "pop". This is when one or more parts of a puzzle pop out without any damage actually being done to any of the pieces. This also occurs from time to time during normal usage. Pops are typically not considered a defect if the parts which come off can be reassembled by hand.
The corners on 2x2 puzzles should not be twisted as doing so may snap the piece. Damage caused by corner twisting is not considered to be a defect.
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- Orders are shipped the same business day they are placed, or the next business day. The cutoff for same day shipping is 3PM EST.
- There is no processing/handling surcharge — all our shipping rates are at rock-bottom.
- We ship to all countries not sanctioned by the U.S. government.
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Customer Reviews
My take on this is... if you're a collector and you're dead set on getting a face-turning icosahedron for your collection, go ahead and pick this one up. It's not great but it's good enough. If, instead, all you're looking for is an impressive-looking puzzle with about this same level of difficulty, pick up one of the Bauhinia puzzles instead. You'll have more fun with those.
The biggest issues here are with construction. It straight-up does not want to turn counter-clockwise on any face — thankfully it is at least consistent in this regard but something about translating every R L' R' L into an R L2 R2 L was enough of a change to make me lose my place a lot and then I'd screw up and get set back a couple steps to fix the puzzle... and it just felt like the frustrating kind of challenge more than the satisfying kind because of this. Its size is just large enough that it just kind of feels uncomfortable in your hands and you've really gotta get your whole wrist into the turn to get this thing to move. And even when I was turning it clockwise-only I had multiple pops to fix over the course of a solve.
But those drawbacks aside, the challenge of figuring out how to get the pieces in place is a fun and approachable one. Being comfortable with commutators is necessary but you'll be able to unlock its secrets. Experience with redi-minx, face-turning octahedron, and (obviously) Bauhinia helped me out with my solve but I wouldn't say those are strict prerequisites.
