{"id":1719,"date":"2014-05-31T23:58:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T21:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2019-06-12T00:00:15","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T22:00:15","slug":"mocpages-backup-magic-folding-fidget-cube","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/brix.nilso.eu\/?p=1719","title":{"rendered":"MOCpages Backup: Magic Folding “Fidget” Cube"},"content":{"rendered":"

A MOCpages backup<\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Magic<\/p>\n

A magic folding \u201eFidget\u201c cube – also known as promotion or merchandising cube – built with Lego parts and fully functional.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After some other 3D Lego Puzzles<\/a> I had the idea to build a “magic folding cube”. Cubes like this are often used for promotional or merchandising purposes. I have a picture cube from the first “Lord of the Rings” movie which works the same way. It’s not really a puzzle when you play with it, but it was a puzzle to build ;-)).<\/p>\n

The idea was to build it as small as possible with an edge length of two studs for the eight “sub cubes”. The only possible hinges for such a cube were 1×4 \/ 2×2 hinge plates. I analysed the position of the hinges on my picture cube and tried to transform them into a working Lego model. I tried a lot of SNOT elements which all didn’t work. Then Lego released a new inverted 1×2 \/ 2×2 SNOT bracket<\/a> and the folding cube worked with it ;-)).<\/p>\n

I wanted to put a black and white “checkered” pattern on the cube, just like I had done with my Soma Cube<\/a> before. But the brackets only existed in black, grey and red, so I chose a black and red pattern instead. For that I seperated the hinge plates and recombined them.<\/p>\n

This is the result:<\/p>\n

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A complete folding sequence:
\n\"\"<\/a>You can go on and on and on …<\/p>\n

The “snake” of cube segments:
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\"\"<\/a>So this is my magic Lego folding \u201eFidget\u201c cube.
\nI hope you like it :-))<\/p>\n

Update January 24, 2018:
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\nYou can find additional information about the basic structure (the “skeleton”) of the folding cube here on MOCpages<\/a>. An LDD file with many variations of the design can be found there, too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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