Rainbow Cube
Purchased from PUZL.co.uk 2007.
(plastic, 2.25 inches)
This puzzle is shaped like the
Cuboctahedron
(a cube with the corners cut off);
there are six square faces corresponding to the faces of a cube
(opposite pairs are colored
red, yellow, and orange)
and eight triangular faces corresponding to the corners of a cube
(opposite pairs are colored
green, blue, light blue, and purple).
However,
the operation of this puzzle is different.
Here, triangular faces
(formed from 4 little triangles)
can be rotated.
Jaap's Page
gives a solution,
notes that this puzzle has eight axes of rotation like the
Skewb,
and discusses the relationship of this puzzle to the
Dino Cube,
Brain Twist,
and
Platypus.
Further Reading
Jaap's Page,
from: http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles