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#190 - Some Assembly Required
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ixalon
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Joined: 12 May 2005
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Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Loved this one (hopfully more building ones like this is season 2 and less ones which can be solved by googling for bizarre trivia!)

PostPosted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:30 pm
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Ferio
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Joined: 05 May 2006
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Location: NE USA

Very Happy wow that took me far too long, but alas i only had post it notes too


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after i saw the c and the u, i thought it was too easy, but fretty's hint confirmed my fears


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Blackcobain
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fretty wrote:
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Hint:Whatever you have made, don't go exposing it to water, acetone or liquid mercury


Wow. I think I know what it is now. Great clue.

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Aerialbomb
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I give up...... somebody post the answer, please

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beglee
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Wasnt 100% sure of all the letters, since there are a few options for each side depending on how you rotate "it". But didnt get the last letter, probably because of my shoddy cardboard and sellotape construction (its verrrry fragile and a bit lob-sided Smile ).
However, having read obrienk's hint, im 100% sure now that i have the answer but ive locked myself out Sad
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aliendial
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fretty gave you all the information you need to search out the answer, if you can't be bothered to actually build it yourself.
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Rand0m
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aliendial wrote:
fretty gave you all the information you need to search out the answer, if you can't be bothered to actually build it yourself.


I figured it out part way through the thread but I still can't build the blessed thing, so if anyone feels like posting a link to a photo..?
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simonaubrey
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Confirmed Answer:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):

cube


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afroleft2
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Joined: 25 Jun 2006
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OK so we know the answer - thanks everyone. But I'm a completer-finisher personality and I'm really trying to reproduce this solve for myself. So, after fruitless hours with sellotape and photocopies...

Help! Can anyone explain (or post an image of) how to assemble the third letter of this word?

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Loktera
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Joined: 15 Aug 2006
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Rand0m wrote:
I figured it out part way through the thread but I still can't build the blessed thing, so if anyone feels like posting a link to a photo..?


I don't quite have a photo... but I do have something just as good...
PXC190SAR.jpg
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Teebor
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Joined: 28 Jun 2006
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Still looks like some funky chair to me.

I still am sketchy on the acetone, water, mercury clue. Can someone fill me in there?

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Agent Lex
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Joined: 11 May 2006
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Location: No longer London, still in England

Teebor wrote:
I still am sketchy on the acetone, water, mercury clue. Can someone fill me in there?

A look around the PXC site will show you the relevance.

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vicki
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Joined: 07 May 2006
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The thing I made looks way off compared to to that! I didn't even finish it because I knew i'd messed it up badly! Crying or Very sad
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doctorclark
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Loktera is awesome

Loktera's rendition is superb. Here are my high-school-drafting-only attempts at piecing this one together:
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BrianEnigmaModerator
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I might as well post this after having done the work. Attached is a PDF of the pieces. All you need are 2 sheets of cardstock, some scotch tape, and a little patience. It was a quick mockup, so one of the thin columns doesn't quite fit right, and the "dowel hole" dots are rough estimates. Had I been doing this more professionally, I would have put some underlapping tabs in the construction. Still, I think you'll find the results are clear enough to give an answer.
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