Meffert's Gearcube Puzzle Cube

The Gear-cube is a brand new concept in cube design and has the following inventive steps.------ Using a full gear mechanism that requires twelve 90° turns to complete one rotation ----- (but having said this it is still slightly easier then the Rubik's cube)... Designed by M. Oskar van Deventer and inspired by a gearing idea by Bram Cohen, -- it will be Meffert's Puzzle Of the Year for 2010!!------ Placing the gears externally, so that their orientation can be seen, Adding gear teeth to the corner and edge pieces and using a new speed cube inner core. ------------- These steps result in a twisty puzzle that on the one hand has some of the features and attractiveness of the original Rubik's Cube. ---------- Whereas on the other hand it creates a completely new and unexpected solving experience!! -------------- To summarize, the following aspects add to the attraction of Gear-Cube; --- A first solving reward is getting the puzzle to its cubic state. This is relatively easy. ----- A second solving reward is getting the puzzle to a state where each face has only two colors (of opposite faces).-- This is a bit harder, but achievable for many people.----- Hardest is solving the puzzle as a whole!