Eternity II, the follow up to Eternity (released in 1999), has been launched at London Toy Fair on January, 24. It is planned to hit shop shelves on July 28, 2007.
The puzzle consists of 256 square pieces with different patterns on their sides which must match when the squares are aligned to each other. The only solution to the puzzle is now in a London bank vault. Eternity II has been developed by the original inventor, Lord Christopher Monckton, a former aide to Margaret Thatcher.
Two smaller "Clue" puzzles (72 and 36 pieces respectively) accompany the main one. Just like with the original Eternity they are developed to help solvers discover locations of key pieces.
The original Eternity has been solved in 18 months. With Eternity II solvers will have time until December 31, 2008 to submit their entries, which will be date-stamped and then analyzed. The first correct puzzle to be sent in will be the winner! How fast a solver should be this time to overcome Eternity?
