Find great deals on eBay for soma cube puzzle. Shop with confidence. SOMA is a cube-based geometric puzzle designed by Piet Hein in the 1930's. It is a well-known commercially available mechanical puzzle, typically a few inches in scale. Find great deals on eBay for soma cube. Shop with confidence. Soma Cube Puzzle Wooden with 50 Playing Cards 3D Brain Teaser in a Large Size Soma Cube is a 3D puzzle game invented by Piet Hein in 1933. Inspired by pentomino puzzles it is a collection of seven pieces (polycubes) made out of unit cubes which must be assembled into a 3x3 cube. P003 The cube in halves (Soma pairs 3) by Piet There is a special way of building the cube, First build the two shapes, and then combine then to the cube 2 2. The seven pieces that go into the Soma Cube represent all the ways in which three or four cubes can be arranged other than in a straight line. The Soma Cube - one of the most outstanding puzzles of the 20th century. Seven different pieces - six made out of 4 cubes and one of 3 - can form a bigger 3x3x3 cube. The Soma Cube JUMBO is huge! It was initially made for a museum that wanted something for a hands-on display that would be nearly indestructible and impossible to lose the pieces. The SOMA cube was invented by Piet Hein, a Danish poet, dreamer, mathematician and genius; way back in 1936. The puzzle did not become popular in the 'States until 1969 when Parker Bros. packed and shipped.