Rittai mangekyou (Solid Figure Kaleidoscope) by FUSE Tomoko, 80 pages, 35 models, ISBN 4-480-87144-6.
8 pages of color photos and a table showing all Platonic and Archimedean Solids, including name, number of vertices, number and shape(s) of faces, number of edges and a drawing.
One of the older books in a slightly larger format.
Has a number of modules from non-square starting shapes. That's why it used to not exactly be my favorite book. I love it now, I especially like the Equilateral Triangle Unit 1-A (from 1x4 rectangles - cuts waaaay down on paper use;-) ), and the color changed Little Turtle Unit 2-A. Plus, the table of Platonic and Archimedean Solids is very helpful.
The Little Turtle Units are all different from the one in Rittai o tsukurou (Let's fold solid figures).
| Model Name | # of Sheets Required | Info |
| Cube 1-A | 6 | from 1x2 rectangles |
| Cube 1-B | 6 | two-color version of Cube 1-A, from 1x2 rectangles |
| Cube 2-A | 6 | from 1x2 rectangles |
| Cube 2-B | 6 | from 1x2 rectangles |
| Cube 2-C | 6 | from 1x2 rectangles |
| Cube 3 | 6 | 2 methods of assembly: with/without color-change |
| Cube 4 | 2 | |
| Cube 5-A | 2 | |
| Cube 5-B | 2 | |
| Ryuugo Cube | 6 | two versions: one by TERADA Norishige (using one cut per module, from 1x2 rectangle), the other a Simple SONOBE Variation |
| Joint A | for joining several TERADA Cubes | |
| Joint B | for joining several TERADA Cubes; from rectangle | |
| Joint C | for joining several TERADA Cubes (and diamonds from the same unit); from rectangle | |
| TERADA Diamond | 3 | same unit as TERADA Cube (one cut per module, from 1x2 rectangle) |
| Joint D | for joining several TERADA Cubes | |
| Simple SONOBE Variation Assembly | 12 - 108 | photos and instructions for making several polyhedral shapes, from a 12 unit Octahedron to a 108 unit Truncated Octahedron |
| Equilateral Triangle Unit 1-A | 6 - 150 | from 1x4 rectangles; photos and instructions for making several polyhedral shapes, from a 6 unit Tetrahedron to a 150 unit Snub Dodecahedron |
| Equilateral Triangle Unit 1-B | basically the same as Equilateral Triangle Unit 1-A, but with color-changed edges | |
| Equilateral Triangle Unit 1-C | has color-changed edges like Equilateral Triangle Unit 1-B, but with a slightly different appearance | |
| 135° Unit | ||
| 60°-90° Unit | 24 | |
| 60°-120° Unit 1 | 18 | either from squares or from rectangles; assembly uses (12) 60°-120° and (6) 120°-120° units |
| 60°-120° Unit 2 | 18 | assembly uses (12) 60°-120° and (6) 120°-120° units |
| 60°-60° Unit | idea by Francis Ow; 3 and 30 unit assemblies are shown | |
| 90°-120° Unit 1 | 36 | assembly uses (24) 90°-120° and (12) 120°-120° units |
| 90°-120° Unit 2 | 36 | assembly uses (24) 90°-120° and (12) 120°-120° units |
| Little Turtle Unit 1 | color change; from a silver rectangle; makes different polyhedra | |
| Little Turtle Unit 2-A | color change; from a silver rectangle; makes different polyhedra | |
| Little Turtle Unit 2-B | color change; from a silver rectangle; makes different polyhedra | |
| Little Turtle Unit 3 | from squares, but can be made from rectangles; makes different polyhedra | |
| Little Turtle Unit 4 | from 1x2 rectangles; makes different polyhedra | |
| Equilateral Triangle Unit 2 | from 1x2 rectangles; makes different polyhedra | |
| Little Turtle Unit 5 | makes different polyhedra | |
| Flexagon with Four Corners | 2 | from two silver rectangles |
| Flexagon with Three Corners | 3 | from three squares |
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