Tricky text animation???

[Dave Buckley]

I am trying to animate some text but am unsure of how to go about it. I want the 3d text to start in its 'net form' and then the animation would be this net folding along the correct creases so that the text then appears in 3d, a bit like putting together those shortcut cubes we all have enjoyed putting together with out new editions of max 09

 

I have tried to unwrap the text but ran in to all sorts of errors, i then tried to model the net of each letter using splines and attaching, fusing vertices etc.

 

I am having no look so does anybody have any clues???