The einstein problem asks about the existence of a single prototile that by itself forms an aperiodic set of prototiles, that is, a shape that can tessellate space, but only in a nonperiodic way. (This Numberphile video has more context).
Now there are pentagonal shapes that tile the plane in a non-periodic way.
Why are these shapes no solution to the einstein problem?
I suspect that I misunderstand some criteria of Aperiodic set of prototiles, but i cannot figure out what it is.


They key is that such a tile can only tile the plane aperiodically. The other tiles you cite do not satisfy this criterion because while they can tile the plane in an aperiodic fashion, there exist other tilings of that shape that are periodic.