2th November 2024

 

The Junior Panex Puzzle (Oskar van Deventer)

 

Panex Junior is a simplified version of the original Panex puzzle.

The staircase design assure you that the colored pieces can't move freely, every piece has its own place.

 

The original Panex Puzzle was invented by Toshio Akanuma and manufactured in the 1980's by Tricks Company in Japan. 

 

kubekings.com

2th November 2024

 

The Panex Puzzle, (3D printed) The original Panex puzzle is from the eighties, ones I had ones the opportunity to buy the Panex puzzle in the store, Unfortunately, I didn't 

 

The original puzzle was created by Toshio Akanuma and manufactured by TRICKS Co., Ltd. of Tokyo, Japan.

27th October 2024

 

Cohan Circle, The Cohan Circle consists of two overlapping circular discs. The puzzle was invented by Hooshang Cohan (1986)

27th Oktober 2024

 

Bauhinium Plus Puzzle, This is a 3D printed puzzle designed by Mr. Xu and Li. The puzzle consists of 3 circles, the pieces within can move freely to other regions.

27th Oktober 2024

 

Bauhinium Circles This is a 3D printed puzzle designed by ,Mr. Xu and Li. It consists of 2 circles, and the pieces within can move freely to other regions. It's a very smooth turning puzzle

 

The puzzle was invented by Xu Hai Kun (2022)

 

27th Oktober 2024

 

The Lotica puzzle is one of the most simple puzzles with intersecting circles. It consist of two circles. One can be turned by 90 degrees and the other circle only by 180 degrees. In this case two coloured circles. The idea for this puzzle came from Victor Manuel Wdoviak, the original Lotica puzzle was invented by José Romero

Super Ivy
Super Ivy

 17th April 2021

 

This is de Super Ivy, a very smooth turning puzzle, a puzzle of a very high quality

 

I made my own solution

Rubik's cube 4x4x4
Rubik's cube 4x4x4

 

 

5th June 2017

 I bought this puzzle on marktplaats.nl, The puzzle was mixed up so I had to solve it. I know how to solve the 3x3x3 Rubik's cube and by learning one extra move I was able to solve the 4x4x4 Cube

 

Marusenko Sphere 2x2x2
Marusenko Sphere 2x2x2

 

 

5th June 2017

 

I bought the Marusenko Sphere puzzle at the webshop of https://www.maskecubos.com Not very difficult but I like to solve the different combinations This puzzle was invented by Alexandr Marusenko

 

4x4x4 Yongjun Yusu Magic Cube
4x4x4 Yongjun Yusu Magic Cube

 

 

29th May 2017

 

I finaly solved the 4x4x4 I bought this puzzle on ebay It's the Yongjun Yusu 4x4x4 Magic Cube. 

 

 

 

 

Hexagon Shaper puzzle
Hexagon Shaper puzzle

 

 

8th February 2017

 

This is the Hexagon Flat Magic puzzle also a puzzle of Verypuzzle. What makes it special is its slightly inflated mirror symmetric double sided shape. It's real challenge to solve this puzzle.

 

 

 

The Mini Geranium puzzle
The Mini Geranium puzzle

 

 

8th February 2017

 

I bought the Mini Geranium Puzzle produced by VeryPuzzle. The Mini Geranium Puzzle is different from other symmetrical twisty puzzles.

 

 

 

The Butterfly puzzle
The Butterfly puzzle

 

 

9th July 2016

 

I bought two sliding puzzles, this is the Butterfly puzzle. The puzzle was designed by Diniar Namdarian.

 

 

 

Russian puzzle
Russian puzzle

 

 

8th February 2017  Russian sliding puzzle. 

 

 

The H-Slide
The H-Slide

 

 

9th July 2016

 

This is the second puzzle the H-Slider, it game with 10 challenges.

 

 

 


As member of CFF I received these puzzles in honor of the 100th edition of Cubism For Fun.

And also the NKC (Nederlandse Kubus Club) has it's 35th anniversary on 26th of September.

 

1. CFF 100 Disc puzzle                                            2. Disc & Crown CFF 100 Jubillee Edition Puzzle

   Roland Koch                                                           Michel van Ipenburg and Robrecht Louage 


9th July 2016

I got this puzzle as an additional gift. It looked impossible, but finally it worked out !!

Runaway puzzle
Runaway puzzle

9th July 2016

 

I exchanged the Rotos puzzle with box for the Runaway sliding puzzle from Minoru Abe

 

Very nice puzzle

Labyrinth Cube
Labyrinth Cube

30th June 2016

 

I bought several cubes on Marktplaats.nl

Mirror cube
Mirror cube

30th June 2016

 

I bought several cubes on Marktplaats.nl

MoZhi Skewb Diamond Cube
MoZhi Skewb Diamond Cube

30th June 2016

 

I bought several cubes on Marktplaats.nl

2-Layer Treasure Box IQ puzzle
2-Layer Treasure Box IQ puzzle

30th June 2016

 

I bought several cubes on Marktplaats.nl

MoZhi Heart Linked Lock Magic Cube
MoZhi Heart Linked Lock Magic Cube

30th June 2016

 

I bought several cubes on Marktplaats.nl

Witeden magic bandage cube
Witeden magic bandage cube

12th May 2016

 

I bought this bandage cube on ebay

Windmill cube
Windmill cube

10th March 2016

 

I bought the Windmill cube on ebay

Someone mixed up my puzzle, so I had to solve the puzzle. I made a cross at the first and the second layer, for the rest I used the same moves as for the rubik's cube.

 

Dayan Lanlan decanedron skewb
Dayan Lanlan decanedron skewb

1th February 2016

 

I bought the  Dayan Lanlan decanedron skewb

Sliding puzzle spades queen
Sliding puzzle spades queen

 

 

I got this nice puzzle from Taquinze 

 

Sliding puzzle "Rubik's cube"
Sliding puzzle "Rubik's cube"

 

 

I got this nice puzzle from Taquinze 

 

Checkmate puzzle
Checkmate puzzle

26th February 2016

 

I bought this Checker puzzle by Taquinze puzzles

 

Card symbol puzzle
Card Symbol puzzle

26th February 2016

 

I bought this Card symbol puzzle by Taquinze puzzles

The puzzle is after a design of Grabarchuk 

Megaminx puzzle
Megaminx puzzle

28th November 2015

 

I bought a collection of cubes on marktplaats.nl

One of the puzzles is the Megaminx puzzle, I was surprised by the solution. I used the same moves as for the Rubik's Cube. Only the last layer was more difficult. 

 

 

Dodecahedron Magic Cube
Dodecahedron Magic Cube

24th November 2015

 

I bought the LanLan 2x2 Layers Dodecahedron Magic Cube on Ebay

 

The solution isn't very difficult, you can use the same moves as for the Rubik's 2x2x2

Rubik's Magic
Rubik's Magic

11th November 2015

 

I bought the Rubik's Magic with The Minions. The classic version of this puzzle consistst 8 tiles in a 2x 4 tiles.

Rubik's Rings
Rubik's Rings

23th October 2015

 

I bought the Rubik's Rings on E-bay. The Rubik's Rings version has 34 balls of three colours. It differs from The Hungarian rings puzzle this puzzle has 38 balls of four colours

Rudenko's Disk
Rudenko's Disk

29th May 2015

 

I bought the Rudenko's Disk on E-bay. Move the dots around the track. The puzzle has been produced by Brainwright. The puzzle is invented by Valery Rudenko.


Row by Row puzzle
Row by Row puzzle



18th February

 

I bought the Row by row puzzle on Ebay. The puzzle is produced by Tomy and invented by Mizunama Masanori and Watanabe Hiroyuki, (patented by Tomy (1984)

Packing problem
Packing problem

December 2014

 

I received this puzzle as a gift by TA15 Design.

Difficult, always one piece to big !!! 

 

The inside of the frame is 34 cm2, there are three pieces with a total surface of 21 cm2

 

It will be easy or not ?
Telefonchik puzzle
Telefonchik puzzle

14th November

 

I bought the Fill The Circle puzzle (also known as Telefonchik puzzle on Ebay. The puzzle is the successor of the Festival Flower puzzle and was produced in 1987 in the Russia.

Olympic Ring Puzzle
Olympic Ring Puzzle

15th November 2014

 

I bought this rare Hungarian puzzle The Olympic Ring puzzle. The puzzle looks like the Hungarian Rings but has the Olympic Ring symbol. When you can solve the Hungarian Rings you can also solve this puzzle.

30th June 2014

 

I bought this nice Hungarian Turnstile puzzle, the Mandorla. The puzzle is produced in Hungary by Regiojatek

 

http://www.regiojatek.hu

 

 

 

 

Tsukuda's Square
Tsukuda's Square

19th April

 

This is my last exchange puzzle, The Tsukuda's Square, also known as 4x4 or "It" is a very difficult type of sliding piece puzzle. It was invented by Toshihisa Suga. In the USA the puzzle was marketed by Gabriel under the name "Tsukuda's Square", and it apparently came in several different versions. The most difficult version has black tiles numbered from 1 to 16. Tsukuda's Square is closely related to Rubik's fifteen , but much more difficult

10th April

 

I missed the action of the McDonalds, for the Sherman head puzzle. So I mailed the McDonalds and quess what !! They send me the Sherman puzzle head and the red puzzle ball (Time machine) without charges. Sherman's head is a two layer whip it / varikon puzzle with a new look !!

4th November

 

This is "The Sliding Arrow Through the Bottle Puzzle" designed by Serhiy Grabarchuk, very nice puzzle of high quality.

One circle two circles
One Circle two circles

4th November

 

One Circle two Circles (difficulty: medium) The puzzle is designed by Diniar Namdarian

Football Match
Football Match

4th Noveber

 

"The Football Match puzzle" the aim of the puzzle is clear, score !!! (difficulty medium). The puzzle is designed by Diniar Namdarian

Mirage puzzle
Mirage puzzle

4th November

 

This is the "Mirage puzzle" designed by Serhiy Grabarchuk, the starting position is clockwise one dot to 7 dots and the solution is that every sliding piece has 7 dots. There are 8 sliding pieces in first layer and 7 in the second layer. The middle is fixed. 

Clouds and Sheeps
Clouds and Sheeps

4th November

 

I exchanged some puzzles and I received this "Clouds and Sheeps" sliding puzzle (difficulty:  medium to difficult) The puzzle is designed by Diniar Namdarian

28th September

 

I bought this Green glow in the dark 3x3x3 Maze Magic Cube Brainteaser in China. 

 

 

 

25th September

 

Ibought this sliding puzzle in Greece (by Ebay) The principle is the same like the Tuk Tak puzzle designed by Vladimir Krasnoukhov. 

 

 

Mind Lock puzzle
Mind Lock puzzle

I bought this Mind Lock puzzle on Ebay, the purpose is easy, just slide around the squares on both sides an push them through from one side to the other to solve the puzzle by making the front completely purple, and the back completely green. 

1940s DELUXE PUZZLE CHEST 3005 Box
1940s DELUXE PUZZLE CHEST 3005

 

I bought this Vintage 1940s DELUXE PUZZLE CHEST 3005 Box with many puzzles in the box Takitapart puzzle, Ma's puzzle, Dad's puzzle, 15 puzzle, the time puzzle, puzzle pants, The flying puzzle, checkerboard puzzle, Chinese ring puzzle, Brodi 15 puzzle, and many metal puzzles.

Geranium Puzzle
Geranium Puzzle

25th September

 

I bought this beautyfull Geranium Puzzle on Ebay. The puzzle weighs about 200 grams and measures about 15cm*15cm*1.8cm. The puzzle is produced by VeryPuzzle in China.

Varikon 4D
Varikon 4D

24th July 2013

 

I bought this Varikon 4D on Ebay.com in China. There are totally 12 columns and 12 colours. The puzzle is made by Muzi LTD.

 

24th May 2013

 

This is a vintage 1969's Hard Plastic Pocket Slider "TANTALISING 7"  Brain Teaser Puzzle. The Puzzle was manufactured by Peter Pan (England)

 

Russian Sliding puzzle
Russian Sliding puzzle

19th May 2013

 

This is a Russian sliding puzzle with different options. Every wheel has four possibilities. Nice puzzle

20th Apil 2013

 

I bought this sliding puzzle on Ebay. The Li'l Abner picto puzzle is one of a serie of image puzzles produced (1950) by Plastrix Co. (Brooklyn, New York). LI'L ABNER YOKUM was the title character in the long-running (1934-1977) syndicated newspaper strip by cartoonist Al Capp.

 

 

20th April 2013

 

A day shopping with colleagues in Leeuwarden (Friesland) I found a nice shop "Spellekijn spellen en puzzels". I bought the Rashlkey number 2. There are 3 different puzzles, this is my third Rashkey puzzle.

 

www.spellekijn.nl

 

20th April 2013

 

A kind of Whip It puzzle with a led lamp. I bought this puzzle on Marktpaats.nl (4x4)

15th April 2013

 

This is the Mintman puzzle (1982) by Kelrack Ltd. The head was filled with mints. Information on the back tells "In Emergency pull apart here to get your mints"

Zwirbel puzzle
Zwirbel puzzle (HABA)

18th March 2013

 

This is 2483 Zwirbel puzzle produced by HABA (Germany) I bought this puzzle on Ebay.This sliding puzzle contains 9 pieces and can be solved in 30 moves. The starting and solution posistion is like the "Line up the quinties" puzzle

Herculus puzzle

11 March 2013

 

This is the Hercules puzzle, the original puzzle is designed by Jean Claude Constantin. It was an exchange puzzle at the 22nd IPP in 2002. This copy of the puzzle is produced by Taquinze. The puzzle contains 5 identical pieces. The puzzle isn't very difficult, it takes a few minutes.

K8 Master Ball Brain
K8 K-Brain puzzle

28th January

 

This is the K8 K-Brain, a real "Brain" Teaser. 

K8-Master Swirls Ball
K8 Master Swirls Ball

17th January 2013

 

This is the K8 Masterball Swirls design 2x2x2 twisty type of puzzle with 1586 possible combinations. I bought this puzzle on Ebay

 

Trio puzzle by Clever Toys
Trio puzzle (version 2) by Clever Toys

8th January 2013

This is the Trio Puzzle (version 2) made by Clever Toys, it has three separate circular tracks. The centre of the puzzle is a rotating disc. Every circle has 5 "peanut" shaped pieces. When the puzzle is solved every ring has it's own colour. You can find an other sample of the puzzle on: 

 

http://www.jaapsch.net/puzzles/trio.htm

 

The puzzle on Jaapsch.net is different because every circle has (2x) three single balls between the peanut shaped pieces. 

Mad Triad
Mad Triad

12th December 2012

 

The Mad Triad puzzle consists of intersecting circles of 6 (rounded) triangular tiles which can rotate. There are 6 coloured discs - orange yellow green, purple red, blue. In the middle of three circles an extra circle is formed by two tiles of each circle. You can totally turn 10 different circles. Every coloured circle have three symbols, a moon, a sun and a star.

Rotos
Rotos

11th December 2012

 

Puzzle with two turning circles. On one site are colours, on the other site are numbers. This puzzle was produced by IC in East Germany in the early eighties and invented by Manfred Fritsche, (patented on 4 June 1986)

 

Schiebung
Schiebung (End position)

7th December

 

I visited the Christmas market in Cologne (Germany) with colleagues from University of Twente. There was also a market stall with very nice brain teasers. I bought the "Schiebung" puzzle (Shifting). The Schiebung puzzle has (in a scale of 1 till 7) difficulty level 3.

 

The puzzle has 8 sliders which one slider is a dual slider. This dual slider blocks the free movement. The Aim: Move the right sliders (4 circles) from the right side to the left side (2 triangles and a triangel dual block)

 

20th November

 

This is the Magic 8 puzzle, I bought the puzzle on Ebay. The Magic 8 puzzle is a variant of the Hungarian Ring designed by E. Pap. Instead of 4 colors has the Magic 8 puzzle 3 colors.

 

This is an advertising puzzle of "Flughafen Stuttgart" (Airport Stuttgart)

The Streaker
The Streaker

6th November

 

The Streaker puzzle

This puzzle was one of a series invented by Doug Engel in the early 80's. The puzzle was produced as a prototype by him before the mass-produced designs came out.

 

The puzzle was produced by General Symmetrics, Inc. Englewood. On the back are other examples with different patterns, the Novice, Engel's Island, Eualizer, Flasher, Avenger, Schizzo, Streaker and the Engel's Enigma.

 

 

 

Slidingpuzzle Texel
Slidingpuzzle Texel

26th October

 

I got this puzzle as a gift from my husband. We were on holiday on the beautiful Island of Texel (Netherlands). The Island of Texel has a beautiful nature. The hobby of my husband is birding- and nature fotography, you can see his pictures on:

 

http://www.pbase.com/natureart/

 

Double Disk
Double Disk

9th October 2012

 

This Double Disk Puzzle is from Ebay. Produced (2010) by Hog Wild LLC. The inventor is Sergej Abramenkov. Each ring can turn independently from the other rings. There are only two types of moving pieces on the puzzle.

4th October 2012

 

I received a nice package from Germany (Ebay.de) The package contains a Varikon Box 2×2×2 puzzle, this is a 2×2×2 sliding cube puzzle. The transparent box contains 7 cubes and a space for sliding around. I also received a 3x3x3 Varikon Box. It has a transparent box, containing 26 cubes and a space, so that the cubes can slide around. The cubes at the face centres are fixed onto the central cube, so that there are only 19 moving cubes, in my case the outside colour has a green colour. The Varikon Box was invented by Csaba Postasy, Gabor Eszes, and Miklos Zagoni.

Van Gogh Lost Art
Van Gogh Lost Art

18th September

 

This puzzle is an exchanged with my Neighbour Joke.

(University Games)

 

Solve the puzzle and find the "Lost Art" correctly, arrange the 10 blocks within the picture frame to complete the masterpiece. There is only one solution.

 

Designed by Dan Gilbert

Moeraki 3
Moeraki 3

14th September

 

I bought on Ebay.de this nice Moeraki-3 puzzle.

Moeraki Games is a series of 2D-games invented by Kasimir Landowski. (2008) and produced by Casland Games.

 

The puzzle is named after large rounded stones that can be found in New Zealand.

Billiards 9 Ball puzzle
Billiards 9 Ball puzzle

20th August

 

I bought the Billiards 9 ball puzzle on marktplaats.nl

The puzzle was invented by Joshua Frankel (1988) and produced by Binary Arts

Rack em Up
Rack em Up

7th August 2012

 

I received this 'modern' Rack em Up puzzle from Ebay licensed by Tomy Produced by Z Games (China 2011)

Twin puzzle
Twin puzzle

19th Juli 2012

 

I exchanged this wonderfull puzzle with Manoel from Brazil.

 

It's the Twin Puzzle designed by Ton Delsing (2011)

The puzzle contains 6 sliding pieces and one fixe blockage in the middle

 

 

 

 

Turnstile
Turnstile

18th July 2012

 

This is the Turnstile puzzle by Binary Art (invented by Douglas A. Engel) (Bought on Ebay)

Sudoku Tubie puzzle
Sudoku Tubie Puzzle

5th July 2012

 

I exchanged this puzzle with KP from Ireland.

 

It's the Sudoku Tubie puzzle. The Sudoku is solved when each row and each frame contains the numbers 1 to 6

 

http://www.rolloworks.co.uk

 

Great Gears puzzle
Great Gears puzzle

04th Juli 2012

 

I received this Great Gears puzzle from U.S.A. on Ebay.

The puzzle was patented by Koichi Minami and Tohru Nishimiya on 28 August 1984

 

Great Gears is a beautiful and tricky puzzle manufactured by Tomy

Whipit Ball
Whipit Ball

2th Juli 2012

 

I bought this puzzle on Marktplaats.nl

 

It's a more easier puzzle than the Whipit Tower, because pairs of columns have the same color.

Suits puzzle by Taquinze
Suits puzzle by Taquinze

2th Juli 2012

 

I got this Suits puzzle as a present by Taquinze.

The puzzle is designed by Hans Janmaat (2012) and produced by Taquinze

 

The aim of the puzzle: insert the card symbols in the puzzle

 

 

Batee Baseball puzzle
Batee Baseball puzzle

2th Juli 2012

 

The Batee Baseball puzzle, 12 pieces, produced by Plas-Trix co.

 

Try to form a perfect baseball

Tri Trick puzzle
Tri Trick puzzle

28th of June

 

I ordered in China the TriTrick puzzle

 

Tho goal of the game is to rearrange the scrambled digits into sequential order.

 

made by Hidden One Design Ltd

Enigma puzzle
Enigma puzzle

19th June 2012

 

I bought this puzzle on Ebay, it's the Enigma puzzle, designed by Roman Massimiliano

 

The image is of our local football pride from the region Twente "FC TWENTE"

Stars
Stars puzzle, designed by Ton Delsing

16th June 2012

 

I received this wonderfull puzzle from KP in Ireland.

I exchanged the puzzle against the Uri Block.

 

You can see more puzzles of Ton Delsing on:

 

http://www.puzzlesforexchange.nl/own-designs-pag-5.html

Touch Down !!!
Touch Down !!!

24th April

 

I bought this the Touch Down puzzle on Ebay.

 

The Manual says "The most Unique Football Game in the World !"

Moeraki 4
Moeraki 4

18th April

 

I received the Moeraki Puzzle from Germany

Christoph's Magic Jewel and Logi Vip Kugel
Christoph's Magic Jewel and Logi Kugel

7th April

 

I also received these two puzzles from the same puzzle collector

  

The Logi VIP Kugel was invented by Hubert Petutschnig (patented 11 june 1981) made by Arxon and Christoph's Magic Jewel.

        

Puzzles Batch
Puzzle Batch

7th April

 

I received this wonderful packet of puzzles, including many puzzles I didn't have. I bought them on Marktplaats.nl 

 

The most puzzles are new in package !!

 

Rubik's Slide
Rubik's Slide

17th March

 

I bought the Rubik's Slide puzzle by Intertoys for 6,95 Euro. The interface consists of a 3 x 3 grid of random red and blue lighted squares. The objec of the game is to rearange the red and blue lighted squares until the match the solution for that puzzle.

 

The Volume Control menu will appear as a red lighted square surounded by blue lighted squares.

Word puzzle
Word puzzle

14th March

 

This vintage Word puzzle is again a smart Chinese copy 

On the back of the box are many solutions.

 

One solution is missing "Rate Your Mind Pal"

Made in Hong Kong (1950)

Palette Cut 2
Palette Cut 2

9th March

 

A very nice Gear puzzle designed by Douglas A. Engel

Designed in 2007 produced by PuzzleAtomic.Com

Also a very nice exchange with KP from Ireland.

 

Palette Cut 2

Magic Disk Puzzle
Magic Disk Puzzle

9th March

 

A very nice exchange puzzle with (KP from Ireland)

The Magic Disk puzzle produced by Rainbow-Elch (Germany)

 

Moon and Cross Tangram
Moon and Cross Tangram

 

6th March

 

I received this Moon and Cross Tangram.

It's an advertising puzzle from the Austrian Red Cross

29th Februari

 

Three classic puzzles about the 1940's

The first puzzle is the "Lowe's 15 puzzle" and the second puzzle is the classic puzzle "Rate your mind pal" from the Plastrix company and the third puzzle is a Wordpuzzle from the Archer Plastic N.Y.C.

 

I bought them on Ebay

29th Februari

 

"The Rack em up" puzzle produced by Tomy Comp. 1987,

  bought on Ebay (Tomy pocketfuls)

Packing puzzle
Packing puzzle

21th February 2012

 

When I ordered several puzzles on marktplaats I received this puzzle as a gift.

 

Very nice Packing puzzle.

Slider Spot
Slider Spot

21th February 2012

 

I ordered this Slider-Spot puzzle on marktplaats together with some other puzzles.

 

But something is missing !!!

 

It's really a production error.

I Love Puzzle
I Love Puzzle

13th February 2012

 

The "I Love Puzzle" is a design of Ton Delsing he made the puzzle for the IPP 31 (International Puzzle Party) in Berlin on 7th August 2011. The fun of the puzzle is that the 6 cubes fit in on 359 ways in the box and there is always a solution because there are two letters Z in the box.

 

Moreover, there is between the letters L and U a blockage, so you can't freely slide the blocks up and down.

 

Time Puzzle
Time Puzzle

3th February

 

Vintage sliding puzzle game by E.S. Lowe called the Time Puzzle. It is from a series of 18 games called the "Bookshelf of Games. “Bookshelf of Games” were made in the 40′s.

 

On the back of the manual is standing a list of games and prices.

 

Vol. 514 Time Puzzle $ 0.75  

 

21 January 2012

 

On 21th of January I received this "Ivory Tower or Babylon Tower" bought at Marktplaats.nl

16th January

 

On a Belgium site I found this nice sliding puzzle. 

On the back stands " Copyright  Bruno Lerda. 1999"

 

http://www.dumura.it/il%20gioco.html

 

Endless Chainpuzzle
The Endless Chainpuzzle

12th January 2012

 

I bought the Endless Chainpuzzle on Ebay. The Endless Chain puzzle made in Hong Kong circa 1950-1960's it contains 12 pieces to form an endless chain.

 

The puzzle looks like the Krazee Links Endless Chain Puzzle (1939) but the pieces are different. 

The Mushroom puzzle
The Mushroom puzzle

12th January 2012

 

I bought the Mushroom mountain puzzle on Ebay. The Mushroom puzzle is a Hanayama Sliding Pieces Puzzle with with an added difficulty. Move the pieces around, without bumping into one another, so that they are either facing inward or outward.

Equator puzzle
Equator puzzle

22th December

 

I bought on Marktplaats.nl a variety of puzzles and this was one of the puzzles. The Equator puzzle was invented by Ferenc Molnár

Kabalabda puzzle
Kabalabda puzzle

22th December

 

I exchanged several puzzles and I received this Kabalabda puzzle. Kabalabda (ball inside a ball)

Map puzzle
Hungary Map puzzle

22th December

 

I received this Hungary sliding map puzzle from Hungary. The puzzle is from 1976

Logi Toli
Logi Toli

22th December

 

I received the Logi Toli puzzle from Hungary. The puzzle looks like the Switch-It puzzle or the Work / Golf puzzle

22th December

 

The Bolygok puzzle, which means Planets in Hungarian. This puzzle was invented and patented by Jozsef Bognar, and patented in Hungary 26 August 1980 (Politoys 1982) I bought this puzzle at Marktplaats.nl

 

7th November 2011

 

I bought the Suttle's Shuffle on Ebay.

 

The object of the puzzle is to move the large piece, No. 5, from the bottom left of the tray to the bottom right of the tray, without picking up any of the pieces.

 

Extra diffictult, because every piece has it's own place.

12th November

This 3D sliding puzzle is inspired by Rodin's "The Kiss" and "The Spitting Carcoyle" of Violet Le Duc. Two Museum Classics sturdy 3-D slide puzzle by DeMert Company

 

There is an third version a 3-D Slide Puzzles Rodin's "The Thinker"

The spitting Carcoyle
The spitting Carcoyle
The Kiss Rodin
The Kiss

Hole in one puzzle
Hole in one puzzle

7th November 2011

 

I bought the hole in one puzzle on Ebay.

 

The aim of the puzzle is, to slide the square to the middle of the other blocks 

Slide-9 puzzle
Slide-9 puzzle

29th October

 

I got this Slide-9 by Gerard Becker, and again he made a very nice puzzle. This puzzle has been designed by Minoru Abe and can be solved in 44 moves.

 

A very nice version !!

Tricky Puzzle / Minoru Abe 2008
Tricky Puzzle / Minoru Abe 2008

21th October

 

I exchanged this puzzle with Joke Becker, a wonderfull puzzle made by Gerard Becker and designed by Minoru Abe 2008

 

The numbers 4, 3, 2 and 1 has to be changed in 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Tricky !! 

 

http://jokebecker.jimdo.com/brainteasers/gerard-s-puzzles/

Square puzzle
Square puzzle

21th October

 

I exchanged this puzzle with Joke Becker, a wonderfull puzzle made by Gerard Becker  

A very nice puzzle, the small square has to be rearranged with the other 4 parts into the given frame in a way that all 5 parts form a bigger square.

Chicken Shuffle
Chicken Shuffle

19th October

 

I received the Chicken Shuffle puzzle produced by SmartGames

and designed by Raf Peeters.

 

Slide the puzzle tiles around until each and every egg is covered by a chicken nesting on it.

There are 48 different cards, it starts easy and ends difficult.

 

"Four degrees" Starter / Junior / Expert / Master

1th october 2011

 

I received these 4 puzzles (sliding piece puzzle) produced by Philos and designed by Hirokazu Iwasawa. He designed the puzzles for the puzzle design competition of the International Puzzle Party (IPP)

 

www.spellendump.nl

 

1. Jam Puzzle "Rectangular"        designed 2005        difficulty 3 

2. Jam Puzzle "Triangular"          designed 2004        difficulty 1

3. Jam Puzzle "Hexangular"                                     difficulty 2

4. Jam Puzzle "Pentangular"       designed 2006        difficulty 2 

 

3D Sliding puzzle
The Moon / Earth and Alien Sliding puzzle

 

30th September

 

I received by mail these two 3D sliding block Puzzles

 

The Moon & Earth sliding puzzle and the Alien spaceship

sliding puzzle

Schuifpuzzels by Jantine Bloemhof
Schuifpuzzels by Jantine Bloemhof

 

30th September

 

I received the booklet 'Schuifpuzzels' (Sliding block puzzles) 

by Jantine Bloemhof

 

"Vierkant voor Wiskunde" University of Leiden 

Slider-spot puzzle
Slider-Spot puzzle

 

24th September

 

I received from Taquinze the new Slider-Spot puzzle

 

For information visit the site of Taquinze

 

 

 

 

 

21th September

 

This is the Only 8 puzzle designed by Jean Claude Constantin and produced by Siebenstein. Difficulty 7 (challenging). The numbers of the puzzle are arranged from 1 to 8, the aim of the puzzle is to arrange the numbers from 8 to 1. 

 

 

Equal Seen
Equal Seven

8th September

 

I bought the Equal Seven puzzle by the Intertoy store

There are 4 levels to solve.

 

* Equal 10 (Easy) * Equal 11 (Medium) * Equal 12 (difficult) * Equal 7 (Very difficult)

 

Produced by Recent Toys invented by Dimitri Krasnoukhov

 

 

8th September

 

I received this "Mirror" sliding block puzzle

There's a sliding block puzzles on both sides.

The image in the foreground seems mirrored

 

LeoLei
LeoLei (starting position)

30th August

 

I have been to the German town Nordhorn to the shop Dan-Skan "Spielen + Schenken" I bought the puzzle Leolei from HABA

 

A puzzle made up of parts to shuffle around (designed by Sam Cornwell) The task is to begin at the starting position and to shuffle all the parts around in such a way that you end up with a complete pair of paws for the lion.

Magic Square
Magic Square (Philos)

30th August

 

I also bought in the Dan-Skan shop this puzzle of Philos Spiel the " Magic Square"

 

The aim of the puzzle is, to rearrange the small square with 5 parts + the small square into the given frame in a way that all 6 parts form a bigger square.

Magic squares / Blokus
Magic squares / Blokus

13th August

 

Today I received 2 puzzles and a game (Blokus duo).

Cosmos optical illusion puzzle, on the box stands a health warning "Your sanity is at risk if you attempt this puzzle" (produced by Lagoon puzzles). (4x4)

 

The second puzzle is " Leapin Lizards Nature Puzzle (produced by Lagoon Puzzles) (3x3)

Olympic Games sliding puzzle
Olympic Games sliding puzzle

12th August

 

I bought this puzzle from "The Olypic Games" on the internet.

Jihii's Break
Jihii's Break

 

10th August

 

I received Jihii's Break, it's a Puzzle of wood with 5 pieces and 9 solution's You have to cover the holes with the 5 pieces.

Magic Square (21)
Magic Square (21)

10th August

 

After hours of puzzling I found a solution of the Magic Square (21). But unfortunately when I tried the sliding block puzzle "Magic Square (21)" it wasn't a good solution, I could not get the 1 and the 3 on the upper row in the right position. After exchanging number 1 on the first row and number 1 on the second row it worked out !

 

Note:  Sliding Block Puzzle

The lower right corner has to be number 2, (this block is a fixed position)

Broken Heart Puzzle
Broken Heart Puzzle

 

5th August

 

I received a very nice sliding block puzzle "The Broken Heart puzzle" and a "Broken Heart" keychain puzzle

 

I ordered them by Taquinze ( H. Janmaat)

Advertising Tripod
Tripod

 

27th July

 

I received an advertising Puzzle "Centrum" 'Compleet van A tot Zink' A puzzle about Vitamins and Minerals

 

The Tripod puzzle

Solitair
Solitair " Kangoeroe 2003"

 

27th July

 

Solitair Puzzle of "Kangoeroe 2003"

 

 

22th July 2011

 

I bought these 3 puzzles on the internet.

 

1. The Meffert's Gear Puzzle I

2. Rubik's Cross Puzzle

3. LanLan Magic Cube

Sliding puzzle Vredestein
Sliding puzzle Vredestein

 

 

20th July 2011

 

Today, I received this sliding block puzzle of Vredestein.

Space Capsule puzzle
Capsule puzzle

4th July 2011

 

This week I received this sliding block puzzle.

 

Puzzle from aproximately 1969 ? On the large block is a image of the Space Capsule

Liso
Leesho

 

29th June

 

On 29th of June I received a package from Hungary,

I exchanged some puzzles. 

 

These puzzles are produced in Servie patented 2004

(Designed by Zoran Lišančić ?)

 

28th june 2011

After a hint from an other puzzle collector, I removed the green labels on the cover.

Very surprising what appeared !!! Very nice !!!

 

Albrecht Dürer introduced the Magic Square in 1514 in one of his paintings "Melancolia I".

The aim is that the sum of the numbers in every row, column and diagonal are the same.

In this puzzle the sum in every row, column and diagonal 15.

 

I also received information from the administrator of the following site about this puzzle

He used my pictures on his site

  He estimated the age between 1925 and 1935, given the old spelling and the formatting of the cover. Perry distributed games and puzzles of different producers and used their own labels and game rules on the cover.

 

 

Smartphone puzzle
Smartphone puzzle

24th June 2011

 

 

Today I bought the Smartphone puzzle with 32 challenges

Designed by Raf Peeters produced by Smart Games

 

Just dial (slide) the right number

 

See also "Puzzles for exchange"

Magic Square Cube / Xinming Cube
Magic Square Cube / Xinming Cube

17th June 2011

 

Joke Becker (my neighbour) and I we both have the same hobby, we exchanged a couple of puzzles.

 

We both made a good deal !!! This is one of my new puzzles.

Slide Master
Slide Master

8 June 2011

 

I received two very nice puzzles, I exchanged them for two double puzzle's.

 

The Slide Master "Battle the Space Aliens" a two level slide puzzle of Dan Gilbert. You have to solve first the Bottom layer and after that you can put the space Aliens in place at the Top Layer.

 

For the second puzzle I received, you can look for a little hint at the following site

http://sites.google.com/site/geduldspiele/TopicDesigningASilhouettePuzzle

 

I wil publish the foto's after the Hordern Exchange on the 6th of August.

 

Twuzzle
Turnpush puzzle

3 juni 2011

 

I bought an other Turnpush puzzle the " Twuzzle"

Super Floppy
Super Floppy

3 juni 2011

 

I bought the Super Floppy Puzzle, it's a shape shifting puzzlle

 

This puzzle was designed by Katsuhiko Okamoto and won the 2009 Puzzle of the Year Award (Puzzlers' Award and Jury Grand Prize) at Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition at the International Puzzle Party

The Rotascope puzzle
The Rotascope puzzle

Rotascope puzzle by Pentangle

 

Today (3th of june 2011) I received 2 puzzles of Mike, we exchanged puzzles.

He collects Keychain puzzles by for example Pussy (Germany)

Since Keychain puzzles is not my highest priority I exchanged

some of them against the Rotascope puzzle and The Brain puzzle

 

 

The Rotascope Puzzle
The Rotascope Puzzle

 

 

Patented by Raoul Raba (copyright by Pentangle, England 1977)

 

Puzzles from Pentangle
The Brain puzzle

 

The Brain puzzle made by Mag-Nif

 

This handsome puzzle requires 170 programmed moves to place all the rods in the out position. Great gift for that someone who has everything. (Catalog Mag-Nif)

 

Same system like the Tower of Hanoi, the Spinout puzzle or the Chinese Rings

 

 

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