Extremely Puzzling - Goetz Schwandtner's Puzzles

On this page some extremely puzzling objects are displayed: My private puzzle collection consisting of a wide range of three-dimensional puzzles, from industrial produced Rubik's Cube like puzzles to my custom builds, from Philos wood puzzles to excellent limited edition puzzles from MrPuzzle and Puzzlewood, and not to forget the Japanese Himitsu Bakos, including some equisite works of the Karakuri Creation Group. Note that you won't find any jigsaw puzzles on these pages, may they be two or three dimensional.

In my gallery, the puzzles are grouped into three categories:

Twisty Puzzles	Permutation puzzles of various kinds, mostly made of synthetic materials. Famous puzzles in this category are the Rubik's Cube, the Nintendo Billion Barrel and the Fifteen Game.
Assembly Puzzles	Various assembly and interlocking puzzles, mostly wooden, with the goal to disassemble and reassemble them again. Inlcudes famous puzzles like the Soma Cube, Chinese Knots, Kumikis, Puzzle Boxes and a collection of interlocking burrs, like the MkII or the Van der Poel burr.
Other Puzzles	Other puzzles and games -- everything that does not fit into one of the other categories. Representatives of this category are Tangram, Kun Phan, and a bottle Puzzle.

Please click on one of the category names above to see a graphical overview of the category. To get a full list of all my puzzles, click the following link:

Puzzle List	List of all puzzles, which may be ordered by name, type and manufacturer.

News/Updates:

Added on 2010-03-05:: Two pieces, but not easy: Tangler by Tom Jolly
Added on 2010-02-25:: My second win in the Cubicdissection Auction: Pagoda #3 - a cute 25-move box
Added on 2010-02-23:: From the Cubicdissection Auction I got Bill Cutlers IPP20 souvenir puzze: Burry Joint
Added on 2010-02-18: My first puzzle paper: Today - no new puzzles. But: A small article! I had a discussion with Dan Feldman about some puzzles, especially the "number 500" in my collection: the Kugellager. For all of you interested in the puzzle I have created an article about this puzzle and its relations to binary and ternary puzzles, and there is even a new link to another puzzle disclosed in this paper.
The paper is hosted on my homepage: Kugellager.pdf. Enjoy reading!
Added on 2010-02-17:: Peter Knoppers provided me a kit for a nice puzzle by Markus Goetz: The Crazy Elephant Dance. Eventually I had some time today to assemble it and am quite satisfied with the result. The puzzle is closely related to the Ternary Burr and Tern-Key also in my collection, and is a far relative of the typical binary puzzles, and also some higher order n-ary puzzles like the Kugellager.
Added on 2010-02-14:: A new Tom Jolly puzzle crafted by Eric Fuller -- shipping partially assembled: I-Trouble -- definitely not an Apple product!
Added on 2010-02-09:: A Crazy 2x3x3 (Domino)
Added on 2010-02-03:: Third day in Feburary, third package:
Big -- very expensive -- very, very good: From MrPuzzles's Current limited edition: Ternary Burr (closely related to Tern Key and Crazy Elephant Dance) and The Minotaur's Burr
Added on 2010-02-02:: Second February package: From Bernhard's Collection: K-Cube and Open Window
Added on 2010-02-01:: First February package: From Cube4You - 3x3x5 and 2x2x3
Special update on 2009-05-09:: Puzzle number 500: Kugellager

This puzzle completes the first 500 of my collection and is well suited for this: Unbelievable 1250 moves to remove the first and only piece, in some way similar to the Tern Key, The Brain or Chinese Rings puzzles, like Spin Out. Very fascinating, but it takes some time to solve .... quite some time, indeed.
Other/Older updates:: Can be found on the update history page

Hints:

Hints: If you need solution hints to any puzzle in my gallery, feel free to e-mail me. My e-mail address can be found on my homepage.