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:

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:

News/Updates:

Added on 2010-08-11

Two very nice packages arrived on the same day: MMMDXLVI, a new record puzzle by Kim Klobucher, and a package from Bernhard Schweitzer containing some nice puzzles old and new: CM13 -- a level 4 coordinate motion puzzle with 60 degrees angles, Awoi-Cube II, and Mochalov 2006

Added on 2010-08-09

From Australia, sent by MrPuzzle: Free Pause, Scramble Cube, Don't break the Bank, and Smart Phone

Added on 2010-07-30

A very special and rare burr, directly from the designer: Burrly Sane (Extreme Puzzlers Edition) by Jack Krijnen

Added on 2010-07-29

A Tresor (Safe) by Claus Fohlmeister and five more puzzles by him.

Added on 2010-07-15

Disclosing a puzzle from this year's IPP design competition: Ambidextrous Hexduos

Added on 2010-07-09

From Meffert's: Crazy 3x3x3 Jupiter, Crazy 3x3x3 Mercury,Axis Cube, Hex Prism 3x3x3,Prism 3x3x3, and Box 3x3x3.

Added on 2010-06-26

From a lookal bookshop: four cheap interlocking puzzles

Added on 2010-06-23

From the Cubicdissection auction -- a very nice Kamei Box reproduction: Treasure Chest

Added on 2010-06-21

An attic find: Garfield-Game; and brand new puzzles from Puzzlewood: 3 identical pieces burr and Nicolas and Friedolin

Added on 2010-06-18

Got a package from Meffert's: two Tony Fisher Puzzles -- Hex Skewb and Master Pyramorphinx

Added on 2010-06-12

A package from Shapeways: Visible Cube, Surround, Insinuate Puzzle, Steady State Cube, and Lock Nested Burr, and as only Twisty Puzzle: 1x2x2

Added on 2010-06-10

Some puzzles from China: Round 2x3x3, Jewel, 3x3x7, and Super 2x4x4

Added on 2010-06-05

Got a package from Meffert's: Teraminx

Added on 2010-06-01

A special offer by Shapeways: Super-2x3x3 by Oskar

Added on 2010-05-21

One package from the Far East: Gear Cube, one package from the Far West: K-Cube K-323, and K-Cube K-419

Added on 2010-05-18

Latest acquisitions from Cubicdissection: Self-Framing Burr, Luxemburr, and Padaung Rings

Added on 2010-05-15

A special swap puzzle for two of my Dogics arrived: Pillowed Master Skewb

Added on 2010-05-13

Six puzzles from Shapeways, some yet to be solved: Really Big MazeNCubes, Big MazeNCubes, Switch Cube, World's Smallest Cube, Happiness Cube, and Cube Burr II

Added on 2010-05-10

A Puzzle-Shop-Package: A really big 11x11x11, an Arusloky, and a Dual Circles

Added on 2010-05-07

Today I picked up my Meffert's order at the customs office: Helicopter Cube twins: black and white

Added on 2010-05-06

The octahedron I was missing in my collection: Greenhill's Octahedron

Added on 2010-04-29

Well, it looks I missed one octahedron type in my count yesterday. Today I got a very special twisty octahedron: an Octaminx -- thanks, Tony!

Added on 2010-04-28

Another octahedron for my octahedron collection (now missing the Greenhill's one I have already ordered): 4x4x4 Octahedron; rhombic dodecahedral Skewb
In a Twistypuzzles-Forum post I got an idea what to do with my spare Eastsheen 4x4x4: a 1x4x4 Cube

Added on 2010-04-17

A vintage puzzle from 1981: Missing Link
And some inexpensive puzzles from China: Magic Octahedron, Trajber's Octahedron, Windmill Cube, Dodecahedron, Mozhi Diamon, and Crystal Diamond.

Added on 2010-04-14

I am not only a friend of puzzles, but also like certain other things ... a Homer Simpson's Head puzzle

Added on 2010-04-10

A vintage Magellan and a custom Trick Domino

Added on 2010-04-06

The obsession series of Revomazes: blue, green, black, and red.

Added on 2010-03-20

Got a shipping with nice new puzzles from Toys-4-All:
Cast: Marble, Laby, Helix, and Square; MiToys Bamboo Burrs 1, 2, 3, and 4; and additionally: Eureka Key Maze and Trick Lock

Added on 2010-03-17

Got some nice new Jean-Claude Constantin puzzles from CMC-Puzzles:
Die Welle, Kiste mini, Labyring, Zahnradlabyrinth, and Ahorn Kiste
As a small add-on I got an F-Puzzle

Added on 2010-03-11

An exchange puzzle by Dan Feldman: DanLock (Model B) - a very nice puzzle lock, even more interesting than the Model A

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!

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.