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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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News/Updates:
- 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
- Added on 2010-01-21:
- A package from Mefferts: Flower-Minx
- Added on 2010-01-13:
- A package from Cube4you: 1x3x3, Rhombic Dodecahedron, and Truncated Rhombic Dodecahedron
- Added on 2010-01-04:
- First update this year: Some puzzles ordered from mf8 - Crazy 4x4x4 II, Void Edge Only Cube, and Big 2x2x2
- Added on 2009-12-20:
- Although today is a Sunday, I got some nice puzzle boxes from the Karakuri Group: Karakuri Cube 1,
Karakuri Cube 2, Karakuri Cube 3, and
Karakuri Cube 4
- Added on 2009-12-10:
- New from Mefferts: Jings Pyraminx
- Added on 2009-12-04:
- Yesterday I went to visit Bernhard Schweitzer and was highly impressed by his big collection of nice wooden puzzles.
Of course, I have less money on my bank account now and some more very nice puzzles: Chinese Lock,
Headstanding Cube, 2D Packing Problem, Assorted Snakes,
Diagonal Loop #2, Coffin's Dilemma II, Ozone,
Awoi Cube II, Finnish Cross, and 6 pieces framed knot
- Added on 2009-11-30:
- A nice and famous puzzle lock, ordered from Grand Illusions: Dan Lock
- Added on 2009-11-26:
- A big, heavy and very nice puzzle lock from India: Indian Puzzle Lock
- Added on 2009-11-14:
- Another custom mod: A Face Turning Jewel, created from a Face Turning Octahedron. I always liked the look of
Christoph's Magic Jewel, but could not get one so far. Thus, I decided to mod an octahedron to this quite easy mod.
It turns differently than Christophs's Jewel, but it's a nice puzzle to practice the FTO algorithms.
- Added on 2009-11-10:
- Puzzle number 550 is a special custom puzzle: Master Pyraminx
- Added on 2009-10-29:
- Got a shipment from Mefferts: 2x2x3 and a Fisher Cube
- Added on 2009-10-28:
- A vintage Rack em up, another puzzle produced for a video game manufacturer (Coleco),
and a present at work: Soma Cube
- Added on 2009-10-23:
- Yesterday I had the pleasure to meet Bernhard Schweitzer and Jean-Claude Constantin at the "Spiel '09" in Essen and to collect some nice new puzzles.
From Jean-Claude: Black Jack and Big Sliding Lock,
From Bernhard: 4 Pieces in Frame and More MazeNCubes,
Also, I got a T2 popplock and a Mercury Cube Puzzle
- Added on 2009-10-17:
- A new relative of the Pyraminx Chrystal and Alexander Star: The Metamorfix
- Added on 2009-10-06:
- New from Puzzle-Shop: Star 29, Line Art, Only 8, and Duo
- Added on 2009-10-03:
- New and not quite so new from mf8: Super-Square-1-Star, Super-Square-1-Column, and Crazy 4x4, a 4x4x4 and a 2x2x2 combined
- Added on 2009-09-28:
- New from cubicdissection and a relative of the La Cerradura Doble puzzle: the Cerradura 3D
- Added on 2009-09-22:
- A whole load of interesting old and new MrPuzzle puzzles: Condor's Peeper, T Burr, Cable Car,
Sputnik Returns, Small Turtle, Dragon Box,
Dragon Interlocking Puzzle, SEARious Burr,
Mystery Wooden Puzzle Box, and Pie Without The E
- Added on 2009-09-12:
- Three custom builds bought from a fellow puzzle collector: 1x2x3, Trajber's Octahedron, and by Tony Fisher a Truncated Dino Cube
- Added on 2009-09-11:
- Three new puzzles never available before: Holey Megaminx by Meffert's, Gigaminx by Cube4You, and Rubik's 360
- Added on 2009-08-22:
- 3x3x4 and a Chinese Puzzle Box with a trick
- Special update on 2009-05-09:
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Puzzle number 500: Kugellager
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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.