Extremely Puzzling - Goetz Schwandtner's Puzzles - History

News/Updates:

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

Added on 2009-08-19:

From eBay: Spongebob

Added on 2009-08-13:

Three Meffert's 2x2x2 variants: 4D8, PyraStar, and PyraDiamond

Added on 2009-07-18:

A nice 3x3x3 shape mod: Confused Pillow Cube

Added on 2009-07-16:

Revomaze (blue)

Added on 2009-07-14:

A new high level burr from Philos: Sheffield Steel

Added on 2009-06-25:

New from Cubicdissection Marketplace: Gear Up

Added on 2009-06-15:

New from Puzzlewood: Double Dutch Burr, Unity 3=6, and Swirls No 1

Added on 2009-06-12:

New from Meffert's: a Morphegg

Celebration update on 2009-05-09:

Added from Cubicdissection: In Brackets and Edge Corner Cube II, and from CMC-Puzzles:

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.

Added on 2009-05-23:

A new custom build: A face turning Rainbow-Octahedron created from a Rainbow Cube

Added on 2009-05-16:

A new puzzle from Meffert's: The Master Pyramorphinx in black and white

Added on 2009-05-12:

Today I got a puzzle at work: Wooden Assembly Cube

Added on 2009-05-11:

From the latest Ergatoudis Auction: Arjeu CT 52

Added on 2009-04-17:

New puzzles each day! Today: The Egg

Added on 2009-04-16:

Not easy to get and nice: A face-turning octahedron
New from Bernhard Schweitzer's shop: Gonsalve's Dilemma and Quintupels and Keiichiro's Nested Burr Simple (not so simple!)

Added on 2009-04-11:

Simple but new: The Floppy Cube

Added on 2009-03-21:

Long awaited: the Golden Cube

Added on 2009-03-17:

A coated burr: T-Junction and three puzzles from Cubicdissection: Stickman Snowflake,La Cerradura Doble, and Tern-Key

Added on 2009-03-12:

Latest Puzzle-Shop shipment: Cent-rale, Bolaris,PyraCircle, and Magic Disc

Added on 2009-03-10:

New from Bernhard Schweitzer: 3 piece burr key-o by Yamamoto

Added on 2009-03-05:

From the cubicdissection auction: Mind Twister

Added on 2009-02-28:

I wanted to have this nice puzzle for a long time: The Cutler Cube Puzzle -- yes, that's THE sixty-six piece interlocking burr!

Added on 2009-02-26:

A nice Franklin Gonsalves Design created by Bernhard Schweitzer: Enigma

Added on 2009-02-23:

Some labyrinths Culax and Oskar's Cube, and Grappe

Added on 2009-02-20:

My wins from the latest phase of the Ergatoudis auction: A vintage Sorrento Puzzle Box and a 30 piece burr by Arjeu

Added on 2009-02-16:

Some nice CMC puzzles: Schiebeschloss, Segment Stack Star, Alkatraz, Bee Box

Added on 2009-02-10:

Two nice interlocking burrs (not easy to disassemble) designed by Juichi Yananose and created by Hiroshi Iwahara (Karakuri Group): Two by Three Type I, Off-Center Burr

Added on 2008-12-13:

Three from the big FamilyGames series: DaVinci's Secret, Legend of the King, and Carta Blanca

Added on 2008-12-10:

4x4x4 Supercube and a new 9-piece burr Lennox Burr

Added on 2008-12-6:

Two more bandaged versions of a Rubiks 4x4x4: 2x4x4 Cube and a 3x4x4 Cube

Added on 2008-11-19:

Bandaged version of a Rubiks 4x4x4: 3x3x4 Cube

Added on 2008-11-18:

Matchbox-Puzzle by Oskar van Deventer

Added on 2008-11-12:

New assembly puzzles from Creative Crafthouse: Ramu Octahedron, Short Circuit,Hotplate,Mame Himitsu Bako

Added on 2008-11-08:

A Mad Triad and the smaller Handy Mad Triad
This nice Kumiki-Puzzle actually consists of three puzzles: A small kumiki in the middle, a kumiki frame, and a packing problem.

Added on 2008-11-07:

Earlier, they were known as "Bump cubes", now Mirror Blocks

Added on 2008-11-03:

Another new-release starting with "V": The Void-Cube

Added on 2008-11-01:

A nice and difficult 24 piece burr, won at the Cubicdissection Auction: Lost Day

Added on 2008-10-11:

High level burrs produced by Gemani Games:
With 6 pieces: White Mischief Puzzle and Deadlock Puzzle
With 18 pieces: Labyrinth, The Old Man Of Hoy, and Knossos

Added on 2008-10-06:

Philos Noppenkuber, Cross Cage; Hanayama Cast Quartet, NEWS, and l'Oef

Added on 2008-10-03:

From Mr. Puzzle arrived:
The Hammerhead Burr (an unsual relative of this puzzle in the burr family), the tricky Sly Burr, and the fascinating The Karst Phenomenon by Mr. Puzzle,
the Da Vinci's Mona Lisa Codebreaker, and the D-Ball in six colors, accompanied by an unknown metal disentanglement puzzle as a nontrivial present.

Added on 2008-09-23:

A selection of high quality puzzle boxes from the Karakuri Group arrived: Small box 6 (Now I have all 8 of them!), the small Fake box, the well known Hermit Crab Box, and a very unusual variation of the Himitsu Bako theme with two compartments: the Byway Secret 2

Added on 2008-09-11:

Two nice presents: A magic square game and a Flower Chrystal

Added on 2008-08-17:

A new bandaged version of cheap 3x3x3 cubes: Long edge cube -- not as easy as it seems!

Added on 2008-07-30:

Another 1980s puzzle: A painted Alexander's Star

Added on 2008-07-29:

An original puzzle from the 1980s, not easy to find: A Magic Octahedron

Added on 2008-07-26:

Two quick modifications of cheap cubes: the very simple 2x2x2 special and a 3x3x3 Domino special

Updated on 2008-07-23:

Significant sticker improvement of my white 211x211x4. Now I only need to work out a solution to this puzzle. ;)

Added on 2008-07-16:

An old interlocking cube made in West Germany

Added on 2008-07-11:

Now new by Mefferts: Pyraminx Chrystal

Added on 2008-07-05:

Another novelty arrived: Super Square 1, a four layered Square-1
Also added: Red Square-1, a custom built white 211x211x4 and Mathmaker, a magnetic contruction game

Added on 2008-06-28:

The long awaited V-CUBEs arrived: 6x6x6 V-CUBE 6, 7x7x7 V-CUBE 7

Added on 2008-06-17:

Three PuzzleWood puzzles:Two piece packing eXtreme, Morgenstern, and Three trapped sages