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 production range Pihilos wood puzzles to rare and special puzzles from various excellent craftsmen, and not to forget the Japanese Himitsu Bakos, including some equisite works of the Karakuri Creation Group. Please note that you won't find any (standard) jigsaw puzzles on these pages, may they be two or three dimensional.
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Twisty Puzzles
Rubik's Cube and alike |
Sliding Pieces Puzzles
Flat and other sliding piece puzzles, including mazes |
Packing Puzzles
Puzzles with pieces to arrange into box or to match a shape |
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Interlocking Puzzles
Burrs and other interlocking puzzles |
Disentanglement Puzzles
Puzzles made of wire and/or threads |
Puzzle Boxes
Karakuri, Himitsu Bako and other puzzle boxes |
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Sequential Discovery, Take Apart
Take aparts requiring several steps (sometimes involving builtin tools), usually to free a coin or other award |
Puzzle Locks
Traditional and modern puzzle locks |
Other Puzzles
Everything else, including puzzle games |
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List of all puzzles (may be ordered by name, class, manufacturer and designer) | Interlocking Explorer | Compendium of Chinese-Rings-Like Puzzles |
A special update today for people who like numbers. The puzzle I received today is Ternary Pin Burr from Aleksandr Leontev, and it is an n-ary puzzle, and those puzzles are mainly popular because of their number of moves. However, this puzzle is also related to another number, it is number 3000 in my collection. The puzzle looks a bit like a frosted little cake, so maybe put some candles on top to celebrate the numbers? It is nicely 3D printed in two colours and has some metal pins leading to the name of the puzzle, and additionally to an n-ary puzzle it is also a burr, with 35 pieces and level 162. Such a burr would be very difficult to disassemble, let alone assemble, but the ternary sequence makes disassembly a feasible task and within minutes, the first pieces come out. It is nice to play with and fun to solve, and I have now taken it apart completely, planning to get it back together without help. Let's see how that works out! Of course, this puzzle has received a spot in the two pages related to n-ary puzzles: n-ary puzzle group and compendium |
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Update: Solved! It was a nice and interesting solving experience and a trick seems to be required for the solution.
Just noticing that the names of the Karakuri x-mas presents have been published, these have now been added to this site and one of them also went into compendium and n-ary puzzle group.
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.
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