Forth Dimension is a solid dissection puzzle which was produced by Germani Games. The puzzle consists of ten pentacubes which need to be arranged in a 5x5x2 block. It is well made and presented in an ornate wooden box. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 8,7,8. The presentation is excellent. The…
Arokah is a rearrangement puzzle. It consists of twenty three pieces, all or some of which can be used to cover predefined shapes. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 2,3,3. Overall I find this puzzle pretentious. It is described as ‘One-of-a-kind multi puzzle’ but it is very like Tangrams, this…
Pyramid of the sun is an offering under the Cluepuzzle brand manufactured by Idventure. This is a combination of jigsaw puzzles with a puzzle box. Is the result a Frankenstein, or does it work. Lets look at the creature. The puzzle box consists of a four face truncated pyramid. At the bottom there is a…
Butterflies is an edge matching puzzle made by Tobar. The puzzle consists of nineteen hexagonal pieces each edge having half a butterfly. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 6,7,7. The manufacturing is pretty good with clean cuts in the correct place. There are six different butterflies and each piece contains…
The Circus Seven is an edge matching puzzle produced by Masudaya in Japan. It dates from the 1980’s. It is produced in plastic with a transparent cover. The name comes from the pieces looking like circus tents. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 4,5,5. The overall feel of the puzzle…
This is quite a nice little sliding block puzzle produced by Professor Puzzle. It is well made and well presented and a nice twist on the usual sliding block puzzles. In this you need to slide the pieces, using the key, to open the lock. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle…
Not a Jigsaw is an edge matching puzzle produced by Constantin Puzzles. The puzzle looks like a jigsaw but it consists of twenty pieces, each cut to look like five jigsaw pieces. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 6,5,8. I love the design and the contradictions. It looks like a…
Screw Up is a cute little puzzle, by Puzzle Potato, where the aim is to free the brass ring. The ring is trapped by three pieces of Perspex and a nut and bolt going through the middle. The nut and bolt is secured in two pieces of wood so that the nut cannot be undone.…
The Wits End puzzle is a disentanglement puzzle. The aim of the puzzle is to remove the metal ring from the wooden frame. the rope across the centre has fixed discs on either end. These are too big to fit through the metal ring. There are also two balls on the rope which will not…
This is a nice little puzzle that tuned in to the short lived fad for fidget spinners. It consists of six circles of different coloured balls. The outside half of each circle can be twisted through 180 degrees, swapping some balls from one side to the other. The centre circle can also rotate moving balls…