Putting aside the pretentious title, this is an edge matching puzzle. There are sixteen squares which need to be formed into a large square. The pieces are like a jigsaw puzzle with four different edge designs. The puzzle was designed by Lee Willcott, other than the follow up The Ultimate Puzzle 2, I have been…
This is a nice little edge matching puzzle. It consists of nine triangles which need to be arranged into a large triangle. It is manufactured by Heye under the Crazy Jacob brand. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 6,5,5. The final solution is pleasant to look at and I think the…
Terrarium is a Tangram puzzle consisting of a square cut into five pieces. But this puzzle is more than that, each piece has been delicately cut into the shape of an animal. The puzzle is produced by Arbor Art. I have been able to find out very little about this company other than it look…
This puzzle is very similar to another puzzle by Lagoon, that is: Jungle. Its an edge matching puzzle of 36 squares which need to be assembled to show four loops of bugs. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 4,4,2 compared with 7,7,8 for the jungle puzzle. The main reason for the…
Traffic Trauma is an edge matching puzzle. It has sixteen square pieces which need to be places in a square with edges matching. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 2,2,2. The puzzle is not very pleasing. There is nothing artistic in the design, three of the pieces are duplicated. There are…
Anaconda is a fun edge matching puzzle. It has eight rectangular pieces which need to be places in a square making one snake that weaves around the pieces. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 5,4,4. The final solution is pleasant to look at and I think the whole presentation of the…
The Case of the Treasury Safe is a puzzle box produced by Professor Puzzle Ltd. It is part of their ‘Sherlock Holmes’ range. Would you allow me a little rant here; I do get annoyed when puzzles are gratuitously linked to a famous person without a good reason. The same way classic films are remade…
Drivers Dream is a wooden packing puzzle from George Luck. You need to rearrange the town in order to park the car. This puzzle dates from the mid 1980’s and has been produced by hand. The family-run business has been making high quality and colourful puzzles since 1975 and now days uses the latest laser…
Jungle is an edge matching puzzle. It consists of thirty six square cards that need to be arrange into a larger square having six squares per side. There are four different coloured vines that need to be matched. Each vine crosses the outside edge twice, once to enter and once to leave. This puzzle is…
Another packing puzzle, arrange the squares into the large tray area. This version dates from the 1980’s and was made for British Home Stores. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 2,4,3. I think there is very little artistic merit. On the plus side you are putting the squares into a…