Aztec Sun is a cute little mechanical puzzle. This version is produced by Professor Puzzle. It is quite easy to disassemble, but putting it back together is another issue as you soon run out of hands. Have a look at the solution to see the order of pieces which you can just about hold in…
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…
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.…
Metropolis is a dissection puzzle. This puzzle is a variation on the soma cube. Although, his version does add to the soma cube in that the number of solutions is limited, this may make it easier to solve. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 4,4,7. It is quite a fun puzzle…
The Soma cube is a solid dissection puzzle invented by Danish polymath Piet Hein in 1933. The puzzle consists of seven pieces made up of three or four cubes. These 27 cubes need to be assembled to form a larger 3x3x3 cube. I made this example. I purchased 27 child’s building block and stuck them…