Tangram teasers is a rather nice tangram puzzle book with a magnetic set of tangram pieces. The set is by Norbert Pautner and uses the standard seven piece tangram. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 3,3,3. There are many far more artistic implementations of tangrams and many books of puzzles…
Puzzle Dad is a manipulation puzzle produced by Professor Puzzle. It consists on the equivalence of 27 cubes linked by elastic that can be manipulated into a 3x3x3 cube. The puzzle starts of in the shape of a man or ‘Dad’ and needs to be folded up. But this puzzle has a different reason for…
Bee Puzzle is a hexagonal edge matching puzzle from Lagoon. It has 37 tiles which need to be arranged into a larger hexagon. The puzzle is made a little easier as the edge tiles are identified. Artistic Ratings The ratings I have chosen for this puzzle is 7,7,7. I like that there are six different…
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…
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…