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Category: Exchange Puzzle

GyroTwisty

GyroTwisty

Posted on November 24, 2018November 24, 2018 by admin

The GyroTwisty is another Diniar Namdarian-designed puzzle that I played with over the weekend. It also happens to be the Exchange Puzzle of Hendrik Haak at IPP38 in San Diego this past August. The GyroTwisty Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPPTagged 3D printed, assembly, Dinair Namdarian, disassembly, interlocking, put together, take apart, twistyLeave a comment
Double Vision

Double Vision

Posted on October 7, 2018October 7, 2018 by admin

Now this is a very interesting and rather unique Exchange Puzzle. I received the Double Vision from Allan Slocum at this year’s IPP38 in San Diego. Is it even a mechanical puzzle? Well I suppose Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged Allan Slocum, glass, IPP38, trick box, wood5 Comments
Sewing Box

Sewing Box

Posted on September 23, 2018September 24, 2018 by admin

Diniar Namdarian from Germany has always been very well known for his many 2D sliding block puzzle designs. In fact I have quite a number of puzzles he has produced over the years. These have Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged 3D printed, ABS, assembly, Dinair Namdarian, disassembly, interlocking, plastic, put together, take apart1 Comment
Super Cube

Super Cube

Posted on September 8, 2018September 10, 2018 by admin

I am not a fan of twisty puzzles nor good at solving them. Not at all. With the exception of some twisties which I bought (because I liked their physical appearance), I own very few. Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged cube, George Miller, IPP38, plastic, Roxanne Miller, twisty3 Comments
IPP38 Puzzle Exchange - 11 August 2018, San Diego, California, USA

IPP38 Puzzle Exchange – 11 August 2018, San Diego, California, USA

Posted on August 22, 2018August 22, 2018 by admin

This year’s IPP38 Puzzle Exchange took place (the day before the Puzzle Party) on 11 August 2018. It was held at the Wyndham Bayside Hotel in San Diego, California along with the rest of the Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged IPP38, Puzzle Exchange2 Comments
Haleslock 3

Haleslock 3

Posted on June 17, 2018June 20, 2018 by admin

In the modern era of puzzle lock designers, undisputedly,  only one or two names come to mind; Rainer Popp, the master of eleven Popplock designs to date. Dan Feldman is the other with his Danlock Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, metal, put together, puzzle lock, sequential movement, Shane Hales, steel, take apart, trick lockLeave a comment
Symmetric Shape Puzzles

Symmetric Shape Puzzles

Posted on June 9, 2018June 10, 2018 by admin

The IPP37 Puzzle Exchange  saw no less than half a dozen or so symmetric shape puzzles. These and other similar style ones have become increasingly popular for puzzlers and designers in recent years. Especially so Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged acrylic, Emrehan Halici, IPP37, Nick Baxter, put together, symmetrical, Vesa Timonen, wood4 Comments
Adam & Eve

Adam & Eve

Posted on May 25, 2018 by admin

I normally don’t quite fancy disentanglement  puzzles. But once in a while along comes something that looks to be quite manageable without all that twisting ropes and such and I will give one a try. Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged Allen Rolfs, assembly, brass, disassembly, disentanglement, George Miller, interlocking, metal, put together, sequential movement, take apart, Tom Sun, wire5 Comments
Double Feature

Double Feature

Posted on May 12, 2018 by admin

This weekend’s puzzle is the Double Feature designed by Stewart Coffin. Exchanged by Saul Bobroff at IPP37,  the Double Feature is Coffin’s design # X-75A as indicated on the packaging. There is a design #75A Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged 3D packing, assembly, disassembly, interlocking, packing, put together, Saul Bobroff, sequential movement, take apart, wood4 Comments
9 Puzzle - Hordern B25

9 Puzzle – Hordern B25

Posted on May 5, 2018May 5, 2018 by admin

Designer Naoaki Takashima designed this sliding block puzzle way in March 1985. From what I have heard, Takashima-san owns the largest collection of mechanical puzzles in Japan. The collection it seems is well in  excess Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged acrylic, Naoaki Takashima, plastic, sequential movement, sliding, sliding block1 Comment
Eiffel Six Cube

Eiffel Six Cube

Posted on April 28, 2018April 28, 2018 by admin

I had read about this Eiffel Six Cube Puzzle a while back. This was a blog post by Allard Walker sometime in September last year. At that time, I commented on his post that I Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged Alistair Morris, assembly, cube, disassembly, interlocking, put together, sequential movement, shape-forming, take apart, wood2 Comments
Currency R&R

Currency R&R

Posted on April 12, 2018April 12, 2018 by admin

This colourful 2D packing puzzle is the joint design effort of Rex Rosanno Perez and Stanislav Knot. Rex hails from the Philippines and Stan is from the Czech Republic.. Joint designs for puzzles are not Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged 2D packing, acrylic, anti slide, assembly, disassembly, packing, plastic, put together, Rex Perez, Stanislav Knot, take apart2 Comments
Concentric Arc

Concentric Arc

Posted on April 11, 2018April 13, 2018 by admin

After a dismal week or so of not being able to find the correct solution for the Gridlock at the Arc De Triomphe, I thought I would try another kind of “arc”. This time, it’s Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged assembly, disassembly, IPP34, IPP37, maze, metal, put together, Puzzle Design Competition, Robrecht Louage, sequential movement, take apart, trespa5 Comments
Gridlock At The Arc De Triomphe

Gridlock At The Arc De Triomphe

Posted on April 9, 2018April 9, 2018 by admin

Two years back, I had great fun with and was able to solve without help, Vladimir Krasnoukkov’s AntiSlide Tetramino puzzle.  Hence, I didn’t think that this latest anti slide puzzle in my collection, the Grid Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged 2D packing, acrylic, anti slide, assembly, Brian Young, disassembly, Junichi Yananose, put together, take apart, William SlocumLeave a comment
OMPIC

OMPIC

Posted on March 31, 2018March 31, 2018 by admin

When I first saw this puzzle,  I didn’t know what OMPIC meant. Well, I had seen Allard Walker talk about the puzzle on his blog a while back and thanks to him, I found out Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged 3D packing, assembly, disassembly, IPP37, packing, put together, Puzzle Design Competition, sequential movement, take apart, Vinco Obsivac, wood5 Comments
Security Lock

Security Lock

Posted on March 30, 2018 by admin

The last several months, all the attention appears to have been showered on Rainer Popp’s very massive, very challenging and very expensive puzzle lock, the T11 Popplock. This week I had the chance to play with a Read More

Posted in Exchange Puzzle, IPP, PuzzlesTagged acrylic, assembly, disassembly, IPP37, Liang-Jen Wu, metal, put together, puzzle lock, sequential movement, sliding block, take apart, trick lock, woodLeave a comment
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