Touch Down !!!

24th April

I bought this the Touch Down puzzle on Ebay.

The Manual says "The most Unique Football Game in the World !"

Moeraki

18th April

I received the Moeraki Puzzle from Germany

Christoph's Magic Jewel and Logi Kugel

7th April

I also received these two puzzles from the same puzzle collector

The Logi VIP Kugel was invented by Hubert Petutschnig (patented 11 june 1981) made by Arxon and Christoph's Magic Jewel.

Puzzle Batch

7th April

I received this wonderful packet of puzzles, including many puzzles I didn't have. I bought them on Marktplaats.nl 

The most puzzles are new in package !!

Rubik's Slide

17th March

I bought the Rubik's Slide puzzle by Intertoys for 6,95 Euro. The interface consists of a 3 x 3 grid of random red and blue lighted squares. The objec of the game is to rearange the red and blue lighted squares until the match the solution for that puzzle.

The Volume Control menu will appear as a red lighted square surounded by blue lighted squares.

Word puzzle

14th March

This vintage Word puzzle is again a smart Chinese copy 

On the back of the box are many solutions.

One solution is missing "Rate Your Mind Pal"

Made in Hong Kong (1950)

Palette Cut 2

9th March

A very nice Gear puzzle designed by Douglas A. Engel

Designed in 2007 produced by PuzzleAtomic.Com

Also a very nice exchange with KP from Ireland.

Palette Cut 2

Magic Disk Puzzle

9th March

A very nice exchange puzzle with (KP from Ireland)

The Magic Disk puzzle produced by Rainbow-Elch (Germany)

Moon and Cross Tangram

6th March

I received this Moon and Cross Tangram.

It's an advertising puzzle from the Austrian Red Cross

29th Februari

Three classic puzzles about the 1940's

The first puzzle is the "Lowe's 15 puzzle" and the second puzzle is the classic puzzle "Rate your mind pal" from the Plastrix company and the third puzzle is a Wordpuzzle from the Archer Plastic N.Y.C.

I bought them on Ebay

29th Februari

"The Rack em up" puzzle produced by Tomy Comp. 1987,

  bought on Ebay (Tomy pocketfuls)

Packing puzzle

21th February 2012

When I ordered several puzzles on marktplaats I received this puzzle as a gift.

Very nice Packing puzzle.

Slider Spot

21th February 2012

I ordered this Slider-Spot puzzle on marktplaats together with some other puzzles.

But something is missing !!!

It's really a production error.

I Love Puzzle

13th February 2012

The "I Love Puzzle" is a design of Ton Delsing he made the puzzle for the IPP 31 (International Puzzle Party) in Berlin on 7th August 2011. The fun of the puzzle is that the 6 cubes fit in on 359 ways in the box and there is always a solution because there are two letters Z in the box.

Moreover, there is between the letters L and U a blockage, so you can't freely slide the blocks up and down.

Time Puzzle

3th February

Vintage sliding puzzle game by E.S. Lowe called the Time Puzzle. It is from a series of 18 games called the "Bookshelf of Games. “Bookshelf of Games” were made in the 40′s.

On the back of the manual is standing a list of games and prices.

Vol. 514 Time Puzzle $ 0.75  

21 January 2012

On 21th of January I received this "Ivory Tower or Babylon Tower" bought at Marktplaats.nl

16th January

On a Belgium site I found this nice sliding puzzle. 

On the back stands " Copyright  Bruno Lerda. 1999"

http://www.dumura.it/il%20gioco.html

The Endless Chainpuzzle

12th January 2012

I bought the Endless Chainpuzzle on Ebay. The Endless Chain puzzle made in Hong Kong circa 1950-1960's it contains 12 pieces to form an endless chain.

The puzzle looks like the Krazee Links Endless Chain Puzzle (1939) but the pieces are different. 

The Mushroom puzzle

12th January 2012

I bought the Mushroom mountain puzzle on Ebay. The Mushroom puzzle is a Hanayama Sliding Pieces Puzzle with with an added difficulty. Move the pieces around, without bumping into one another, so that they are either facing inward or outward.

Equator puzzle

22th December

I bought on Marktplaats.nl a variety of puzzles and this was one of the puzzles. The Equator puzzle was invented by Ferenc Molnár

Kabalabda puzzle

22th December

I exchanged several puzzles and I received this Kabalabda puzzle. Kabalabda (ball inside a ball)

Hungary Map puzzle

22th December

I received this Hungary sliding map puzzle from Hungary. The puzzle is from 1976

Logi Toli

22th December

I received the Logi Toli puzzle from Hungary. The puzzle looks like the Switch-It puzzle or the Work / Golf puzzle

22th December

The Bolygok puzzle, which means Planets in Hungarian. This puzzle was invented and patented by Jozsef Bognar, and patented in Hungary 26 August 1980 (Politoys 1982) I bought this puzzle at Marktplaats.nl

7th November 2011

I bought the Suttle's Shuffle on Ebay.

The object of the puzzle is to move the large piece, No. 5, from the bottom left of the tray to the bottom right of the tray, without picking up any of the pieces.

Extra diffictult, because every piece has it's own place.

Hole in one puzzle

7th November 2011

I bought the hole in one puzzle on Ebay.

The aim of the puzzle is, to slide the square to the middle of the other blocks 

Slide-9 puzzle

29th October

I got this Slide-9 by Gerard Becker, and again he made a very nice puzzle. This puzzle has been designed by Minoru Abe and can be solved in 44 moves.

A very nice version !!

Tricky Puzzle / Minoru Abe 2008

21th October

I exchanged this puzzle with Joke Becker, a wonderfull puzzle made by Gerard Becker and designed by Minoru Abe 2008

The numbers 4, 3, 2 and 1 has to be changed in 1, 2, 3 and 4.

Tricky !! 

http://jokebecker.jimdo.com/brainteasers/gerard-s-puzzles/

Square puzzle

21th October

I exchanged this puzzle with Joke Becker, a wonderfull puzzle made by Gerard Becker  

A very nice puzzle, the small square has to be rearranged with the other 4 parts into the given frame in a way that all 5 parts form a bigger square.

Chicken Shuffle

19th October

I received the Chicken Shuffle puzzle produced by SmartGames

and designed by Raf Peeters.

Slide the puzzle tiles around until each and every egg is covered by a chicken nesting on it.

There are 48 different cards, it starts easy and ends difficult.

"Four degrees" Starter / Junior / Expert / Master

The Moon / Earth and Alien Sliding puzzle

30th September

I received by mail these two 3D sliding block Puzzles

The Moon & Earth sliding puzzle and the Alien spaceship

sliding puzzle

Schuifpuzzels by Jantine Bloemhof

30th September

I received the booklet 'Schuifpuzzels' (Sliding block puzzles) 

by Jantine Bloemhof

"Vierkant voor Wiskunde" University of Leiden 

Slider-Spot puzzle

24th September

I received from Taquinze the new Slider-Spot puzzle

For information visit the site of Taquinze

• http://www.taquinze.nl/

Equal Seven

8th September

I bought the Equal Seven puzzle by the Intertoy store

There are 4 levels to solve.

* Equal 10 (Easy) * Equal 11 (Medium) * Equal 12 (difficult) * Equal 7 (Very difficult)

Produced by Recent Toys invented by Dimitri Krasnoukhov

8th September

I received this "Mirror" sliding block puzzle

There's a sliding block puzzles on both sides.

The image in the foreground seems mirrored

LeoLei (starting position)

30th August

I have been to the German town Nordhorn to the shop Dan-Skan "Spielen + Schenken" I bought the puzzle Leolei from HABA

A puzzle made up of parts to shuffle around (designed by Sam Cornwell) The task is to begin at the starting position and to shuffle all the parts around in such a way that you end up with a complete pair of paws for the lion.

Magic Square (Philos)

30th August

I also bought in the Dan-Skan shop this puzzle of Philos Spiel the " Magic Square"

The aim of the puzzle is, to rearrange the small square with 5 parts + the small square into the given frame in a way that all 6 parts form a bigger square.

Magic squares / Blokus

13th August

Today I received 2 puzzles and a game (Blokus duo).

Cosmos optical illusion puzzle, on the box stands a health warning "Your sanity is at risk if you attempt this puzzle" (produced by Lagoon puzzles). (4x4)

The second puzzle is " Leapin Lizards Nature Puzzle (produced by Lagoon Puzzles) (3x3)

Olympic Games sliding puzzle

12th August

I bought this puzzle from "The Olypic Games" on the internet.

Jihii's Break

10th August

I received Jihii's Break, it's a Puzzle of wood with 5 pieces and 9 solution's You have to cover the holes with the 5 pieces.

Magic Square (21)

10th August

After hours of puzzling I found a solution of the Magic Square (21). But unfortunately when I tried the sliding block puzzle "Magic Square (21)" it wasn't a good solution, I could not get the 1 and the 3 on the upper row in the right position. After exchanging number 1 on the first row and number 1 on the second row it worked out !

Note:  Sliding Block Puzzle

The lower right corner has to be number 2, (this block is a fixed position)

Broken Heart Puzzle

5th August

I received a very nice sliding block puzzle "The Broken Heart puzzle" and a "Broken Heart" keychain puzzle

I ordered them by Taquinze ( H. Janmaat)

Tripod

27th July

I received an advertising Puzzle "Centrum" 'Compleet van A tot Zink' A puzzle about Vitamins and Minerals

The Tripod puzzle

Solitair " Kangoeroe 2003"

27th July

Solitair Puzzle of "Kangoeroe 2003"

Sliding puzzle Vredestein

20th July 2011

Today, I received this sliding block puzzle of Vredestein.

Capsule puzzle

4th July 2011

This week I received this sliding block puzzle.

Puzzle from aproximately 1969 ? On the large block is a image of the Space Capsule

Leesho

29th June

On 29th of June I received a package from Hungary,

I exchanged some puzzles. 

These puzzles are produced in Servie patented 2004

(Designed by Zoran Lišančić ?)

Smartphone puzzle

24th June 2011

Today I bought the Smartphone puzzle with 32 challenges

Designed by Raf Peeters produced by Smart Games

Just dial (slide) the right number

See also "Puzzles for exchange"

Magic Square Cube / Xinming Cube

17th June 2011

Joke Becker (my neighbour) and I we both have the same hobby, we exchanged a couple of puzzles.

We both made a good deal !!! This is one of my new puzzles.

Slide Master

8 June 2011

I received two very nice puzzles, I exchanged them for two double puzzle's.

The Slide Master "Battle the Space Aliens" a two level slide puzzle of Dan Gilbert. You have to solve first the Bottom layer and after that you can put the space Aliens in place at the Top Layer.

For the second puzzle I received, you can look for a little hint at the following site

Turnpush puzzle

3 juni 2011

I bought an other Turnpush puzzle the " Twuzzle"

Super Floppy

3 juni 2011

I bought the Super Floppy Puzzle, it's a shape shifting puzzlle

This puzzle was designed by Katsuhiko Okamoto and won the 2009 Puzzle of the Year Award (Puzzlers' Award and Jury Grand Prize) at Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition at the International Puzzle Party

The Rotascope puzzle

Rotascope puzzle by Pentangle

Today (3th of june 2011) I received 2 puzzles of Mike, we exchanged puzzles.

He collects Keychain puzzles by for example Pussy (Germany)

Since Keychain puzzles is not my highest priority I exchanged

some of them against the Rotascope puzzle and The Brain puzzle

The Rotascope Puzzle

Patented by Raoul Raba (copyright by Pentangle, England 1977)

The Brain puzzle

The Brain puzzle made by Mag-Nif

This handsome puzzle requires 170 programmed moves to place all the rods in the out position. Great gift for that someone who has everything. (Catalog Mag-Nif)

Same system like the Tower of Hanoi, the Spinout puzzle or the Chinese Rings