Eric's Description: This puzzle was Henry Strout's exchange puzzle at IPP 29 in San Francisco. I enjoyed solving it a lot, and decided to make a run of them. To solve the puzzle, all the pieces must be put in the box. Easy enough, except for two things. One, they must all go thorugh the 1x2 slot in the side, making the order of insertion quite important. Two, the yellowheart piece is stuck inside the box, so you have to plan around that. Quite tricky! Using a toothpick makes assembly easier, but...

Designer unknown, this is an 18-piece packing puzzle where each piece is of a different wood: including Beech, Bog oak (well over 10, 000 years old), English Oak, English Elm, Cherry, Kingswood, Purpleheart, Indian satinwood, Pink Ivory, Osage orange, Walnut, Padauk, Sycamore, Ash, Wenge, Yew, Palo Santo and Cocobolo. The fit is not as close as it might be for this type of puzzle but the collection of woods is beautiful.

Craftsman unknown, this is a six-piece packing puzzle designed by Eric Fuller. Pieces are zebrawood and the box is made from quite spectacular spalted beech..

Two puzzles in one!Eric's comments at time of production:- This puzzle is two designs in one - the cage comes with two sets of burr pieces (one a six unit length and the other an eight unit length) which are entirely different puzzles to insert. The designs were released at roughly the same time, and I found them both interesting. When I realized they shared the same cage, I was in! Both designers graciously gave permission, and so I present to you the combined Vectes / Ghidorah Box. Ghidor...

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The puzzle contains of four piecesI will combine shipping costShipping cost < 500 gramm is 6.20 Euro

IPP11 exchange puzzle.

IPP11 exchange puzzle.

The puzzle contains of four piecesI will combine shipping costShipping cost < 500 gramm is 6.20 Euro

The puzzle contains of 4 piecesI will combine shipping costShipping cost < 500 gramm is 6.20 Euro

2 plastic disks must be interlocked.

IPP17 exchange puzzle. This is a 4 piece version, there also is a 5 piece version. Puzzle is sent disassembled, I shifted the pieces slightly and it came apart unexpectedly. Looks tricky to assemble so I moved on to other things.

The-F, from the NOB Puzzle Series by Nob Yoshigahara. The objective is to make the letter F using the 6 wooden pieces provided.

No Holds Barred, Laszlo and Menold. This is another puzzle where I somehow ordered it twice without realizing I already had a copy. So, here it is. This is a tricky assembly puzzle; I'm a little embarrassed by how long it took to get the pieces in the box; there's a diagonal-cut half cube interfering with the assembly at the entrance. It was quite fun to solve. Weight is 11oz with packing, and shipping outside the US would be $22.50 (less for Canada). Yes, our postal service is extortionate.

Phred's Phenomenon, by Fred Armintage, made by Bernhard Schweitzer. It's advertised as a 4x4x4 hollow cube, but in fact it has a solid 2x2x2 cube in the center! If you like, you can assemble it hollow, or not. Weight is 14oz with packing, and shipping outside the US would be $22.50 (less for Canada). Yes, our postal service is extortionate.

Double Cross, by William Waite. A beautifully made tray puzzle with 6 pieces. Weighs 10 oz with packaging; shipping outside the US is $22.50 for 9 oz to 2 lb.

Parcel Post packing puzzle, Constantin. Laser cut. Sadly, the tray design is so loose that it allows for false solutions (like the one in my photo). I always thought, "hey, what's the big deal. This one wasn't so hard." Turns out I was wrong. Weighs 7 oz with packaging. Shipping outside the US is $13.50, a bit less for Canada.

Put 4 pieces of wooden cheese in a frame

Put 4 pieces in a tray.

Pack the 6 pieces in a cubic shape