Twenty Ball Pyramid was designed by the great prolific puzzle designer Iwahiro (Hirokazo Iwasawa), and exchanged by perennial Edward Hordern Puzzle Exchange participant Yoshiyuki Kotani at IPP26, held in Boston in 2006.  The object of the puzzle is is to build a tetrahedral pyramid from the four 5-ball pieces.Twenty Ball Pyramid is complete in its original plastic bag with its original instruction card, as presented at IPP26.  I will supply a copy of the solution to Twenty Ball Pyramid from th...

This set consists of a pair of fantastic puzzles combined into one package. The puzzle box portion alone justifies the price of admission, featuring a multi-step design that secures the accompanying burr booklet.After that, hundreds of burrs that can be crafted using the set. These range from simple one-move burrs to remove the initial piece, to solid burrs, as well as burrs featuring gaps and those requiring multiple moves to extract the first piece.Winner will pay winning bid plus shipping fro...

El puzzle, designed by Nob Yoshigahara, made by Puzzland HikimiThe goal of this puzzle is to pack the 12 L-shaped pieces into the tray.  However, the 12 pieces use a dark wood on one side and a light wood on the other.  You're supposed to pack them such that only one color shows.  Solving this one took me forever.  It's another puzzle where you get to the last piece and it's usually not right.  According to Torito, this puzzle was made "in small quantities in 2002".  It was Nob's exchange ...

I found this trickier than expected, but a joy to solve with Wood Wonders beautiful choice of woods and craftsmanship.  What Brian had to say about this buikd:All I need to say is "Ken Irvine" and you know that this puzzle is great. Ken's designs are always amazing. This design had me scratching my head for days. It seemed so simple! What am I missing? Then one day, Aha!!!! Shipping calculated after auction - Combined shipping available.

3D Packing puzzle designed by Stewart Coffin and made by Andy Manvell (2006).The goal is to fit the 5 pieces into the cubic box.It was brilliantly and deliberately designed to confound your computer software, hence its name...(IPP26 exchange puzzle from Marti Reis STC-193)After the end of the auction the final shipping cost will be calculated.Besides PayPal, Wise payment solution is also an option.SEPA bank transfer is also accepted (EU countries) and free.

"Clouds" is a 2D packing puzzle designed and produced by Abhishek Ruikar.Description from Abhishek Ruikar:The task of the puzzle is to fit all 9 clouds in the tray.Made from laser-cut acrylic. 

Fixit, design by Doug Engel, with box and solution sheet. Made by Puzzle Makers International, aka Bits and Pieces (#07-7803). Object is to thread the bolt onto the nut at the bottom of the container. This is surprisingly less difficult than it looks. The wood on top of the puzzle is slightly split and tilted about 5 degrees, but has no effect on the function of the puzzle. See pix.Buyer to pay actual postage, which will be calculated after the auction.

Tricky tricky tricky, Andrew's tricky puzzle designs combined with Brian's craftsmanship - yes please!  What Brian had to say about the puzzle:"Andrew has briefly turned his attention to packing puzzles and boy was it a windfall for all puzzle enthusiasts. This is the Corner Cube from his ARCparent Series. I love packing puzzles and I hope all of these designs will eventually appear on my site at some time. Simple pieces that have to be packed into the simple box and boy this is a challenge. Be...

T-Party, Bits and Pieces #07-6702. With solution sheet and original box. Mfg 2004. Some mild dings along box edges.Note, case is aluminum. Color in the photo is a bit of due to local lighting.Buyer to pay actual postage, which will be calculated after the auction.

Nine Blocks Box designed by Jerry Loo and made by Eric Fuller in April 2016.A perfectly crafted miniature packing puzzle. The box and pieces are held within their outer sleeve using two magnets. The object is to pack the pieces in the box.

This lot includes two wood packing puzzles that are moderately challenging.  The first is titled "Fantastic Land" and is made by Handsman Maruwa, a Japanese brand that seems to have made several wood packing puzzles.  This puzzle is approximately 24 pieces, and the irregular pieces can be quite baffling.  There are some lovely colors on this piece; to prevent spoilers the photo doesn't show the assembled puzzle.  This puzzle comes with an extra wood piece that acts as a stand for the puzzle....

Kevin Sadler wrote about it:“I have to start the review with these simple words: Buy this puzzle! It is incredible! Dr Latussek has a very strange mind! I do not understand how he designs these things – Burrtools is no use for them, he must do this in his head. This is not normal, there is absolutely nothing in my head at all let alone complex geometric manipulations. Volker has created several packing puzzles over the last few years and I have only ever managed to solve a couple of the simp...

A copy of the original puzzle made by Pelikan and designed by Viteslav Krejci back in 2008.A nice looking packing/interlocking puzzle :  One obstacle and one key piece make this design not only to a simple packing problem, you have to look for a nice TV screen too and you have to close it with a key.It has 28 different solutions but not every solution can be closed with the key or gives a nice TV screenAfter the end of the auction the final shipping cost will be calculated.Besides PayPal, Wise ...

This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Mineyuki Uyematsu for the International Puzzle Party 37 held in Paris, France 2017   Objective / Description: Make an equilateral polygon with each set of 4 pieces (=2 puzzles).   Packaging: Zip lock bagPreliminary estimate of shipping costs from the Netherlands.   Netherlands: from 0 - 10 kg, approx $ 12.00   Europe 1: from 0 - 2 kg, approx $ 23.00 to Belgium, Denmark (excl. Faroe Islands and Greenland), Germany, France...

"ABCD (r)" is a double sided 2D packing puzzle with flat tray and restricted opening designed by Girish Sharma and produced by NothingYetDesigns. Some details about the design from Girish: A dual side unrestricted (Abcd) and restricted (Abcd r) 2D packing puzzle. While the unrestricted side is meant to be a coffee table puzzle, just flip it over and get ready to face some serious challenge with the additional r piece. Some background - This is officially my first design. It has mul...

This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Simon Bexfield for the International Puzzle Party 34 held in London, United Kingdom 2014   Goal: Assemble tetrahedralpyramid.   Background: This is a development of Davis Singmaster’s 6 piece puzzle.   It has always been quite difficult to make such shapes in wood  as the angles are very acute and there is a danger of splintering. With the availability of 3D printing it is now possible to make the pieces in nylon including t...

This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Rodolfo Kurchan for the International Puzzle Party 37 held in Paris, France 2017 Objective / Description:See attached picture of the leaflet  Packaging: Zip lock bagPreliminary estimate of shipping costs from the Netherlands.   Netherlands: from 0 - 10 kg, approx $ 12.00   Europe 1: from 0 - 2 kg, approx $ 23.00 to Belgium, Denmark (excl. Faroe Islands and Greenland), Germany, France, (incl. Corsica and Monaco), Italy...

This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Tyler Somer for the International Puzzle Party 37 held in Paris, France 2017   Objective / Description: Challenge #1: Pack the six xis as a square lattice that fits in the box. Challenge #2: Determine the number of distinct solutions. Challenge #3: Solve the puzzle so that the 3 horizontal pieces are distinct, and likewise so are the 3 vertical pieces.   See more explanation in the attachments   Packaging: Plastic boxPre...

"Lixy's Puzzle Deck" is a multi challenge packing puzzle designed by Lixy Yamada and produced by Rex Rossano PerezAce to Seven (7 challenges)Three of Diamonds (2 challenges)Four of Spades (4 challenges)Five to Ace (5 challenges)Please wait until the end of the auction for final shipping.

I was cleaning up some puzzle bins and found this puzzle still taped closed!I opened to check and photo.From the Original Listing:"Reminiscent of days of old when the pharmacist kept medicines in small compartments, our wooden brainteaser contains 16 unique pieces that pull out like little drawers. Beware there is only one correct way to replace the pieces in the correct order. Made of beautifully rose colored and natural lacquered pine. Designed by Jean Claude Constantin measures 5-1/2” x 1-1...