“Hermaphroditic Blocks”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by George Miller for the International Puzzle Party 23 held in Chicago, USA 2003   Objective / Description: Assemble the 8 pieces into a cube.   Packaging: Cardboard boxPreliminary estimate of shipping costs from the Netherlands.   Netherlands: from 0 - 10 kg approx $ 12.00   Europe 1: from 0 - 2 kg approx $ 21.00 to Belgium, Denmark (excl. Faroe Islands and Greenland), Germany, Fra...

“Esponja de Binimelis (Binimelis Sponge)”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Albert Violant i Holz for the International Puzzle Party 23 held in Chicago, USA 2003   Objective / Description: Put the 20 pieces of the puzzle together joining pins and holes to form the first iteration of the Menger sponge (i.e. a 3x3x3 cube with the center of each face and the center of the cube empty), so that all the pins renain in the interior of the structure.   Packaging...

“Put the Snake in the Grass”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by J. Dalgety for the International Puzzle Party 29 held in San Francisco, USA, August 2009   Challenge: Similar to the title of this puzzle.     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 $ 21.00 to Belgium, Denmark (excl. Faroe Islands and Greenland), Germany, France, (incl....

“LT-puzzle”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Brain Young for the International Puzzle Party 22 held in Antwerp, Belgium 2002   Description: 1: Use all seven pieces to make the letter L 2: Use all seven pieces to make the letter T 3: Use all seven pieces to make the L and T same time   Packaging: Zip lock bagPreliminary estimate of shipping costs from the Netherlands.   Netherlands: from 0 - 10 kg approx $ 12.00   Europe 1: from 0...

“Easter Island Dominoes” This puzzle is a exchange puzzles by Pavel Curtis for the International Puzzle Party 27 held in Australië 2007 Four challenges:1. Place all 12 pieces flat in the tray. (250 solutions)2. Like #1, but without a straight-line crack all the way across or down the puzzle. (83 solutions)3. Like #1, but without any set of pieces forming a perfect Square or rectangle. (6 solutions)4. Satisfying both constraints #2 and #3 at once. (3 solutions)   ...

“Yy Double Decker”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzles by Yoshiyuki Kotani for the International Puzzle Party 27 held in Gold Coast, Australië 2007   Pieces: Five red pieces and six dark ones above. How to play: Make the first floor with red pieces and the second floor with the dark ones, to make them identical.   Packaging: Cardboard boxPreliminary estimate of shipping costs from the Netherlands.   Netherlands: from 0 - 10 kg approx $ 12.00   ...

“Trisquare Castle”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Norman Diamond for the International Puzzle Party 24 held in Tokyo, Japan 2004   Objective / Description 1: Remove the 10 pieces from the main area of the tray, scramble them, and then put them back, Rotations and flips are allowed. 2: Omit one of those 10 pieces, use the remaining 9 pieces and the “castle” piece from its upper separate spot, and put them in the main area of the tray. Rotations and fl...

From Wood Wonders - "I have been wanting to make this one ever since Alex sent me the design. He has just been producing so many cool designs lately, it took me a while to get around to it. Pillar is four pieces that must be inserted into the unique box and they fill the openings completely.I had acquired some very nice holly and wanted to set off the face of this box with it. The woods used for this box are especially nice. I really love the Pistachio wood. I managed to sang a few small pieces...

         I recently decided to make a run of these cool puzzles, they are not quite interlocking so I included a tray to display the puzzle.  Not an overly difficult design but you can certainly see Stewart’s progression over the years.  This puzzle led Stewart to one of my personal favourite designs, ‘Four-Piece Interlocking Cube’.I made several different wood varieties for this puzzle design, a few in one wood and a couple in multi-woods.They are lacquered and given a coat of Co...

From Pelikan - “2D and 3D packing problems are my favourites, especially those with only a few pieces, together with a sufficient level of difficulty. I hope you will like Pincers and add it to your collection. You do not need to create the illusion of a full cube inside (like we all do with amazing packing designs by Osanori). Just fit the three pieces below the top layer. So what is the clue here? – the shapes of the pieces and box opening. Study them well to eliminate a huge number of po...

Designed and first released at IPP in 2009, Surround is closely related to the 3/4/5 cubes designs by Ichiro. In this case, six pieces must be used to surround the solid cube in such a way that is self-supporting. Two solutions using magnets are possible, with another "rule-breaker" solution that does not use magnets and covers the cube completely! The finished shape is pleasingly symmetrical and displays well.************************************************************For multiple items, combin...

This is a wonderful puzzle by Brian, while not overly difficult it will keep you busy for a while, the assembled shape leaves two opposing corners void along with the centre causing confusion when assembling the puzzle.Comes with an Olivewood Stand and original packaging.Shipping cost to be determined at close of auction.Here's what Brian said:"Haym's at it again. Here is his latest "Inelegant" offering. Inelegant Snakes uses the offset L piece that was used in his Snake Pack design. Except this...

I only ever made two of these puzzles for the IPP Design Competition (San Francisco) in 2009.  It’s a fun puzzle that can be very confusing to assemble from pieces even if you see the assembled shape.Several years ago Scott Peterson (at my insistence) made a very nice run of them and later Tom Lensch (at John Rausch’s insistence) made a run, with some featuring Holly, Ebony and Rosewood!I recently was able to acquire some 1/2” size stock and decided to make a few.  This can be consider...

The Slideways Cube is a 3D printed three piece burr-style puzzle.  Three identical pieces slide together in a simultaneous symmetric motion to form a cube

Vortex was number 5 in Robert Rose's MBP series (Mental Block Puzzles) It was made in very limited numbers and most of the original puzzles were acquired by collectors at IPP 23 in Chicago in 2003.The goal of the puzzle is to to stack the 5 layers.It has been about 5 or 6 years since one of these puzzles appeared at auction, they don't come up often! There are no flaws in this copy, the puzzle name is engraved on the central mustard yellow piece.******************************This is one of a num...

Dodecahedron was number 7 in Robert Rose's MBP series (Mental Block Puzzles) It was made in very limited numbers and most of the original puzzles were acquired by collectors at IPP 23 in Chicago in 2003.It is an edge matching puzzle and the goal is to attach the 12 steel pentagons to the aluminium core which has a magnet attached to each face. One of the faces on the dodecahedral core has the name of the puzzle "DDH3 MBP7" engraved upon it.I have removed 3 or 4 pieces but have not been brave eno...

This is a beautifully made and presented metal puzzle designed by Bernd Liebert.  The aluminium alloy silver and gold blocks are connected by springs and a range of target shapes are possible. I believe this puzzle is out of production but full details and specification can be found at http://beyond123.com/pa/metal-cube.htmlThe puzzle comes complete, with stand, packaging, booklet and is in perfect condition. It also includes a very neat hand drawn solution diagram by Laurie. The solid alumi...

Corner Cube is a great 3D Packing puzzle that can't be solved by Burr Tools, but can you solve it?Gorgeous Tigerwood and Curly Maple.Combined shipping available. 

ODD Puzzle designed by Hirokazu Iwasawa (Iwahiro), produced by PhilosThe ODD Puzzle won the Puzzle of the Year Award (Puzzlers' Award and Jury Grand Prize) at the IPP28 Puzzle Design Competition in 2008.  The object is to pack three pieces inside the box.  This is a nice version of the puzzles with solid, and hefty, pieces.  This puzzle was still among the Top 10 in a recent poll for 3D restricted entry packing puzzles on the Mechanical Puzzles Discord group.From the description at CD: "The O...

The "BonBon" packing puzzle by Frederic Boucher is just a ton of fun. The set of five tetrominos must be fully inserted in the rectangular box, and there is only one very specific way to do it. The solution requires well over a dozen correct moves, including rotations. The box itself is very unusual, with cutouts in the top and sides. The acrylic top is held in place with a tricky set of shoulders resulting in a great fit which retains a solid exterior presentation. BonBon is constructed w...