BruceWhitehill 33
Puzzle of Numbers - sliding block puzzle
Large sliding block puzzle with 31 numbers instead of the usual 15. Attached to cardboard sheet. Near mint.I ship internationally. All payments from outside the U.S.A. should be paid in euro to the PayPal address shown in the invoice (if your currency is not euro, it will be converted automatically). NOTE TO AMERICAN BUYERS only: Please pay in dollars to this PayPal address: games@thebiggamehunter.com; if you wish to pay through PayPal with a credit card in the USA, please add 3% and contact me ...
3.00
1 bid
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BruceWhitehill 33
Puzzle of Letters - sliding block puzzle
Large sliding block puzzle with 31 letters instead of the usual 15. There is no name on the puzzle, but it is the companion piece to the Puzzle of Numbers puzzle also in this auction. No cardboard backing, no instructions, no solution. It's a word-making puzzle -- can you figure it out?I ship internationally. All payments from outside the U.S.A. should be paid in euro to the PayPal address shown in the invoice (if your currency is not euro, it will be converted automatically). NOTE TO AMERICAN B...
1.00
1 bid
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pucu 125
Dustin puzzle
Patented by F. G. Dustin 1935
(Laser cut plastic, 4.75" x 4.75" x 1/4";
base is 1/8" thick, tray edge is 1/8", thick and pieces are 1/8" thick)
Looks like the
Fifteen,
puzzle at first,
until you notice that pieces,
except for piece 15, are joined together in pairs.
Described on page 151 of
Hordern's book,
who notes that are a number of ways to solve it.
The designer has made the pieces sufficiently tight so that solution is
possible but not via Figure 4 shown in the Dustin p...
17.00
1 bid
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pucu 125
One Fish, Another Fish
Designed by S. Gabarchuk,
(laser cut plastic, 4.8" x 5.9" inches)
As shown on the puzzle sleeve above,
start with a pattern with a ball on the left and slide the pieces to form a symmetric pattern with a ball on the right.
All the pieces have a square bottom layer that can pass under the curve rims at the corners.
The three blank blue pieces can move anywhere,
but the other pieces have a red or yellow shape on the top layer that prevents them from moving into some corners.
Without ...
33.00
1 bid
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pucu 125
Clouds And Sheep
This puzzle will be only sold to those persons who are not taking part at the IPP exchange in Tokyo this year!!
(Laser cut plastic three layers, 3.75" x 6.75" x 3/8";
thickness are base 1/8", tray edge 1/8", pieces 1/8" back with 1/8" figures)
Problem 1:
Exchange the clouds and sheep; here are every 7 steps of a
96 rectilinear steps,
114 straight-line steps solution
(108 straight-line steps,
are also possible):
Problem 2:
Also exchange the rabbit and the sun; here are ev...
27.00
1 bid
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BruceWhitehill 33
The Moving Puzzle, Bekins Van & Storage
Standard 9-piece wood sliding block puzzle. Advertising premium for Bekins Van & Storage Co. Though this is the same puzzle as the United Van Lines Moving Puzzle and credits the same inventor, Frederic Aaron, its date is much earlier: 1927 instead of 1941. Comes in original box that has no markings on the outside (plain red) but the instructions and diagram are inside the cover as usual.(Note - You can pay in dollars or euro, by PayPal or bank transfer, or by $ check in the U.S.)
30.00
35 bids
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dcameron 65
Moby Maze
Designed by Oskar van Deventer.The goal is to pass the disc through a maze on the mobius strip and ultimately free the disc.This was and exchange puzzle at IPP 26 in Boston.
59.00
15 bids
Closed
pucu 125
Virus I
Shipping cost is< 500g world 5.25 $I will combine shipping cost if you have more then one puzzle.You have to pay the paypal fees.
20.50
11 bids
Closed
pucu 125
Wooden Mirage - 11
It is a sliding puzzle. Start and Goal positions are included. Shipping cost is< 500g world 7.50 $I will combine shipping cost if you have more then one puzzle.You have to pay the paypal fees.
38.00
7 bids
Closed
dcameron 65
Feed the Cat
Designed by Oskar van Deventer and Peter Knoppers. The goal is to move the black 'bird' through the mouth of the cat till it reaches its throat (back layer) and then remove it again.This puzzle was an exchange gift at IPP 28 in Prague.
27.00
5 bids
Closed
DanielScher 113
9 to 5
9-to-5 is a mechanical maze that doesn't come apart. At the AM side, the are eleven numbers including a big '9', but no '5'. At the PM side, there are also eleven numbers, including a big '5', but no '9'. The object is to get the yellow central dial from 9AM to 5PM. Because of the protrusions, the dial can make some rotations, but not others.
31.50
7 bids
Closed
BruceWhitehill 33
Howzatt cricket puzzle
10-piece sliding block puzzle with cricket theme. Object is to change the position of the two batters (large blocks), while ending up with the 2 wickets (4 blocks) and ball (4 blocks) in the right order.(Note - You can pay in dollars or euro, by PayPal or bank transfer, or by $ check in the U.S.)
20.00
21 bids
Closed
pucu 125
The Sliding Arrow Through the Bottle Puzzle
It is a sliding puzzle. Start and Goal positions are included. A solution can also be included if someone is interested in.Shipping cost is< 500g world 7.5 $I will combine shipping cost if you have more then one puzzle.You have to pay the paypal fees.
32.00
3 bids
Closed
BruceWhitehill 33
Haunted Mansion in Disneyland Secret Panel Chest
Secret opening box
31.00
3 bids
Closed
BruceWhitehill 33
Rubik's Triamid
Three-piece and five-piece puzzle from 1990 are not quite cubes but more like odd-shaped hexagons that are put together, split in half, rotated, put together again -- the object being to get each side with its own color.(Note - You can pay in dollars or euro, by PayPal or bank transfer, or by $ check in the U.S.)
7.00
1 bid
Closed
pucu 125
The Sliding Three
It is a sliding puzzle. Start and Goal positions are included. A solution can also be included if someone is interested in.
18.00
1 bid
Closed
BruceWhitehill 33
Hexagons
Sliding block "Nine-Hex" puzzle with copy of original patent papers. Rare. The puzle is in "disarranging the hexagons and then trying to rearrange them in their proper order by a sliding movement only." Each wood hexagon has two parts to it, one of which is a number, and the numbers appear on different sectors of the various hexagons.
120.00
17 bids
Closed
DanielScher 113
Monkey Business
Free the monkey from the maze. Exchanged by Will Strijbos at IPP24 Tokyo.
20.00
1 bid
Closed
dcameron 65
Free Willy
Remove the figure of the whale from its 12 sided cage.An exchange gift from IPP 25 in Helsinki.
42.00
7 bids
Closed