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Peg Puzzle Solitaire
This Milton Bradley puzzle from the early 1900s is a standard puzzle peg board of solid wood, a large 8-inches square. 31 or the 32 (or 33) nearly inch-and-a-half long blue pegs are included. Instructions inside box lid include a variation for jumping diagonally.Box is soiled, has edge wear and split corners and is missing a 1" piece of litho on 2 aprons.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 currenc...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Hop-Over Puzzle
This 1920s puzzle from J. Pressman wonderful graphics on the cover, repeated on the buildup inside the box. There are 9 holes in the buildup, with 4 black and 4 white marbles. The object is to exchange the line of marbles of one color with the ones of the other color, by jumping over one marble at a time. Instructions are on the buildup and a separate solution sheet is underneath.I ship internationally. All payments from outside the U.S.A. should be paid in euro to the PayPal address shown in th...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Think Think 34 Magic Square Puzzle
16 wood blocks make the usual magic square, the primary object of which is to arrange the numbers so all rows columns and diagonals total 34. However, there is a secondary objective which is to find a solution in each of the 12 "classes" of solutions; a class is determined by the different ways the solution can be arrived at in terms of the location of the groups of two numbers whose total = 17 (two of these classes have only 8 solutions each). Ca. 1970.Solid wood numbers 1.25 inches square and...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Pyramids
Standard pyramid puzzle with 3 wood posts that fit into a heavy cardboard base and 8 wood or pressed cardboard discs. Object is to move the discs, which start on one peg, stacked larges to smallest on top, to another peg, moving one disc at a time onto an empty post or on top of a larger disc. Great board illustration. "A Master Thinker Creation" from Sherm's (unmarked).I ship internationally. All payments from outside the U.S.A. should be paid in euro to the PayPal address shown in the invoice ...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Peg Solitaire
Peg puzzle with nicely shaped purple pegs that fit into a heavy pressed cardboard base. Jump the pegs one at a time, ending with one in the middle. "A Master Thinker Creation" from Sherm's.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 ...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Puzzle-Peg - 1927
Peg puzzle with wood pegs that fit into a heavy pressed cardboard base. Puzzle booklet with 113 problems! Jump the pegs one at a time, ending with one in the middle. "A Master Thinker Creation" from Sherm's.1927, Lubbers & Bell Mfg. Co., Clinton, IowaI 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 dollar...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Drueke's Solitaire
Peg puzzle with heavy solid wood board that has 4 hollows in the corners for holding the jumped pegs. (In the photo, an optical illusion makes the hollows look like mounds.) NO PEGS! Jump the pegs one at a time, ending with one in the middle. Instructions on bottom of box include 6 other Problems to solve.Board is nice. Box is pretty rough.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, ...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Soli-Peg
Soli-Peg peg puzzle with nice illustration on the cover. Rosebud Art Co, ca. 1930s. Board is cardboard buildup with 2 metal cups as inserts to hold the pegs. Instructions and solution inside cover.Jump the pegs one at a time, ending with one in the middle. 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 dol...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Pooh Fun Puzzle Container with sliding block puzzle
Pooh container for sandwiches or stuff is 5" x 5" and 2.5" deep. The puzzle part is the top: a simple 8-piece sliding block puzzle which forms the Winnie the Pooh bear watering his garden. The container comes in a cardboard sleeve. Nice Walt Disney product. Mint, unused, makes a good gift.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 AMERICA...
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BruceWhitehill 33
Frogs on a Log
8 wooden 1"-long pegs sit in a wood log illustrated with two frogs. Object is to change position of the 4 pegs of one color with the 4 of the other color by jumping one at a time. Easy to do -- BUT can you do it in the fewest amount of moves?The puzzle is from the mid to late 1960s or 1970s (possibly as late as the 1980s). Instructions inside the lid. Nice presentation, excellent condition.I ship internationally. All payments from outside the U.S.A. should be paid in euro to the PayPal address s...
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BruceWhitehill 33
15 Puzzle
Small sliding block puzzle from A.C. Rhodes in Clifton Springs, N.Y. Box is 2.5" square; pieces are wood, marked in red ink. A handy pocket piece.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 i...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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.)
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