“Double Pyramid” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Václav Obsivac for the International Puzzle Party 31 held in Berlin, Germany 2011   Objective / Description Take the puzzle apart and put it together. 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, France, (inc...

“Reach Open Space” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Tatiana Matveeva for the International Puzzle Party 31 held in Berlin, Germany 2011   Objective / Description Open the box.   Background: The puzzle is devoted to the flight of the first man in space Yuri Gagarin performed 50 years ago (April 12, 1961). This gave us the key TO OPEN SPACE.   Packaging: Zip lock bagPreliminary estimate of shipping costs from the Netherlands.   Netherlands: fr...

“Ménage à trois” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Jan Grashuis for the International Puzzle Party 28 held in Prague, Czech Republic 2008 Objective / DescriptionThe puzzle consists of 12 bars, 6 short and 6 long, that can be connected by 4 magnets on each side. Of these 12 bars 3 rectangles can be formed. The object is to buil dan octahedron of these 3 rectangles so that all rectangles are linked toe ach other.   Packaging: Zip lock bagPreliminary es...

“Oct-3” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Marti Reis for the International Puzzle Party 28 held in Prague, Czech Republic 2008   Objective / Description Assembly the three pieces into the octahedron.   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, France, (...

“Ring of Ilmarinen” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Mikko Kiviharju for the International Puzzle Party 28 held in Prague, Czech Republic 2008   Objective / Description Remove the wooden ring and put it back.   Background: See picture   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 ...

“Tenplate” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Luc de Smet for the International Puzzle Party 28 held in Prague, Czech Republic 2008   Objective / Description Arrange the 10 plates to form a cube.   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. ...

“Woo Tuck Shuet!” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Stephen Chin for the International Puzzle Party 28 held in Prague, Czech Republic 2008   Objective / Description Balance the vessel   Packaging: children's sockPreliminary 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. Corsica ...

“Prague Six” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Jeremiah Farrel for the International Puzzle Party 28 held in Prague, Czech Republic 2008   Objective / Description The sixteen pieces are to be arranged into exactly (          (a)  One square                (b) two squares                      (c) three squares (d) four squares               (e) five squares                      (f) six sq...

“Going Square with Circles”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Rob Hegge for the International Puzzle Party 28 held in Prague, Czech Republic 2008   Objective / Description Fit all the pieces in the frame.   History: See picture   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 Is...

“The UTC Puzzle” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Nick Baxter for the International Puzzle Party 31 held in Berlin, Germany 2011   Objective / Description 1) Construct a U-pentomino. 2) Construct a T-tetromino. 3) Construct other Challenges Packaging: Plastic 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 Is...

“V’s in Cube” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Ad van der Schagt for the International Puzzle Party 31 held in Berlin, Germany 2011   Objective / Description A: Put 4 red pieces into the cubical box and close the cube. B: Put only 3 red pieces into the cubical box so, that the resulting shape will be symmetrical, and close the cube. C: Put 4 blue pieces into the cubical box and close the cube (2 solutions; C2L and C2R are nice mirror solutions). D. Put o...

“Willem’s Puzzle” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Jan L. Grashuis for the International Puzzle Party 31 held in Berlin, Germany 2011   Objective / Description Make a 4 by 4 square.   Background: Willem van der Poel designed this puzzle many years ago. Even so long ago that he forgot the ratio behind it. An extra challenge is therefore to find the algorithm behind this puzzle.   Packaging: Zip lock bagPreliminary estimate of shipping costs from th...

“Kieppi”This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Mikko Kiviharju for the International Puzzle Party 25 held in Helsinki, Finland 2005. Objective / Description: Separate the string with the wooden rings from the wire.About the puzzle: The word “kieppi” is Finnish meaning a coil or a tangled loop. It also contains the word IPP, if you read it backwards (Finnish is a very IPP-friendly language). I was trying to make a version of the “Figure Eight” by Stewart Coffin, which ...

“Osho’s Packing Puzzle” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Rikishi Yamada for the International Puzzle Party 25 held in Helsinki, Finland 2005   Objective / Description: 1) Pack the eight pieces of the puzzle into the board such that it is “anti-slide”, i.e. none of     the pieces can slide. 2) Pack the eight pieces of the puzzle into the board such that it is “not-color match”, i.e. no two pieces of the same color may touch each other. 3) Pack the ...

“Monocle²”This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by William Strijbos for the International Puzzle Party 25 held in Helsinki, Finland 2005Objective / Description: Try to remove the two rings without cutting the rope.  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. Cor...

“Perplexing Wire”This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Jan de Ruiter for the International Puzzle Party 25 held in Helsinki, Finland 2005 Objective / Description: Remove the small ring from the puzzle and put it back on.About the puzzle: This puzzle is a variation of the familiar ball and chain puzzle. Needless to say, the solution is different.Besides this puzzle, Markus Götz has designed many more intrigueing puzzles. Have a look at his web site: www.markus-goetz.de. Pac...

“Keys to the Kingdom” This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Dick Hess for the International Puzzle Party 34 held in London, UK 2014   Objective / Description Remove the keys from the upper section and replace on lower section.   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 Greenla...

The "TV Puzzle" is a long-discontinued Pelikan release that was the subject of particular obsession on the Mechanical Puzzle Discord. I somehow got roped into making it; I'm still not sure how. Those guys are persuasive. TV Puzzle is an interesting hybrid packing and take-apart puzzle. My interpretation stayed true to Jakub's original design with a couple of changes - we fully lacquered and changed grain direction for all pieces to make the solution more difficult. The result is trickier than I ...

“Always Seven!”This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Serhiy Grabarchuk for the International Puzzle Party 25 held in Helsinki, Finland 2005 Objective / DescriptionThe six haxagons are put within the tray. Add to them the seventh hexagon from the separate cell, and then put all the seven hexagons within the tray again. After you solve the puzzle, exactly seven (and only seven!) small triangle cells scattered across the tray should remain uncovered. None of them must touch each other e...

“Double Locked Briefcase Puzzle”   This puzzle is a exchange puzzle by Norman Sandfield for the International Puzzle Party 24 held in Tokyo, Japan 2004   Objective / Description: To open the case.   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, France, (incl. Corsica a...