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Brass Monkey Two

Designer: Steve Nicholls and Ali Morris
Goal: Disassemble and reassemble.

Purchase: Available at Two Brass Monkey Etsy Shop, Mr Puzzle Australia, and Puzzle Master.

Chinese Soft Ring

Designer: Jim Wu & Aaron Wang
Goal: Separate three loops without using force.

Notes: The rope loops should not be forced through the gaps in the rings.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Conjoined Cubes

Designer: David Pitcher
Goal: Return the puzzle to its starting state with one color per side.

Notes: 2x2x2 operations are the only moves available on the puzzle, and only the cube that the switch is currently in can be turned. When the shape is restored to the original two cubes configuration (ignoring the colors), the switch can be moved to the other cube, and scrambling (or solving) can continue.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Cover Up

Designer: George Sicherman
Goal: Place the pieces on a flat surface so that the T-shaped piece is hidden under the other four.

Disney

Designer: George Miller
Goal: The 12 tiles can be folded into a dodecahedron many different ways. Each tile has a Disney character on one side. Find the character which cannot appear alone on the outside of a folded dodecahedron.

Purchase: Contact the designer by , $40 plus shipping. 400 produced.

Donut Perplex

Designer: Symen Hovinga
Goal: Put the 13 pieces together to form a donut.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Double Cube

Designer: Akira Nishihara
Goals:

• Fold one piece to form a rhombic dodecahedron.
• Fold both pieces to form a pair of connected rhombic dodecahedrons.

Purchase: Avaiable at HANAYAMA Co., Ltd.

Drawer Box

Designer: Bruno Hemon
Goal: Pull out all three drawers.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Dunant

Designer: Volker Latussek
Goal: Pack five pieces into the box.

8 by 8 Squeer Puzzle

Designer: Rik van Grol
Goal: Solve the jigsaw - arrange the 64 pieces in an 8x8 grid.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Escape From the Bastille

Designer: Simon Bexfield
Goal: Move the man in the iron mask (a ball bearing) from his cell on the ground floor of the tower (labelled oubliette) to the gate on the left side and then to the window marked liberte. It appears that he can take the underground passage directly to the gate but this passage is blocked by three guards (larger ball bearings).

Notes: In order to help him reach his destination you will need to find a key, move him through secret passages and down a spiral staircase. As you help him move around the Bastille you will see him appear at various windows. If at any time he gets lost before arriving at the gate, gently shaking the Bastille with the oubliette corner downwards will reset the puzzle and send him directly back to the oubliette cell.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

FantasTIC

Designer: Andrew Crowell
Goal: Disassemble and reassemble the cube.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

4+4

Designer: Choongmyoung Lee
Goal: Assemble the eight pieces to make a 2×2×2 cube without any exterior bumps (holes are allowed).

Purchase: Available at Uiqoo's Shapeways Shop.

4! Fold

Designer: Bob Hearn
Goal: Fold a polycube.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

4L Basket

Designer: Koichi Miura
Goal: Pack the four pieces into the box (basket).

Purchase: Available ONLY in Japan at PUZZLE of MINE * WEB-SHOP. But the timing of sale is undecided.

4.5

Designer: Choongmyoung Lee
Goal: Put all five pieces into the frame.

• Side A: one bump
• Side B: two bumps

4-Beam Burr

Designer: John M Kostick
Goal: Take apart and put together.

Purchase: Available at kosticks.com.

Hat Trick

Designer: Laszlo Molnar
Goal: Pack/unpack the pieces into/from the box.

Hex-Pave

Designer: Carl Hoff
Goal: Pack all 15 pieces into the size-8 regular hexagonal tray.

Notes: This is the set of all possible hexagons with only 120° angles and edge lengths of 1, 2, or 3 units.

Purchase: The puzzle is available at Kadon Enterprises, Inc. for $65 (plus shipping).

Hinge-ominoes

Designer: Eric Harshbarger
Goals:

• Place the five hinge-ominoes into the tray.
• Place the five hinge-ominoes into the tray so that no white dots are visible.
• Place the five hinge-ominoes into the tray so that exactly seven white dots are visible.
• Place the five hinge-ominoes into the tray so that no two pieces are the same shape.

Notes: Each of the five pieces represents a unique way four squares may be connected by corner hinges.

Purchase: Contact the designer by ; $40.00 each. Printed on demand.

The HoKey CoKey Lock

Designer: Ali Morris
Goal: Open the shackle. Close the shackle.

Ice 9

Designer: Yuu Asaka
Goal: Place all the pieces into the frame.

Purchase: Contact the designer (浅香 遊/Yuu Asaka) on Facebook. ¥2600 each. Stocks are produced irregularly.

Inside Track

Designer: Walaber (Tim FitzRandolph)
Goal: Scramble and then restore the color pattern with colored pieces making circles around the colored centers, and a "petal" pattern of the white pieces.

Purchase: The puzzle is intended to be available at Chewies Custom Stickers

Jack in the Box

Designer: Jesse Born
Goal: Discover secret movements to open the box and reveal a deck of playing cards.

La Boomba!

Designer: CHINNOMOTTO
Goal: Open the box.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Logical Progression

Designer: Rick Eason
Goal: Assemble a 4x4x4 cube.

Purchase: Available at Cubicdissection.

LOL

Designer: Frederic Boucher
Goal: Assemble the five pieces to form the acronym LOL, so that the three letters all have the same dimensions.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Magic Triangle

Designer: ZhaoYue
Goal: Balance the six pieces on the tray with the following steps:

• Place the pieces inside the six spots on the top of the tray.
• Place the tray with pieces placed on the top of the yellow pillar.
• Maintain balance for more than 10 seconds without external assistance.
• If you think the yellow pillar is too easy, then try the green pillar.

Matrioshka

Designer: Dmitry Andreev
Goal: Mix up and restore the colored regions.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Mazeburr L

Designer: Diniar Namdarian
Goal: Free the ball through the small hole.

Notes: Alternative challenges are possible by using alternative sliders.

Purchase: Contact the designer by ; cost will be 35 Euros.

Mondrian Blocks

Designer: Laszlo Mero- Gergely Kapolnas- Imre Kokenyesi
Goal: Select a challenge card. Use the gray pieces to fill the black space, fill the remaining space with the colored pieces.

Notes: 20 challenge cards and purple solutions are provided (selected from over 1000 puzzles).

Multiball

Designer: Eric Fuller
Goal: Open the box.

1-2-3

Designer: Tony Fisher
Goal: Insert the three black pieces into the white maze and maneuver them so that they neatly fit together in the order 1-2-3. A secondary challenge is to remove them. Pieces should always be orientated vertically.

Purchase: Contact the designer by . Post 3D printing touch up work is required resulting in a price of around $150 including postage.

Orange Perplex

Designer: Symen Hovinga
Goal: Put together the five 3-slice pieces to form an orange.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Orbit Cube

Designer: Sam Jiang
Goal: Mix up and restore the cube, where each face is a single solid color.

Outstandin'

Designer: Haym Hirsh
Goal: Place all the pieces into the cubic shell so the two halves fully close.

Peamaru

Designer: Volker Latussek
Goal: Arrange the pieces so that all the dots are paired face-to-face, and the structure is stable.

PedanTIC

Designer: Andrew Crowell
Goal: Disassemble and reassemble the cube.

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Petit Ring

Designer: Osanori Yamamoto
Goal: Build the apparent 3x3x2 block inside the frame.

Progressive Pyramid

Designer: George Bell
Goal: Using some or all of the pieces, build a symmetric shape, such as the regular octahedron.

Notes: See solution page for additional challenges. At least 24 symmetric "pyramids" can be built using the set of seven pieces.

Puzzleduck Pastures

Designer: Kelly Snache
Goal: Help the little fairy unlock and open the door.

Purchase: Contact the designer by . Price: $800 each plus shipping

Rocket Man

Designer: Eric Fuller
Goal: Disassemble and reassemble.

Rotor

Designer: Kyoo Wong
Goals:

• Separate the rotors from starting position
• Reassemble the rotors to where the indicators align with each other.

Notes: Once you take the parts apart, you may enjoy the rotors as a top.

Purchase: Available from Hanayama

Rules of Attraction

Designer: Laszlo Molnar
Goal: Make a stable cube, so that the hidden magnets do not disturb the proper alignment.

Slammed Car

Designer: Junichi Yananose (Juno)
Goal: Open the box.

Slider

Designer: Vesa Timonen
Goal: Disassemble the puzzle.

Purchase: Available from Hanayama

Sluice and Ships 6:5/N12

Designer: Namick Salakhov
Goals:

• Free the ships by moving through the locked chamber into the opposite side compartment. Find the shortest way.
• Return them into the starting compartment. Using various strategies find the shortest solution.

Somaa Cube

Designer: Haym Hirsh
Goal: Assemble the seven pieces to form a cube.

Notes: The original Soma Cube has 240 solutions. The Somaa Cube uses the same shapes but slightly varies the dimensions of the unit cubes, resulting in a unique solution.

Spheres

Designer: Stephan Baumegger
Goal: Put all pieces in the box, so that the lid will completely close.

Purchase: Contact the designer by or at Facebook.

Standing Egg

Designer: Osanori Yamamoto
Goal: Assemble a cube that is missing one vertex, and so that it self-sustaining.

SymFunny

Designer: Lucie Pauwels
Goal: Make a symmetric shape with the three pieces.

TD345

Designer: Chico Banan
Goals:

• Make a 2-layer 3x3 square with the smaller TD chain.
• Make a 2-layer 4x4 square with the larger TD chain.
• Make a 2-layer 5x5 square with both TD chains.

Tetra Spinner

Designer: Yasuhiro Hashimoto & MINE
Goal: Put the five tetromino pieces into the frame and close the lid completely.

Purchase: Available ONLY in Japan at PUZZLE of MINE * WEB-SHOP.

Tétrademino

Designer: Christian Ksavrelof
Goals: Build various shapes using the tétrademino shapes:

• 4x15, 5x12, 6x10, and two 5x6 rectangles
• Four 8x8 rectangle (with four holes)
• Five 7x9 rectangle (with three holes)
• The given figure below with 10 pieces

Purchase: Contact the designer by ; 20 copies at 225€.

Trigonal Pyramid

Designer: Kohno Ichiro
Goal: Pair the magnetic panels to construct a pyramid (the shape will be rotationally symmetric).

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

2x2x2x2

Designer: Melinda Green
Goal: This is a topologically faithful physical implementation of a 4D extrapolation of the 2x2x2 twisty puzzle. It is solved when all eight "stickers" of each colored "face" (octahedra) are mutually touching, such as the red face in the very center (currently hidden) of the configuration shown below, or virtually touching as described in the notes below.

Purchase: Available at Superliminal Shapeways Shop; current price with zero markup: $114.50 + $10 US shipping, $20 international.

Two Puzzle Splines

Designer: MIKE TOULOUZAS
Goal: Disassemble, reassemble.

Two Shapes

Designer: Frederic Boucher
Goal: Assemble the four pieces to make two identical quadrilateral shapes at the same time.

Purchase: In Japan order from puzzlein.com; outside Japan contact the designer by .

Venn Puzzle

Designer: Hunter Craighill
Goal: Disassemble and reassemble into a sphere.

Purchase: Available at Craighill.

Wave 5

Designer: Yuu Asaka
Goal: Put all the pieces into the frame.

Purchase: Purchase: Contact the designer (浅香 遊/Yuu Asaka) on Facebook. ¥2600 each. Stocks are produced irregularly.

Yosegi Pattern Box

Designer: Jesse Born
Goal: Open the box.