There are lots of materials to use when making pyramid puzzles. Crystal is an excellent choice. The 3D Crystal Pyramid puzzle consists of 15 pieces and a base to construct it on. There are 4 different shaped and sized pieces. Each piece is hollow. When completed, and you shouldn’t have too much trouble; it makes an interesting piece to display. It is very durable, and the pieces are not likely to break. The only thing that could happen is if pieces get lost. Once again, a puzzle that looks inviting rather than intimidating and [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Jigsaw Puzzles

As a lifelong lover of puzzles; I would like to suggest who would like Fabulous Fun With Puzzles book.  Generally, it is a basic puzzle book giving a brief selection of popular types of puzzles. Anyone who has spent time with puzzles, will be familiar with many of the 400 puzzles in this book; as many of them have appeared in many books.  I had never come across the two books by Leeming, even though I have somewhere around 600 “puzzle books”; nor have I even come across his name. Maybe they [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Puzzle Books

If you go into an antique shop or store that sells figurines or glassware; the first thing you’ll see is a sign, IF YOU BREAK IT, CONSIDER IT SOLD. Maybe there should be a similar sign in your puzzle store, in front of this puzzle saying, WHEN YOU SEE THIS, CONSIDER IT SOLD. Is there really anyone who has not seen the Rubik’s Cube,? They may have even seen variations to the “cube”,as there is now a plethora of puzzles that go by the name of “Twisty Puzzles”. They all consist of many pieces, connected together with diabolical and ingenious mechanisms [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Rotational / Twisty Puzzles

If you are looking for a puzzle or game that will appeal to all ages and one that can be learned to play in seconds; Hoppers fits the bill. This is basically a Solitaire Peg game and based on a game,”The Great Thirteen”,and comparable to many “peg” or “checker-board” games that have amused a wide range of people over the years. This particular version by Thinkfun is very similar to one by Binary Arts. Thinkfun is the same company that used to go by the name of Binary Arts. Both versions look almost identical. My Binary Arts version has 12 [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Put together Puzzles

The Parallel Dimensions has a bit of everything. Its got 3 large rings, 1 piece with a closed loop at each end, 2 “U” shaped pieces, with closed loops at each end, a wooden ball, a fairly large wooden cube, and a cord which passes through the ball and the cube as well as entwined around the two “U” shaped pieces and one of the rings. The object is to remove that ring. It looks a little intimidating, and for good reason; it is not simple and has a Difficulty of 10 out of 10. As with other [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Metal Puzzles

Jerry Slocum and Dieter Gebhardt have teamed up to produce a book on Anchor puzzles that have entertained and challenged millions of people who love puzzles.  They have spent several decades and travelled countless miles, met with everyone they could find to piece together the complete history of these puzzles.  From their earliest appearance in 1890, these puzzles have a history that is unimaginable , that is until you see what the research and lifelong efforts of these two world famous Puzzlers have learned and put together to produce in this book.  It’s hard to [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Puzzle Books

Hana Yama make an excellent collection of cast puzzles.  Their puzzles are exceptionally well made, a real challenge to solve, are immediate attention grabbers, beautiful to look at and feel great in the hand.

When you pick it up, it seems so loosely connected together; that one thinks it should fall apart.  As you play with it, it will remind you of a set of dentures rattleing in a blizzard.  I can’t think of any other puzzle like it.  It consists of 4 pieces of chrome metal, quite small, but heavy for its size.  No doubt about it; it well [Read More...]

Category: All Puzzles, Metal Puzzles