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2X2X2

2x2x2 Magic Puzzle Keychain A miniature key chain version of East Sheen's 2x2x2 puzzle.
Rubik's Pocket Cube (plastic dome) Plastic dome packaging.

3X3X3

Bandaged Cube The first mass produced bandaged 3x3x3 with only one unbandaged piece.
Giant Magic Cube This cube stands almost a full 90 mm.
Micro Cube Necklace A small cube (about 19 mm, 3/4") as necklace

Rubik's Cube Key Chain (Ideal) The original 1982 Rubik's Cube Key Chain by Ideal.

Rubik's Cube Key Ring The 1998 OddzOn packaging.
The Rubiks cube for Dummies A "do it yourself" kit with a blank Rubik's cube and 54 yellow stickers.
Toys Tiled Cube This plain tiled cube suffers from the same lack of quality common to all the "Toys" cubes.

Wonderful Puzzler Easily the most well known of the Rubik's Cube clones.
Wonderful Puzzler (Key Chain) A Wonderful Puzzler keychain with normal colours.
Wonderful Puzzler Key Chain This is the Wonderful Puzzler knock-off of the Rubik's Cube Key Chain.


3X3X3 (PICTURE)

Pennant Cube Has the flags of the USA, UK, Sweden, South Korea, Japan and Brazil on it.
Poker Cube III Another variation of the Poker Cube theme.

Religious Objects Puzzle Cube Contains numerous Jewish holiday symbols.

4X4X4

2x2x4 (bandaged 4x4x4) A bandaged 4x4x4 variation that tries to simulate a 2x2x4.
4x4x4 Magic Puzzle East Sheen's 2002 4x4x4 cube.
Rubik's Revenge (OddZon) Version by OddZon from 2000.


5X5X5

5x5x5 Magic Puzzle East Sheen's 2002 5x5x5 cube.
Rubik's 5x5x5 Version by Rubiks.com from 2002


6X6X6 & UP

V-Cube 6 The first mass produced 6x6x6. A six layered cube.
V-Cube 7 The first 7x7x7. A seven layered cube.

CUBE (SHAPE PRESERVING)

Dinosaur Rubik's Cube - 2 colours (aka Dino Cube) The most basic corner turning hexahedron. This version only has two colours.
Dinosaur Rubik's Cube - 6 colours (aka Dino Cube) The most basic corner turning hexahedron. This version has six colours.
Master Skewb An incredible creation by Katsuhiko Okamoto. A very rare puzzle for many years it became mass produced in 2011.

Overlapping Cube A combination between a 4x4x4 and a 5x5x5.
Skewb The deepcut corner turning cube.
Skewb Key Chain The key chain size version of the popular Mefferts puzzle. Very useful for numerous mods.


CUBE (SHAPE CHANGING)

Axis Cube A 3x3x3 with the cutting planes rotated by 60� around a corner.
Caution Cube A Rubik's Cube with edges that turn by gears.
Cube 21 - Original Edition European version of the Square-1.

Fisher's Golden Cube All the stickers on this 78 mm modified Skewb are the same reflective golden colour. There is only one solution.
Pyracue A Skewb variation built by Hiroshi Ishino and presented by Katsuhiko Okamoto.
The Block A bilingual version "The Block", maybe also for the canadian market with a logo in a different font.


CUBOID

2x2x3 (aka Slim Tower) A formerly custom now mass produced 2x2x3 cuboid, commonly known as the "Slim Tower"
2x3x3 Cuboid, made after the original cube craze, first customly from a 3x3x3, then mass produced.
3x3x4 Rectangular Prism Tony Fisher custom 3x3x4. Build from a 4x4x4.

Grown Tower A fully functional 3x3x5.
Magic Domino The 1982 Politoys version with a spindle mechanism.
Rubik's 4x3 Cube The Rubik's 4x3 Cube® is the incredibly addictive cousin of the Rubik's 5x3 Cube®. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection. The first extended 3x3x4.

Rubik's 5x3 Cube The Rubik's 5x3 Cube� is 5x3x3 six-sided puzzle that is hand-assembled and solidly constructed. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection.

OCTAHEDRON

Magic Octahedron (P.G. Continental) The P.G. Continental version.
Octaminx A fairly accessible custom shape variant of the Pyraminx.
Skewb Diamond Meffert's build-up and truncation of a Skewb into an octahedron.


OTHER EIGHT-SIDED

Tetraminx The official Meffert Tetraminx.

DODECAHEDRON

Gigaminx The face turning dodecahedron with two layers per face. A Megaminx with an additional layer on each face.
Megaminx Meffert's version from 1982 with six colours.
Megaminx (1999) This is a newer version of the Megaminx, published by Meffert, with tiles and 12 distinct colours.

Pyraminx Crystal Essentially a deeper cut megaminx at heart, the Pyraminx crystal adds a new twist to the classic puzzle.
Skewb Ultimate A dodecahedron build up from a Skewb.

RHOMBIC DODECAHEDRON

Rhombic Dodecahedron 3x3x3 A 3x3x3 with the namegiving shape which is a catalan solid.

FOUR

Master Pyraminx An incredible creation by Katsuhiko Okamoto which later made it into a mass production.
Mini Pyramids This knock-off measures 52 mm along an edge.
Pyramid Puzzler Keychain A Pyraminx clone that measures exactly 50 mm along an edge.

Pyraminx (Tomy 1981) The 1981 Tomy version. Most samples came with logo on the yellow face.
Pyramorphix A 2x2x2 in shape of a tetrahedron.
Pyramorphix Clone A low quality clone, decorated with reflective stickers.

Think Puzzles Pyraminx A Pyramorphix which package does not mention this name. A high quality 2x2x2 production by Mefferts.

TEN

Half Truncated Cube A standard 3x3x3 with four truncated corners.
Octagonal Prism (Original Toys) The Original Toys version.

FOURTEEN

Dayan Jewel Mass produced remake of the original Magic Jewel.
Master Cuboctahedron A custom-built 4x4x4 modification.
Rainbow Cube A beautiful (but simple) puzzle closely related to the Dino Cube!

Rainbow Cube - 14 Colour Version of the Rainbow Cube with fourteen colours.

TWENTY

Dogic Probably the most sought after of all Twisty Puzzles which went in mass production.
Dogic 2 (10 colors) A Dogic reassembled to have a different colour layout.

THIRTY

Rhombic Triacontahedron Custom build from an Impossiball. 30 sides with 15 colours.

SPHERE

3D Creative Puzzleball Produced with white or black body.
Impossiball (aka Incrediball) A unique dodecahedral puzzle.
Magic Ball (aka Rubik's Sphere) - 58 mm One of the spherical Rubiks cubes produced during the original cube craze. A derivative of the Wonderful Puzzler.

Rubik's World A black globe on a stand with the seven continents in various colours.
Think Puzzle Ball Complete the four coloured circles.
Thomas Ball - Flags This version has various country flags connected by four coloured rings.


CYLINDER

Bump Cheese A bumped variant of the Cheese-puzzle. A six segment prism with one layer.

STAR

Alexander's Star A confusing twelve sided puzzle in a shape of a great dodecahedron, closely related to the Megaminx.

HEADS & OBJECTS

Gundam Seed Rubik's Cube - Strike (power up) Featuring the Gundam Seed character Strike Gundam GAT X-105 in the power-up version
Hello Kitty 2x2x2 A 2x2x2 resembling the namegiving character.

OTHER SHAPES

Saturn (Mag-Nif) Arrange the numbers in the correct order.

MOVING HOLE

7-Color Magic Puzzle FT-117 With varying numbers of dots. Could be called "Massage Ball for the Blind".
Babylon Tower (cloned) A cloned version of "Tower of Babylon" with a different body colour.
Babylon Tower Key Chain This version is 44 mm tall and has a key ring attached.

Back Spin A mix between the moving hole puzzles and the two-layer UFO puzzles.
Color Puzzler This large, hex-shaped, 6x6 Whip-It type puzzle is about 120 mm tall.
Great Gears Return the coloured balls to their starting circles.

Inside Out 4x4x4 Rainbow (aka Vadasz Kocka) The rainbow coloured 4x4x4 version of the Vadasz cube.
Ivory Tower A very successful puzzle from the original cube craze but not from Ernö Rubik.
Missing Link (Tsukuda) Tsukuda Original's 1981 release of the Missing Link.

Missing Link Key Chain The 1982 official keychain variant of Missing Link released by Ideal.
Peter's Black Hole Another variation on the 26 sliding cube theme.
Spongebob 2x4 Burger King's 2 layer Missing Link type of puzzle, used to promote the Spongebob movie.

Whip-It 3x6 (cylindrical) This 3x6 Whip-It stands approximately 7cm tall.

MOVING MARBLES

Astrolabacus A unique ball puzzle. Sold in small quantities online.
Cmetrick 9 spheres arranged in a 3x3 square. Spin rows and columns to position them in the same orientation.
Diamond Bob's Billiards 9 Ball Puzzle A true sequential movement puzzle. The 10 "balls" move around on a non-trivial track.

Magic 8 Group the three colours to solve this puzzle.
Monroe's Marbles Move the marbles from one column to the next by tilting and turning. Try to get each column a single colour.
Orb (aka Orb-It) (english versions) A bead-moving puzzle that came in at least four different versions. The non-english versions have their own entry.

Rubik's Rings Modern adaptation of the Hungarian Rings.
Rubik's Shells The first release. This version had no reset hole. Once pushed, the buttons stay pushed.
Screwball (Natural) Four rings of eight balls each.

Ten Billion Barrel A classical japanese puzzle from the original cube craze. This entry is about the versions with Nintendo-logo.
Ten Billion Barrel Key Chain This keychain version stands at about 30 mm.
Top-Spin "Just put the numbers in order"... sounds a lot easier than it is!


MOVING TILES

Awesome Octo Rubik's like ring shaped puzzle. The puzzle turns the upper and lower half of the ring. The colours are separated in four sections.
Circle Puzzle Four intersecting circles with fourfold symmetry.
Gripple An uncommon puzzle produced in Hong Kong.

Handy Mad Triad Twist the fingertips to rotate the four overlapping discs of wedges.
Mad Triad Ten overlapping wheels. Each with six segments.
Net Block UFO Rotate the top/bottom half, then spin each half of a sphere to scramble the puzzle.

Rack 'Em Up (Tomy) Tomy version. Organize the 16 thingies into rows.
Rashkey 1 First of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colours of the pieces.
Rashkey 2 Second of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colours of the pieces.

Rashkey 3 Third of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colours of the pieces.
Smart Alex Was sold with black and white body
Tricky Disky This version has four wings and eight colours.

Triple Cross (aka: Port to Port) Use two up-down plungers and a left-right plunger to move your ship from one end of the board to another.

SIAMESE & FUSED

Fused 2x2x2 Two 2x2x2s fused with one common cubie.
Rubik's Fusion Cube Two original 3x3x3s combined on a pair of corner and edge.
Rubik's Fusion+ Cube The Rubik's Fusion+ Cube® is constructed out of Dual original 3x3 Rubik's Cubes®. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection.

Rubik's Triamese Cube The Rubik's Triamese Cube® is constructed out of 3 original 3x3 Rubik's Cubes®. From the Duane Cash Cube Collection.
Siamese Cube (aka Siamese 3 (1x1x3)) The Mefferts version. Designed for easy disassembling.

FOLDING

Kibble Cube Not really a twisty puzzle. Somewhat similar to a Rubik's Snake.
Roundy - Charlie Puzzle Four wings, four colours.
Rubik's Create The Cube Fold the magic puzzle into a cube shape complete with a stand.

Rubik's Magic (Matchbox) The 1986 black Matchbox version.
Rubik's Master Magic The 12 panel, five ring Magic by Matchbox.
Rubik's Maze Six cubes on one thread rotatable against each other but not exchangeable.

Rubik's Snake The original version produced by Politoys.
Rubik's Snake Keychain The 1998 OddzOn version.

PATTERN MATCHING

Rubik's Rabbit (aka Rubik's Hat) Rotate the layers until all rabbits can be seen through the top of the hat when held up to a bright light.

OTHER MECHANISMS

Brainball Spin the number ring, and twist the ends to flip seven of the thirteen numbers over.
Rubik's Triamid Arrange the ten pieces by breaking them into two groups and putting them back together again.
Spin-Out Try and remove the inner sliding mechanism, blocked by knobs you can only turn one at a time.

The Brain The object of this puzzle is to get all the sliders either in or out. Several stacked and slotted disks inside the puzzle limit the range of movement at each step.

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