Welcome to you, worldwide fellows !
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Update (01/12/2007) :
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I've added one item to my collection and i am now looking for "Bedlam / Soma cubes" :
- Tetris Cube (red-yellow-bleu version) (although it is not a "twisty puzzle" but a 3d-puzzle)
Update (14/10/2007) :
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I've added three items to my collection :
- Dream-Ball (six colors version : red, green, blue, white, yellow, orange)
- Thinkfun's Pete's pike
- Hanayama Cast "Quartet"
Update (15/09/2007) :
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I've added one item to my collection :
- Rubik's Revolution (although it is not a "twisty puzzle", nor even a puzzle at all)
Update (29/06/2007) :
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I've added three items to my collection :
- Rubik's Triamid
- Rubik's Magic Harry Potter
- ThinkFun's Subtrax
Update (25/06/2007) :
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I've added one item to my collection :
- Rubik's Delta Ball (aka Rubik's Brain Racker)
End of updates.
Here is my collection from ORLEANS in FRANCE (a town of countryside with a population of more than 250,000 inhabitants).
Coming soon : more detailed list and more description for each item. Please be patient...
Those that i prefer : 2x2x2 Darth Maul's Head, Rashkey 3, Skweb, Square 1 / Cube 21, The Orb
Others that gave me lots of fun : all Rubik's Magic, Pyraminx and Tetraminx, Skweb Ultimate, Rubik's Tangle
Those that i have not yet achieved : 4x4x4 / Master Cube, 5x5x5 / Professor Cube, Clock, Impossiball, Magic 12, Megaminx, Pakovalec, Rubik's Rabbit / Rubik's Hat
The oldest in my collection (in order of apparition): 3x3x3, Ivory Tower / Tower of Babylon, Pyraminx, Whip-it, Orbix, Missing Link
Please note those following items that are in my collection but not in this website :
- Brainstring (from "Spirid" / "Recent Toys")
- CMetrick II (from "elogicIQ")
- Crossteaser (from "Spirid" / "Recent Toys")
- Custom Black Hole (made from a "RTL Magic Jack")
- Delta Ball aka Brain Racker (from "Rubik's" / "Jumbo")
- Doolorinth (black and hardest version from "Cortoys")
- Double Tangram (from "Rubik's")
- Pakovalec
- Planets (from "Recent Toys")
- Sudoku (from "Rubik's")
- .../...
- many brainteasers and games from "ThinkFun" (formerly "Binary Arts") : Amaze, City Puzzle, Fifteen Puzzle, FlipSide, Gordian's Knot, Hoppers, Leaping Lizards, Lunar Lockout, Metro, Mini Fifteen Puzzle, Raging Rapids, Railroad Rush Hour, River crossing I, River crossing II, Roadside Rescue, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 2 (card set), Rush Hour 3 (card set), Rush Hour 4 (card set), Safari Rush Hour, Spiderman City Crossing, Square by square, Stormy Seas, Subtrax, Tip Over...
- various brainteasers from "Damert", "Smart" and "Spirid"...
- many metal brainteasers from "Hanayama Cast Puzzles" : Amour, Baroq, Chain, Cuby, Dolce Vita, Duet, Elk, Enigma, Heart, Labyrinth, L'Oeuf, News, O'Gear, Quartet, Radix, Ring I, Ring II, Spiral
- several metal brainteasers from "Oskar van Deventer"
- many wooden brainteasers (most are from "Arjeux"...)
- various electronic games like "Simon", "Super Simon", "Rubik's Revolution"...
- many games like "Tantrix", "Trax"...
- several cheap and easy brainteasers : "Third Dimension II", "Curious Cross", "Tut's Tomb"
To be continued...
2X2X2
3X3X3
Glitter Magic Cube Key Chain
This low quality key chain sized cube has glittering stickers. It is the standard key chain size, but has neither an attached chain nor a hole where one used to be.
Rubik's Cube
Official Rubik's Cubes manufactured in the 1990's and 2000's
Small Black Cube
This 29mm cube with round stickers is key chain size, but has no key chain attachment.
Tiled Cube 48mm
This tiled cube stands 48mm high, including the thickness of the tiles (approximately 1mm each).
White Cube
This 5cm white plastic cube has painted dots instead of stickers.
3X3X3 (PICTURE)
Maze Cube (3x3x3)
A 3x3x3 custom sticker variation, filled with mathematical considerations, which shows a single closed loop line on it.
4X4X4
5X5X5
CUBE (SHAPE PRESERVING)
CUBE (SHAPE CHANGING)
Cube 21 - Silver Edition
This Cube 21 only has 2 colors, one of which is always silver. The second colour can be any of the other five Original Edition colours: blue, orange, green, yellow, red.
OCTAHEDRON
OTHER EIGHT-SIDED
DODECAHEDRON
Megaminx
Meffert's six colour 1982 version. Roughly 31 mm along an edge.
FOUR
Pyraminx
The black 1981 Meffert version.
Pyraminx
Historically, my third brainteaser ; the white 1981 Meffert version.
Rubik's Triamid
Arrange the ten pieces by breaking them into two groups and putting them back together again.
TEN
Octagonal Prism
The standard Wonderful Puzzler version, packaged in a cardboard box.
FOURTEEN
OTHER N-SIDED
Diamond Style Puzzler
Also known as Diamond Cube. This puzzle is closely related to the Rhombicuboctahedron.
SPHERE
Hungarian Globe
Sliding-tile puzzle without gaps. Made in Hungary, originally.
K-Ball 8
This vesion has a yellow background body.
Rubik's World
A black globe on a stand with the seven continents in various colours.
STAR
HEADS & OBJECTS
Darth Maul Head
One of my prefered brainteasers ; a 2x2x2 puzzle in the shape of Darth Maul's head.
MOVING HOLE
Missing Link
Probably the most popular tile sliding puzzle ever.
Puzzle Pen
This 14cm 6x6 puzzle pen with no advertising
RTL Magic Jack
This version promotes RTL, a German television station.
Spongebob 2x4
Burger King's 2 layer Missing Link type of puzzle, used to promote the Spongebob movie.
Whip-It
Historically, my fourth brainteaser ; this 3x6 Whip-It stands approximately 7cm tall.
MOVING MARBLES
Ivory Tower
Historically, my second brainteaser ; aka : Tower of Babel / Babylon
Magic 8
Group the three colours to solve this puzzle.
MOVING TILES
Rashkey 1
First of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colors of the pieces.
Rashkey 2
Second of a series of three similar puzzles. The three differ only by the colors of the pieces.
Rashkey 3
One of my prefered brainteasers (it can be done using only one hand) ; third (and hardest) of three similar puzzles. From Germany. Also similar to the Puzzler series.
SIAMESE & FUSED
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.
FOLDING
Rubik's Magic
My version is a Matchbox grey version (same colors that Rubik's Master Magic).
ELECTRONIC
Orbix
One of my prefered brainteasers ; a spherical version of Lights Out.
PATTERN MATCHING
OTHER MECHANISMS
Elephant Out
Try and remove the inner sliding mechanism, blocked by knobs you can only turn one at a time. Like Spin Out, but the size is smaller and the knobs shows elephants.
Spinout
Blue sliding tiles with grey background ; try and remove the inner sliding mechanism, blocked by knobs you can only turn one at a time.
BOOKS
GAMES
Rubik's Magic Strategy Game
"Easy to learn, a challenge to win." (Not to be confused with Rubik's Infinity, which is "easy to learn, a challenge to master"!)