I don't think the Trillion puzzle is Nintendo-related. It was under Ideal toys.

Oh, and a couple other interesting things:

Sterling Rubik's Cube - $510 but did not sell, unfortunately I wasn't able to meet the reserve.

Deluxe Edition Rubik's Cube still sealed in dome, logo on red. $177.50. There were really only two bidders on this - a surprisingly good price considering they don't ship outside the U.S.

Ben

i think i may have found a bargain here:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1156

i guess people didn't notice what kind of electronic cube (Tiger Lights Out) was included

Wow - a very good price! I would suggest keeping the Lights Out Cube in it's current condition -- I hardly see any used much less new!

Ben

sigh.... i know....but i want to play with it!!!
i will make up my mind when i receive it, i may not be able to resist the temptation though

also found this k-ball presentation pack (inc Bud can 2x2) a while ago....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 029wt_1139

and i'm not sure if a rubik's hat/rabbit counts as being rare but....

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=280610970213&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT#ht_500wt_1156

Edited to add names of items for when links no longer work!

Darn it! I need to stalk eBay UK more

Either way, nice job if you got those two lots!

Ben

errrr.... no, i think that's a VERY bad idea Ben
and sorry i should have said... yes i was the lucky winner on both occassions

A pionir cube for only $50 + $14 shipping

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _500wt_922

i was watching this but funds are low at the moment (too many awesome puzzles are killing me!) so i didn't bid unfortunately!

A sealed Tomy Pyraminx sold for $10.50 USD. Did anyone else see this? I forgot to bid on the thing because I am sick.


Chris

This Pionir cube was sold with the original box.

Now THAT'S a deal.

Original white Pyraminx Crystal with tiles:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1156

$9.60

Robert

WHAT?!

You wouldn't believe my excitement when I got the email saying that I won.
I was expecting $50 minimum, but $9.60 suits me fine

Robert

life is so unfair.

I got outbid on what I think was an original star puzzler a week ago or so. However it was in a wonderful puzzle box? I am not sure if it was just in the wrong box or not. I didn't have the money for it, but it went for cheap http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 052wt_1139

Unfair indeed, this was a good price.
Thank you for the link. These puzzles came in different packagings in the early 80's.
or
The one from this auction is new to me.

Thanks Georges, I had seen the one with the clear plastic before but never in a box, I guess I should have bid a little higher.

My tiled pyraminx crystal came today.
Absolutely perfect with no missing or damaged tiles.

Robert

[Link removed, please review rule #4]

Made by the same guy who makes these beauties:
http://www.maxton.com/maxtongallery.shtml

Too bad I don't have an extra $8,495 laying around for the Conundrum III
http://www.maxton.com/c7add.shtml

And I can't even begin to imagine what "Intimidator" might cost:
http://www.maxton.com/c18add.shtml
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Po64G72gQo

Wow the Intimidator is amazing!

A Tony Fisher original hand cast Golden Cube for a mere $305.

Sandy was selling his (you probably saw it in the shop link) and unfortunately I could not afford more than $300.

Some one got a *great* deal on this. I've had my eye on getting an original for a long time and already regret not having sold more Elementals so I could bid higher. Sigh.

So tell us who it was? I doubt anyone not on the forum would be the buyer...

Dave

An American style cardboard boxed TSUKUDA Original Rubik's Cube from the very beginning.
It is incredible that I was not aware of this version till now.
A great thank you to Hidetoshi for helping me get this one and to Jonathan for letting me have it!



The only "old" Tsukuda Rubik's Cubes known to me were those in plastic containers (see below).

Gah! I did NOT need to see this!

Sandy

I think that the buyer is Twisty member. Now is bad time for selling of puzzles, especially so special and rare handmade puzzles as are modification of Tony Fisher. On other side the buyer is Lucky man. It is me. I was looking for the black Golden Cube with gold stickers from Tony Fisher almost 5 year. And now is my dream fulfilled. Thank you Sandy.

Just looking at this old cube collection, one question came into my mind:
I have 2 versions of this cylinder boxed version 3x3x3 cubes.
One with Chinese letters on the description, and the other with some kind of sport (???) logo from Moscow (1985 MOCKOB)
Do you know something about these cubes?

I write it here, because I have just bought them. (relatively cheep)

The first one has the Politoys logo on top of the box and the cube seems to have the thick orange stickers from what I see. Could you post a close-up picture of the main face?

The second is from JIALIH, a Steel Mold Company in Taiwan. I have several examples of these. In the beginning they came in a cardboard box.

Many more cubes came in different plastic container packagings.

The logo is from World Festival of Youth and Students.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Fest ... d_Students

In 1985 it took place in Moscow.

Russian language page where you can see the logo:
http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D1% ... 0%BE%D0%B2

Peedu

Thank you peedu. The logo is nice, but the text is missing, so I wait for Olivér to post a scan/picture of the face with the logo.

I'm not 100 % sure, but probably the text is: "XXI Всемирный фестиваль молодёжи и студентов * Москва * 1985 *", it was not part of the logo. Mostly added on souvenirs like this cube.

The parts "валь", "молодё" and "жи и сту" are easily readable even on the current picture.


Peedu

This is the best picture I could take.
I hope you can see the details.

It seems that Australia still has some gems!!!

Two puzzles, for AUD $6 one of which is the old Octahedron type:

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... 0650345063

Now I have a spare to showcase around the world at those puzzle meetings.




Pantazis

White Dino Star, sold for 141.51USD + 16USD shipping.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... K:MEWNX:IT

An unopened Ideal Rubik's Mate for GBP 72.62
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0489735317

And an opened one (but with the original box) for GBP 28.87
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0748385239

I won the cheaper one

I managed to get all of these 80s vintage puzzles on ebay uk for £40 ($65 / €47):



The only downside is that I have to collect them from Nottingham, which is about 170 miles away

There are 17 puzzles, which are: Meffert's Pyraminx, Unknown, Unknown, Rubik's Globe (with stand), Rubik's Barrel (octagon), Rubik's Ball, Unknown, Rubik's Cube, Alexander's Star, Truncated Cube, Rubik's Cube, Rubik's Snake, Puzzle Pen (?), Orb-It, Unknown, Kibble Cube and Missing link.

Some of these are duplicates for me, so after I have verified that they are vintage puzzles I will probably be selling/swapping them soon on the Marketplace.

Well done Gus!

I saw these but unfortunately i'm in Ireland and the seller wanted pick up only really nice price for such a collection, shame about the 170 mile trip though! You should probably ask if the seller will consider posting them.


Not sure how rare these are but i just picked up two NIB dool o' rinths for a pittance:


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 776wt_1139 = level 1 40p

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 776wt_1139 = level 2 £1.20

Here is a Dogic that I picked up for a relatively low price.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 500wt_1139

$250 USD plus shipping. The auction also came with 6 other various puzzles.


Chris

wow! was that a buy it now for that price?
I think they could have sold only the dogic for more than that!

nice find!

Yes, it was a buy it now for a 12 DOGIC and a few other puzzles. Sharon gave me the link to this deal. He is aways on top of eBay!

Chris

Thanks Sharon!

BTW, the price is $250 plus $15 shipping USD for when ebay erases the page.

-d

Yet another olidjus puzzle for $349.99 + $15 shipping, sigh, i wish they'd stop clogging up ebay with this type of puzzle ( )

I picked up an old Missing Link in cardboard box. I don't remember seeing one in this packaging before but the price was right ($10). I got the puzzle and it was pretty much new and turned incredibly well - so a win-win for me!

I also picked up a block of 4 Rubik's Cube stamps, with a neat Rubik's Cube postmark for $10. I'll probably frame it when I receive it.

A Rubik's Rabbits for 74 GBP ($120). I didn't pursue this very much because I already had one but it seems that this is the going rate for one of these.

A really cool Deluxe Edition Missing Link for $75. I don't see these very often, especially with the box and "new". Unfortunately this one was too rough for me, but I'll be waiting for one in better shape to roll by.

Ben

Edited for grammar :S

I have that one too (it is some sort of a "memorial certificate"), signed by Ernő Rubik... with envelope and postcard.

Olso I have an extra one from it (without signature) for swap, if someone interested...

I won a Bart Head on ebay! US $62.01

I've had the Homer Puzzle for several years, and I finally have the much rarer Bart Head to match!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0656455981

It arrived scrambled, which is fine because I know how to solve it. I was very lucky as my Maximum bid was $63 (Shipping was $7 and I vowed not to pay more than $70 total). I believe that some person from Hong Kong wanted it badly, but stopped just shy of my maximum bid...

Special thanks goes out to funmonkey54 for tipping me to this link!

Sealed Deluxe Edition Cube for $31.06. I use the bid history page to bid, and on my second bid, the "confirm bid" button failed on me... just a pretty blue square that does nothing. Could have had it for $32.06 as $31.06 was the high bidder's maximum bid. Well done if a TP member got it!

Ben

A few boxed Gundam Heads. They fetched some fair prices regardless.

Strike: $85.95

Aegis: $84.00

Deactive: $88.67


But wait, is that the incredibly rare Char's Zaku? I believe it is.

Zaku: $247.50

I initially thought it was Sandy too but now i'm not so sure......Sandy's ebay id is "twistypuzzles" this seller's id was "twistypuzzle" - close but no cigar i think!

I'm really mad about missing out on the NIB thomas ball this seller had (it sold for $26.23).... his auction ended at 5.55am for me and as those of you who know my ebay methods will know i usually only bid at the last second....well i fell asleep before it ended .....i'll have to try and figure out how to get one of those programs that bids automatically for you on ebay....(any help out there??)

Corrected. The similarity there is ridiculous.

An original hungary dogicoriginal hungary dogic for 400 dollars.
A boxed rubik's shell for 14 pounds. The seller shipped to UK only that I have to watch it gone at a low price.

Here are a few auctions i won recently:

A pionir / pioneer cube for £26.09
An Olympic Rings for £33.15
A Hungarian Supernova for £10.05 (and 2 seconds!! - the other bidder bid the same as me but i put my bid in 2 seconds before them )
A Binary Arts Turnstile for £10.50
A Virus Sliding Puzzle for €3.50
And not really a rare puzzle but brand new in box Brainstring Advanced for £2.49
An Truncated Cube with Chinese Characters (in the Twisty Museum ) for £1.70

Here are some i missed out on:

7 puzzles including a shrink wrapped sealed trillion puzzle for $40.07 - the seller wouldn't ship outside the US and worse still had blocked all questions (becoming a worryingly more common occurrence on ebay)
A Zauberkreuz for $87.22 (i was the underbidder , one day Zauberkreuz, one day you will be mine )

Zzupler, every time I see you post your finds, it makes me want to go and stalk eBay UK for puzzles! I think you did wonderfully!

These are my latest pickups, though not very recent:

The Revo, sealed. $0.01. Though not rare at all in the UK, it's a pretty good deal not having to import this into the US.
Missing Link Key Chain, sealed. $15.51. Unfortunately the original packaging is in fairly poor shape.
Deluxe Edition Missing Link, sealed. $30.00. I happened to catch it being listed and hit the BIN in under 3 minutes!

Ben

I do too but it's just a fluke Ben...seriously nothing to see on ebay UK, move along now please

Hilarious - i found this on a browse on ebay.com but by the time i got down the page to it it had ended! Now i know who it was!!

Forgot to mention, that seller of the sealed trillion that wouldn't post outside the US also sold a sealed Entrapment for $19.95 BIN that i would have won had i been able to buy it but another member of the forum got it!