Gabriel's Reviews -New Review (May 16)/Deal of the Week

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 11:13 am

Hi Everybody,

This week's review is now published on my Blog. The Secrets of the Heart by Doug Engel.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Mar 25, 2011 11:28 am

Hi Everybody,

There's another Cast Puzzle review on my Blog... As if it it weren't too many already, but I just love them. You can read it here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:05 am

Hi Everybody,

I have a new Cast Puzzle reviewed for this week. The Cast Flag review can be read here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:56 am

Hi Everybody,

I just published this week's review on my Blog. You can read the Mushroom Mountain by Hanayama review here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:26 am

Hi Everybody,

The review of this week is for the Cast Starfish, which is part of a six Cast Puzzle series with the ocean as the main theme.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Apr 29, 2011 9:14 am

Hi Everybody,

After a week off from the Easter Holidays, I'm back with the reviews.
This week, I reviewed the Cast Amour and you can read it here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri May 06, 2011 9:10 am

Hi Everybody,

New review on my Blog. This week I have written one for the Curious Cross. A Magnif interlocking puzzle made of clear plastic. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri May 20, 2011 7:25 am

Hi Everybody,

The new review on my blog is for the Lunatic Lock, a trick lock designed by Gary Foshee. You can read it here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Thu May 26, 2011 10:12 am

Hi Everybody,

I have a review for a new puzzle on my blog. It's the Tetraxis, a magnetic puzzle that you can use to build countless shapes with color combinations. Here's the link

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2011 10:03 am

Hi Everybody,

Yet another review this week on my Blog. This time it's for the Oskar's Cast O'Gear.
You can read it here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:56 am

Hi Everybody,

The review for this week is the Cast Helix. You can read it here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

Tony Fisher · **Joined:** Sun Mar 27, 2005 7:37 pm

Perhaps you could post the reviews on the forum?

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Jun 03, 2011 11:04 am

I never thought of it, actually.
It's just a click away, but if any moderator thinks it can be done or helpful, I won't mind.

katsmom · **Posted:** Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:46 am

Gabriel I'm not complaining, but when are you going to post here again? I'm going through blog withdrawal!

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Aug 23, 2011 6:32 am

PM sent.

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:36 pm

Hi Everybody,

It's been a while since I posted here. I had some things to deal with, but they're all now sorted out.

The good news is that I have a new review up on my Blog. If you like Assembly puzzles, then these ones are definitely for you. They're a set of six wooden boxes beautifully made in a dice pattern.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

katsmom · **Posted:** Fri Nov 11, 2011 8:14 pm

Yeah! Welcome back!

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Sat Nov 12, 2011 5:31 am

Thank you Rox! I'm very happy to be back

Already preparing the next one

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:37 am

Hi Everybody,

I have a new review on my Blog. It's for a Japanese Puzzle Box that nests a smaller one inside. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Nov 18, 2011 2:11 pm

Hi Everybody,

New review published on my Blog. Today I present you a simple concept. Nine cubes will form billions of pattern combinations with six available designs in each cube. Read the Motif Cubes review here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

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gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Nov 22, 2011 2:01 pm

Hi Everybody,

New review published on my Blog. It's for the Oskar's Medallion, a Route-Finding puzzle with four mazes.
Here's the link for the review.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:57 am

Hi Everybody,

It's been two very busy weeks of puzzles to review, and there's more on the way. Today's review is for the Houdini Dead Lock, which belongs in a series of 3 Trick Locks in a tribute to Houdini. Here's the link

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 11:11 am

Hi Everybody,

New review on my blog. The Cross Puzzle is a nice little challenge that can prove to be a little tricky. Link to the review here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:31 pm

Hi Everybody,

I have yet another review this week, and probably not the last one either. This is for the Magna Cube, like a Soma Cube, but instead with eight pieces and also with magnets. It's a nice little addition to the genre of assembly puzzles. Review here.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2011 2:08 pm

Hi Everybody,

Third review of the week on my blog. If any of you remember, I had the Dael 'O Ring - Easy Yellow reviewed a year ago. Now I got two new colors or levels reviewed, the Simple Orange and the Silly Green. Review here.

I have two duplicates, one of each color (orange and green), so if anyone's interested, let me know through PM. This is also in the Marketplace section of the forum.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:37 pm

Hi Everybody,

I have a new review on my blog. It's for the Dioctipoid 1.0 and 2.0, which many of you may already know about. Here's the link

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Dec 06, 2011 12:19 pm

Hi Everybody,

Today's review is for a Wire Puzzle. Probably not many of you will go for this type of puzzle, but for those who like them, here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Wed Dec 07, 2011 12:57 pm

Hi Everybody,

The third and final review of the week is now published on my Blog. Today, I reviewed the iball3, an electronic puzzle game from the same inventor as the Isis Adventure puzzles, Andrew Reeves. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Dec 13, 2011 1:16 pm

Hi Everybody,

This week's review is for the Václav Obšivač's Triangle Vinco, an assembly puzzle. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Wed Dec 14, 2011 12:36 pm

Hi Everybody,

Yet another review this week... This is for the Mozaniac Puzzles, an interesting type of puzzles, where you can build four pictures from the same six pieces, just by manipulating and sliding the pieces into each other in different ways. Here's the link

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Mon Dec 19, 2011 1:49 pm

Hi Everybody,

The first review of the week is published on my blog. The Haselgrove Box is an interesting locking mechanism puzzle. Your goal is to figure out the correct sequence of movements to remove all the pieces from the box. To read the review, follow this link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Dec 20, 2011 11:22 am

Hi Everybody,

New review today. This one is for the Glass Puzzle - Rice Crackers, an assembly puzzle.
To read the review, click the link

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Wed Dec 21, 2011 12:14 pm

Hi Everybody,

The third review of the week is published on my blog. Today I have reviewed The Brain, a classic puzzle by Mag-Nif, that uses the known Gray Code, also used to solve the Spin Out. Here's the Link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Thu Dec 22, 2011 12:50 pm

Hi Everybody,

New review this week. Today I reviewed the Giant Puzzle, a Sudoku-like mathematical puzzle by Creative Crafthouse. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Dec 23, 2011 3:52 pm

Hi Everybody,

It's the final review before Christmas. To close the week in style, I have reviewed the Marusenko Sphere, with all the five levels of difficulty, as many of you may already know by now. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Hope you all have a very nice Christmas with many puzzles.

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Mon Dec 26, 2011 12:07 pm

Hi Everybody,

Hope you all had a great Christmas full of puzzles :solved:

The first review of the week is now up on my blog. It's for one of the Paradigm Puzzles designed by William Waite and produced by Family Games America. Very nice little packing puzzle. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Dec 27, 2011 11:58 am

Hi Everybody,

New review today. This is the fourth Trick Lock that I have reviewed so far, the Broken Heart by PuzzleMaster, which is identical to the Ace of Hearts from the Houdini Collection. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:19 pm

Hi Everybody,

It's my third review of the week. The puzzle reviewed is Stewart Coffin's Interlock Four, a very interesting and different interlock puzzle. Link for the review.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:57 pm

Hi Everybody,

It's the final review of the year. The puzzle reviewed today is Wayne Daniel's All Five. A very interesting puzzle, or should I say puzzles, where each one is a representation of the 5 platonic solids. Here's the link for the review.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Happy New Year!

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:13 pm

Hi Everybody,

The first review of the year is now published on my blog. The review for today is for Phil Exley's 3D puzzles. He has these very original designs, all created by him and can vary in difficulty and complexity. To know more, here's the review link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:06 pm

Hi Everybody,

The second review of the week is published on my blog.
I should change the topic's name to daily reviews instead of weekly, but it won't always be like this, so don't get used to it... :lol:

Today I've reviewed one of PuzzleMaster's Wire/String puzzles, the Cupid's Dart. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:10 pm

Hi Everybody,

The review for today is Stewart Coffin's #29 - The Half Hour Puzzle and made by Creative Crafthouse. This is a Soma-type Assembly puzzle, but with just 1 solution. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 3:17 pm

Hi Everybody,

The last review of the week is published on my blog. I know, tomorrow is Friday and why not complete the week with 5 reviews. Well, writing, taking photos, and actually solving puzzles takes some work and I need time to relax as well :lol:

. Anyway, the new review is about the Culica, a new puzzle/game that let's you play many games and puzzles (solo or multi-player), with just a cube and 84 colored pegs, distributed in 4 different colors. You play games by placing the pegs onto the cube's 54 slots and 6 faces. The game is very interesting and the fact that many games can be played gives it more variety and a lasting appeal. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

Paradox · **Posted:** Thu Jan 05, 2012 6:51 pm

How on earth have you found time to write so often?! You're like a machine! :shock:

I'm lucky to get one or two reviews out a week!

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 6:49 am

Hybrid424 wrote:

How on earth have you found time to write so often?! You're like a machine! :shock:

I'm lucky to get one or two reviews out a week!

Hi Oli,

Well, not being a married man helps a lot. I can dedicate all my free time to the puzzles. Also, as you may already know, I've been absent from the reviews from June to November last year and when I returned, I started to accumulate all these great puzzles that deserved a review. And finally, I think it's about momentum as well. Before my long break, I had about a review per week and sometimes I would think, "why not a new review this week? Humm... I already wrote one, that's too much work". But now, I really love to write and it just comes naturally. After I publish a new review, I'm already thinking and working on a new one

Cheers

Gabriel

Paradox · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:03 am

Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not complaining! When it comes to puzzles I love reading the thoughts of others. I read all of the puzzle blogs out there on a daily basis, and have been following (and enjoying) yours for quite some time now.

I hope you keep them coming!

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Fri Jan 06, 2012 7:17 am

Thanks Oli :wink:

I understand you completely. I also love all puzzle related stuff and enjoy reading about it as well. By the way, nice work you're doing on the Puzzle Place. I go there often and love to see the puzzle galleries

Cheers,
Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Mon Jan 09, 2012 1:27 pm

Hi Everybody,

New review on my blog. This is for Robrecht Louage's 4 Steps Visible Lock. For regular IPP attendees this is probably old news, but for those who aren't so familiar with this, the puzzle was awarded the Jury Grand Prize at last year's IPP Design Competition. A fantastic puzzle. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Tue Jan 10, 2012 1:43 pm

Hi Everybody,

New review for this week. Today I have reviewed one of Jean Claude Constantin's puzzles, Mad in China, a very nice and challenging packing puzzle. Here's the link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

gabrielmpf · **Posted:** Wed Jan 11, 2012 12:15 pm

Hi Everybody,

The review for today is a serious assembly challenge. The Shipper's Dilemma by John Horton Conway and manufactured by Creative Crafthouse is a very nice puzzle for any experienced puzzler. To read the review, click this link.

Enjoy the Reading :wink:

Gabriel

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