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Collecting and solving 3D puzzles became a big passion for me in the last years. If some of you are interested in trading items, please mail me.

happy puzzlin' everybody,

Bruno


2X2X2

Rubik's Pocket Cube The 1981 released by Ideal Toy Corporation.

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.
Hole Punch Cube A single hole has been punched out of the center of each sticker.

ITC Rubik's Cube (US packaging II) The 1980 Ideal release. (Pictures of other Ideal releases are here too.)
Mini Rubik's Cube - French version Packaging labeled with french text.
Rubik's Cube Key Ring (Rubik's Studio) A Mini Rubik's Cube, produced by Rubik's Studio.

Tiled Cube 48 mm This tiled cube stands 48 mm high, including the thickness of the tiles (approximately 1 mm each).
White Cube This 50 mm white plastic cube has painted dots instead of stickers.

3X3X3 (PICTURE)

Fruit Boy 3x3x3 This appears to be an "assembly cube", like the ones sold by Mefferts.
Keyboard 3x3x3 Cube A standard 3x3x3 with keyboard keys attached. It is available in different colours. A bandaged version also exists.
Poker Cube VI This Poker Cube has white base plastic.

Rubik's Perpetual Calendar - Dutch Dutch version. "Eeuwigdurende Kalender"

4X4X4

Rubik's Master Cube (French) ITCs version for the whole world except usa in french package.

5X5X5

Rubik's Wahn Early Arxon version. Alternatively labeled: "The very ultimate in cube puzzles"

CUBE (SHAPE PRESERVING)

Skewb The deepcut corner turning cube.

CUBE (SHAPE CHANGING)

Fisher Cube Taking the concept of the Rubik's cube and turning it 45 degrees.
Get back to Square-1 An american based version of the Square-1. It distinguishes itself from the other variants because it was sold in scrambled state.

CUBOID

2x2x3 (aka Slim Tower) A custom 2x2x3 cuboid, commonly known as the "Slim Tower"
3x3x5 (Extended) A custom built 3x3x3 variation that functions as a 3x3x3.
Magic Domino The 1982 Politoys version with a spindle mechanism.


OCTAHEDRON

Magic Octahedron (P.G. Continental) The P.G. Continental version.
Octahedron 3x3x3 aka Greenhills octahedron Anthony Greenhill's octahedron build-up of a 3x3x3 cube.
Octaminx A fairly accessible custom shape variant of the Pyraminx.

Okki (a.k.a. Gem) (a.k.a. Pyradiamond) A 2x2x2 in octahedral form.
Skewb Diamond Meffert's build-up and truncation of a Skewb into an octahedron.

DODECAHEDRON

Megaminx Meffert's version from 1982 with six colours.
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

Pyraminx (Meffert 1981) The white 1981 Meffert version.
Pyramorphix A 2x2x2 in shape of a tetrahedron.

TEN

Half Truncated Cube A standard 3x3x3 with four truncated corners.

FOURTEEN

Christoph's Magic Jewel A very rare truncated Octahedron.
Master Cuboctahedron A custom-built 4x4x4 modification.
Rainbow Cube A beautiful (but simple) puzzle closely related to the Dino Cube!


TWENTY

Dogic Probably the most sought after of all Twisty Puzzles which went in mass production.

OTHER N-SIDED

Cartoon Characters Rhombicuboctahedron A low-quality 89 mm version featuring various cartoon characters.
Rhombic Dodecahedron (Truncated) You could also think of this custom built mod as an "incomplete" Rhombic Dodecahedron.

PUCKS

IQ 139 Puck One of the numerous variations of the hockey puck puzzle.

SPHERE

Circusmaster Masterball Depicts various circus scenes.
Duomaster Masterball The simplest of the Masterball variations.
Geomaster Masterball (aka Rainbow) The most colourful and the most widely sought-after of the Masterball variations.

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 Globe on a stand in the original six colors.
Thomas Ball The original version with twelve coloured rings.
World Cup Puzzleball This puzzleball depicts a crude World Cup of Soccer trophy.


CYLINDER

Tonne - Black/White The black/white-version of the swissmade 2x2x2 puzzle named "Rota"

STAR

Alexander's Star A confusing twelve sided puzzle in a shape of a great dodecahedron, closely related to the Megaminx.
Dino Star A star-shaped build-up on the Dino Cube mechanism.
Star Cube The technique of transforming an Octagonal Prism into a Fishers Cube applied to a standard 3x3x3.

Starburst (aka Star of David) This fun custom built puzzle is based on a Pyramorphix / 2x2x2 mechanism.

HEADS & OBJECTS

Bart Simpson Head A 2x2x2 puzzle in the shape of Bart Simpson's head.
Darth Maul Head A 2x2x2 puzzle in the shape of the head of Darth Maul, the main villain from Star Wars Episode I.
Homer Simpson Head A 2x2x2 puzzle in the shape of Homer Simpson's head.

Mickey Mouse Head - Crakit version The first generation of a 2x2x2 with the shape of Mickey Mouse's head.
Rubik's Anakin Skywalker - Darth Vader head A 2x2x2 puzzle with the shape of two characters from Star Wars Episode II.
Rubik's Darth Sidious - Count Dooku head A 2x2x2 puzzle with the shape of two characters from Star Wars Episode II.

Rubik's Jango Fett - Clone Trooper head A 2x2x2 puzzle with the shape of two characters from Star Wars Episode II.
Rubik's Obi Wan Head A 2x2x2 puzzle with the shape of two characters from Star Wars Episode II.
Rubik's R2D2 - C3P0 head A 2x2x2 puzzle with the shape of two characters from Star Wars Episode II.

Rubik's Senator Amidala - Princess Leia head A 2x2x2 puzzle with the shape of two characters from Star Wars Episode II.

OTHER SHAPES

Crystal Cube - Small Meteor A 3x3x3 cube with dramatically shaved down corners and center cubie attachments.
Mushroom A 3x3x3 with an additional layer glued on. In shape of a mushroom.
Rubik's UFO An attractive little puzzle, possibly related to the legendary Rubik's Cheeze.

Sphere In Cube Cross between Rubik's Cube and Rubik's Sphere. Hand crafted mutation cube.

MOVING HOLE

7-Color Magic Puzzle (aka Massage Ball) Six rings of pieces and one moving hole on a puzzle that claims to be a massage ball.
Calendar Puzzle This sliding tiles puzzle/calendar/coin bank has a total of 41 tiles arranged in seven columns and six rows.
IQube A well-designed 3D movable space puzzle.

Ivory Tower A very successful puzzle from the original cube craze but not from Ernö Rubik.
Junior Ivory Tower A customly shorted version of Babylon Tower with four layers instead of six.
Lockout A puzzle lock, an interesting combination between a logic game and a sliding tile game.

Magic Jack Slide the 26 cubes around to solve this puzzle in one of three ways.
Mind Twister Six circles each with eight pieces and one hole.
Missing Link The tile sliding puzzle from the original cube craze.

Missing Link - Pocket A Missing Link with one less middle layer.
Pepsi Can A tile-sliding puzzle with the shape and design of a Pepsi can. The sliding is somewhat shifted.
Smarties Rotator Tube A very simple little puzzle.

Whip-It 3x6 (Pencil sharpener) This 65 mm Whip-It is built around a pencil sharpener.
Whip-It 3x6 (cylindrical) This 3x6 Whip-It stands approximately 7cm tall.

MOVING MARBLES

Magic 8 Group the three colours to solve this puzzle.
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.
Singapore Airlines Hungarian Rings Group the four colours to solve this puzzle.

Ten Billion Barrel A classical japanese puzzle from the original cube craze. This entry is about the versions with Nintendo-logo.
Ten Billion Barrel (Junior) A ten billion barrel with one layer and 10 beads removed.
Ten Billion Barrel (Master) A ten billion barrel with an extra layer including 10 additional beads.

Top-Spin "Just put the numbers in order"... sounds a lot easier than it is!

MOVING TILES

Circle Puzzle Four intersecting circles with fourfold symmetry.
Gerdig UFO Spin the top/bottom half to mix the satellites, then use the central plunger to flip one, two, three or four satellites over.
King Ring Similar to a Sando Ring.

Rubik's Fifteen (XV) Rubik's 15 (XV) is 2 puzzles in one. Arrange the numbers in sequence 1 to 15. On the other side there is a magic square challenge.
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.

Twin Spin Two overlapping wheels. Promotional version for The Museum Company.
Zauberkreuz (aka Magic Cross) This puzzle is similar to the Triple Cross by Binary Arts.

SIAMESE & FUSED

Fused Cubes Two 3x3x3's fused together to share a block of dimensions 2x2x2.
Triamese (aka Triple Cube) Three 3x3x3s fused into a single puzzle.

FOLDING

Dinosaur Days Rubik's Magic Picture Game. "What came first, the dinosaur or the egg?"
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.

PATTERN MATCHING

Color Matcher (aka Circus Puzzle, aka Circus Seven) A simple little puzzle that can be solved quite quickly with an exhaustive search.
Rubik's Dice A great little puzzle that keep you busy for hours!
Rubik's Tangle "The World's Knottiest Puzzle."


OTHER MECHANISMS

Brainball Spin the number ring, and twist the ends to flip seven of the thirteen numbers over.
Master Triamid One extra layer compared to the original Triamid.
Rubik's Clock Point all 18 clocks to 12 to solve.

Rubik's Triamid Arrange the ten pieces by breaking them into two groups and putting them back together again.

GAMES

Rubik's Game Create a row of 3 pegged squares of ONE of your colours - vertically, horizontally or diagonally, on one side of the Cube.

UNKNOWN

Edge only Cube Custom puzzle (Jürgen Brandt innovation)
Knuffy Pyraminx modification (invented by Jürgen Brandt)
Nissan Micra (red) Advertising object of the Nissan Micra

Truncated Alexander's Star Custom work made out of an Alexander's Star


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