ONLINE PUZZLE SELLERS/PUZZLE SHOPS
Puzzle Shops: Kyoto: - Junk Kato
Puzzle shops in London Frequently I print out maps and various info for visitors to London so that they can find the best (only?) puzzle shops in London. This information is now here. It includes addresses, URLs to location maps, my comments on their stock, opening hours and details of the nearest underground station. Link repaired!
: Maxton's Art Gallery- Attractive original geometric metal puzzles sculptures with varying degrees of difficulty.
The Conundrum: Colorful 12 piece desktop metal sculpture with a hidden secret! Brass, copper, aluminum, steel, stainless steel plus .....
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: http://www.cubicdissection.com/ "These pages contain pictures of my private puzzle  collection. All puzzles were either purchased on the Internet or made by me in my workshop. In the links section you will find links to the commercial pages that sell many of these puzzles. If you have any questions regarding my collection, just send me an Email and I'll give you whatever information I can! Eric Fuller." Puzzle for Sale Page -See Stickman -" Even after accomplishing the proper tile position, there is a final, tricky move that will leave many baffled."
Pacific Puzzleworks: Welcome to Pacific Puzzleworks! My name is Lee Krasnow, and this website is all about one of my favorite topics: three dimensional interlocking puzzles. From the beginning of my interest in these puzzles I have felt the urge to expose more people to this fascinating subject. I hope that the information provided here will spark interest in others. I hope too that I am able to explain some of the more confusing aspects of these puzzles to people who would otherwise remain baffled. Some puzzles are for sale.
Davans Puzzle Makers out of Western Massachusetts; some original puzzles for sale such as Arabesque entered in IPP 03 contest. New! Puzzle Rojo to the left.
NEWPuzzle will be played...Many (mainly put-together and interlocking) puzzles are shown on this site. My PC is working to solve newly received puzzles using a set of special programs developed by myself. I have solved almost puzzles presented here with solutions (that may be wrong). However, many solutions are not shown on this site.
Binary Arts/Think Fun: Bill Ritchie/Steve Wagner puzzles Binary Arts has been developing wonderful, challenging puzzles, toys, and games since 1985 - Now called Think Fun.
Puzzle Craft by Stewart Coffin: 1992 Version is available for download in .pdf format: 3.4 M
For educational and personal use only.
Puzzle Wood - I`m preparing to put my complete collection on the following website:
www.puzzlewood.de( round about 2000 different wooden interlocking and packing puzzles) I`ll add the history or information about the design-proptotyp-production of some puzzles if I know it...... Bernhard Schweitzer New! In German
Gemani Games and Puzzles: We're all personally interested about what we do and make here at Gemani and particularly passionate about puzzles. http://www.gemanigames.com/html/puzzles.html New!
Puzzles Downunder
P.O. Box 279
North Richmond
NSW 2754
Australia 0411 092 143 www.puzzlesdownunder.com.au
Contact: Greg New!
The Nemmelgeb Murr Import Shop: Wooden puzzles based on polyforms and articles about them. Announcing New Secret Opening Boxes William Waite has designed some secret opening boxes which are currently under development. http://www.nemmelgebmurr.com/ $$ M
 Akio Kamei has taken the beautiful and traditional Japanese secret boxes to a new and higher level. His original and ingenious designs often require the solver to use the principles of physics to open them. $$ M R http://www.karakuri.gr.jp/index.html#door
Just to get into Kamei's site, you must get past the secret door. One of my favorite puzzle boxes; the coffee cup- See left, click cup
"Especially wooden interlocking puzzles and traditional secret boxes which included a puzzle element, were supported by the public. There is no place in the world like Hakone as a puzzle-producing district. Karakuri Creation Group is a group of craftsmen who are creating more interesting and high quality "Trick" things by developing these traditional techniques and historical property. We can create new products with your help. Please let us know your good suggestions."(ALSO SEE KAMEI ABOVE) $$ M R http://www.karakuri.gr.jp/creation/
 Kathleen Malcolmson Cleverwood.com Mechanical Puzzles, Puzzle Boxes, Wooden Neckties, and many other clever and ingenious small objects are featured at this site. We have the largest selection of puzzle boxes available anywhere on earth - and more are on the way! $$
One can buy Japanese puzzles boxes from this site. See box at right.
Kate Jones, Kadon Enterprises, Inc. The largest collection of polyform and combinatorial puzzle sets on the Internet, including online play of several puzzles.$$ M
Rick Irby Wire disentanglement puzzles handmade of heavy duty chromed steel to challenge and entertain even the most discriminating puzzlers. http://www.jps.net/puzzles $$ M
Tricycle Puzzle from Rick Irby - See left
Puzzle-Shop: Puzzle-Shop Zehlendorf 4a 18276 Kuhs Germany Fax 0049-3843-215545 HendrikHaak@t-online.de $$ NEW! March 2001 German puzzle shop sells puzzles in the following categories: * Puzzles like Rubiks Cube * Wooden Puzzles * Ringwire Puzzles * Take apart Puzzles $$
The Puzzle & Craft Factory URL: www.puzzle-factory.com . Description: Mechanical Puzzles & Brain Teasers for all ages and skill levels
Variantes - Puzzle and Game Shop. Paris, France $$ ==> NEW!
SPEEL & LEER: Oude Langendijk 3 - 2611 GK Delft - Tel. (015) 215 78 30 - Fax (015) 284 07 97 $$ M
 Knox Wooden Toys, Puzzles & Games - In German and English - Knox Enterprises concentrates on woodwork. The business was set up in 2001.We aim to make products that appeal to people, look pretty, feel nice, last and function well.All the products are made to the highest standards.
Crazy Swiss Cube
 All Jigsaw Puzzles - The UK's Leading Online Jigsaw Puzzle Store -
Has 3D wooden models- see left.
URL - http://www.alljigsawpuzzles.co.uk/ New!
Bits and Pieces: Here you can find a large selection of styles from 3-D puzzles to mechanical puzzles to original puzzles not available anywhere else! Click here to look through our online catalog. http://www.bitsandpieces.com/$$
HAPPY PUZZLE COMPANY A unique collection of mind-bending puzzles and challenges http://www.happypuzzle.co.uk/ $$
Livewire Puzzles At Livewire Puzzles we have been making and selling puzzles since 1979. We are a home-based business located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. We specialize in the production and sales of wire disentanglement puzzles $$ http://www.puzzles.ca/
MR. PUZZLE "Mr Puzzle's Puzzles are manufactured by Brian Young (alias Mr Puzzle) at Tamborine (it's small so don't worry if you can't find it on the map.... it's near Brisbane) in the south east corner of Queensland in Australia" .Sells burrs, wood puzzles and more$$ M
http://www.jigsawgallery.com, Jigsaw Gallery, Jigsaw Puzzles
and Games Shipped Worldwide
PUZZLETTS Creative Puzzles of the World. Book- Book "Puzzles Old & New" Unlocling the world of puzzles and brain teasers, http://www.puzzletts.com/ $$ M
PENTANGLE: Ideal as gifts, educational aids, promotional items, for enthusiasts, or just for fun. The current range is proudly hand-crafted by ourselves at our Hampshire premises in the south of England, where quality and value for money (both in workmanship and content) take a high priority.http://www.pentangle-puzzles.co.uk/index.htm $$ M
"Interlocking Puzzles LLC has been designing, manufacturing, and retailing puzzles since 1982. These elegant mechanical puzzles are made with precision from domestic or exotic hardwoods. Some of our puzzles are difficult to take apart, and all are a challenge to put together." http://www.interlockingpuzzles.com/ $$
Puzzleman.com "You are entering the wonderful world of real 3D Puzzles! This site represents the work and art of the independent designer and inventor Viktor Genel. Most of his creations are Real Three Dimensional Puzzles." $$ M
LOGIKA - Building game Numbers labyrinth Pentomino Reservat Magic string games Prismentwist Triadenfun Tower building game -sells games-out of Germany $$
http://www.uhlgmbh.de/english/eindex.htm
PUZZLECRAFT - " This is a website for those who enjoy puzzles. Here you'll find puzzles, problems and solutions ranging from simple to extremely difficult, handcrafted originals to commercial puzzles plus a wide selection of fine puzzle books. "$$
 http://www.knowltonmosaics.com Ken Knowlton
Sandlotscience.com/ Interactive Optical Illusions, Games, Science Projects, Fun Puzzles, Distortions, Links, Games, Java, Original Art $$
Highly Recommended for those interested in illusions and impossible objects.
 Archimede's Lab You will find: paradoxical puzzles, mechanical puzzles, optical illusions, mathemagical cards, puzzles to solve, etc...Gianni Sarcone and Marie Waeber
http://www.archimedes-lab.org
$$ R The site has been recently redesigned. It offers on-line puzzles to play, as well as, puzzles for sale. Check out the puzzle of the week and win prizes. New book DAZZLING OPTICAL ILLUSIONS listed in book section.
http://www.mefferts-puzzles.com// Meffert's Puzzles"This page represents the hub point for the newest and most exciting venture to the Internet by a puzzle manufacturer. The aim of this web site is to inform, advertise and retail our products to the large on-line audience. We also cover related issues such as solutions to our puzzles, games to play with your friends and even a bit of mathematics!" $$ M
YOSEGI-ZAIKU This web site is to introduce traditional Japanese handicrafts to the people outside Japan, to induce more attention to the following handicrafts, and to diffuse more traditional Japanese handicrafts around the world. $$ M
Rubiks.com "This site (www.rubiks.com) is the redesigned Official Rubik's Web Site. It aims to help you find out about Rubik's games and puzzles, and even play some of them on-line. In addition it shows you where you can buy Rubik's products. " $$ M R ==> NEW! Feb. 2001
Pentaplex.com - the home of seriously perplexing products - Penrose Puzzles
$$ M ==> NEW! Feb. 2001
John Rausch www.johnraush.com Puzzles.... Contains a directory of collectors and puzzle designers and much more. To learn more about puzzles this is the place to start; it is one of the most comprehensive puzzle sites on the net. R $$
OrangeOrange.com: weird and wonderful things Music . Puzzles . Cartoon What You Want .
Good Quotes $$ NEW! March 2001
Oldpuzzles.com: - Old Jigsaw Puzzles $$
http://www.a1puzzles.com A1 Puzzles - Interactive Crosswords, Jigsaw Puzzles and Trivia
Puzzles Frequently I print out maps and various info for visitors to London so that they can find the best (only?) puzzle shops in London. He seems to have taken down the London page(London shops found at top mirror link), but there is other puzzle stuff. Martin H. Watson, http://members.tripod.com/~martnal/london.html
 Mathematical LEGO® Sculptures - Page of Mathmatical Sculptures made of Legos including Mobius Strip and Bour's Surface (see left) by Andrew Lipson. No affliation to Lego Company.
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Shufflebrain: - Original web games by Scott Kim
Nick Baxter Sliding Block Puzzles for on-line play M R
SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLE SOLVER-- Any sliding block puzzle can be designed and solved by this program. - FREE DOWNLOAD Software program from Taniguchi's Programs http://www1.usen.ne.jp/~yuki-ta/index_e.html
Matemagia.com - In Spanish: you will encounter many types of puzzles, tests of intelligence, math problems...Mostly created in flash.
Puzzles.com: This site is about Tricky and Clever Puzzles, Baffling and Perplexing Illusions, Unbelievable and Incredible Tricks, Fascinating and Cognitive Toys, and many-many other Puzzle related things, and everything around all these great Funny, Entertaining, Intellectual, and Educational Things.
www.otuzoyun.com: A puzzle site in Turkish consisting an optimization puzzle contest, puzzle solving tactics and a daily puzzle news section.
Java and Puzzle World by Hirofumi Fujiwara Once you have enjoyed this Puzzle World, you have a duty to introduce this Homepage to your friends. Thanks from Japan. http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/java/index-eng.html R Visit Hobbit's Room - Puzzles for your Palm Pilot. "We won "cool prize" in Java|Palm Programming Contest on Aug 6. "
NEWPuzzle will be played...Many (mainly put-together and interlocking) puzzles are shown on this site. My PC is working to solve newly received puzzles using a set of special programs developed by myself. I have solved almost puzzles presented here with solutions (that may be wrong). However, many solutions are not shown on this site.
Number Line: "Number Line was invented in Japan. At first it may seem difficult, but don't worry. I am going to give you many tips to help you enjoy it on this web site soon. How to Play Rules Connect dots with vertical / holizontal line and make one loop...." by Hirofumi Fujiwara (Japan) http://www.pro.or.jp/~fuji/java/index-eng.html
Games by Rodolfo Valeiras: These games are offered "gratuitamente" and are downloadable programs: juego del 15(game 15), de Sam Loyd, JOP-1, inspired by Rubic's Cube - also many pages of games, problems and puzzles including solution to Nob's No Off sliding block puzzle (scroll down past the spanish links to see Nob's solution)
Puzzler - A collection of sequential movement puzzles Ê Download version 2.03 NEW: The Pocket PC port of Puzzler is ready! Well, after months and months of work, I've finally finished the next version of Puzzler!Ê The upgrade is free for registered users, any registered user who would like a new registration key, please email me.Ê Thank you to all the beta testers who pointed out bugs left and right!Ê Due to the number of puzzles I am sure there are still some issues, be sure to let me know if you notice anything.
http://www.mud.ca/puzzler/puzzler.html R
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| Juegos de Ingenio: Ivan Skvarca, In Spanish
Chris Maslanka: is not 34 and is single. He was born in Nightingale Lane, Clapham, London and is of Polish extraction. He lives noisily but nearly containedly in a South Oxfordshire village with a watergun and 22 salad boxes. Mensa (of which he is not a member) have described him as 'a modern day Lewis Carroll'. Media psychologist Dr Aric Sigman has described his puzzles as 'the intelligence tests of the future'. http://www.puzzlemaster.co.uk/ Puzzle Books, Puzzle Panel Sydney Mind Olympics
Martin H. Watson's Puzzles Homepage - "Hello, this is my (very rough and ready) new Puzzles page. The old puzzles homepage is still here until the decorators finish the new place and move everything back in. Existing links to my old page will bring you here, temporarily. The new thing here is the opportunity to join my new mailing list for serious collectors of mechanical puzzles." Good links page with UK web/non-web puzzle suppliers info.
http://www.martin-brockmann.de/ WŠhlen Sie aus den folgenden Puzzle-Gattungen aus, aber nur die schwarz geschriebenen Gattungen sind mit Puzzles meiner Sammlung hinterlegt R
Franco Rocco is an architect, a designer and a sculptor. In his initial works on architectural design, restoration projects and interior design he defined his original approach to the aesthetic of form, which he later defined as "La Via Geometrica". This approach, which recovers rules and methods of classical art, consists in the use of precise, mutually and modularly harmonic geometric proportions in the creation of his works. http://www.francorocco.com/Index1.htm R
Mathematical card tricks - Martin Gardner's 1956 classic Mathematics, Magic and Mystery (Dover) was the first book targeted at a mathematical audience to gather in one place some of the great mathematics-based card (and other magic) tricks: http://www.ams.org/new-in-math/cover/mulcahy1.html: R
Puzzles: In French. Qui dit récréations mathématiques pense inévitablement casse-tête et puzzles à manipuler. Ce site n'aborde, à quelques exceptions près, que les dérivés logiques, mathématisables de ces jeux. NEW!
http://www.fatrazie.com/
James Dalgety This Puzzle Museum is mainly about what have been variously called Practical Puzzles, Real Puzzles, "Chinese Puzzles", or Mechanical Puzzles. R
Puzzle Museum contains an interesting section with extensive text on puzzle classifications and definitions. There is a section dedicated to Berrocal puzzles as well.
Directory of Mechanical Puzzle Collectors This page lists links of collectors and shops that sell puzzles. The page is a joint project of Jerry Slocum, David Joyner and Mario Velucchi http://anduin.eldar.org/~problemi/joyner/slocum.html
Rob's Puzzle Pages Archive / Puzzel Pagina's Archief This page contains all kinds of links related to puzzle pages and is continuously extended. Unfortunately I do not have the time to check the links constantly, so some of them may no longer exist.
http://wwwtg.mp.tudelft.nl/~rob/puzzle_page.html
Burr Puzzles Site: A Burr Puzzle consists of at least three rods intersecting each other at right angles. The most famous and well known type is the six piece burr where three sets of two rods intersect each other.
Matti's puzzle page - You can see about 600 puzzles from my collection. On this first page I want to tell that the 8. FPP will be in 26.05. 2001 in Helsinki. If you want to see what puzzles look like, visit the exhibition pages.
A Puzzlebox Page" This site is dedicated to the unique craftsmanship of Puzzle boxes. Traditional puzzleboxes use hidden sliding panels that are moved sequentially in order to solve the puzzle and open the box. Others can use variations of panels, pins and/or magnets"
 NOBNET "Dear puzzle people Mar-21-1996 This is NOB in Tokyo. I am going to open my home page "NOBNET" through Internet this April. I will write on puzzles in this column. My studio is located at the heart of Tokyo, IIDABASHI, and NOBNET will be made in this studio, the crossroad of world puzzle information..http://www02.so-net.ne.jp/~nobnet
Join NOBNET Today!
JOHN FINCH'S PAGES - Puzzle Box Index http://www.theladz.demon.co.uk/home/puzzle-box-main-page.htm
Trevor Wood: INDIVIDUALLY HAND CRAFTED WOODEN MECHANICAL PUZZLES FOR THE DISCERNING COLLECTOR, WELCOME To my gallery of wooden mechanical puzzles $(Wish List Only) M
JON'S PUZZLE BOXES & KNIVES Lots of puzzle boxes
Cube Lovers archives (Martin Schˆnert homepage)" I am also interested in Rubik's Cube, and related puzzles. I have converted the Cube Lovers archives to HTML (all 1947 articles between July 1980 and June 1996, the index is 205k)." http://www.math.rwth-aachen.de/~Martin.Schoenert/Cube-
Exploring Math Through Puzzles Now You Can Do More Than Just Solve Them--You Can Make Them! Author Wei Zhang makes mathematics concepts tangible and intriguing with puzzles that can be made from commonly-available materials. http://www.keypress.com/product_info/puz_exp.html $$ M
John Rausch www.johnraush.com Puzzles.... Contains a directory of collectors and puzzle designers and much more. To learn more about puzzles this is the place to start; it is one of the most comprehensive puzzle sites on the net.
Puzzle Craft by Stewart Coffin: 1992 Version is available for download in .pdf format: 3.4 M
Barry.R.Clarke : Thank you for visiting my puzzles site. The puzzles on view here are entirely my own invention and have been selected from my column in The Daily Telegraph (UK) M
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