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All Right - All Wrong

Designer: Lucie Pauwels
Goal: Arrange the pieces in four 4x4 squares, base square pieces with no holes, second layer with small holes, third layer with medium holes, and top layer with large holes. Two challenges:

• Match all the colors in each small square
• Four different colors in each small square

Armadillo

Designer: Yasuhiro Hashimoto
Goal: Disassemble and reassemble the 3×3×3 cube.

Purchase: Available ONLY in Japan at PUZZLE of MINE * WEB-SHOP.

Artefacts

Designer: Frederic Boucher
Goal: Two challenges:

• Put the brass rod and the five wooden pieces flat into the tray.
• First, insert the brass rod in the hole. Then, put the five wooden pieces flat into the tray.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Big Ben

Designer: John Moores, Junichi Yananose & Brian Young
Goal: Find Big Ben (a small bell). Along the way you will also find Queen Elizabeth's crown (small disk) and other useful objects. Reassembling the puzzle correctly (including setting the clocks to 9 o'clock) is part of the challenge.

Notes: Use only the tools you find inside the puzzle.There are magnets and springs in the puzzle, but you do not need to hit this puzzle to release any locks.

Purchase: The puzzle may be purchased from Mr Puzzle Australia’s website and shipped worldwide. Limited numbers only available.

Big Conflict, Small Conflict

Designer: Hajime Katsumoto
Goal: Fit all six pieces into the square frame without conflict.

Notes: No undue force is required.

Binary Pin Burr

Designer: Jerry McFarland
Goal: Remove the key piece by moving pieces that represent the binary bits 1 to 4.

Notes: The 4 bit pieces need to be moved in a binary numerical sequence (not Gray code).

Corner Latch Cube

Designer: Vladimir Yaroslavskiy
Goal: Scramble and then restore all faces, like Rubik's Cube but with restricted movement, as indicated by the arrows on the corners.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Cracked! (Plato's Egg)

Designer: Richard Gain
Goal: Crack Plato's egg into its constituent parts (shell, white, yolk), then put it back together again.

Notes: Each of the three stages requires a degree of coordinate motion.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Crocodile

Designer: MINE (Mineyuki Uyematsu)
Goal: Take the coin out.

Purchase: Available ONLY in Japan at PUZZLE of MINE * WEB-SHOP.

Crypsis

Designer: Kel Snake (Kelly Snache)
Goal: Open the puzzle box without touching the very sensitive lid.

Purchase: There will be one copy available after IPP; retail Price $400 CDN. Contact the designer by .

Cubane

Designer: Masumi Ohno
Goal: Separate the ring from the cube and return it to the starting position (as shown).

Devilish Dice

Designer: Stephen Miller
Goal: Drop the ball bearing into the "one" hole and then try and extract it from the inner cage and then out through the semi-visible maze, as it visits each and every spot on the dice before it escapes.

Purchase: Available at Pyro Puzzles Website. Rough printed version can be purchased for £35 + VAT (where appropriate). Deluxe, gloss finished, printed and boxed version can be purchased for £60 + VAT (where appropriate).

DIY 6 Color Cube

Designer: Lucie Pauwels
Goal: Place all the 36 stickers on the blocks so that you can build all of the following 3x3x3 cubes with the blocks, each of which is white, with:

• A red dot in the center square of each face
• An orange dot in the center square of each face
• A yellow dot in the center square of each face
• A green dot in the center square of each face
• A blue dot in the center square of each face
• A black dot in the centre square of each face
• A different coloured dot in the center square of each face
• No colored dots visible anywhere.

Dot Box

Designer: James Dalgety
Goal: Three problems:

• Open it
• Close it
• Explain it

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Double Circle Real 5x5x5

Designer: Carl Hoff
Goal: Solve the 5x5x5 cube, where all 125 cubies have a unique position and orientation in the solved state.

Notes: A normal 5x5x5 cube only has 98 solvable (surface) cubies.

Purchase: The puzzle is 3D printed on demand, and can be purchased from Shapeways for $1,163.98 or contact designer by for an already dyed, assembled, and stickered puzzle.

Double Slideways Burr

Designer: Raymond Stanton
Goal: Take apart and put it back together again.

Double Symmetry

Designer: Lucie Pauwels
Goal: This is a double sided puzzle. Place the blocks in the square box with all the black dots on one side and all the red dots on the reverse, and symmetric patterns simultaneously on both sides. There is a second identical challenge with orange and blue dots.

Dress Code

Designer: Pantazis C. Houlis
Goal: Dress the wooden cube by only using the two fabric bands, such that each side of the cube is a single color, and no neighboring sides have the same color.

Notes: This puzzle is dedicated to my precious dad, who passed away on the 21st of May 2015.

Edelweiss Puzzle Box

Designer: Robert Yarger / William Waite
Goal: Open both compartments of puzzle box by arranging puzzle pieces to produce both a flower and a snowflake.

Purchase: Limited edition of 100. Puzzles available at stickmanpuzzlebox.com.

Ze Eggs!

Designer: Stephen Chin
Goal: Open the large egg. Inside you will find the Balancing Egg For Dummies--it balances on both ends! Your challenge is to un-balance it.

8 Stars Labyrinth

Designer: Robrecht Louage
Goal: Insert then remove the ball.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Eurofallen 04

Designer: Jurgen Reiche
Goal: Free the Euro coin.

Purchase: Available at www.puzzlemaster.ca.

Every Which Way

Designer: Roy Leban
Goal: Arrange the cubes in a row so that all four long sides have an arrowhead pointing in each of the four directions.

Purchase: Not currently available for sale. Contact the designer by to be notified if more are manufactured.

Festival in Ottawa

Designer: Osanori Yamamoto
Goal:

• Put six pieces into the rectangle(6x4) on the left, all through the entrance gate. After entering, only sliding is permitted.
• Put six pieces into the box on the right.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Fire

Designer: Stephen Miller
Goal: Open the puzzle and enjoy what you find inside.

Notes: The solution page includes 10 crucial hints for solving the puzzle.

Purchase: Can be purchased from the Pyro Puzzles website. £150 + VAT (where appropriate). Initial production run of 150 units.

4 Ducks & A Duckling

Designer: Jerry Loo
Goal: Three problems:

• Fit all 4 ducks into the pond
• Fit all 4 ducks and the duckling into the pond
• Fit all 4 ducks into the pond to form a symmetrical shape

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

4L

Designer: Yasuhiro Hashimoto
Goal: Pack the 4 L-shaped pieces into the box.

Purchase: Available ONLY in Japan at PUZZLE of MINE * WEB-SHOP.

Framed Non-Planar Symmetric Hexacubes

Designer: Primitivo Familiar Ramos
Goal: Select a set of pieces (out of 148 possible), and place the pieces inside the light box.

Notes: All pieces have mirror symmetry

Purchase: Available at www.woodwondersonline.com.

Heptagon 40 (Heptagon Series No.2)

Designer: Koshi Arai
Goal:

• Put the two sets of five tetrahepts (total 40 heptagons) into the tray.
• Find the solution with all dark surfaces (two solutions)

Notes: There are two types of the regular heptagon tiling with pentagonal space; this puzzles is based on one of those.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Icosaix

Designer: Oskar van Deventer, Mr. Fok
Goal: Scramble and solve, like any twisty puzzle. Try the special shapeshifting "jumbling" moves.

Purchase: Available at www.hknowstore.com.

Igayaki Pottery Puzzle

Designer: Kohno Ichiro
Goal: Pull the Kunai (Ninja's sword) from the scroll.

Notes: An outside object is needed to solve the puzzle.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Liberal Cube

Designer: Markku Vesala
Goal: Assembly the seven pieces to form an interlocking 3x3x3 cube.

L-I-vator Cube

Designer: Laszlo Molnar
Goal: Pack the pieces into the box with restricted opening.

Notes: The pieces form a logical set: each smaller piece is formed by removing one cube from the next largest piece, from seven down to two units.

MixTer-MaxTer

Designer: Namick Salakhov
Goal: Gather the red switches on one of the disks. Then return them to proper disks pairwise.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Nose Ring

Designer: Sándor Bozóki
Goal: Two challenges:

• Remove the chain from the ring
• Loop back the chain on the ring.

Number Blocks

Designer: Goh Pit Khiam
Goal: Rearrange the pieces to give the correct sequence 1-4.

Oh Ding!

Designer: Simon Nightingale
Goal: Open the box.

Ze Orange

Designer: Stephen Chin
Goal: Navigate through the six locks and open the two compartments inside. There you will find the kids' inheretence!

Notes: Inspired by the Donay Pear, by Goddard/Berkeley.

Pair Shape

Designer: Sam Cornwell
Goal: Dismantle the cube into four separate pieces (each is a joined pair of blocks), and then re-assemble.

Peanuts

Designer: Tim Snyder
Goal: Select one of the starting arrangements etched on the tray. Then move the large key piece to the opposite corner of the board. Only one piece may move at a time, and can move by any combination of sliding or rotating within the tray not blocked by stationary pieces. The piece must be in alignment with the grid at the end of the move.

Purchase: Contact the designer by ; $35, manufactured as requested.

Pi-Balled

Designer: Eric Harshbarger
Goal: Assemble the twelve pieces into a sphere.

Purchase: Limited number (fewer than two dozen) available from designer. $100.00 + shipping. Contact the designer by .

Pure Donuts

Designer: Eitan Cher and Bram Cohen
Goal: Disassemble into four pieces and reassemble.

Purchase: Will be available at Eitan's Shapeways Shop shortly after the IPP.

Racktangle

Designer: Goh Pit Khiam
Goal: Remove the plates from the rack and reassemble.

Notes: Plates can be reconfigured to give various mixed-based puzzles.

Road Blocks

Designer: Goh Pit Khiam
Goal: Pack the four blocks into the box.

Shift Happens

Designer: Oskar van Deventer, Bram Cohen
Goal: Slide the hexagonal base apart in any of the three directions and spin the gears randomly to scramble the puzzle. Then solve the puzzle and complete the ring again.

Purchase: Order the parts at Shapeways, or contact designer.

Shuriken

Designer: Gennadiy Jarkovoj
Goal: Make a symmetrical shape using the three pieces.

69

Designer: Jerry Loo
Goal: Re-arrange the pieces in the box to form the #9.

Notes: The starting position is shown below; the orientation of the box cannot change.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Soccerit

Designer: Albert Gübeli
Goal: Assemble and disassemble the four pieces.

Purchase: Available at www.albinegri.ch; price $200.

SOMA Pack

Designer: Volker Latussek
Goal: Pack the SOMA cube into the box. Pick one opening or the other, then use only that one opening to solve.

Purchase: Order from www.rombol.de, or contact designer by ; price: price €11.

TaiJi - 69 Puzzle

Designer: Ayi Liu
Goal: Take all pieces apart.

Purchase: You can see it at ayistoy.com.

Tetro-Billes

Designer: Frederic Boucher
Goal: Assemble the pieces so that the marbles form the five different tetromino shapes--three in blue and two in yellow.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

Triangles

Designer: Roy Leban
Goal: Arrange the three triangles flat on a surface to make a single mirror symmetric shape.

Purchase: A limited run has been made so far. $20 US (includes shipping within US). Contact the designer by .

Trifecta

Designer: Ken Irvine
Goal: Three copies of three different types of pieces assemble to form the given configuration, both with and without the optional three-cube bonus piece.

Purchase: Available at www.tomlensch.com.

Twins of Triplets

Designer: Hajime Katsumoto
Goal: Make a shape using all three L pieces, and the same shape using all three J pieces. You can not flip over any pieces.

2&2

Designer: Osanori Yamamoto
Goal: Assemble two pieces at center of the double plate.

Purchase: Contact the designer by .

l’Unifolié

Designer: Stephan Baumegger
Goal: Free the maple leaf piece.

Purchase: Contact the designer by or Facebook.

Wandering Cubes

Designer: Péter Gál
Goal: Put the two light pieces and just one of the dark pieces into the box.

Wow-puzzle

Designer: Vladimir Krasnoukhov
Goal: Pack the pieces into the tray (each side) so that no piece can move. Packing into the smaller tray can be regarded as the main challenge/objective, and packing into the larger tray as the warm-up.

Xenia Table Puzzlebox

Designer: Mike Toulouzas
Goal: Open the table top, put the discovered pieces in the center and then put everything back together.

Zipper

Designer: Iwahiro (Hirokazu Iwasawa)
Goal: Two challenges:

• Close (only) the red zipper completely with one or two sliders.
• Close all the zippers completely with one or two sliders.