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Wood Frustrations
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Tom Lensch is a
puzzle collector and puzzle craftsman extraordinaire.
For almost two decades he makes different wooden
puzzles of the highest quality. These are
put-together, take-apart and interlocking puzzles
which have extremely pleasant look and enjoyable play.
Tom designs own puzzles, collaborates with many famous
puzzle designers, and attends different international
puzzle meetings. |
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Ton Delsing - Puzzle Design |
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Ton Desing
collects, designs, and produces different puzzles. His
website is devoted
exclusively for puzzle exchanges. If you see there some puzzle(s) you like to swap with Ton for some of yours,
send to him a message with pictures of your proposals
and tell him about your interest. Ton will let you know
which of your puzzle(s) he is interested in. Then your
exchange can be done. |
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Tankenötter AB |
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Erik Johansson
created many outstanding puzzles of different kinds.
Some of them look just like simple toys, but do not be
misled--quite unexpectedly they pose hard challenges.
Just try to disconnect two wooden rings; or pair beads
in a 4-bead necklace; or release a rope loop from a
wire tangle; or made a 2-3-4 burr; or build a
two-layered log pile. There is even much more to try
and be amazed with. |
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PUZZLED - Handcrafted Wooden Jigsaw Puzzles and Toys |
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Jeannette Aragon
makes and sells handcrafted wooden puzzles and toys.
At her website you will find creatively designed,
durably made, reasonably priced, heirloom quality,
handcrafted wooden puzzles and toys that are safe and
fun for all ages. They include jigsaw and name
puzzles, educational puzzles and Waldorf-inspired
toys, 3D and photo puzzles, and puzzles that can be
created just for you. |
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Puzzle Palace |
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George Miller is a
puzzle prototyper. He is working with the World's most
renowned puzzle creators, and also creates his own
puzzles. George possesses unique machines and
technology of making 2D- and 3D-puzzle prototypes, and
in his shop, Puzzle Palace, manufactures hundreds of
high quality puzzles each year, including classic
puzzle reproductions, new puzzle designs, and
ultra-modern puzzle creations. Many of these puzzles
are sold at George Miller's website. Highly
recommended! |
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Pentangle Puzzles |
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This puzzle
company makes and sells hand-crafted puzzles of high
quality for over 35 years. The Pentangle puzzles make
a vast collection of various puzzle types, and are
made of different, carefully selected materials. Also,
Pentangle is the UK distributor for the popular
EUREKA! 3D Puzzles from Belgium, and Hanayama's
wonderful Cast Puzzle line from Japan. |
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Kadon Enterprises, Inc. |
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If you like
high-quality, award-winning polyform and edgematching
puzzles, and unusual games, this website is the best
place to visit. This company, founded by Kate Jones,
is a pioneer in laser-cutting of different acrylic and
wooden puzzle sets. At their website you'll find an
online gallery of over two hundred games and puzzles
to see and purchase. Also, they propose many
interactive playable features. |
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Adrian Fisher Mazes Ltd. |
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Creating an
unusual, attractive, and tangled maze or labyrinth is
a quite puzzling task itself. Adrian Fisher is a
person who knows how to do this in the best way, since
he is the World's leading maze designer. He has
developed hundreds of mazes of numerous kinds, built
of various materials in different places of many
countries all over the World. |
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The Crafty Puzzle Company |
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This company is a
small family run business, and they can propose you a
newly developed and unique range of decorative
Collapsible Puzzles. These handmade, teak wood
3D logic puzzles for the whole family will test
your IQ and lateral thinking, and will sit proudly in
your home or office. You'll love to play them! |
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Livewire Puzzles |
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Since 1979
Livewire Puzzles specializes in making and selling
wire disentanglement puzzles of many different designs
and levels of difficulty. Their puzzles are nicely
made, pleasant (though difficult, sometimes) to solve,
and always bring new solving experience. Their website
also has the Free Fun section with a nice selection of
great puzzles. |
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Karakuri Creation Group |
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This is a group of
craftsmen who create secret opening boxes and other
tricky puzzles, and produce them of nice wood and with
the highest quality using traditional and developed
techniques. Many fantastic puzzle makers are the
group's members, among them Akio Kamei, the World's
most renowned puzzle box creator and craftsman. |
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Hikimi Puzzle - WP |
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It's a website of
one of the World's most famous wooden puzzle
manufacturers. This puzzle factory is
situated in Hikimi, Japan, among the wonderful hills
and forest. The website shows a big selection of
modern and classic wooden puzzles they produce and
sell, and a great selection of puzzle related links. |
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website in English*
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Hanayama Toys Co., Ltd. |
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This company was
founded by Naoyasu Hanayama in 1933, and now it is one
of the World's leading manufacturers of board games,
toys, and puzzles for people of all ages. The
company's products are based on creative ideas, and
have extra quality. The company's philosophy is: "High
quality at low prices."
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CastPuzzle.net |
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This website is
fully devoted to the famous and quite unique Cast
Puzzle series which is a specialty of
Hanayama Toys Co., Ltd.
Using a high quality metal cast technology makes every
Cast Puzzle a true puzzle masterpiece enjoyable for
every puzzle lover. The first Cast Puzzle in the
series was released
in 1983, and now it sells well over a million copies
a year. |
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Iwahiro's Puzzles |
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Hirokazu Iwasawa
(Iwahiro)'s website introduces his puzzle designs in
the Iwahiro's Puzzles series. Every Iwahiro's Puzzle
has a clever and unusual idea behind it, and so some
of them are prize winners of the prestigious
Nob Yoshigahara Puzzle Design Competition
(est. 2001): Rectangular Jam got the
Honorable Mention
in July, 2005 in Helsinki, Finland, at IPP25;
The ODD Puzzle
became the
Puzzle of the Year
of that Competition in August, 2008 in Prague, Czech
Republic, at IPP28. |
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The PuzzleWood Website |
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Bernhard
Schweitzer's website is a place on the Web where you
can see a comprehensive collection of different,
nicely handcrafted wooden puzzles. And in addition,
you can buy them directly at his website. The
Puzzle Gallery
presents puzzles in various categories. |
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The VIN&CO Website |
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Wooden puzzles
which are thoroughly designed and crafted by
Václav Obšívač
are so
perfect that they can be described as a Harmony in
Wood. Just browse through all of his puzzle creations
(more than 170 at the moment!) and you will hear that
Harmony. |
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ThinkFun® |
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This is the World
leader in mind challenging games since 1985. Just to
name some of them: SpinOut®, Brick by Brick®, Rush
Hour® and its big family, Hoppers®, Leapin Lizards™,
River Crossing™, IZZI®, Visual Brainstorms®, Galactic
Takeover™, GridWorks™, and other modern puzzle
classics. |
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