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Rubik's Cube
The bestselling puzzle of all time. This 3-by-3-by-3-inch cube with rotating faces is made up of nine squares that can be scrambled into 43 quintillion combinations. An icon of the '80s, eveyone should own a Rubik's Cube.
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4x4x4 Master Cube
This variation of the Rubik's Cube has 4x4x4 cubes on each side and is much harder the the familiar 3x3x3 cube.
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Quantum Knot
Twenty magnetized hardwood pieces must be woven together to solve this satisfying sculptural piece.
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Soma Cube
There are 240 different ways to make a cube, but only four in the checkerboard design.
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Magna
Magna is a complex, tantalizing puzzle. The challenge is to recreate its shape with all the magnets hidden. Magna is truly beautiful when assembled. The pieces also make many free-form structures and designs.
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Pyrra
Shaped in a pyramid, Pyrra is made of maple and walnut hardwoods for beauty and complexity. The challenge is to build the pyramid in various color design patterns. Many other geometric and free-form creations can also be made.
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Rhoma
Imagine the cubic pieces of the Soma puzzle slanted into strange rhombic angles. What do you have? Rhoma... a dramatic sculpture and challenging puzzle with only one solution.
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Hook Parlor Puzzle
Remove the hooks without using a hacksaw.
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13 Log Stacker
Can you get all 13 logs into the box and close the lid?
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Ring Parlor Puzzle
Remove the rings without using a hacksaw.
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Claw Parlor Puzzle
Remove the claws without using a hacksaw.
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Jacobs Revenge
It may look like spin the bottle, but the challenge is quite different. Your objective is to get the wooden ball past the obstruction and into the neck of the bottle. Breaking the bottle doesn't count!
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Tripwire
Despite it's relatively simple appearance, this puzzle is definitely not for the faint-hearted. Some of our most dedicated puzzle solvers have confessed to being on the verge of giving up on this one. Several have.
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Pentangle
If you research puzzles long enough, from time to time you'll stumble upon a real gem. Where this puzzle, which we call Pentangle, originated, is not known, but we should all take our hats off to the genius who came up with it.
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The Spirit is Willing
Don't be fooled by the appearance of this puzzle. lt may look simple, but its very tricky. And if solving it the first time isn't tricky enough, being able to remove and replace the ring quickly, was even more challenging.
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The Astroknot
Topologically speaking Astroknot is a member of the "ladder ring" family of puzzles, however it differs from many of its family members in that it is non-planar, and therefore solving it requires a three-dimensional approach.
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The Centipede
Centipede is probably the most challenging ladder puzzle ever offered, and it is ideal for anyone seeking a real challenge.
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Trouble Clef
Trouble Clef requires a twist in your thinking that makes it much more difficult to solve than one would expect.
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Internal Combustion
Can you remove the pistons from this cleverly designed chamber? A steady hand and strong memory of prior moves is needed to maneuver them and discover the correct sequence for release.
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Virus
Whether a biological entity or a mischievous annoyance dreamed up by some misdirected hacker, a virus is something not to be sneezed at. Our Virus puzzle may look simple, but its elegant symmetry belies its more sinister character.
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Pyramid Scheme
Remove the handle from the pyramid. The more logical and systematic you are in your approach, the tougher you'll find this puzzles.
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Pyraminx
A pyramid shape made up of 4 equilateral triangles, each chopped into 9 rotating segments. This puzzle is not quite as hard as the Rubik's Cube, but it is still equally as entertaining.
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The Brain
Sequential movement puzzle based on the Grey Binary System. This popular puzzle demands 170 sequential moves to slide all the pegs either to the inside or the outside. However, it will only allow you to move one peg at a time.
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Double-W
The perfect desktop paperweight for the chronic doodler. Made of curved stainless steel, these identically formed clips are near to impossible to separate.
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5x5x5 Professor Cube
This variation of the Rubik's Cube has 5x5x5 cubes on each side and is much harder the the familiar 3x3x3 cube.
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Square 1
This popular puzzle is similar to the rubiks cube, but it moves in an entirelly different way.
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Skewb Cube
The Skewb is a cube that moves the way you wouldn't expect it to.
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Megaminx
The Megaminx Is the most complicated Magic Polyhedron in production. If you liked the Pyraminx the Magic Cube, or the Magic Jewel, you'll love this challenging Dodecahedron puzzle.
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H is for Help
The object of this wickedly deceptive wood and brass puzzle is to remove the "H" shaped piece from the surrounding box frame.
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Pegged For Trouble
Can you arrange the pegs on the base in the right patterns so that the disk will fit over them? There are many combinations to this wooden puzzle, but only one solution.
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Pack it In
Seems too simple, but this ingenious little cube will drive you absolutely bonkers. Can you put the small cube into the box so it doesn't pop out? Stump anyone who thinks they know it all.
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Bottled Frustration
Free the marble from its bottled captivity. Once you know what has to be done, the trick is doing it and then undoing it!
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A Drop in the Bucket
Using the small wooden sticks, try to balance the bucket containing the metal ball from the platform, but don't let the bucket touch the pedestal! You just might defy the laws of gravity.
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Stilletto
Can you nail down the solutions to the tricky Stiletto puzzle by getting the washer all the way on the nail? The laws of physics plus a little clever manipulation should help you hit the nail on the head.
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The Lighthouse
Not only does the lighthouse's light go around and around... What rotates and what does not is a key to this shiny brass frustration!
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Patience Is The Key
The object of this puzzle is to remove the key!
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Play With Fire
Extinguish the secrets of this heavy aluminum and brass fireplug through clever manipulation. Solve the puzzle when you push the brass rods out of their holes and a tiny Dalmatian will be revealed.
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Sputnik
How do you release the brass cube from the aluminum cage that surrounds it? Don't fly into orbit over this one.
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Takitapart
Ten pieces of wood are assembled with internal dowels and hold a coin within one chamber.
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Window Pain
Remove the beaded cord from the wooden contraption.
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