Oli's Puzzle Blog

[Solarmew]

New blog post from my recent visit to Hungary!

super jealous!

Of the visit to Hungary or the puzzles?

Because the puzzles are for sale if you have a bit *cough* of spare cash lying around.

want cast donuts ... found them on some website but for $20 X.X ... kinda steep compared to the rest of them ...

also am i going crazy or is the ball in the marble actually silver? Cuz i could've sworn mine was gold but has now faded from constant fiddling >.>

[Paradox]

want cast donuts ... found them on some website but for $20 X.X ... kinda steep compared to the rest of them ...

also am i going crazy or is the ball in the marble actually silver? Cuz i could've sworn mine was gold but has now faded from constant fiddling >.>

As far as I know, the Cast Donuts aren't being sold anywhere outside of Japan at the moment, so if you are after a copy then get in touch with Wil Strijbos who does have a few in stock from his trip to Japan.

And the marble portion of the Cast Marble has a chrome effect as standard, although a very limited edition was produced in solid brass by Hanayama and sold at around $250 or something.


Also; new blog posts are up for;

• The Houdini's Torture Cell by Brian Young.
• The One Piece Packing Puzzle (Clive Box) by Simon Nightingale.
  
  &
• Bi-CycLe by Vinco.

[Solarmew]

get in touch with Wil Strijbos who does have a few in stock from his trip to Japan.

oh, ok ^.^ how do i reach this person?

[Paradox]

oh, ok ^.^ how do i reach this person?

I've sent you his email via PM.

It's all downhill from here!

[Paradox]

Here's my look at Kamei's 'Dice' puzzle box:

Dice Puzzle Box - Oli's Mechanical Puzzle Box

Don't worry, these reviews will slow down once I'm back at work again.

[AFKAN]

No no no, keep em coming Oli

[Paradox]

I reckon a few of you may already know this, but I've just arrived back from the Gathering For Gardner event, which this year was very generously hosted by James Dalgety.

I'll write up about it properly in due course, but until then I thought some of you may enjoy my photos from the visit:

Oli's Puzzle Image Gallery

As a side note; As far as I am aware James Dalgety has the largest puzzle collection in the world. When I asked just how many he had he couldn't be completely certain, but he estimated that it was in the region of 50,000. These photos really do not give an accurate idea of the scale.

Here's an example for you:


James Dalgety In The Puzzle Room by Puzzleparadox, on Flickr

[allardwza]

Simply Staggering!

Thanks for sharing those pics Oli - looks like an unforgettable day!

Looking forward to the write-up...

allard

[maztec]

The real question is has he solved all of them? If not, what is the point?

[allardwza]

The real question is has he solved all of them? If not, what is the point?

I suspect the picture of the mapping mechanism on a bronze Revomaze will answer your question... they're there to be played with - my impression of James' museum rules were that everything is available as long as you're careful and put things back the way you found them (solved / unsolved)- which is pretty incredible given how rare and old some of his collection is!

allard