Brainteaser Puzzles - mechanical puzzles - sliding block puzzles

This handcrafted oak Tangram puzzle consists of only 7 pieces cut from a square: 2 large triangles, 1 medium-sized triangle, 2 small triangles, 1 square and 1 lozenge. Try to use all 7 pieces to create alphabet letters, or use your imagination to build animals, people, things -- whatever! Game set includes a booklet with 90 images you can build. It's a great way to develop spatial relations skills. Store blocks on any table in a handsome hardwood tray! Game set measures 7-1/2x7-1/2, including 7 hardwood blocks. For 1 player.

This puzzle uses the ancient concept of tangrams: recreate an image using all seven of the shaped playing pieces. This set features 27 cards with 54 images and two sets of playing tiles (one red, one blue), packed neatly in a sturdy playing case. Play by yourself or play against another using both sets of pieces. Ages 5 and up

You're stuck in traffic with four big trucks and 11 other cars. Can you maneuver your way through Rush Hour and escape the gridlock? This sliding-block game is fun for puzzlers of all ages. Helps kids build sequential thinking and planning skills.

Tricky Triangle looks easy enough: start by placing a ball at each of the three corners. To solve the puzzle, place all 6 balls so they stay on the triangle. Are you up to the challenge? For ages 7 and up.

The big square block is always placed in the upper left hand corner; the other 11 blocks can be arranged around the big square block in 12 different ways. Then slide the big square from the upper left to the lower right without lifting, turning or removing any of the other blocks! The easiest puzzle requires 43 moves, the most difficult 263! What a way to encourage creative thinking and problem solving, while developing spatial relations skills! Handcrafted oak game set with 12 hardwood oak blocks measures 7-3/4x9.

Put this sliding block puzzle on any desk or table and it's sure to captivate the curious for hours! Encourages creative thinking and problem solving, while developing spatial relations skills. Handcrafted oak game set with 9 hardwood oak blocks measures 7-1/2x9. For 1 player.

This colorful brainteaser puzzle has only six interlocking pieces but it takes 69 different moves to take it all apart. Includes a 40 page step-by-step solution book and easy-to-follow assembly instructions. Ages 8 and up.

The ancient Chinese game of Tangrams becomes a fresh new puzzle adventure with Shape by Shape. Fourteen puzzle pieces fit together in a sturdy frame; players try to match the pieces to 60 different images on challenge cards. Teaches kids to match patterns and solve problems. Cards store in game. Hints to solutions included.

Scramble Squares have only nine colorfully illustrated square pieces, but the number of possible combinations in a 3 piece x 3 piece pattern is enormous with only one possible solution! Over 120 styles of colorful, original art on nature, sports, history, culture, geography, science, technology, occupations, gourmet, fantasy, hobbies and activities with more being added all the time. Makes a great gift for any occasion.

Tavern Puzzles are reproductions of a type of puzzle traditionally forged by blacksmiths to amuse their friends at country taverns and inns. It is believed that perhaps the making of an iron puzzle was sometimes used as a forging exercise for young apprentice blacksmiths. Each Tavern Puzzle is mechanical in nature; removal of the object piece does not rely on force or trickery.