Item 1 - Mini Windmill (IPP 10)

Designer: Dan Feldman
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 0.48 in.

Notes: 12 piece burr; made from Maple.

Item 5 - Mini Three Piece Burr (IPP 12)

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 3/16 in.

Notes: Made from Maple. Probably the most fundamental of all traditional burr puzzles.

Item 7 - Great Pagoda (IPP 14)

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1/2 in.

Notes: 19 piece burr; made from Cherry. A beautiful "crystal" design, in miniature.

Item 8 - Heart to Heart (IPP 15)

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1 1/4 in.

Notes: Made from Maple. This simple disentanglement puzzle is a nice challenge for a beginner.

Item 11 - The Fifth Avenue (IPP 18)

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Designer: Nob Yoshigahara
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 11/4 in.

Notes: A mini put-together puzzle. Nob designed this puzzle in the '80s and won the first Hikimi Grand Prix in 1984. Made of five kinds of wood, in a hand crafted box.

Item 12 - The Loculus of Archimedes (IPP 19)

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Designer: Archimedes
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 2 in.

Notes: A tangram-type puzzle. This 14 piece dissected square may well be the oldest known puzzle. Padauk pieces in an Ash box.

Item 13 - Ball in a Cage (IPP 20)

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 3/4 in.

Notes: 12 piece burr. This classic burr is made of Pao Ferro, with a steel ball in the center.

Item 14 - Parcel Post (IPP22)

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 3/4 x 1 1/4 x 1 3/4 in.

Notes: Made from Yellowheart Pieces in a Walnut Box. Copy of a wonderful 100 year old 18 piece packing puzzle. Mini solution included.

Item 15 - Japanese Burr (IPP 23)

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1 in.

Notes: 12 piece burr; made from Oak. Although the history of this very clever puzzle is not known, the design probably dates to the early 20th Century.

Item 16 - Japanese Burr (IPP23)

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 5/16 in.

Notes: Made from Ivory. This is the same puzzle as item 15, made for IPP 23, but in ivory, 1/3 size.

Item 17 - AHA Box (IPP 24)

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Designer/Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1 1/8 x 1 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.

Notes: Trick box; made from figured Maple. Designed to lure your non-puzzler friends into "our" world.

Item 18 - Four Pentomino Problems (IPP 25)

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 2 x 2 x 1/8 in.

Notes: A pocket version of a classic puzzle, in Walnut and Cherry. Includes four cards indicating which squares to leave open.

Item 19 - Tut's Tetrahedron (IPP 26)

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1 3/8 in. high

Notes: This four piece dissection, in Oak, is more difficult and less common than the standard versions.

Item 20 - Pegasus (IPP 27)

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Designer: Tad Muroi
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 2 x 2 x 9/16 in.

Notes: An homage to puzzle designer and maker Tad Muroi, in Black Walnut. This take-apart is typical of Muroi's beautiful and challenging designs.

Item 21 - Pocoloco (IPP 28)

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Designer: Václav Obšivač
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1 x 1 x 1 in.

Notes: A small version of Václav (Vinco) Obšivač's clever take-apart cube, in Black Walnut.

Item 24 - Level 5 Notchable Six-Piece Burr (IPP 29)

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Designer: Bill Cutler
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 3/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 in.

Notes: A mini version of Bill Cutler's unique 1987 design, in Brazilian Rosewood.

Item 25 - Star Burr

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1/2 in.

Notes: 6 piece; made from Maple. Classical diagonal burr, "easy disassembly" version.

Item 26 - Mini Star Burr

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1/5 in.

Notes: 6 piece; made from Boxwood. Same as Star Burr, but smaller - very difficult to assemble.

Item 31 - Altekruse

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 5/16 in.

Notes: 12 piece burr; made from Blood Wood. Famous burr in a beautiful wood.

Item 33 - Impossible Nail

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 3 in.

Notes: Made from iron nail in a Pine Block. Not a puzzle, but an "impossible object".

Item 35 - Cherry Pi

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 2 in.

Notes: Made from Cherry wood. A take-off on the classic "T" puzzle - souvenir at G4G3, January 1998.

Item 36 - 9 L

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Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 9/16 in. cube

Notes: Made from Walnut and Maple pieces. An interesting packing puzzle with nine pieces assembled in a checkerboard cube.

Item 41 - Sei-Shonagon Chie-No-Ita

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 2 x 2 in.

Notes: Made from Walnut. This Tangram-like puzzle, dating from 1742, is probably the oldest puzzle for which an original still exists. Copies of original booklet included. Souvenir at G4G6, March 2004.

Item 42 - 30-60-90 Drafter Partridge

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 2 x 2 in.

Notes: Made from Walnut. Ten 30-60-90 triangles, one with short base one unit, two with short base two units, three with short base three units, and four with short base four units can be arranged to form a 30-60-90 triangle with short base ten units. Souvenir

Item 43 - Lateral Thinking

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Designer: Brian Young
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 2 x 2 x 2 in.

Notes: Made from Walnut and Yellowheart. Assemble the letter "L", "T", and "L/T" simultaneously. Designed by Brian Young. Souvenir at G4G8, March 2008.

Item 44 - Desert Rose

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Designer: William Waite
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1/2 x 1/2 x 1/2 in.

Notes: Made from Mazur Birch and Walnut. A wonderful new six piece take-apart, designed by William Waite.

Item 47 - Celt

Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 5 in. long

Notes: Made from Various exotic hardwoods. A mysterious "top" that only spins in one direction.

Item 49 - Unhappy Childhood

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Designer: Stewart Coffin
Maker: Allan Boardman

Size: 1 3/4 x 1 3/4 x 11/16 in.

Notes: Made from Ebony and Boxwood pieces in a Birdseye Maple box. A checkerboard pentacube puzzle designed by Stewart Coffin.