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Folding
Puzzles On
this page, you will find all my path folding puzzles. This is one of my
favorite kind of puzzles, because with a very simple concept, you can make
a very difficult puzzle. |
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Rubik's Magic puzzles |
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One of the most famous folding puzzle is of course
Rubik's Magic puzzle. This puzzle was invented in1986. It's a very intriguing
puzzle, which consist of 8 square tiles connected by nylon wire. Because
the tiles are connected diagonally, a magic hinge is created, which makes
it possible to flap and fold the puzzle in the most wonderful directions. |
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In 2000 Rubik redesigned a couple of his puzzles.
Instead of the black background and rainbow colored rings, he made the
puzzle with gold rings and a bright red background. Although it looks not
quite as difficult and professional as the old design, the puzzle
isn't less fun to play with. It may attract a younger public now,
which is good for business and even better for puzzles in general. |
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The Rubik's Master Magic puzzle works the same
as the normal Rubik's Magic puzzle. But instead of only 8 tiles,
this puzzle has 12 tiles. These 4 extra tiles makes it possible to
form more complex and more interesting forms. The solution however
is not that more difficult. If you know how to solve the normal
Rubik's Magic puzzle, you shouldn't need that much longer for this
one. |
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Folding
Beermat puzzles |
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A folding beermat puzzle is a small puzzle
which consists of 16 triangles connected on the back side with
cotton tape. the object is to make a good picture on one or sometimes
on both sides. this puzzle is frequently used as promotional
material. It is unknown which company produces this puzzle. But all
7 puzzles in my collection are printed in Holland.
the puzzle is not very difficult to solve,
although if the puzzle is printed on both sited with the same
picture, it can be deceptive. |
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Band-aid
Paper Folding puzzle |
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The band-aid paper folding puzzle is a square
sheet of paper, divided into 16 squares. The three vertical folding
lines are cut in the middle. This makes the puzzle easier to handle
and easier to solve.
The puzzle has 8 pictures, which can be put together.
The pictures are divided into 4 parts, which are dispersed on the
front and back side of the puzzle.
Although it's a children's puzzle. some of the
pictures are hard to put together, of course there are also ease
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McDonalds
Paper folding Puzzle |
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In 1994 the McDonalds Corp. promoted her
restaurant with this advertising puzzle. The goal is to form 6
different pictures, by folding the squares to the middle.
This puzzle was made by Simon Marketing GmbH
in Germany.
I've found this puzzle on the Dutch Cube Day
2001.
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René
en Stan folding-squares Book |
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René en Stan is a Dutch book out of a series
of 12. This is number 5. This book was published in 1972 for
children from 3 to 7 years to get familiar with numbers, colors and
items.
The 4 folding puzzles are precut, so they can
be teared easily from the pages. All pages are undamaged, so this
must be a rare item. Although the puzzles in this book are very
easy, it is fun to see how puzzles can be used to teach children
things in a playful way.
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Binary
Arts Geo Loop puzzle |
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This puzzle is like a folding beermat puzzle, only
instead of 16 triangle, this puzzle has 24 triangles. The segments
interfold to create a lot of different shapes. It's fun and fascinating
how shapes can be transformed into others. It's a nice puzzle, although
after a while this puzzle will loose it's attraction. From a two dimensional
perspective, this puzzle can be transformed into about 30 shapes.
This is a puzzle out a series of two. The other
puzzle is called Geomorph-12 and I'm sad to say it's not in my
collection. Maybe you can help me find that puzzle too. You can contact me
by email: maarten.vermaak@planet.nl.
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This is all for now. More will be added as soon as I've
expanded my collection with another folding puzzle. |
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