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Tetrahedron by Vaclav Obsivac (aka Vinco)

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:45:27 +0000

Tetrahedron

Craftsman: Vaclav Obsivac
Designer: Vaclav Obsivac

Another one from Vinco’s new batch. It’s quite tricky to see any seems in this puzzle, and quite hard to feel them too. I got really confused even on to where to start on this one because there is no way of getting any kind of grip.

Dual Tetrahedron by Vaclav Obsivac (aka Vinco)

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:22:16 +0000

Dual Tetrahedron

Craftsman: Vaclav Obsivac
Designer: Vaclav Obsivac

This is one of Vinco’s new designs. Even though I’m starting to get a pretty good feel for his puzzles, I ran into some problems getting this puppy open. =)

Crossbox by Vaclav Obsivac (aka Vinco)

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:57:58 +0000

Crossbox

Craftsman: Vaclav Obsivac
Designer: Vaclav Obsivac

Sat down in my sofa and started to fiddle with this one while I was glancing at the Tv, didn’t really get anywhere, but I kept going and then all of a sudden it open! Spooked me quite a bit, because all of a sudden I had this thing that was semi-open and quite a lot bigger then I started =)

Also requires a little “multi-fingery-movement” and shares characteristics with Flattrick and Explosion Cube, but has it’s very own “take” on it.

About the same size as Flattrick and displays very nicely.
(Had some problems taking pictures of this one, the picture makes it look a bit crocked and rough, but it’s the exact opposite… straight and smooth)

Cubicula by Vaclav Obsivac (aka Vinco)

admin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:52:00 +0000

Cubicula-by-Vaclav-Obsivac-(aka-Vinco)

Craftsman: Vaclav Obsivac
Designer: Vaclav Obsivac
Found at: Eureka

The fitting is somewhat loose on this one (only have two prior to this one though), but it’s really fun and difficult!

But if I had to choose only one (of the ones I have so far) my choice would be Explosion cube

Handed Halfcubes by Vaclav Obsivac (aka Vinco)

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:56:00 +0000

Handed-Halfcubes-by-Vaclav-Obsivac-(aka-Vinco)

Craftsman: Vaclav Obsivac
Designer: Vaclav Obsivac
Found at: Puzzlemaster

Great puzzle! Displays nicely, snug fit and fun to solve.

Explosion Cube by Vaclav Obsivac (aka Vinco)

admin — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:55:00 +0000

Explosion-Cube-by-Vaclav-Obsivac-(aka-Vinco)

Craftsman: Vaclav Obsivac
Designer: Vaclav Obsivac
Found at: Puzzlemaster

Excellent puzzle! It’s almost just as hard to open this puzzle as it is to assemble it.
Tight fit, displays very nicely. The “Explosion” part of the name will become clear once you manage to disassemble it.