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A to Z Information Click the link to go to a detail information page about these topics.   Add to Mailing List Contact Us Corporate Gifts Currency Exchange Customs Duties & Taxes Delivery Information Design Registration Difficulty Rating of puzzles Freight Optionsi Import Duties & Taxes International Puzzle Design Competition International Puzzle Party - Gold Coast 2007 Links to other mechanical puzzle sites Links to other puzzle related sites Links to other sites Media Page Mr Puzzle's puzzles - other Outlets Order puzzles - other ways Past Limited Editions Payment Methods Packaging of puzzles Press Releases Privacy Policy Product Categories Puzzle History Returns Policy Secure Site Shipping and Delivery Times Site Map Solutions Timbers used in our puzzles Wholesale Enquiry Other Questions: WHAT'S NEW ? Need help? TIPS on buying a puzzle? What's Coming Soon? What are Mr Puzzle's Puzzle made from? Who is Mr Puzzle? Background Information about Puzzles             Wikipedia entry: Mechanical Puzzles We sell mostly mechanical puzzles but also stock jigsaw puzzles and some other puzzling items. Mostly we have wooden puzzles, although you will find many other puzzles including cast puzzles, other metal puzzles, even ceramic items. Unlike word or jigsaw puzzles, mechanical puzzles are hand-held objects that must be manipulated to achieve a specific goal. These puzzles are sometimes referred to as mechanical puzzles, brain teasers, 3d puzzles, mind benders, one person games, logic games, or just plain wooden games or wooden toys. In fact in languages other than English 'head breaker' is often the literal translation. Puzzel or legpuzzel in Dutch, Pussel in Swedish are probably the closest to English but the French call them Casse-Tete, in Spanish it's Rompecabezas, the Germans usually say Geduldsspiel and the Hebrew words Hidat Shihzur is literally translated as Restoration Puzzle. Many of our puzzles are often referred to as 'Chinese' puzzles (puzzle in Mandarin is pronounced Pintu) or Japanese puzzles (puzzle in Japanese is pronounced pazuru), or Rubiks puzzles. In fact these puzzles rarely originate in China and only one of them is of the Rubik style however certainly many modern day puzzles have been invented in Japan like the Pandora's Box and the Hanayama cast metal puzzles sold on this site. On this site you will find many original wood and metal puzzles by Mr Puzzle, very difficult puzzles, as well as classic well known puzzles and brainteasers. We will have included details about the inventor and whatever history we know about each puzzle on the Presentation card which is packaged with it. We sell high quality jigsaw puzzles with Australian themes. The only crossword puzzles or logic puzzles we sell are printed on our puzzle cards. To read more about the history of puzzles click here.