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Lunar Landing

With Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos hot on his tail, little ol’ Leisure Luke B. from Minnesota has beaten them to it and gone off to the moon on his own.

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Reindeer Games

They say imitation is the greatest form of flattery.

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Stuff of Legends

So sets the stage to start this new year off on an incredible adventure …

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Good Egg

Season’s Greetings everyone! I have something special in store for the holidays, so be on the hunt. Keep your eyes peeled, your wits unscrambled, and you hunches hard boiled. Eggsceptional offerings are to be eggspected this time of year so let’s get cracking.

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Antics

Mule. Prius. Broccolini. Live-Zoom. What do these random things have in common?

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Waxing Poetic

The passage of time has been marked via the heavens since the first sentient looked skyward.

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Tray Chic

I’d like to take a moment to say thanks, and share something special with everyone. This time of year is always a good reminder to step back and appreciate the things we have in our lives that are most important.

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Born to be Wild

One of the most notorious criminals in US history, known for his bold and audacious acts of robbery and brutality, gained his fame the old fashioned way, through self-promotion.

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Requiem for a Dream

The unexpected death of Eric Fuller, the larger than life tour de force behind the puzzle crafting brand Cubic Dissection, has left the many friends and fans who knew him in a state of shock and bewilderment.

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Bank Account

Located a few miles northeast of Hollywood and known as the “media capital of the world”, the Los Angeles adjacent city of Burbank, California, is occasionally confused with a puzzle.

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Hidden Gem

When Eric Fuller decided to team up with Frederic Boucher and modify one of his devilishly fun designs, he knew he could create something even more outrageous, complex, challenging, unusual and fun.

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A Day at the Circus

What has 114 individual parts, weighs almost 1.5 kg, pays homage to a petting zoo, the circus, an Angel, Harry Potter, and has been confused with a berry?

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Horsing Around

One of the most famous stories from the Trojan War mythology is the crafty ruse devised by Odysseus, after ten exhausting years and the death of Achilles, to win the war, by hiding their soldiers inside a massive wooden horse.

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Pretty Penny

There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity. - Douglas MacArthur

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Keepsake

The Norman invasion of England brought with it an architectural fortification system known as motte-and-bailey, which was fairly simple to construct even for unskilled laborers, while at the same time being militarily effective.

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Coasting Along

Watching a coast as it slips by the ship is like thinking about an enigma. There it is before you, smiling, frowning, inviting, grand, mean, insipid, or savage, and always mute with an air of whispering, "Come and find out". ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness

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Why the Long Face?

The famous monolithic statues of Easter Island (Rapa Nui) are instantly recognizable for their strikingly simple features that evoke mystery and mysticism.

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Cheap Goods

“The North American word schlock”, according to Vocabulary.com, “comes from the Yiddish word shlak, … "junk," or from the German Schlacke, "dregs," "slag," or "refuse."” It’s crap.

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Menace II Society

Hot off the heels of Dee Dixon’s recently acclaimed sequential discovery puzzle box world dominating angry robot comes another menacing mystery.

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Let the Good Times Roll

Pair O’ Dice is much more than meets the eye, packed with surprises, clever mechanisms, and plenty of steps needed to find the treasures hidden inside.

A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles