Type-2: TAKE APART PUZZLES

These are puzzles where the object is to take them apart. These are not to be confused with Type-4 (disentanglement) puzzles, in which the object is to untangle or get a ring off. Sometimes I'm not sure if something should be Type-4 or Type-2, so there is a fine line.
I group these slightly differently from the way Jerry Slocum does. I've come up with these 3 categories: 

  (a) puzzle boxes: These are boxes where the puzzle is to figure
        out how to open them.
  (b) miscellaneous: These include puzzles that a secret compartment 
        that you have to find, or puzzles where you just have to
        figure out how to dismantle them.
  (c) Locks & Keys

TYPE-2-A: TAKE APART PUZZLES, puzzle boxes
Picture TITLE MANUFACTURER DESCRIPTION
Magic Box Magnif Open the plain cube-shaped plastic box
Flower Box Puzzle Makers Inter. Open wooden box w/ flower on top
Dice Coin Bank (unknown) How to open the cubical coin bank
Treasure Box Bits & Pieces Open plastic money-chest box
Wonder Fool Box Wonder Open small wooden money-chest box
Locked Box Bits & Pieces Open large wooden money-chest box
Titanic Challenge Bits & Pieces Open drawer of wooden box with ornate latice work on top
Disap. Money Chest Bits & Pieces Open wooden money-chest box
Secret Chamber Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w 2 hex knobs on top
Book Box Bits & Pieces Open drawer wooden book-shaped box
Mini Book Box Bits & Pieces Open drawer in book-shaped box
Personalized Book Box Bits & Pieces Open drawer in book-shaped box with your name on it
Secret Corian Box Bits & Pieces Open faux marble box w sliding top
Kamei Heart Box Bits & Pieces Open heart-shaped wood box with wood ribon on top
Crown Box Bits & Pieces Open the crown-shaped wood box
Pentagon Box Bits & Pieces Open 5 sided wood box w/ secret compartment
Secret Box 1 Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w/ slots on side & disk on top
Greek Secret Box Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w/ slot on side & ornate stuff on top
Eclipse Secret box Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w/ rounded sides & light colored top
Shut case box Eric Fuller Open wooden rectangular box w/ light colored wood in ends
Square Cube Bank Bits & Pieces Open the cube-shaped coin bank
1 Panel Treasure Chest Bits & Pieces Open wooden treasure chest that has a metal lock
Octagon secret box Bits & Pieces Open octagon shaped wooden box
Double Drawer box Bits & Pieces Open drawers on wood box that has 2 drawers
Matchbox Puzzle Bits & Pieces Open drawer in wooden box w/ red knob
Celtic Secret Box Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w/ celtic knot symbol on top
Snap Latch Box Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w/ metal latch & metal hinges
Dot mini box Bits & Pieces Open small wooden box with dots on top
Spring mini box Bits & Pieces Open spring-loaded drawer in small wooden box
Piano box (unknown) Open Piano shaped box
Unknown (2a-1) (unknown) Open heart shaped box w/ embeded heart-shaped piece
Frog Box Bits & Pieces Frog-shaped wooden box
Dice Box Bits & Pieces Open the wooden dice-shaped box
Button Box Bits & Pieces Open oval wood box w/ button on top
Ribbon Secret box Bits & Pieces Open wood box w/ wood ribbon like a wrapped gift
Mini Secret box Bits & Pieces Open wood box w large brass hinge
Secret Box with Key Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w/ wooden key
Long Narrow Box (unknown) Long wood box w/4 long chambers
Enigma Secret Box Bits & Pieces Open hinged box w/ gold oval on top
Butterfly Moving box Bits & Pieces Open wooden box, butterfly shape on each face w/ 4 moving panels
Secret Sliding Box Bits & Pieces Open smooth rectangular wooden box with brass hinge
Secret Drawer Box Bits & Pieces Open drawer with knob from wooden box
Secret box Bits & Pieces Open wood box w/ sliding panel on end (7 steps to open)
Croquet puzzle box B.S. & Co Japan Open hinged drawer in wood box w/ mini-croquet set inside
Pandoras box Bits & Pieces Open rectangular wood box with dark spots on sides
Snap Box Puzzle Makers Inter Open the rectangular 2-color wooden box
Dovetailed Corner box Bits & Pieces Open wooden box w/ 2 dovetailed pieces
Walnut Trick Puzzle box Kamei Open walnut wood box with light wood in corners
Book case puzzle box (unknown) Open wood box shaped like bookcase with books in it
Unknown (2a-2) (unknown) Open the ornately carved thin rectangular dark wood box
Safe fridolin Germany Open the wooden safe
Secret Round Box Bits & Pieces Open hinged box that's round but flat on one side
Puzzle Box Cat Bits & Pieces Cat-shaped wooden box
Bamboo Puzzle Box Bits & Pieces Open bamboo box with 4 dowel rods
Oval Trick Box Bits & Pieces Open oval shaped box
Original Treasure Chest Bits & Pieces Open wooden treasure chest with dark-wood bands & corners
Lock Box Toysmith Open plastic box, locked by 8 sliding metal pins
Minos Box Bits & Pieces Open wooden box with sliding panel
Revolution Secret Box Bits & Pieces Open colorful wooden box with side that rotates
Mosaic Puzzle Box Bits & Pieces Open colorful wooden box with mosaic pattern
Soaring Crane Secret Box Bits & Pieces Open black box with picture of a Crane (bird)




TYPE-2-B: TAKE APART PUZZLES, miscellaneous
Picture TITLE MANUFACTURER DESCRIPTION
Impossicube Bits & Pieces Take apart 2-piece aluminum cube
Ancient Key Design Science Toys Take apart wood cube with dowel rods
Dont Count On It Single Toys International Remove bill from wooden frame
Three Bunnies Bits & Pieces dismantle/re-assemble 3 wooden pieces
Writer's Block Recenttoys Internat Click pens in various combinations to open door
Triple Decker Puzzle Makers Inter. Take apart the 6 interlocked idenical metal pieces
Gravity Well Bits & Pieces 3 metal rings w/ sphere in the middle
Pyramid Puzzle Doug Engel Take apart 3-piece brass pyramid
King Puzzle Bits & Pieces Get coin out of large metal chess King
Rook Bits & Pieces Get pawn out of large metal chess Rook
Pawn Puzzle Puzzle Makers Inter. Remove coin from aluminum chess Pawn
Fire Plug Bits & Pieces Open metal fire hydrant shaped object & get dog out
Yin and Yang Doug Engel Take apart 4 metal yin-yang shaped pieces
Threebus Mobius Doug Engel Take appart/re-assemble triangle made of 2 metal pieces
Buffalo Nickel Oskar Van Deventer Open large metal Nickel
Prison Block Bits & Pieces Remove metal wafer from metal block
Black Hole Bits & Pieces Remove ball from 2 metal plates
Jailbreak Bits & Pieces Remove ball from cylindrical metal cage
Rolling Pin Bits & Pieces Take metal Rolling Pin Apart
Beehive Puzzle Makers Inter Open metal beehive & get the bee out
Big Wheel Oskar Van Deventer Remove metal wheel from metal track
Thumb War Bits & Pieces Separate metal hands
Curly Cube Vladimir Krasnoukhov Take apart the 3-piece metal cube
Lighthouse Bits & Pieces Remove ring from metal lighthouse
Trinity Infinity Doug Engel Take appart/re-assemble 3-piece metal figure-8
Brass Cannon puzzle Bits & Pieces Remove cannonball from the brass cannon
Hidden Scroll puzzle Bits & Pieces Remove scroll from aluminum cross
Cast Cage Hanayama cast puzzle Remove metal star from cylindrical metal cage
Infinity Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart infinity-symbol shape
U&U Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart 2 metal U-bolts
Cast Spiral Hanayama cast puzzle Separate the 5 pieces of the metal disk
Cricket Hanayama cast puzzle Separate the 6-sided star from frame
Violin Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart 3 violin-like pieces
Helix Hanayama cast puzzle Take ring off of metal star
Hexagon Hanayama cast puzzle Remove 3 pieces from metal hexagon frame
Galaxy Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart 4 identical curved metal pieces with colars
Twist Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart 2 metal U-shaped pieces
Cylinder Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart 2-piece metal ring w/ 3-piece middle
H&H Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart 2 metal H-shaped pieces
Baroq Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart 2 curly metal pieces
Cast Coaster Hanayama cast puzzle Separate/re-assemble 3 piece metal coaster
Box Hanayama cast puzzle Take ring off of metal box
Cast Mobius Hanayama cast puzzle Remove ring from metal mobius strip
Nutcase Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart bolt with 2 nuts
Yot HI-Q Products, Inc Remove silver dollar from metal disk
Brass Jax Rocky Chiaro Take apart metal star (shaped like jacks piece)
Old Ball Game (unknown) Remove spiked metal ball from cylindrical cage
Man the Torpedo (unknown) Remove spiked metal cylindar from cylindrical cage
EZ-I Metal Puzzle Douglass Engel Take apart ring in 2 squares inside larger ring
Bottleneck puzzle Innovation Ind Inc Get plastic rod with nut/bolt out of glass bottle
Time in a Bottle Bits & Pieces Remove lock/chain from glass bottle
Jacob's Revenge Elverson Puzzle Co Get marble in bottle neck
Power of the Ring Eureka Bvba Remove red string/balls from glass bottle
Roof Nut & Bolt Bits & Pieces Remove metal bolt from wooden contraption
Thunderbolt puzzle Bits & Pieces Remove nut w/ pin thru it from bolt
(nut & bolt) (unknown) Remove the brass nut from the brass bolt
Nuts-n-ring Bits & Pieces Remove brass ring (washer) from the brass bolt
EZ Atom Doug Engel Take appart 2-piece metal loops w/ marble in middle
Butter Churn Bits & Pieces Take silver metal Butter Churn Apart
Hofman's Barrel Bits & Pieces Remove ball from aluminum barrel
Two Fishes Doug Engel Separate 2 large metal fishes with 2 smaller metal fishes inside
Wanzi Bits & Pieces Remove 4 identical L-shaped metal pieces from metal frame
Escape From Alcatraz (unknown) Remove metal ball from plastic & metal cage
X Marks the Spot Puzzle Makers Inter. Open the wooden cross that has a wooden square around it
Pyramid in Cage Bits & Pieces Remove wooden pyramid from wooden cage
Woods Dilemma Dilemma Games Remove golfball from tee inside wooden cage
Jerry Slocums puzzle (home-made) Seperate the 2 pieces of wood connected by a dovetail joint
Hasel Grove box (home-made) Remove the pieces from the square wooden block
Danzig's Dilemma Lagoon games Separate 2 wood pieces of wood with right-angled dovetail joints
Takitapart (various) Remove penny from wood puzzle with 4 quadrants
Tri-'N'-Do-It Bits & Pieces Take apart wood puzzle with 3 discs and 3 pegs
Pick-a-Peg Bits & Pieces Get penny out of wood disk with 2 pegs
Bolt inside cage Bits & Pieces Remove bolt from wood cage
Locked Sticks Dilema Games Fit 8 rods into wooden rectangle
Stuck Bolt Bits & Pieces Remove bolt from wood block
3 Bar Cube Bits & Pieces Remove 3 pegs from wood cube
Spider Box Puzzle Makers Inter. Remove balls from box w/spider picture
Two Cubes Puzzle Makers Inter Remove 2 wood cubes from frame
The H Puzzle Puzzle Makers Inter Get H-shaped piece out of wood frame
Metal Ball Remove Bits & Pieces Remove metal ball from wood frame with metal bolt
Amazing Chewdini Binary Arts Get Chewdini mouse out of cheese
Lift Off Thinkfun inc Lift plastic ball without shaking base
Newtons Gravity Puzzle Thinkfun inc Lift wooden cylindar without touching base
Spark Plug Channel Craft Remove Spark plug from wooden frame
Excaliber Puzzle Makers Inter Remove the sword from the stone
Dont Tee Me Off TOYS International Remove the 3 golf balls from wooden contraption
Coin Removal Bits & Pieces Remove coin from wood block with 2 screws
Four Square Magnif Remove marble from 4th clear-plastic quadrant
IQ Puzzle (unknown) Plastic block with 10 plastic dowels pushed thru
Cerebral Rings Magnif Position 6 red pistons to take plastic frame apart
Great Collision Bits & Pieces Free ball from 3 metal spiral-galaxy shaped pieces
Jailbait Spilsbury Puzzle Co Remove spiked plastic ball from cylindrical plastic cage
Loco-Motion M.O. VanDeventer Slide metal handle with train coin out of tray
Four piece jigsaw Binary Arts 4 3-dimensional pieces fit like a jigsaw to make a square
Remove The Marbles Bits & Pieces Remove marbles from tube in wooden cage
No Mulligans Channel Craft Remove golf ball from wooden block
Dont Push My Buttons Toys International Open wooden cage
Unknown (2b-2) (unknown) Take apart the cross made of 2 wooden pieces
Unknown (2b-3) (unknown) Remove 5 identically shaped wood pieces from wood ring
Coin Remove puzzle Bits & Pieces Remove washer from nail in wooden block
Oscar's Blocks Bits & Pieces Take apart 3 shiney metal pieces
O-Hex Bits & Pieces Take apart star-shaped object made of light & dark wood
Gordian's Knot Thinkfun inc Slide 6 colored pieces till they come apart
Octagon with Rings Puzzle Makers Inter. Remove ring from wood with octagonal piece
Treasure Chest Bits & Pieces Try to open the brass chest
Cross Puzzle Dilema Games Take apart wood pieces; resembles takitapart
Metal Butterfly Doug Engel Take apart the butterfly w/ marbles
EZ Galaxy Doug Engel Take apart 3 metal spiral-galaxy-shaped pieces with marble inside
EZ Unlink Doug Engel Take apart/re-assemble metal star with 4 triangular pieces
Sardines in Water Bits & Pieces Remove marble from hole in wood block
Driving me nuts Channel Craft Remove bolt from wooden case
Eureka bottle 1 Eureka Bvba Get wooden rod with nut/bolt out of glass bottle
Eureka bottle 2 Eureka Bvba Free wooden bead from tall thin glass bottle
Eureka bottle 3 Eureka Bvba Free wooden cross from glass bottle
Button Prison Bits & Pieces Remove button from wooden prism
The Piston Box Tadao Muroi Remove aluminum pieces from aluminum block
Four Clover Bits & Pieces Take apart 4 identical C-shaped metal pieces linked together
Magic Disk (home made) 3 wood pieces make a disk (from Creative Puzzles of the World)
Sputnik in Cube Puzzle Makers Inter. Remove cube from metal piece with holes in it
Lost Luggage Bits & Pieces Remove wood block from 2-piece wood cage
UFO Puzzle & Stand Bits & Pieces Take apart 12 flat pieces in plastic disk on stand
Dont Break the Bank Toys International Open disk-shaped wooden bank
Pick Me Up Cones Bits & Pieces Remove 5 cones from tray without touching tray
Power of Four Bits & Pieces Remove 4 metal pieces, then put them back the way they were
Gold Foursquare Bits & Pieces Remove 4 metal pieces with square on 4 sides



TYPE-2-C: TAKE APART PUZZLES, Locks & keys
Picture TITLE MANUFACTURER DESCRIPTION
(Puzzle lock) (home-made) Open wooden lock I built from instructions in book "Puzzles Old & New"
Lunatic Lock Bits & Pieces Open metal lock that has a bolt in middle
The SherLock Bits & Pieces Open metal lock with the attached key
Bashful Lock Fun Incoperated Open flat, metal lock (behind your back)
Key Element Bits & Pieces Remove metal ring from key
Brass Key Ring Bits & Pieces Remove brass skeleten key from ring
Behind Bars Puzzle Makers Inter. Remove key from wood container that has metal bars
Lockout Kishor Gordhandas Open metal padlock using 2 keys
Heart Lock Bits & Pieces Open metal heart-shaped lock w/ 2 keys
Smiley Lock Bits & Pieces Open wooden circular lock w 5 pegs
Lock Puzzle Bits & Pieces Wooden lock w 3 acrylic dials
Padlock Hanayama cast puzzle Take apart the meta padlock
The Captive Key Puzzle Makers Inter. Remove metal ring from the key (this is also a maze & route puzzle)
Einstein's Lock Professor Puzzle Open the wooden lock


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This page last updated on January 25, 2023.