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Euklid for Nick

I'm "mixing it up" here at Boxes and Booze this week, with a surprise "Special Edition" of "Packing and Potions" in honor of that legend of logic, the duke of dissection, the grand poobah of puzzles, his royal highness of hi-jinks, yes, the one and only, Nick Baxter.

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Tumbler

I’m flush with excitement about introducing this new designer to the world of puzzles and puzzle boxes. He’s got a pair, no, three of a kind of special puzzle design he invented during the quarantine downtime that are quite magical. Get them all and you’ll have a full house of clever items. Ok, let me get straight to the point here – these puzzles are aces.

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Sea Chest

Neverfear! I’ve just the thing for you, my boisterous Buccaneers, a treasure chest plundered by the Corsairs straight from Davey Jones Locker. How they came to acquire it, we shall never know, as dead men tell no tales.

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Turing Box

“The difference between a cow and a bean is a bean can begin an adventure!” - Stephen Sondheim, Into the Woods

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Siesta

There is more refreshment and stimulation in a nap, even of the briefest, than in all the alcohol ever distilled – Ovid

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Ansel

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. – Ansel Adams

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Lock Box

Do you like a box that locks?

Do you like a lock like box?

Yes, I like a box that locks

Yes, I like a lock like box

Yes, I like a lock like box that looks like lock of box that locks

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Side Swiper

After investing so much time poring over the classics from twenty years ago it’s time for something new and refreshing. And speaking of investing, you can take this one to the bank. Or rather, from the “bank” – the Hughbank.

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Donay Bottle

“I never see the glass half empty because I drink out the bottle” - Ellen DeGeneres

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Puzzle Balls

The “puzzle ball” is certainly one of the oldest known examples of a puzzling object. These ivory spheres were hand carved, with freely moving inner spheres nesting one inside the other.

A spirited journey through the world of collectible artisan puzzles