Oskar Puzzles

Designs by Oskar_van_Deventer
Oskar Puzzles offers mechanical puzzles and objects that can only exist thanks to 3D printing technologies. All designed by M. Oskar van Deventer.  Since 1978, he has been creating hundreds of mechanical puzzles, making him one of the world's most prolific designers. Several of his innovative designs are commercially available, including Oskar's Cube, a metal maze cube that is completely hollow inside.

Check out Oskar's YouTube channel (Youku for China) for his latest creations or join his official fan club.

Order 3D-printed do-it-yourself puzzle kits from Shapeways at this page (and check with Oskar about screws and stickers), or contact Oskar directly if you want to buy a fully dyed, assembled and stickered puzzle.

Oskar_van_Deventer is selling 163 products in Twisty Puzzles section

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Big Boulder is a blatant case of twisty puzzle extremism. 1 core, 60 centers, 140 corners and a whopping 150 edges. That is a lot of pieces. And to...
 
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Swap Cube are five 2x2x2 Rubik's Cubes in a frame. Each of the cubes can be scrambled individually. But the cubes can also swap pieces by turning t...
 
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JumblePrism is an idea by Bram Cohen. It is a twisty puzzle like Rubik's Cube, but using on a triangular prism. Because of this odd geometry, the p...
 
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From one side, Floppy 3x3x3 looks like a Rubik's Cube. But it isn't. When you turn the faces of this puzzle, it gets scrambled in quite unexpected ...
 
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Floppy 2x2x3 is a tribute to Katsuhiko Okamoto's brilliant and award-winning Floppy Cube. Floppy 2x2x3 works like a normal 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, but ...
 
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Floppy 2x2x2 is a tribute to Katsuhiko Okamoto's brilliant and award-winning Floppy Cube. Floppy 2x2x2 works like a normal 3x3x3 Rubik's Cube, but ...
 
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Half Turn Cube is a Rubik's Cube that only allows half turns. This makes it a different puzzle that is easier to solve. It was contrived by Takafum...
 
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Oh Cube is a twisty puzzle, similar to Rubik's Cube. However, it turns in some strange way, turning around corners and pieces sliding under and ove...
 
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Split Hex is a twisty puzzle with forty squares and eight triangles. The puzzle has two hexagonal cross-sections and one four-fold symmetry. It is ...
 
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Framed Cube is a hollow 4x4x4 Rubik's Cube with a visible 2x2x2 Rubik's Cube inside. So you do not only have to solve the outer surface, but the in...
 
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Gerardo's Cube is a Rubik's Cube without edges. The suggestor and name giver of this puzzle is an active contributor to the Twisty Puzzles Forum. H...
 
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Big Chop is a twisty puzzle like Rubik's Cube. It was named by Bram Cohen. The object of the puzzle is tor scramble the 120 pieces and try to turn ...
 
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PantaCube was inspired by the Cubedron puzzle, which was designed by Pantazis Houlis. As a tribute to Pantazis' work, I call the puzzle PantaCube....
 
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Twisty Tree is a fractal twisty puzzle. Any leaf can change place with any other leaf after some turns. Watch the YouTube video Read at the Shapew...
 
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Fractal Cube is a twisty puzzle, related to Rubik's Cube. When solved, it is completely flat. While scrambling and solving, it swivels in all direc...
 
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AntiCube was suggested by Jason Smith. It has the geometry of a square antiprism. Some fudging was needed to make everything fit. This twisty puzzl...
 
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Oskar had his head 3D scanned. The eight pieces should be glued around a 2x2x2 Rubik's Cube with 24 mm edges (12 cm cubies). You may buy the inner...
 
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Polo Cube is an idea by Alex Polonsky. This innovative twisty puzzle combines a sliding 2x2x2 with a twisting 2x2x2. Watch the YouTube video Read...
 
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Crazy Six is a twisty puzzle, related to Rubik's Cube. It looks like a 6x6x6, but with some circular faces. When turning, the faces seem strangely ...
 
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Gift Pyramid is a pyramid-shaped twisty puzzle that can be taken apart when solved. It has a little spherical cavity that can contain a small objec...
 
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Geary Cube is a Rubik's Cube with gears inside. This way, opposite sides always turn in opposite direction. As a result, the cube always displays n...
 
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This puzzle has nine cubes moving through a frame. The object is to get all colors right.The design is inspired by an idea from Bram Cohen, hence t...
 
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CAUTION, THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE PUZZLE. Frank Tiex and Carl Hoff suggested that I build plugs to enable shape-modding of Minimal Twist. These are t...
 
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This puzzle has seven cubes moving through a frame. The object is to get all colors right. The design is an idea by Bram Cohen, hence the name of t...
 
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Crazy Comet is a twisty puzzle related to Rubik's Cube. This one is based on a rhombododecahedron. Additional info for twisty-puzzle experts: Crazy...
 
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Dino Cube is a classic cube design from the 1980's, designed by ... Watch the YouTube video. Please contact Oskar directly if you are interested ...
 
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Unlucky Twist is a 1x2x13 twisty puzzle, related to the Rubik's Cube. It is a tribute to Ola Jansson, who found a telescopic mechanism to create ex...
 
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Grid Cube is a twisty puzzle, related to the Rubik's Cube. It has many unusual rotations and a fractal structure. Watch the YouTube video Read at t...
 
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Mixup 2x3x3 was suggested by Eric Vergo. It is a 2x3x3 twisty puzzle, similar to the classic "Rubik's Domino" puzzle. However, this puzzle has an a...
 
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Artistic Cube is a hollow Master Skewb. Half of the pieces are solid, whereas the other half can be looked through. The results is a playful puzzle...
 
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Slidey 2x2x2 is a sliding pieces puzzle with 24 sliding pieces around a spherical core. Unlike regular sliding pieces, this one does not have a fre...
 
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This puzzle was sponsored by Ray Stanton. --- It has three cubes moving through a frame. The object is to get all colors right. The design is an id...
 
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Mixup 3x3x4 is a 3x3x4 twisty puzzle of which all centers and edges can be interchanged. This results in some unexpected shape shifting. Sixteen sm...
 
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Sliding Cube is a 2x2x2 cube with 23 tiles sliding around the cube. As the square tiles can slide over edges, they can change orientation. This mak...
 
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Icosaix is a face-turning icosahedron twisty puzzle. Previous versions by Jason Smith and Bob Hearn worked well, but showed many tiny pieces at the...
 
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Futtminx is a tribute to the brilliant Tuttminx design by Lee Tutt, and mass produced by Leslie Lee / VeryPuzzle. The hexagonal faces of the origin...
 
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Oskar Puzzles offers mechanical puzzles and objects that can only exist thanks to 3D printing technologies. All designed by M.Oskar van Deventer.

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