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Congrats Allard and ditto (to the review that is)...

The puzzle was designed by Endre Pap in 1982 in Hungary. There are other rotating bead/column puzzles that may pre-date this puzzle but I believe this is the first using gradient colours. There were many bead puzzles produced in hungary in the 1980s including the Hungarian Rings also made by this de...

You won't be disappointed it is a lovely little puzzle, a design classic that spawned a thousand clones.

Hadem, of the two puzzles you mentioned the Tower of Babylon is a better challenge since the beads need to be arranged by colour gradient as well as column. This would be a good travel puzzle choice and it is the best of these type of puzzles IMHO.

Stafford appears to be located in the postal 'Black Triangle'. Either that or there is some sort of negative time dilation at work! What sort of evil is at work in Staffordshire... does anyone know?

Which patent, there are a few links off the page given? You're not touting for business are you maztec?

Concealed Maze Patents...

http://www.patsnap.com/patents/view/US3819187.html

Cylindrical 3D Maze

This one's controversial... Moby Maze

Cylindrical Puzzle Box