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No other revolving maze beats a RevoMaze. But who are those others?

I have come across quite a few revolving maze puzzles, and thought it would be fun to share these with you.
Please feel free to add more revolving maze puzzles that you may know of.

Blind Labyrinth
- black (plastic or alumnium?) sleeve with a pin, around an aluminium shaft with engraved maze
- 2 versions are sold by http://www.sloyd.fi (1A and 1C)

Doolorinth series
- colored plastic sleeve with engraved maze, around a (same) colored shaft with pin
- produced by CorToys around 1995, in 6 colors (plus white)
- no longer produced, but some colors are still available

Dael 'O Ring series
- colored plastic sleeve with engraved maze, around a black shaft with pin
- successor of the Doolorinth, improved puzzle experience due to:
--> 'quick reset' mechanism allows moving from finish to start in a straight line
--> the hollow shaft contains a metal spring to add weight to the puzzle
- 6 colors will be produced, 2 are released to date.
- sold in Dutch toy shops and at http://www.pienterepuzzels.nl

Thunderstick
- white plastic sleeve with two(!) pins, around a (brass?) shaft with engraved maze
- the maze is a simple pattern, with blockages added afterwards to make it a labyrinth
- halfway through, one pin shall drop out of the sleeve to allow completion of the maze
- only a few were produced, by Wil Strijbos in 1982, and given to famous puzzle collectors. Jerry Slocum gave the puzzle it's name 'Thunderstick'
(Photograph shows the puzzle in Will's collection )

Japanese revolving maze keyring series
- transparent plastic sleeve with engraved maze, around colored plastic shaft with pin.
- about 8 cm long (my guess), with keyring attached.
- seen in the collection of Wil Strijbos, maybe available in Japan?
- a picture and more info may be added after another visit to Wil.

Ok Louis you've teased us enough... where is the photo of Wils puzzle?

It's there. After a failed attempt to post it all at once I had to re-type the whole post. I then chose to submit the text first and add the pictures later. I regret not having time to take pictures of the Japanese ones, they looked nice in semi-transparent orange/green/pink/yellow colors.
Wil was very keen on his maze puzzle, he said it even had a trap in it.

Don't forget the Cooksey Maze and Oskar's Cooksey Tribute Maze Set (A to F)

Cylindrical Puzzle Box

This one's controversial... Moby Maze

Cylindrical 3D Maze

Concealed Maze Patents...

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

Mhuti they are great to see.

I like the wooden dumbbell maze

Interesting to see that patent, good to see that it is no longer valid. Too bad it was very poorly written.