Good Travel Puzzle?

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Good Travel Puzzle?

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Thought I would get everyone's opinion for a good travel puzzle. I will be traveling shortly and would like some sort of puzzle for the plane trip (nearly 24 hours in total on a plane). Being that I need to take it with me traveling it needs be smaller. I would guess that someone would suggest the Cast puzzles but I already have a few of those and would like something different.

I have found the Eni puzzle and the Tower of Babel/Babylon and the both look like they might be good travel puzzles. I think they might be a bit easy to solve once you have the hang of it but I guess almost any puzzle is after the Revomazes! :lol: Right now I am torn between the two. Anyone have either of these two puzzles?

Any thoughts and/or suggestions? Thanks!
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Re: Good Travel Puzzle?

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What's wrong with a revomaze?, too heavy?......obsession?
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Re: Good Travel Puzzle?

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I only have the blue and green and I have opened them both already. That and I don't want to try to take them through TSA/customs.
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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.
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Check out 'Rush Hour' by Thinkfun. That should keep you amused for a plane journey. Plus you can get expansions for it too! :)
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y2khappens wrote:What's wrong with a revomaze?, too heavy?......obsession?
Try reading this one y2k:
http://www.revomaze.co.uk/phpBB3/viewto ... ?f=7&t=322
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I never go anywhere without a trusty rubik cube :lol:
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mhuti wrote: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.
I was leaning towards the Tower of Babylon for that exact reason. I guess there is an Eni puzzle that has numbers on the pieces but I can't find it for sale on any website. It looks like the Tower of Babylon moves a little nicer too. If anyone has an iPhone (or other iOS device) and you want to try a puzzle like this, check out Twistrix. It's free!
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y2khappens wrote:What's wrong with a revomaze?, too heavy?......obsession?
Try reading this one y2k:
http://www.revomaze.co.uk/phpBB3/viewto ... ?f=7&t=322
Exactly. That and an airplane isn't a great spot for trying to precisely move the Revomaze. Bumps and whatnot make it pretty difficult to get around that corner slowly. :lol:
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Psst. http://cgi.ebay.com/RARE-Tower-Babel-Ne ... 1c1bc953b6

Same puzzle, I've had good luck with this guy, and it's half the price :)
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Nice find! I have never bought anything off of eBay before. This might have to be my first purchase. Thanks for the link!

Edit: I bought the Tower Of Babel from PuzzleProz! Thanks again for the link!
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