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Yamato Block Puzzle from 1940's occupied Japan

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Item Location: United States

$25.00

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d****f 234	$25.00	31.07.2025 19:55:23

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Vintage 1940's Yamato Block Puzzle from 1940's occupied Japan

The Yamato Block Puzzle is a Japanese made interlocking puzzle which comes in the original box from the late 1940's. Very difficult to find, this puzzle is a real brain teaser and an important part of puzzling history.

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Yamato Block Puzzle from 1940's occupied Japan

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$25.00

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Takarabako Puzzlebox by Rick Jenkins (Stickman apprentice)

BonBon by Frederic Boucher

(1995) Boxed Box by Bill Cutler / Jerry McFarland

3Q Cube (IPP25) by Takeyuki Endo / Chronos