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1960s Sliding Tile Puzzles Fun, Flintstones sliding puzzle from the
1960s. Produced by Roalex, this puzzle is
by Larry LeMasters, valued at $40.
LeMasters’ Antique News Service out sliding puzzles based on popular
All Baby Boomers tiles are interlocked television cartoon characters, such
remember sliding to keep all tiles on the as the Flintstones. Today, a plastic
puzzles. Also known as board, forcing a player Flintstones sliding puzzle from the
sliding block puzzles or to complete the puzzle mid-1960s is valued at $40.
sliding tile puzzles, these by only sliding the tiles. Many plastic, sliding puzzles are
puzzles are combination Noyes Chapmen a mere 2.5 inches square; however,
puzzles that challenge invented the first there are larger puzzles. And there is
a player to slide pieces sliding puzzle in 1880. of a rage. One type of sliding puzzle no “average” price for sliding puzzles.
or tiles along certain Classic “fifteen puzzle” Chapman’s puzzle, that seemed to outsell all the others In many ways, sliding puzzles are a
routes to establish a produced by Toysmith called the “Fifteen was based on Seller’s market
pre-determined end and valued at $6. Puzzle,” is still one of forming words since a sliding
configuration. the most difficult with the tiles. puzzle from the
Sliding puzzles sliding puzzles to Companies such 1950s or ‘60s
are two-dimensional solve since it consist as Lingo, Scribe-O, was probably
in nature and of 15 numbered and Ro-Let made given away as a
consist of simple tiles (numbered word forming promotional toy
shapes, pictures, one to fifteen) and sliding puzzles. or, at best, might
colors, patterns, one empty space, Another popular have cost 15¢.
numbers, letters, or making the puzzle sliding puzzle Today, some of
characters. a 4 tile by 4 tile genre was cartoon these cheaply
Tiles or pieces square. character sliding Vintage, circa 1966, Green Hornet manufactured,
on sliding puzzles Ro-Let word-forming sliding Beginning in puzzles. Roalex sliding puzzle by Roalex, showing plastic toys sell
cannot be lifted puzzle, circa 1950s, the 1950s, plastic was an industry an “average solution time of 20 for hundreds of
from the playing that is valued at $10. sliding puzzles leader in this type minutes.” This mint conditioned dollars.
board since the became something of puzzle, turning puzzle is valued at $120.
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