Rotascope: not as easy as the Rubik's Cube.

United Kingdom 1980, brand Puzzle Pentangle, material plastic, cm 17x17x1

The Rotascope puzzle consists of three intersecting discs. As such it is similar to Trio, and the two-disc puzzles Turnstile and Rashkey. Unlike those puzzles however, the pieces are shaped so that they often prevent a disk from being moved. The puzzle is two-sided. One side always shows a picture of three interlocking rings (Borromean rings), but the design of the other side varies.

It can be considered a bandaged puzzle, closely related to the Bandaged cube, which was also invented by Raoul Raba. Raba named the puzzle Taquinoscope, but when it was manufactured by Pentangle it was given the name Rotascope.

Pentangle, later Pentangle Puzzles, was a British manufacturer and distributor of burr puzzles and other mechanical puzzles.It operated in the UK from 1971 until 2018. It was best known as the first company to distribute what became called “Rubik’s Cube” outside Hungary.

Step into nostalgia and engage your mind with the Rotascope, a testament to timeless play and the enduring allure of vintage puzzles.

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