From pbeck@pica.army.mil Mon Mar 11 11:13:02 1991 Return-Path: Received: from FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL by life.ai.mit.edu (4.1/AI-4.10) id AA13397; Mon, 11 Mar 91 11:13:02 EST Date: Mon, 11 Mar 91 11:10:46 EST From: Peter Beck (LCWSL) To: kon@groundfog.stanford.edu Cc: cube-lovers@life.ai.mit.edu Subject: meffert Message-Id: <9103111110.aa20787@FSAC1.PICA.ARMY.MIL> SHORT ANSWER: Meffert's puzzle club is dead! MORE: Meffert is alive and is trying to get back into the puzzle business - if you want specific information Jerry Slocum, beverly hills has been in conatct with him. PUZZLE CLUBS, ETC.: 1 - the economics of a puzzle club is that well made puzzles (both from a design and engineering perspective) cost $20 and up. 2 - people interested in being current on whats happening in puzzles should subscribe to CFF, Puzzletopia and possible ARM (all have been discussed before) I have been busy but CFF#25 (silver aniverssary; cost $18) is 5 volumes plus vendor catalogs (bandelow, constatin) and encompassses the last 10 tears of puzzling around the world. SOME RETAIL PUZZLE SOURCES: cubes: peter beck, usa bandelow, germany constatin, germany other: bits & pieces kadon jon foolery science museum shops SOME WHOLESALE SOURCES: USA, PUZZLETTES USA, ISHI PRESS - JAPANESE PUZZLES USA, TUCKER-JONES TAVERN PUZZLES (what Bush does on way to camp david) UK, pentangle French, Arjeu SOME NEWER PUZZLES: magic cross, germany masterball, swiss rotos, german new rubiks, europe square one, milton bradley - in stores soon ** INTERNATIONAL PUZZLE PARTY (200+ worldwide attendees) 3/30/91 in LA. Admittance by invitation. FURTHER DISCUSSION REQUESTED.