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Pocket Mazes

Anonymous Mon 13 Jun 2016 17:44:10 No.5731466 View View Reply Original Report

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/toy/ I know this is irregular, but I need your help

I'm looking for some particularly rare Melissa & Doug toys, 'Pocket Mazes'. Specifically I'm looking for

Going Up? (Pictured)
and
Gridlock (To be Pictured)

Does anyone have any information on where to buy them for a reasonable, or even unreasonable, price?

Also Pocket Mazes in general thread, I suppose.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 13 Jun 2016 17:44:48 No.5731467 Report

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>The only image I can find of Gridlock

Anonymous

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Anonymous Mon 13 Jun 2016 21:49:33 No.5731883 Report

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I'd rather play pocket pool.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 14 Jun 2016 04:59:37 No.5732706 Report

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Pocket Maze Bump

Bubble Burst is kinda simple, you have to put all the balls in their divots, but it has little fish in there to mess you up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 14 Jun 2016 05:51:32 No.5732811 Report

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>>5731883
Pool is evil! Promotes degeneracy!!!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 14 Jun 2016 18:22:11 No.5733505 Report

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Castle Rescue is the Dark Souls of Pocket Mazes!

A simple 'guide the ball through the maze' labyrinth, I think this one may be close to my least favourite because the holes that you use to get to the different 'zones' require jostling the maze or standing it on an end instead of just sliding through.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 15 Jun 2016 00:42:26 No.5734085 Report

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Crazy Commute

One of the rarer Pocket Mazes, Crazy Commute is simple enough, you move the cars to their proper homes without doing something retarded like having them be upside-down.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 15 Jun 2016 05:11:24 No.5734507 Report

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Lighthouse Rally

It's a simple 'Move the Ball, Don't Fall' but there are clear walls and divots to throw you off. Not bad, but not exceptional, either.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 16 Jun 2016 16:34:37 No.5737145 Report

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Log Jam

A simple maze of logs you have to traverse to get to the end (which leads to the beginning, which is nice). It's more interesting that this is one of two mazes that has been 'ripped off' by an Australian design company.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 17 Jun 2016 02:40:37 No.5738073 Report

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Going to bed bump, please, any info helps!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 04:06:40 No.5740407 Report

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Meteor Maze

Simple 'Move Ball to Exit' with divots and holes to avoid while going along the path. Seems like a prototype for Lighthouse Rally, but I'm not sure which came out first...

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 09:20:06 No.5740804 Report

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interesting, i've never seen these before

they look cool though, can understand the nostalgia

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 11:15:01 No.5740881 Report

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>>5733505

I have this one... it's true.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 18 Jun 2016 12:53:39 No.5740959 Report

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>>5740407
This appears to have a ramp in the starting corner instead of just a hole.

Though it could be a later revision.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 19 Jun 2016 02:02:03 No.5742108 Report

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>>5740959

This is true! I suppose that means the Meteor Maze probably came out later, after they learned that Ramp > Hole. Good catch!

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 19 Jun 2016 02:03:49 No.5742115 Report

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Skate Park Challenge

This one is simple enough, 'Get the Ball to the end' with some jumps and enough of a slant that you can fall off the edge. Though the rails more or less keep you safe.

This one is interesting in that it's double the width of the other pocket mazes, probably to make more room for the skating.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 07:22:11 No.5744235 Report

Quoted By: >>5744249 >>5744679

You ever just try to make them yourself?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 07:32:24 No.5744249 Report

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>>5744235
I've never seen these but I'm kind of interested. Does anyone remember the old Mario Kart toys from Taco Bell? They had a pretty cool ball maze shaped like a N64 controller.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpaVp-MEE3o

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 16:03:12 No.5744679 Report

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>>5744235

I thought about that, but the exact mechanics of the mazes are unknown to everyone that I've talked to. Even the 'best guess' for Gridlock was 'Yeah, it was like, a car, in some kind of maze?' and that was from the company itself!

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 16:04:28 No.5744680 Report

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>>5744249

Heck yeah, man! I've been trying to get one of the Starfox ones, but they're particularly rare these days as well. They go up for auction on occasion but I don't want to pay 80 bucks for it, y'know?

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Anonymous Mon 20 Jun 2016 16:10:20 No.5744689 Report

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Snake Slide

This one is simple enough, just guide all the balls from the 'start' divot around the maze back to the same divot on the other side. There are small obstacles, but this is one of the simpler ones. Also ripped off by an Australian design team... I think.

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Anonymous Wed 22 Jun 2016 03:37:58 No.5748050 Report

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Tricky Train

Easily the hardest of the pocket mazes by a large margin, Tricky Train is a bastard wrapped in a bitch and tossed together with a cunt to solve. In and of itself it is simple. 'Get the pieces into the right slot'.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 23 Jun 2016 20:15:37 No.5751417 Report

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Water Works

Guide the balls (There are two) through the clear plastic maze from Start to Finish. Simple, but alright.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 26 Jun 2016 00:47:47 No.5756188 Report

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Page 10 Bump, will show off some non-m&d pocket mazes after I get up tomorrow.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 26 Jun 2016 09:30:13 No.5756747 Report

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'Handheld Labyrinth'

Goes by many names, and has many shapes, but these are mostly based off of the wooden labyrinth that most puzzles like this are inspired by. I don't own this one, but it's not hard to find about 800 on ebay.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Jun 2016 03:17:20 No.5758063 Report

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Is OP still here?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Jun 2016 03:30:01 No.5758088 Report

Quoted By: >>5758923

Any way until he gets back

Hey OP!
A friend of mine knows a little about the two games you are asking about.
He said gridlock is a simple move the "ball" to the end the ball being a car with obstacles in the way like construction or other cars. He also said that it was part of a two pack that most people didn't buy. (Take that for what you will)
And going up is the same only the elevators are blocking the path.
He claims to have one of them, I'll keep you updated

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 27 Jun 2016 14:52:27 No.5758923 Report

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>>5758088

That's awesome, anon, thank you!

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Anonymous Mon 27 Jun 2016 15:08:24 No.5758956 Report

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Overpass

Moving on to Mr Puzzle.au puzzles, I have a feeling that they have the same designer, or have just grabbed 'popular' designs and cribbed them. Either way, this is like Skate Park Challenge (and additionally like a Six Flags made Wooden Maze) except instead of solid plastic it has wooden slats lined up.

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Anonymous Wed 29 Jun 2016 00:25:37 No.5762193 Report

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Mass Confusion

Another 'M&N Like', this one is trying to emulate Snake Slide, but without the divots to 'finish' and the ones to avoid. Pretty basic stuff without the theming.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Thu 30 Jun 2016 03:33:37 No.5764217 Report

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Log Jam

Just like the other one, once again (sensing a pattern?) except the pieces in the middle are different shapes. This is the last of the 'Copycat Series' leaving 2 more originals.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 30 Jun 2016 03:34:57 No.5764220 Report

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>>5764217

To be fair, I actually like that the 'start' is the same as the 'finish' for play on this one. It's an interesting solution to the 'We can't put in a sub-section' problem.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 01 Jul 2016 23:06:55 No.5767901 Report

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The Line Up

This one is pretty straightforward. 'Get the Balls in the Slots at the same time' but the result might be a bit more challenging than it seems. Looks interesting, for a non M&D type.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 04 Jul 2016 04:03:04 No.5772083 Report

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Waiting on anon to come back. Here's hopin...

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