Curiosity shop from twin magicians Dan and Dave Buck with author Adam Rubin, run online and from a Brooklyn store on Atlantic Avenue that hides a small performance theatre behind the shelves. The puzzle side is tightly curated: Hanayama cast series, wire tanglements, impossible objects, optical toys, tangrams and designer puzzle boxes, sitting next to the playing cards the company is famous for. The shop publicly ended sitewide sales, pricing items at one steady figure instead of discount cycles, and ships worldwide from a warehouse in El Cajon, California.
Right for someone buying a present that must look as good as it plays, or for a collector of well designed objects rather than of mechanisms. Bargain hunters will be disappointed by the no discount policy, and anyone wanting hundreds of variants of the same burr will find the selection deliberately narrow.
Address: Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
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