cannonball

Cannon Ball Pyramid Puzzle

Cannonball was produced by Dave Jarnelle of Creative Crafthouse a family operation in Florida. The puzzle was made out of Raintree Wood, a sustainable wood from Thailand. It sold successfully for several decades.

Below are photos of my original 35 ball pyramid puzzle that was produced by Skor-Mor in 1973. One year before I was hired by iDeal Toy Company in NYC (who produced Rubic's Cube that year!)

It is an exceedingly difficult puzzle to assemble.

There are 7 unique shapes of 5 balls each.

Additionally, there was a booklet with silhouette shapes that you could match by assembling the pieces flat as outlines similar to Tangrams.

Here's a close-up of the box:

And, yes, that's a photo of me on the side taken in 1973. One year before Ideal Toy hired me to work in their Research & Development group. This was when they introduced Rubric's cube to the world. And, no, I did not shave my beard nor cut my hair for the job.

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