Buscher Blocks

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	U. S. Patent 5,928,052
	"Not just another fancy cube!"

What Are "Buscher Blocks"?

"Buscher Blocks" are a set of seventy-eight interlocking blocks. I got a patent for them on July 27, 1999; but I have let the patent expire. I make the blocks from wood, usually Western Red Cedar, which is light and stable. I finish them with linseed oil and beeswax, and sell them for forty dollars a set. School fairs have been an important marketplace for me. I spread the blocks out on a big table, and put up "Please Play" signs. Kids and daring grownups accept the invitation. Some play for hours at a time.

What Can You Make with Them?

"Buscher Blocks" come assembled as the as the "fancy cube" shown on the right. That's the only way you can get them back into the box. (Don't worry - you get an instruction book that shows you how.) But there are more interesting things you can do with these blocks. Any kid will show you.

Little kids sometimes use just the flat blocks.

We bigger kids use the slot blocks, as well.

As an indication of the possibilities, here are three other ways to assemble the seventy-eight blocks.

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Yet another way:

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