Ten Billion (Ten Billion Barrel / Nintendo Tumbler Puzzle)

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Ten Billion

Ten Billion Barrel / Nintendo Tumbler Puzzle · Nintendo · 1980

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Rarity

Japan only

Why

It was released only in Japan; it’s rare in our markets, so we don’t set a rarity level. released only in the region JP, not in Europe - no lower than Uncommon. Estimate: exact units produced unknown.

Specs

Released: 1980
Type: toy

Description

The Nintendo Tumbler Puzzle, also known as the Ten Billion Barrel in English and originally tenbirion (テンビリオン) in Japanese, is a mathematical and mechanical puzzle. It is one of many mechanical toys invented by Gunpei Yokoi at Nintendo. It was released in 1980 under U.S. patent 4,376,537. The patent expired in March 1995 due to non-payment of a maintenance fee.

Describe the series or family, not just this item. Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Details from sources

Mechanical puzzle by Yokoi, US patent 4376537.

At a glance

Ten Billion: when was it released?: 1980

Data source: en.wikipedia.org

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