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Many of them were made of wood, having been collected back in the days before plastic choked the environment.   Types I remember:

# "Chinese puzzle boxes" which would be opened by slightly sliding sequential sides
# Metallic / wood puzzles designed to be taken apart
# A wooden puzzle with a penny inside.  To this day (Aug 2012), we haven't solved it.
# A plastic puzzle called [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000BXFN4E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000BXFN4E&linkCode=as2&tag=keepusthelim-20 The Brain] which I eventually learned how to solve in about 20 seconds.