You may notice that I have two different copies of this awesome puzzle and of course Juno was kind enough to allow me to purchase a sale copy after winning the ‘test version’ that was listed on his eBay auction with half of the sale proceeds from this auction going to saving Marsupials in Australia.
The cool aspect of these puzzles are the embedded magnets that occasionally attract at seemingly random move counts in the solve process, it really is a lot of fun, and of course with the high move count is incredibly difficult to remember your previous steps.
This puzzle sold out within days of its release and its not hard to see why, Juno puts his superior design skills and masterful craftsmanship into all of his wonderful puzzles!
Here’s Juno’s Description from Pluredro
Although the puzzle consists of only four pieces, it requires 38 moves to remove the first piece from the assembled shape. The movements required to assemble and disassemble the puzzle are so complex that it is quite difficult to comprehend whether you are moving forward or backwards. The key of such high level burr is the stepped shape of the pieces. This feature also made the assembled shape of the puzzle more attractive.
Eight magnets are used to keep the puzzle stabilized when it is assembled. Without the magnets, each piece would be free to move, and the puzzle would tend to become unstable. When the puzzle is assembled and you come close to the goal, the magnets attract pieces together and it will give you a good feeling. The magnets are all set 0.1 to 0.2 mm below the surface of the piece, so there is no chance the magnets accidentally come loose.
As you can see in the images, one of the pieces has an arc-shaped internal checkout. It gives you a pathway for a genuine rotational movement so that the puzzle can be solved only by theoretically possible movements. Since we usually take off almost all the sharp corners of our puzzle products, the actual puzzle can be solved by cheating by giving a rotational movement using the L-shaped space. We hope you could solve the puzzle in a genuine way.”
Test Version Description:
“When you win the auction, you get the puzzle shown in the images on this page. The puzzle is test version and it may have marks of mending, chip-outs, and hairline cracks on the consisting parts. Furthermore, unlike the product version, the pieces are made of solid wood and will break easily if not handled gently.
A half of the sales of the puzzle will be donated to the Save the Bilby Fund to save the precious marsupial of the Australian outback.”
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