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Karakuri Creation Group. A small company of talented craftsmen from Japan, led by Akio Kamei.
Karakuri means “trick” in Japanese, and thus the boxes they make are packed with creative tricks.
According to Kamei – “The trick box, which is opened by the effort of one person, can’t be opened if that person doesn’t enjoy humor”.
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Today is a day I will remember.
I am parting with a puzzle very dear to me, reminiscent of my first steps as a puzzler.
The Washington Monument, made and designed by Brian Young.
This is going to be a quick review of it, and a parting note.
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“Ooh, it makes me wonder”
-Led Zeppelin
How do you feel when you understand how little we all understand?
Is it a magical feeling of wonder, or a melancholy feeling of meekness?
Whatever the feeling may be, we can agree that it’s rare for an object to incur strong feelings like these. Almost… impossible, even.
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Everyone has their own preference, in every aspect of life.
As you’d expect, in puzzling it’s not different.
As long as we’re all individuals, there will always be more than one puzzler type.
But why does it matter to you?
What difference does it make if you know your puzzler type or not?
Well, there is a lot I have to say about this.
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“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results”
-Albert Einstein
When Einstein said this quote, it might be he was referring to Interlocking puzzles.
With them you might be trying the same things again and again, and without noticing – you’ll become insane.
But becoming insane will not help you solve Interlocking puzzles.
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Are you a master of planning ahead?
Combination puzzles are here to push your limits.
Also known as sequential movement puzzles, these contain numerous steps and problems to be solved before you fully complete them.
What this means is you’ll need to continuously assess new objectives and plan your way to achieve them.
They also can be a bit like chess. Sometimes you’ll need to make an unusual move by itself, as part of a bigger, intricate combination.
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How much time does it take to solve a 15$ puzzle?
5 minutes? 30? 2 hours? 5 hours?
Well usually that’s the case.
But how about never? Or after years?
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Some of you will find everything you need among take-apart puzzles.
These puzzles may have a simple look, but looks can be deceiving and your mind will need to find the hidden, tricky steps for the solution.
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Did you ever get lost?
In maze puzzles you will, many more times.
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When I asked puzzlers around the world about difficulties in getting started with puzzling – I found something surprising – for many puzzlers the hardest thing was finding places to buy puzzles. They saw puzzles they liked in YouTube videos but never knew where to buy them.
That’s why I decided to compile the best puzzle shops in one place for you.
You can save this page to your browser if you want to be able to find which shop is the best for your next purchase, in any budget or puzzle type, in a matter of seconds.
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