A set of 3 beautifully crafted metal brain teasers.
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HOW WE GOT HERE

Puzzles and brain teasers are a niche industry that very few people know much about. At Puzzle Master we want to change that! In our first Kickstarter campaign in 2019 we brought you Lattice, Dirty Dozen & Slideways. In response to the overwhelming backing we got from YOU during the first campaign we are now offering three more puzzles that we think are truly mind-bending, Total Eclipse, Quintus Extreme & The Skull. This campaign is the next step in our mission to introduce more people to the wonderful world of puzzles & brain teasers.

We feel that these three beautiful puzzles are so uniquely designed and constructed that they will model for you just a piece of the beauty and intrigue out there in the world of puzzles and brain teasers. Quintus Extreme and Total Eclipse are made by injecting metal into a mold and are then plated. The skull is made from an 1/8 inch sheet of steel that is then cut by a wire with electricity being run through it. It is because of these processes and the metal used that the puzzles are extremely elegant, decorative and durable.

THE PUZZLES

DIFFICULTY LEVEL – Level 9, on a difficulty scale of (easy) 5 – 10 (hard)

OBJECTIVE – Disassemble and Reassemble the pieces

MADE FROM – Brass and Nickel Plated Metal

DIMENSIONS – 2.5 x 2.5 inches/6.5 x 6.5 cm

Total Eclipse is designed by the world famous puzzle designer, Oskar van Deventer. It is a unique looking puzzle that reminded us of a solar eclipse. Oskar did an amazing job with making a puzzle that looks like no other puzzle. You will find that taking the puzzle apart is not as difficult as putting it back together but both will challenge you. It is an excellent puzzle to test your creativity.

DIFFICULTY LEVEL – Level 10, on a difficulty scale of (easy) 5 – 10 (hard)

OBJECTIVE – Disassemble and Reassemble the pieces

MADE FROM – Brass Plated Metal

DIMENSIONS – 2.75 x 2.75 x 0.125 inches/7 x 7 x 0.3 cm

Quintus Extreme is another puzzle that is designed by world famous Dutch puzzle designer Oskar van Deventer, based on a puzzle-ring concept by Bram Cohen. At first glance it looks quite simple but is in fact one of the hardest puzzles that we have ever made! The design of Quintus Extreme is similar in concept to traditional puzzle ring designs from Turkey. These Turkish puzzle rings are elaborate designs that can be made up of as little as three interconnected bands and as many as 12 or more. This puzzle is very easy to take apart. Give it a shake and it falls apart in your hand. But be warned that the reassembly is stunningly hard – so hard in fact that we think there are only a select few people in the world who can put it back together without assistance. So be prepared to be challenged!

DIFFICULTY LEVEL – Level 10, on a difficulty scale of (easy) 5 – 10 (hard)

OBJECTIVE – Disassemble and Reassemble the pieces

MADE FROM – Stainless Steel Metal

DIMENSIONS – 2.75 x 2.38 x 2.0 inches/7.0 x 6.05 x 5.08 cm

The designer Jerry Loo, from Singapore designed the Skull puzzle to be the kind of puzzle that you see once in a lifetime. Consisting of 67 pieces it will take 116 moves to solve and is a puzzlers dream. This is a puzzle that everyone will want in their collection. Do you have that person in your life that can solve any puzzle and needs a challenge, well this is for them. This may be one of the most demanding puzzles that you will ever attempt.

You may remember Jerry Loo’s two other puzzles from our first Kickstarter campaign, Lattice and Dirty Dozen.

The Skull’s 67 pieces

The Skull partially assembled

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The goal of each of the puzzles in this collection is to take them from the assembled state with the pieces together, to the disassembled state where the pieces are apart from each other and then back again.

It is hard to believe that such a simple concept can be so entertaining. These puzzles will give your brain a real workout. Your will need to work out creative and alternative methods of solving as you journey to the final solution for each.