What's up Youtube? My name's Kenneth. Today we are going to talk about these awesome Hanayama puzzles.
These ones are actually a coworker's and he showed them to me and they're so cool!
So, let's get into 'em.
So this one is the Labyrinth puzzle and it's rated a level six, I think, from Hanayama.
Uh, and I found it to be extremely challenging. So basically what it is is you've got, uh, two knobs on here.
One up here and one back there and you have two mazes.
One on this side and one on this side. And so what you have to do is you have to make each one go through it's maze
so that it starts on the inside and ends up on the outside.
So you have to unlink these by going through the maze.
And anyway it's pretty challenging, it's really hard to concentrate on one side,
flip it over and then you instantly, you can't see the other side so you lose your place.
So, it becomes very challenging and I found it to be really fun to solve
so it took me a long time.
Um, I don't know maybe it'd be easier if you drew the maze out but I was constantly just
trying to get it out. Eventually I did. Um, yeah
and I found it to be really a fun and cool puzzle and like all the other Hanayama puzzles it's just a solid puzzle
it's very high quality, it's not like you're gonna bend it or something
Um, it's really great. So anyway, that is the Labyrinth puzzle.
And then also we have this one and this one is the vortex and this one has three, uh, kind of
uh, bent nails, I don't know what you would call it.
But, uh, they're all intertwined and they make this really nice, close to symmetrical shape when they're all together.
And your job is to take them all apart.
And this can be very difficult, it's even hard to get it out of this beginning kind of pattern
and eventually you get it to here
and you, you quickly lose your place and I found it to be very challenging.
Um, I and eventually I did get it apart and then I found it even more challenging to get it back.
And it's this really difficult, tedious challenge and one of the things is
each piece looks very similar but there's subtle differences in each one
And, uh, I found myself trying to take it apart and I think I'd be getting close and I would kind of get into these
areas where I thought I was close but then I couldn't get it apart.
And so there's like these dead ends in the solution.
And, uh, putting it back, same way, like it just took forever
but, uh, anyway now I feel like I've got a grasp on  it, I think I can take it apart and put it together again
you know, maybe five minutes or so.
Uh, but yeah, this one's really challenging. So they're both really challenging. To me, I found the Vortex
one to be more challenging than the maze one. Eventually it's a maze and you can kind just
if you're patient you can get it out.
Uh, but this one I felt like it was a lot harder so anyway, uh, I'm going to show you me solving them.
So if you don't want to see it, I'll have a 'spoiler in:' and you can see what time you can skip to
at the bottom so that you can, uh,  see the very end of the video.
Ah, anyway, let's start with the Labyrinth, let's take it apart.
Uh, basically I always start on this, this side here.
And, uh, I pretty much memorized the, uh, the path it takes.
To, uh, get it out.
So, the cool thing about this one is you actually have to pull
this one out of the rings, so it actually comes out and then
it has to go back in  before you can get the entire puzzle apart.
So, I think that that's really, kind of clever so here it is apart now.
So, the path it took on the top side was it came in through this hole
came out of this hole then back into this one and then out of that one.
So anyway it's pretty, uh, kind of a clever way to solve it or to, you know have a puzzle
like this, I found it to be really kind of fun.
So, uh, now you guys know how to do it, um and getting it back is a little bit more challenging again.
I don't know why I have trouble putting them back.
I have more trouble putting them back than I do  putting them together.
Ok, there we go, I got it back.
Ok, so let's do the Labyrinth or the Vortex, here's the Vortex.
So, it pops out.
And I'm not even going to show you guys how to, I'm just going to, I might not even show the whole thing cause it's really tedious.
Let's see.
So one of these pieces can skip over
the other.
It's hard to remember which one is which.
Aha!
Yeah, so this guy here can jump right over that piece and now it's gonna unlink a bit.
And then it doesn't get that much easier.
You want to get 'em all on the, kind of the, there are kind of two loops, I kind of think of them as  two loops
and you want to get 'em into the outer loops.
Let's see.
Ah, this one's so hard.
Right, so now all the inner loops are on the outside and they're only looped by these larger loops
and then you can find one that can come apart.
Argh,
(laughs)
There we go.
So now I've unlinked these ones and they come apart pretty easily now.
(laughs)
So there we go, I got these ones taken apart.
And now it's time to put them back together.
Haha, I got it back.
That takes forever.
And, uh, yeah, anyway this is very difficult but it's fun, right.  So  anyway
I think these puzzles are really cool, um, I'll put a link in the description where you can buy them.
Um, and, yeah, I think these Hanayama puzzles are pretty amazing.
Uh, they're pretty cool.
So anyway my coworker has a bunch more and then I have my own little collection I have as well.
So, uh, anyway I think they're really cool, these guys are really fun ones, um, I probably...
I don't know, I think I like them both, I like this one because it's kind of fun and clever and it's a maze
uh,  you know I can I probably do it in a minute or so. This one is very hard and very tedious so, uh, it's
exciting to get it done once but, uh, I don't know if I'll want to pick this one up again because it's so challenging
but I don't know, if that's your thing this one might be the one you like.
so, uh, anyway I think they're both really awesome and that's pretty much it. So I hope you guys enjoyed this video, thanks for watching.
And of course, have a great day!
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