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H&H Hanayama Cast Metal Puzzle

★★★★☆ 4.7 out of 5 · 317 owner ratings
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H&H sits on the bench here as solid cast metal with a hidden movement inside. From the Manufacturer Challenge your problem-solving skills with "H & H," a new cast metal puzzle from Hanayama of Japan and BePuzzled. The halves part in one order only, and the order is the whole trick.

  • Gracefully curved, the metal pieces interlock to form a puzzle that gives both your fingers and your mind a workout.
  • Congratulate yourself when you discover the puzzle's secret - then get ready to put it all back together again.
  • Rated level 5 on our six-step ladder, so you know the sit before you start.
  • Small enough for a coat pocket, heavy enough to feel solved.
Specification
LineHanayama Cast Metal Puzzle
DifficultyLevel 5 of 6
Owner rating4.7 of 5
FinishCast metal

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★★★★★Will in Colorado

Great to fidget with, fun to solve

This has a great aesthetic and feel. As a fidgety person, I can see myself toying with it again and again. Difficulty will vary by person. I could tell pretty quickly that there were a couple fundamentals to how this puzzle works. I just brute forced it while on a Zoom call and managed to disassemble it in a few minutes, and put it back together in another 20 or so. Even if it's quick, it's satisfying. It can take a different kind of thinker longer. I have a couple other Hanayamas that I'm struggling with, and another the level 4 cylinder feels VERY close in difficulty to this level 5, for me. Personally I'd peg it at a level 3 or 4 on my own scale. I don't mind it being easier for me, it's just so much fun to handle. DAY TWO UPDATE: I can get it apart in just a couple minutes. I cannot get it back together completely! LOL. Loving it.

★★★★★Steven Stover

Not as difficult after you memorize the moves needed

The solution can be completed in about seven moves so its not terribly hard. It is tricky however to solve when you first attempt it since some of the moves needed are not so intuitive. Overall the construction is quite good and this is a very satisfying puzzle to play with.

★★★★☆Bret Myers

Like a maze

This is a neat looking puzzle and it has the right amount of "tease" to it. In other words, it seems, at first glance, to be simpler to solve than it actually is, but is not overly difficult. Like a maze, it has a few false trails. Nice little puzzle.

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