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Twist Hanayama Cast Metal Puzzle

★★★★☆ 4.6 out of 5 · 266 owner ratings

$18⁹⁵

We cut Twist into a handful of parts. Hanayama's Twist brainteaser gives you no clues to the solution - and that's part of the fun. It travels in a pocket and refuses to be solved by force.

This elegant puzzle by puzzle designer Oskar van Deventer was formerly known as Snake Ball.
Using the grooves, slide the protrusions to separate the pieces of this complicated little puzzle.
After you separate the two-tone metal shape into its components, can you put it back together again?
Rated level 4 on our six-step ladder, so you know the sit before you start.
No force needed — if it will not move, the move is wrong.

Specification
Line	Hanayama Cast Metal Puzzle
Difficulty	Level 4 of 6
Owner rating	4.6 of 5
Finish	Cast metal

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★★★★☆Jeromy

Visually appealing, decently fun, not too difficult

This one looks good on the shelf. I was a bit let down by how straight forward it was, but some enjoy those ones. If I had been between this one and another one, I may have wished I got the other one, purely for a bigger challenge. Again, not a bad puzzle.

★★★★★Daniel Larson

Good replay value!

I've had this for a while and I've successfully taken it apart and put it back together many times...I just am not really sure how! I fiddle with it for a while, get it half way apart, then messing with it more, I end up putting it back to the starting position! This is NOT one of those puzzles that you will be able to take it apart and put it back together in seconds unless you really understand it completely, and after successfully solving it and re-assembling it, I still am not entirely sure how it's done. Maybe I'm just slow.... Anyway, it's a durable, attractive puzzle that you will enjoy for a long time.

★★★★★aguyinca

Confusing twists in plain sight.

The difficulty in this puzzle is keeping your frame of reference as the two pieces twist around each other, which makes solving and re-assembling very satisfying. Like all Hanayama puzzles no solution is provided, just a vague hint. There are you-tube videos available with solutions if you really need it, but I think it's much more fun to figure out the mechanisms yourself. Although the moving pieces can be dis-orienting, the mechanics at play can be seen in plain sight. I like this, some puzzles that have a hidden piece or feature feel a bit gimmicky once you discover the trick and solve it. This elegance gives the puzzle more re-useability in my opinion. I would say this puzzle should be a level 4 or 5 as I find it harder than higher level puzzles such as (square or spiral).