![]() ![]() The puzzle is to then work out how to use them to solve it. " The puzzle has been presented in such a way that most elements of the puzzle are visible to you. Apart from the spinning of the plinth and the rolling ball bearing there seems to be no other moving parts. On top sits a perspex "chamber" (like Houdini's tank) in which there is a steel ball bearing rolling around freely and a wooden Houdini inverted into it. It consists of a wooden podium (which can spin) 47mm square and 25mm high. ![]() I just love these! There are lots of magnets in the puzzle but no violent behaviour is necessary to solve it. To do that you need to discover the tools and work out how to use them - hence this is a unique type of puzzle, a sequential discovery puzzle. ![]() In fact the presentation card has a copy of the original poster from that show. The object of the puzzle is to free Houdini from the Torture Cell - he is hanging upside down within the puzzle, just like in his real trick. This puzzle was designed specifically for IPP31 in Berlin, it celebrates Harry Houdini’s first public performance of The Torture Cell at the Circus Busch in Berlin in 1912. This is apparently one small part inside the utterly amazing and drool-worthy Opening Bat puzzle which I am thinking about (I am even considering starving for a month so I can pay for it!) This is made by Brian Young (aka Mr Puzzle) in Australia and is also available from his site. After the usual amount of salivating over more stuff that I can't really afford (if you look back over this blog - you will see that I have spent some serious cash this year!!!) I decided to add the Houdini's Torture Cell to the my existing order. (It is odd that I hear voices, I know, but I'm used to it!)Īt the beginning of October, freshly back from his recent trip to the Berlin International Puzzle Party, Wil Strijbos sent out an email saying he had a few toys to sell. "If it's easy then surely you won't like it much!" Today I am going to review one of my favourite puzzles so far and I will start by saying that it is EASY! ![]()
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