Cast Cylinder

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★★★★★
Saturday January 10th Anonymous wrote,
This puzzle is absolutely fantastic, and not super difficult either. If you just go by feel and listen, it is most definitely a level 8. I don’t quite understand why, but this seems a lot harder for certain people. there are so many reviews saying it should be level 10, but it seems to be a level 8 unless you rush and/or brute force it. Very recommended
★★★★★
Tuesday December 30th flow wrote,
This is a great puzzle. it feels good, its easy enough to manipulate, and its fun to find the path to disassembly. once it is apart, its pretty obvious how it works, and I found it simple to put back together, but the challenge of opening it, even when the mechanism is known, is fairly entertaining. easily one of the best.
★★★★
Monday September 22nd DonB! wrote,
The internal movement is very creative. However, it doesn't seem to draw me back to try it again and again like some other Hanayama puzzles. It takes me about 15 minutes to take it apart and about 15 to put it back together.
★★★★★
Monday May 8th Ben wrote,
I really liked this puzzle, it honestly took me a lot longer than the average level 8, putting it back together is tricky!
★★★★★
Friday January 8th Aleksey wrote,
It is my favorite puzzle. It's very pleasant to twist in your hands, everything is smooth, very. It was not difficult to disassemble, she practically fell apart in my hands. But when it came time to assemble it - it became a real hard :) Highly recommend, a cool puzzle!
★★★★★
Thursday April 2nd griffin wrote,
i own allot of hanayama puzzles and i can say this is one of and if not the hardest in the series,the fact that you cant even see inside the puzzle to know the trick until your finished is crazy,has taken me one to two hours to solve and have not been able to put it back together.i think it is a great puzzle but should be one level higher:)
★★★★★
Monday March 30th Ben wrote,
This puzzle is awesome! It’s one of those puzzles where it’s easy to take apart but hard to put back together. Overall I do agree that this is a level 8 puzzle and I believe it shouldn’t take people to long to solve.
★★★★★
Saturday November 16th Dominick F. wrote,
Pretty fun to disassemble, yet challenging to reassemble. Should be a 9 or a 10, as it's probably more difficult than some lvl 10s.. Love it :)
★★★★★
Wednesday May 29th Kegen wrote,
Pretty confusing at first but I think it was more fun trying to get it back together. It took about an hour and a half to two hours.
★★★★★
Wednesday January 16th Phillip wrote,
I got it apart fairly quickly, less than 10 minutes, but had to put it down before I could attempt to re assemble. By the time I got back to it I couldn’t remember the steps exactly and spent the next 2 hours convinced that it went in a certain order. Almost gave up and cheated but decided “one more go”. changed my thinking and had it back together in 2 minutes. Thoroughly enjoyed this puzzle. Looking forward to solving EQUA next.........then NEWS.
★★★★★
Tuesday November 13th Kevin McCarthy wrote,
Very well made, and very smooth solution and movement. I would suggest buying this puzzle if you have not already! Take your time, use gravity in the begining, and enjoy!
★★★★★
Friday October 26th Tim wrote,
I now have 7 Hanayamas, and this one is my favorite. While working toward the solution, I had several moments of laughter as things that I didn't think should be possible happened. I didn't have the trouble a lot of folks had putting it back together, but that may just be based on how I came to my solution? Regardless, even having it open, it still took a few more times before really understanding. This puzzle and Padlock are my favorites so far because there's a kind of language you learn as you're working with the pieces. Cylinder even more so because everything is happening internally. Plus when together its compact, solid, and fits in a pocket if you want - great puzzle!
★★★★★
Tuesday March 22nd luxige wrote,
Very challenging and nicely made. Even as it begins to open up, much of the inner workings remain hidden. I might even rate the difficulty one level higher. Recommended.
★★★★★
Thursday December 25th Drillmaster wrote,
Good!!!
★★★★★
Thursday July 3rd Glynn Edward Breuer, Ph.D. wrote,
Already a personal favorite. This puzzle is well made, and fun to handle. The solution does not come without a bit of study, as it is fairly easy to get apart, but a bit more difficult to re-assemble. The suggestion from the dealer to consider it similar to opening a safe is a good description of the type of moves that are necessary. Consider that there are only twelve possible combinations of the outer rings, as each has twelve notches, and the beginning of the solution can be seen. Then it gets tricky, because careful shifting of the rings in relation to inner pieces become necessary. If you like puzzles like Enigma, Equa, H&H, Marble and Vortex, you will want this one in your collection. Fun to simply hold in the hand as a work of art.
★★★★★
Sunday February 23rd Shaggy wrote,
What a nice little puzzle! I think it is very similar to "Cast Nutcase". It seems there is not strictly one solution, due to the symmetry of two pairs of the pieces. I also solved it once, but had difficulties on my second go. After it, however, I figured out what should be done. I do not recommend it to people with weak nerves, though.
★★★★★
Saturday November 2nd Andrew Parr wrote,
I recommend Cast Cylinder because the design gives you absolutely no hint on how to open the puzzle. I fiddled around with it for about 30 minutes before I got the first "move." It didn't take too long after that to get it completely apart. Getting it back together might be a little more difficult.

Cast Cylinder

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