This is a multi-step, sequential discovery puzzle that isn’t so hard as to frustrate somebody to failure but nor is it so easy that you will breeze through it in 5 minutes. Regardless of whether you are purchasing this for somebody new to puzzles or a collector this is an absolutely amazing value. Occasional use of our Metal Puzzle Polishing Kit with a coat of Renaissance Wax will keep your metal puzzles in tip-top shape! Residual oil and salt from handling speed up the process and leave undesirable fingerprints. This puzzle is well complimented by the Brass Cannon puzzle.Īll metals tarnish over time. Houdini's Torture Cell is shipped unsolved, with a photographic solution enclosed. The focus of this puzzle is more on the puzzling aspect rather than a finely crafted expensive puzzle. Each puzzle has been inspected and is guaranteed to function well. There may be machining marks in the brass, and occasionally there might be a small hairline crack in the acrylic. This puzzle is not intended to be a high-end limited-availability puzzle.

No force, tapping, or banging is needed.īrian has supervised the manufacture from standard brass and acrylic stock. While not overly complicated, the solution is very clever and fun. Accomplishing this goal requires the discovery and use of tools.

The object is to release the steel ball from the cell. This version is an accurate factory-produced copy of that same puzzle. That wooden version has been sold out for many years and thus become quite collectible, usually only available at specialist auctions for quite high prices. The original wooden version of Houdini's Torture Cell was made for the 2011 International Puzzle Party, held in Berlin. The puzzle's theme celebrates Harry Houdini's first public performance of The Torture Cell at the Circus Busch in Berlin on 12th September 1912. Houdini's Torture Cell is Brian Young's award-winning Sequential Discovery take-apart design.

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