Cast News from Hanayama - Review

You might need a compass to take the Cast News puzzle apart. Don't lose your bearings as you solve this cast metal puzzle from Hanayama. To understand you need to watch this review.

Puzzle Master is a Canadian distributor of a large assortment of disentanglement puzzles, wood puzzles, cast puzzles, metal puzzles, wire puzzles, brain teasers, jigsaw puzzles, puzzle boxes, puzzle rings, trick puzzle locks, maze puzzles, puzzle games, boomerangs, chess sets, and other great toys, puzzles and games. The company started because of an interest the owner, Allan Stein, had in collecting wire puzzles. Allan collected these puzzles for a few years before he thought of making them himself. Once he found out that he was able to make the puzzles successfully he thought "Why don’t I try to sell some of the puzzles at craft shows and see if there are people who like them as much as I do". At the craft shows he found that not only did the people like the puzzles, they loved them. These craft shows were the first way that Puzzle Master marketed these puzzles.

After selling at the craft shows for a few years, Allan decided to try and sell at some of the malls in Saskatoon. He rented a temporary location two weeks prior to Christmas and was totally amazed how quickly the puzzles sold. He subsequently ran out of the puzzles in 7 days. It was at that point that he realized that he had a business that was going to be viable. To this day we still have many businesses who sell at temporary locations a few weeks prior to Christmas.

In the beginning Allan made traditional puzzles that had been invented hundreds and even thousands of years ago. Now Allan is taking those traditional designs and adding his own unique touch.

Now Puzzle Master is the number one seller of puzzles online in the world.

[turgsh]

I wish there was more information on the puzzle without giving away the solution. Because I'm trying to figure out what my next puzzle purchase should be, and this one just looks too basic to be difficult. If I knew there was buttons or something that requires a difficult combination of things to do in order to open, then I'd be interested, but lack of info on this video and product means I now need to look at a solutions video in order to find out, which means possibly ruining the puzzle. I don't want a puzzle that can be solved once and become decoration afterwards because once done, it becomes too easy. Cast Hexagon has been a lot of fun for my family several times over and I still haven't fully figured out the exact combination yet. Each time we solve it, we think we know the combination, but it still takes 10+ minutes to solve each time. That's what I'm looking for in a puzzle.


EDIT: Yup... ruined. And I was right about it being too basic to be difficult. And it is in fact a decoration once solved.

[mcstickysticks]

The only way this deserves a 10 rating is if you never done a puzzle before.. anyone that is even remotely familiar with puzzles will have no problems whatsoever

[MadEnergy-jm]

I don't want to watch the video. I just bought it. And it hasn't arrived yet! I'm clicking away.

[russc]

Not a level 10, what's wrong with you?