Cast Spiral - Hanayama Metal Puzzle

its not one of the coolest looking puzzles, but it certainly is one of the best! its harder then it looks!

Another good Cast puzzle which I love to share. My only complaint is the weight is to heavy to carry around very often in my pocket like I do Cast Loop.

If there was ever a sarcastic little joker in the Hanayama line, it's this guy. I've over 30 puzzles in my collection and whenever I pick this dude up I just chuckle, hand it to whomever and say, good luck! Not because it's that easy because it's not! But because its simply baffling to the solver. Looking at it just doesn't make sense not for how it stays together - for it looks like it should just fall apart? - but for how it WON'T come apart. It kind of mocks you into solving it. Great weight, easy manageability and exceptionally challenging. If you spend over an hour on this one and happen to stumble upon it's dismantling it'll likely make you feel foolish. Then the second you accept the fact that you'd been outsmarted by a 5piece chunk of metal and confidently try to reassemble, it'll deliver it's second more agonizing punch line - putting it back together. Pieces look identical, shape is simple, and it makes no sense at all. A solid 5star in my book. Good luck with this guy and try not to throw it out your window!