A beautiful multi-colored laser-cut wooden puzzle. The object is move all four handles by manipulating the five sliders up and down and create a path through the four different mazes so the top handle can be completely removed. The other three handles can’t be removed. 209 is a strange name for a puzzle, but it’s actually the exact number of moves needed to solve it. Invented by Jean Claude Constantin from Germany.
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★★★★
Monday February 19th
Steven A.
wrote,
Extremely confusing trying to keep track of the mazes of this puzzle. I give it four stars for clever design, but I didn't find it to be much fun--rather, it felt: punishing, painful, stress inducing. But somehow the puzzle obsessed me, and I eventually got out the one removable slider. (In total, I spent several hours on it.) By the way, I drew models of each slider on separate slips of paper, and moved little dots of paper on them representing the pins, as I worked. I don't see how I could have done the puzzle without this. It was hard for me to see inside it, and when I knew what was going on inside, it was hard to keep in mind what was going on.
I like that the pins can be removed by unscrewing one end. You can reset the puzzle that way if you want.
This is a good puzzle for someone who is okay with buying a puzzle and leaving it unsolved (in case they give up).
