
Three different puzzles. Only 30 of each puzzle will ever be made in each Limited Edition set. Made by Brian Young @ Mr Puzzle.
The 2009 Annual Series of Limited Edition puzzles conforms to Brian’s stated goal of adding puzzles not generally or commercially available to his own puzzle collection. Puzzles are chosen for either historical significance and aesthetic value, not necessarily degree of difficulty although there's nothing too easy about any of this year's puzzles.
Ternary Burr Designer: Goh Pit Khiam
Although Brian always says he does not just make puzzles because they are very difficult the Ternary Burr is certainly that; maybe the hardest burr he’s ever had to make. Certainly the level of difficult to solve is amazing, putting them together with the solution takes a long time, and then there’s the challenge of actually making the pieces Pit came up with.
Minatour Burr Designer: Frank Potts
Is it a burr or is it a maze? It looks like a 3 piece burr until you start trying to separate the pieces and find yourself manipulating a maze. The design of the pieces of this puzzle took Brian way outside his comfort zone as a woodworker when he decided the centre maze pieces should to be waterjet cut from aluminium and the third piece required a very strong polycarbonate rod to manipulate the maze.
The Flying Puzzle Designer: Dries De Clercq
And it’s not all just burrs. Brian also chooses puzzles for aesthetic value and sheer enjoyment of playing with them. This elegant table top version of two of The Flying Puzzle problems will invite anyone who sees it to play with the puzzle. It must be solvable, after all there are only 3 basic pieces and 3 basic rules.