Take Apart
The goal of these puzzles is to take them apart, or open them in some way. These brainteasers hide their secrets well and you'll find some very hard puzzles in this group.
For these brainteasers you might have to separate the pieces of the puzzle or sometimes even find just one move that makes the puzzle open or come apart. But even just one move can be a very hard puzzle.-
Hanayama Huzzle Equa Level 5 puzzle
The object of this brilliant cast metal puzzle is to take the two inte...$17.27 -
Hanayama Cast Chain take apart puzzle
Can you separate the three links of the chain and then get it back tog...$17.27 -
Hanayama Cast Spiral take apart puzzle
Can you separate the five pieces of the Spiral 3D jigsaw and then get ...$17.27
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Hanayama Cast Radix take apart puzzle
The Radix puzzle is known for both it's monumental looks and somewhat ...$15.45 -
Locked Out trick opening puzzle lock
How can this mysterious antique looking lock be opened? Is the key the...$9.00 -
First Cylinder take apart progressive move puzzle
The object of the puzzle is to open the aluminium cylinder. As usual w...$103.64
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First Cross - Wil Strijbos Aluminium Cross take apart puzzle
Stock Update 23rd September 2018. Unfortunately I have no information ...$107.27Out of stock
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Don't Get Cross take apart puzzle
The object is to remove the ring.... without bending it out of shape. ...$18.14 -
Duet Cast maze puzzle by Hanayama
Can you separate the two rings which are attached to each other by ma...$17.27
If ever there was a category of puzzles where you would here the word Eureka! when the puzzle is solved then this would be it. Eureka! comes from the Greek heurēka and literally means ‘I have found it’. It's said to have been uttered by Archimedes when he hit upon a method of determining the purity of gold. For most puzzlers their gold is actually solving a puzzle. And with a take apart puzzle the solution is very often just one quick move, making it even more surprising once you do it. Not always a single move but usually just as satisfying when you get that last move and the puzzle is solved.
Of course, the puzzle may even come apart in your hands and you don't know how. So now you're left with the next puzzling - putting it back together so you can try to solve it again and really understand how you did it the first time!