22 March 2009

We Were A-Mazing



Above is a 3D maze with a small ball-bearing inside it. There are various twists and turns you must navigate to get to the finish which are all numbered, and they go up to 100. There are 90 degree and 180 degree turns, swinging arms, flip floppy buckets to drop the ball into and all sorts of other devilish little tricks to confuse those who prefer a 2D world. It is utterly brilliant. Because I'm not at all a nerd, when the bloke who owns it brought it in to work, I wasn't at all forced to finish it before anyone else and did not feel inordinately proud of myself, at all, for doing it. Not one little bit. 

I will admit to one thing, though. And I'm sorry to say you are either going to get this, or not. There's no explaining it. Through the entire exercise, I was singing, "One two three four five... six seven eight nine ten... eleven, twelve, Do do do dooo do du du.


3 comments:

  1. The question on everyone's lips is "Where do I purchase a puzzle of such awesomeness?"

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  2. Yes. Now that you ask it, I have not really done my research properly on this one. The owner said something about the interwebs. I will find out and let you know.

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  3. I just did a search and Amazon has one with the same structure but different colour scheme - but the price is redicurous. I know that the fella didn't pay even half that amount.

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