(gentle music)
(moves into upbeat music)
(sparks crackling)
- This is a level eight Burr puzzle.
It's designed by Stephan Baumegger
and produced by Pelikan Puzzles.
Thor's Hammer, known as Mjolnir.
The legend has it that the original Mjolnir
was forged by Dwarven blacksmiths
and it would carry the inscription,
"Whoever holds this hammer, if he be worthy,
"shall possess the power of Thor."
Or in this case, whoever solves this puzzle
will be worthy and shall possess the power of...
(blows raspberry)
Shmor.
Yo, what's up and welcome back.
Very excited about today's video and puzzle
because I've actually been waiting for this puzzle
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This puzzle looks absolutely epic,
the fact that it is Thor's Hammer just, mm.
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So guys without further ado, thank you so much by the way,
for tuning in and liking these videos and commenting,
and subscribing, I appreciate it.
But let's get into,
I'm so pumped.
Let's get into solving, mm, Thor's Hammer.
(imitates punches thudding)
This is a pre-puzzle face.
Alright, remember this.
Post-puzzle face might not be so happy, but we'll see.
Let's go.
(hammer thudding)
This is Thor's Hammer.
Oh my God, I'm so stoked for this.
I got a multi-cam set up today because I thought
on depending on how this puzzle works,
you guys might be able to see it a lot better
if it was in front of you rather than top-down,
but we'll try.
So just holding this thing, I notice that
the hilt slips down.
Once that slips down as you can see here,
there's like a little gap,
then once that gap goes down,
okay that goes,
oh, wow, okay.
I can shift it over, look.
Goes from here
to here.
Which means I can pull it down even more.
And we're starting to see the base of the hilt right now,
which is really cool.
Each piece in here is individually made,
so they're not the same.
Each piece is different.
And that being said,
I don't know what to do from here.
Let's see.
Oh wow, okay so, oh wow.
So all of these pieces sort of stagger,
as you can see.
These ones move this way,
and these ones move this way, okay.
Hmm.
This one here is attached to that top one.
Okay and that's attached to that,
and this one.
Okay, so if I move this out of the way,
I can move that out of the way, I can see you now.
This one goes out of the way because it's here.
Okay so this is, should be going back to normal now.
Let's just try that.
There we go.
Okay, we're back to normal.
Just wanted to make sure what my point of reference was.
Here boom, move that.
On through here, we have a few options
once this hilt comes out.
We have the option to make these things shift.
Just like so.
So everything shifts.
These ones shift more, these ones not so much.
And then this one drops down here.
It looks like the hilt might be able to move
into that little cranny right there.
(hammer rattling)
Wow, I have no idea what's happening
inside of this little thing.
Mmkay, that goes.
Oh, did I move that even further?
No, same distance, okay.
(hammer clicking)
If I knew which piece had to come out of here first,
it would be a lot easier,
but I don't know that.
I don't have that information.
Okay, so now this is like, oop.
(hammer clicking)
Oh, wow.
So this piece here might actually fit into
the hilt section here.
Barring that this piece gets out of the way.
And now, what's blocking this one?
This one's blocking it.
Oh, came down another step.
We came down another step I believe.
(hammer clicking)
This is such an interesting puzzle.
It's hard to know what pieces do what.
What's blocking it?
It's this second layer here.
Oh, man, no.
We're back to the beginning.
I thought we were making progress for a second.
Apparently not.
So, no progress, but on the bright side,
boom, we're here.
(hammer clicking)
Boom, we're here.
And then this one, the top one here, needs to move.
So we're down two layers.
Why are these Burr puzzles so challenging?
It's 'cause you're going into it blindly, I think.
Oh, that's big.
Look at that.
That's now completely on the outside.
I'm sure that has to do with something.
'Kay, I think that's really big actually,
that took a big step.
Boom.
(hammer clicking)
That locks me into that position,
that's actually good.
This block here is stopping everything.
Maybe it needs to be there for now
just to let me get out of the next level.
So far, I really think that is, I'm on the right track.
No, that was here because that locks that in.
I can now move this one back here,
but that I shifted up so that I can lock that into place.
(hammer clicking)
That I can lock it, oh.
(upbeat music)
And back to the beginning.
40,
40 minutes.
Round three.
(gentle music)
(groans)
Oh,
my God.
This is definitely,
definitely a challenge.
Look at this little configuration here.
Look at that.
I don't know what that means,
but I can see the holes down here, which is huge
'cause I couldn't see those before.
I'm feeling it now, boys and girls.
Oh, that's good.
Maybe that's the piece that has to come out first?
Yeah, let's go.
Let's go.
Actual progress.
Oh!
Look at this.
This rotates.
Oh.
Oh!
What's happening?
It's coming apart.
Look at that, it's just rotating.
Why is it rotating?
I don't know.
'Kay, now I gotta fit this piece probably
over this piece.
No, that's where it came out of.
What is next?
What is happening?
(hammer rattling)
How's anyone supposed to figure that out?
Look at this.
You have no idea what's happening.
And the seams are so well done
that you don't know where one starts and the other one ends.
Who comes up with this stuff?
C'mon.
Oh my God, I'm gonna have seizure.
The monkey wrench of Thor.
Oh, now these pieces are moving.
Hello, we're getting somewhere.
Push this one to the side, pull this left, yes.
Oh baby, look at that.
Look at that gap.
I don't know, I'm so lost in orientation right now.
It's getting to my head.
Oh, oh, I thought it came out.
Aw, that would've been great.
Oh wait, does this thing come out?
(gasps)
I got a piece out.
Okay, that's definitely counts for something, doesn't it?
Doesn't it?
Guys, c'mon, I think we got it.
I mean, we got a piece out and that's worth something.
There we go.
Thought that was the end of it, huh, Ramsay?
I don't think so.
(gentle music)
I'm losing all patience.
Everything I've got is gone.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I don't know what to do.
I've been at this for three hours.
I'm gonna take a break.
I don't know if I'll come back to this.
If you're seeing this video,
I either uploaded it without finishing it
or solved it.
So,
break time.
(soft music)
Good morning.
Yes, this is the next day.
I took a little break last night
'cause, like I said, I think,
I'm gonna slide it here a little more.
I think you need to need to take breaks doing these things
just for your own sanity,
but here's a good thing,
I was sitting on the couch with this
because I didn't wanna give up,
and I was on the couch fiddling around and I got to here.
Check this interesting place out.
So, here.
This pin, so there's these two main pins on the top,
this one and this one.
Well, I got this one through
so that it falls through here.
(laughs)
Which might not seem like a lot,
but to me that's a big deal, alright?
I don't know where to go from there,
but that's where I am at right now, okay?
Just letting you know.
This one here, can pop outta the bottom.
Now I can that outta the bottom, I can pop it outta the top.
Bottom,
and or top.
That also goes through, but this one,
this one doesn't move at all.
This one is kinda like, just stuck.
Like it moves up and down,
but other than that, there's no movement
so I need these boards here,
I need these guys to move somehow.
Oh, maybe I can just
shift this.
I was able to shift the pieces around allowing me
to rotate this top piece.
Boom.
It's out of that part.
That, I think, is a win.
I believe that that is a victory.
Boom, it's out of that part, too.
Let's go.
Oh, they're all rotating now.
Oh, you're all loose now, huh.
Maybe it's time for you guys to get out of here.
This bottom piece keeps rotating
which is probably a good sign.
I see the light.
Look at this, look at all that space there.
Working, oh.
(gasps)
Oh baby.
And another one.
Well, I mean at this point,
it's just a game of, like,
get the things off, right?
(hammer clicking)
Boom.
C'mon, we're almost there.
I just can't wait to stop doing this puzzle.
This is out, this is solved, c'mon.
Maybe out of the bottom.
This has gotta be the hardest puzzle I've ever done.
I mean, besides the Excalibur,
which is impossible.
Not impossible, but I can't do it.
(laughs)
This has gotta be the hardest.
Look, I'm right there.
(hammer clicking)
Boom.
That's huge.
Let's go.
Boom.
Bingo.
Bang-o.
(hammer clicking)
(laughs)
I just can't wait to be done with this thing.
Oh wait.
Now what?
See, this could've been just the puzzle
on its own right here, just this part.
It's difficult enough for me.
Boom and boom and boom.
(pieces clicking)
Oh my God.
Stop.
Oh!
(sighs)
There's absolutely
no way
that I'm putting this back together again.
Unless it just, there's no way
because then you'd have to redo all those steps.
I just wouldn't be able to do it.
The one kind of downer about this
is that now I'm left with just pieces,
and I liked the look of the Thor hammer,
it woulda looked great on my shelf.
(groans)
Alright, guys, this is the post-puzzle face.
I'm so done.
I'm so done with this puzzle,
I want to move on with my life.
I'm actually very happy that I got it undone,
unlike Excalibur, I did not give up,
and I'm glad I didn't.
That being said.
(laughs)
This is stupid.
Alright guys, I'm not solving this puzzle.
Alright, this is just not gonna happen,
so I thought, in spirit of Viking tradition,
we're gonna give Mjolnir a traditional Viking funeral
and appease Odin.
So,
let's go.
(gentle folk music)
(shouting)
(fire crackling)
(yelling)