- Watch the, watch the shadow here,
you see this?
Whoa, what is that?
Those look awfully familiar,
are these mine?
Oh, they are my glasses.
Oh hello, welcome to the video.
Yo what's up guys, and welcome back.
Today, we are looking at this puzzle,
this is Tycho by Craighill Company.
So, Craighill is known for a lot of these
cool, little metal, aesthetic trinkets.
Not always puzzles, they do have a few puzzles
which we have reviewed here, including the Jack Puzzle
and the Venn Puzzle, which were both really cool.
This one's kind of a mix of both,
so you got that brass, you got that steel,
and this is actually not available yet.
This is on Kickstarter, so if you do wanna support it
I left the link below.
You can actually get all three puzzles at a discounted rate
if you order on of their, one of those,
what do they call it?
What are those called where you Kickstart,
you get a pledge?
When you get a pledge, or the rewards?
Rewards, pledges, rewards?
(laughing off camera)
- [Person off camera] I don't know anymore.
You confused me - I dunno,
Maybe they're rewards.
Take a look, click the Kickstarter.
They've got a whole bunch of options there.
But, this puzzle's super, super dope.
And, they sent me like one of these prototypes,
Like an early model to go ahead and review,
and to solve on the channel for your enjoyment.
So without any further ado,
Let's get into solving the Tycho Puzzle.
And there's a fly on my hat.
(whack)
Missed him.
(whistle)
(thump)
Here we go, Tycho.
Look at this thing.
Craighill make beautiful puzzles.
This one, by the way, is a prototype.
So it's got some rough edges and some dings and dents in it.
This is before they go into manufacturing
after the Kickstarter.
So forgive all the scratches, bumps and rough edges.
It feel s like it really wants to come apart
and I really want to let it,
so I'm gonna start that timer.
(beeping)
Here we go and.
(thump)
See if we can just.
Oh,
oh wow, look at this.
Oh, it's got a little storage compartment.
(metal clinking)
That's cool.
I like the way that looks.
So we got these pieces.
Oh,
(metal clinks)
wow.
(clink)
Look at these pieces.
These ones go over here, these go over here.
The pretty much look the same and identical.
So you got that beuatiful steel.
Look at that.
Really nice, Looks super futuristic and alien like.
And you got brass which is equally nice.
Little brushed brass.
Super sick.
So, not only a storage box but also a puzzle.
Let's see if we can put it together.
(metal clink)
I kinda forget how this went (metal clink)
which is good, 'cause you know.
(clinking)
That's not how it went.
(clink)
Okay.
(clinking)
Don't want to end up watching that video back.
(clinking)
Figuring out how I did this.
You guy are probably saying,
"Chris, that's not how it goes."
Okay, this is definitely how it goes.
Right there,
and then this little slider goes in there.
Right?
Oh, that kinda holds it together, that's cool.
(clink)
That one goes in here as well.
Or does it?
(clink)
So that one's definitely,
yes, that's a good fit.
(clink)
This is not such a good fit.
Maybe this one? (clink)
Weird.
(clinking)
Huh.
So let's make this again, (clinking)
but over here.
(clinking)
There we go.
(clink)
This slid in here,
like so.
(clink)
Okay.
(clinking)
Okay.
You gotta kinda lock it into place.
There we go.
(clink)
Oops.
(clink)
Ugh.
(chuckling)
All right, a little bit trickier than I thought.
(clinking)
Try that again here.
See if we can just get this in
without those brass pieces interfering.
Huh.
(clink)
Just one.
(clinking)
Right,
ooh that's cool.
That's cool, look at that.
Sweet, all right.
Now this one.
Guess it kinda slides in
(clink)
on this side.
(clinking)
Wondering if they all have to. (phone chime)
Wondering if they all have to fit together at the same time,
or.
I mean most of these puzzles I would guess that's the case.
(clinking)
Oh, cool.
Look at this thing.
It's starting to resemble what we had going,
at first.
I'm guessing this thing (clink)
is just gonna
kinda fit in here or maybe this way.
That looks about right.
Oh, okay.
So they do kinda have to
fit into each other one at a time.
so if that goes out. (clinking)
This goes in.
Correct.
Hmm, there seems to be like an orientation here as well.
I don't believe this piece necessarily fits there.
This one, this one might.
(clink)
Yeah, so that's not necessarily flush.
(clinking)
see that side fits a lot better.
Guess these sides are not completely symmetrical.
(clinking)
See that works.
That's beautiful.
And, we gotta be careful here.
We're gonna try the same thing
Hopefully
(clinking)
this one fits in here.
Oh my goodness, okay.
(clinking)
Bit of a, bit of a headache.
Bit of a headache, hold on.
Here.
We're so close.
Okay.
(clinking)
I'm not sure.
This one needs to fit this way.
How'd the other one go?
Then it went like that.
Where that little, okay,
this piece goes on top.
(Clinking)
and this piece goes on the bottom.
So it goes through here.
(clinking)
Ooh.
Gotta.
(clinking)
(clink)
(click)
(exhales)
(clinking)
Sorry about the noise.
My neighbors upstairs are
I don't know what they're doing honestly.
But, they're making noise.
(clink)
Sorry about that.
This one go on this side?
(clink)
This reminds me of one of those puzzle rings.
You know those rings where like
as soon as it comes apart
it just, you gotta hols all the sides equally
or else completely fall apart. (clinking)
(clinking)
So that goes here.
How do we get that in there. (clink)
Maybe I'll construct
two sides.
(clinking)
That makes sense right?
(clinking)
construct both sides
and then sort of join both sides together.
(Clink)
No. (clink)
(clink)
There is an orientation to these things,
even though they look symmetrical
there is an orientation here.
Oh god.
This is so hard to.
No, don't fall apart on me now.
Stop.
(clinking) shifting.
There we go.
Oh, so that's not gonna fit.
(clicking)
(inhales)
Now we're here again.
(clinking)
Ooh.
(clinking)
So close.
Uh, this side?
Yes. (click)
Boom.
There we go.
Tycho Puzzle solved
So, on a difficulty scale I wouldn't say
harder than a level seven or eight.
But, definitely a lot of fun.
It's super heavy and aesthetically very pleasing.
It fits sort of an between
of the last two that were created.
So you have these
take apart and put together puzzles.
Quite lovely.
Thoroughly enjoyed playing with it.
Definitely a fun fidget toy to have around the office.
And it looks good on the shelf,
so well done.
And,
hot dang.
Let's go.
All right, that wasn't too bad.
12 minutes probably could've solved it faster.
Now that I know the solution,
I would definitely solve it faster.
But there is an orientation thing with this puzzle.
So although ti looks like all the pieces are symmetrical
and they would fit in any orientation,
you quickly notice that when you're putting it together
some pieces just don't coalesce.
And that's 'cause they're backwards.
So, it adds a little bit of difficulty to it,
but all in all not too difficult.
Definitely a fun fidget toy to have around the office.
Looks great on the shelf, as I mentioned.
And it is pretty cool.
So if you're looking to complete
your Craighill company collection of puzzles,
again check out the Kickstarter.
I left the link below.
And thanks for watching.
we'll see you on the next video.
Scratch on.
(thump)
(smooth music)