- What's up guys and welcome back.
Today I am super excited to present to you
the Lotus Puzzle.
This puzzle is a level 10.
This puzzle was originally created in 1979 by Wil Strijbos
and it has now been readapted and re-engineered
into this beautiful metal structure.
There are a lot of steps in order to open this puzzle
and the secrets go deeper and deeper
as you open every piece within.
The box, when purchasing this, does forewarn you
that unless you can explain why this puzzle
is called the Lotus Puzzle,
then you have not successfully solved it.
Looking forward to it, obviously very daunting as well.
As with every level 10 puzzle,
I'm not sure if I'm gonna get it.
Hopefully, for you guys we'll be able to solve that today.
So guys, before we get into the video
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the Lotus Puzzle, let's go.
Alright, let's get the timer out.
Not gonna forget today, ladies and gentlemen.
Before I begin, this little box here reads,
"To do this you remove an aluminum circular disk
"with a rod running through the center.
"Until you understand the reason for the name,
"it can be said that you have not solved the puzzle.
"There are many, many steps in this puzzle,
"many small parts.
"No banging, no tapping, no external tools,
"no force in any way, just enjoy the puzzle
"and find the secrets of the Lotus Flower."
Sounds simple enough.
So before we go, before we begin here.
This is a really well crafted puzzle.
This is like heavy, super heavy.
I love these type of things.
You notice here there's like a dovetail opening
on either side.
You also have this little pinhole
with like a little thing here
and then you have this nail and the cylinder holding it.
Now, at first this kind of reminds me
of that old, sort of impossible object
with the nail in the block of wood impossibly put in there.
First, so the first thing's first
is to get this out, this here.
You can see the pin actually through here,
through that hole.
Trying to see if there's any like markings
on the pin or anything, anything strange.
Nothing that I can see
and obviously it doesn't fit through this hole here.
So, let's try just rotating and turning that slowly.
Maybe if I rub the nail along this part here
while I just rotate this.
(contemporary jazzy music)
There does seem to be some hidden features in here.
(small metal pieces clink)
And you can tell, it's kind of,
there's a lot of clinking sounds and clunking sounds.
A lot goin' on in this little puzzle.
You can actually, I don't know if you can see that on camera
but if I tilt it down there's a coin,
you can't see it here actually but there's a coin in here.
You can briefly see that little coin.
I'm guessing that's part of what's making this sound.
There seems to be more than just that making the sound
'cause if I hold these two things tight
(small metal pieces clink)
seems to be more than one thing jiggling around in there.
So my guess is this piece unhinges,
probably somehow held by this.
I don't know what this is for yet
but this is probably holding this somehow.
Right here I'm feeling like a small bit of resistance.
Like if I go like this, watch, look, the nail gets stuck.
So there's some joint, there's something here,
some notch or joint or something holding this.
I don't always feel it.
All this feels like it's magnetic right there.
(small metal click)
D'ya hear that?
That little click, ya hear that?
There, what if I line up the circular thing with it.
(metal clinks around)
Yeah, there's like honestly there's no way
this nail is coming out of that side.
So unless there's maybe a notch in the cylinder
that I gotta put the nail through.
It's turning but it's not doing anything.
If I unscrew it.
See again, look.
(tiny metal clicks)
Do you hear that?
There's like a clicking mechanism right here.
The Lotus (laughs)
this is the furthest thing from a lotus flower, by the way.
If you were to put two objects together
that are like the most opposite
would be a lotus flower and this puzzle.
There's no seams on here, like if this part could come off
that would be great.
And I can't use any tools.
Like I see this little button here
but I can't use any tools or push that down
so that's probably not.
Something here and there's this clicking.
I always gotta look closer with these things.
Little details matter.
Maybe the top of this nail unscrews.
Maybe that's it.
That would be actually pretty smart
if this top part unscrewed.
(grunts)
Nope, so I hear this like clicking.
(tiny metal clicks)
Ya hear it?
And it's around, it's around this part here.
When I push up against the ring right here
there's a resistance.
(metal clinks around)
Oh, oh, oh hello.
Hello little screw.
So there's two pieces.
Oh, clever, clever but I figured you out.
This was that clicking noise I heard on the inside.
Was this piece here, magnetized.
Now that we've done that, this bottom part has to come off.
And the first instinct I have is something,
do you guys remember the chess piece Hanayama puzzles?
Well, on the pawn this piece here
would have to screw back in
and I'm thinking that fits perfectly.
Why not try and screw that in here?
Okay, doesn't seem to do anything.
This little pin here.
(metal clinks when shakes the puzzle)
Alright, like this is the only logical thing
that I see here.
(metal clinks when moves puzzle)
Trying a gravity thing like an orientation thing here.
Oh, oh, oh, oh!
You sneaky son of a gun.
You guys remember the lock puzzle
and it had this little pin that you would unscrew?
Check this out, bam, bam, we've got a little pin in here.
Why is that pin there?
I have no idea.
Maybe this goes in here and maybe I then,
maybe I then push it down with this piece.
That's gotta be it, it's gonna pry it open here.
(metal clinks around)
I guess not.
I thought I had it for sure.
(laughs)
This is really interesting so far.
I thought that for sure was it.
I mean, I still that's it.
I still think that this has to be in there
I just don't, I'm not aware of why that would be.
If I go here it should push it down.
I'm not feeling any resistance whatsoever.
I'm guessing that pushes down a button
which then unlocks this bottom piece
but I guess I guessed wrong.
What if there's not enough pushing that bottom piece.
What if I need an extra piece pushing at the bottom piece?
What if like this goes in there first and then this.
That doesn't seem to work.
(exhales quizzically)
(metal clinks around)
Oh no, oh no.
Oh no, no, no, no, no.
Why did I do that?
Uh oh, okay few, woo.
(laughs nervously)
Alright, so I still firmly believe
that this has to be pushed down using this
or maybe using this.
Oh there is like a button.
Look at this, check this out.
When I, this is interesting.
When I push this in, look at that.
So what if I use this and this, woops.
So this first, I'm gonna put this back,
and now what if I just push it through?
No, that won't work.
Screw this in, now it gives me a little bit extra,
no it doesn't.
It doesn't, absolutely not.
Doesn't give me anything extra.
So, as I said, this piece bounces.
Look at this, beep, beep, it's like a button.
Let's try using this and pushing this in.
Come on now, and then screwing this, there we go.
(metal clinks around)
still nothing.
Huh, there is a button down there though.
It's got like a button thing, so.
(exhales frustrated)
(exhales quizzically)
I still firmly believe that this and this should happen.
'Cause there is a button mechanism in there
and that has to be done.
Now how to unlock this part?
I thought pushing down on this or screwing that in tightly
would somehow unlock this, but I do, do you guys hear this?
(metal clinks around)
What does that remind you of?
Does that remind you of anything?
This actually reminds me of the spin puzzle.
So here, I'll give you an example.
This is a puzzle box that had these nails
and in order to open it you had to use a spin move
because right now it would be locked.
(metal clinks on wood)
It would come undone because all of the nails.
So this is my next guess is either a spin move.
So I'm hoping it's not spin like this but more like this.
Let's try it out.
(metal clinks around)
Doesn't seem to work.
It does seem like it's locked with pins like this.
'Cause when I shake it like this nothing happens,
like this would make sense
because it's holding these two top portions together.
(metal clinks around)
(makes frustrated growl)
(metal clinks around)
So spin move's not working.
It's gotta be something else.
(metal clinks around)
Oh, hello, little move I just did,
it's come apart a little bit.
Okay, so it's like loose on both sides.
Okay, those, look see.
That little piece here, seems to be that pin
that was affected by the gravity move, the spin move.
And you have one on either side, now what?
Oh no, it locked back in.
(metal clinks around)
No!
What did I do last time?
I just went like this.
(makes frustrated exhale)
Maybe move this, be a lot easier to do on a flat surface.
Oh, there we go.
Woo, okay got it.
Put this thing back on the mat.
Try not to, try not to mess it up at this point.
Maybe (metal clicks)
oh hello.
Watch as I unscrew this, watch what happens.
I'm pushing on this right now, look.
(metal clicks)
No, I've locked it!
I'm not sure why it worked before
and now it's like giving me a hard time, like.
(makes frustrated growl)
Oh, there we go.
So now what I've done is when I undo this
and I apply pressure here, watch what it does.
(loud snap)
Oh wow, that's a lot further than last time.
(exhales excitedly)
Lookey what I found.
Oh, la, la, la, la, la, la.
I've got the magical coin.
Is that, by any chance a lotus flower?
Is that how you find out it's a lotus flower?
I can't read Chinese.
Maybe somebody can tell me that says lotus.
Is that it?
I guess that's it.
Woo, okay, yeah, yeah!
That's the, that's the Lotus Flower puzzle.
But it says unless you figure out why it's called
the Lotus Flower puzzle you can't,
you've not truly solved it.
Oh, look at this.
Oh, it fits on there.
Why is that?
I don't know.
Why is this the Lotus Flower puzzle?
Oh, I could even put that,
oh I could even put that there, no.
I could put the coin there.
Stop this for a sec.
I've had, I've not had this much fun solving a puzzle
since the lock puzzle with all the little intricate pieces
that would come apart and I like,
I love that they incorporated bunch of different things
into one puzzle, making it super difficult,
which I really, really love.
Only a half an hour to solve it, which is pretty good.
But it's a half an hour devoted directly to one thing,
and that's a lot of time spent on a single thing
when you think about it.
I gotta say, I'm still a little bit disappointed
because I don't, unless that, to me I'm no expert
but that does not look like a lotus flower.
So I'm not, I'm not entirely satisfied with this puzzle
until I find this lotus.
I don't know,
I don't know what this has to do with anything.
(contemporary jazzy music)
I just had a really crazy idea.
Okay, probably not even that crazy.
So, here's my theory.
This is exciting, woo.
Okay, the coin was here, this is obviously not a lotus coin,
well I mean not obviously, but to me it isn't.
The coin was actually like this,
it wasn't buried under here.
It would actually, it would actually be like that.
Do you remember in the beginning I could shift,
after I did that spin move
I could shift this either side, right?
But it only went to one side
and the reason I think it only went to one side
is because this was stopping it.
If I'm right, there may be another opening to this puzzle.
(contemporary jazzy music)
(metal clicks)
No, okay hold on.
It's supposed to open on the other side.
(metal clinks around)
There, okay, this side now.
No wait, this side, see?
Let's apply a little pressure here.
(metal clicks)
(laughs excitedly)
Ladies and gentlemen, the lotus flower.
That is amazing.
This is so amazing, god!
I totally feel like Nick Cage
in like National Treasure right now.
This is unbelievable, and I love how they give you
like this crappy little coin, this stupid little coin
and they're like here you go, you won,
with a little flower on it.
It's very deceiving.
God, I'm so happy I didn't stop there
'cause this, look at that.
That's the real treasure, not this decoy.
(laughs excitedly)
I can't explain to you
how thrilled I am right now with myself.
I'm super proud of you, Chris.
This is (laughs excitedly)
god that's cool, this is top three coolest puzzles
I've ever done.
Top three, easily maybe even top two.
(makes relieved exhale)
Okay, let's put it back together.
Binks, that goes there, binks, that goes back in there.
This piece comes in here.
The Lotus Flower puzzle.
And solved.
I am feeling super elated right now.
There's no better feeling
than figuring out a puzzle like this.
Now, lots of puzzles, they definitely give you that rush
of when you figure out a certain part or piece or something.
This is amazing, and it's an actual rush.
This one, however, gave me the feeling,
the same feeling that the lock puzzle gave me,
the Danlock B.
The reason I think I love this puzzle so much
is because it incorporates my love for puzzles.
It has different, a bunch of different things in it.
It has that unscrew pin thing from like the Dan B.
It also has the spinning centrifugal force.
It also has some magnets in it.
It has the dovetail.
It has a hidden coin.
It has another hidden coin and it also has that nail puzzle
which I showed you in that block of wood
all incorporated into one puzzle.
So for me, one of the best
and one of the most perfect puzzles
I've ever laid my hands on.
So, super stocked.
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We'll see ya on the next video, peace, bye.
(contemporary jazzy music)