- There's something innately magical about box puzzles.
I think if you have an object that looks like something,
feels like something, but is actually something else,
I mean, that's super intriguing to me.
Kinda like something you'd see
in a James Bond spy movie, like a place to hide
your secret stuff.
I think within magic, we have these things,
but they're kind of kept secret,
as in like a pen that does something,
that's supposed to do something,
but it actually acts as something else
to help the magic trick.
And then you have spy tools where
the pen is actually also a camera,
or a blow dart, or what have you.
I think there's always sort of a tie
between magic and box puzzles,
and let me give you an example.
Here's one of the smallest box puzzles,
one of the simplest, but also a magic trick.
Check this out.
So there's nothing in here,
and obviously there's nothing in this little slit here,
nothing to be seen on either side of these,
which is just pretty normal.
However, if you put this little
piece of wood inside this one,
now, nothing's gonna happen at first
and you're not gonna really hear anything,
but as I start to shake, I want you to imagine
that in that little place where that hole was,
I want you to imagine that
something's gonna appear there.
Maybe like a coin or something.
Now, just listen.
(rattling)
Seems like something's inside now.
Oh, there you go.
And we have a little coin.
This is such a cool little puzzle because
I added that little auditory illusion thing,
so that's something you guys can do.
These are like $5, by the way.
I left a link below.
Basically, you have a pin inside here,
and then you have these two little slits on each end,
and what the slits do is they move around
where the coin is going to be,
so the coin either gets moved, let's say,
that piece of wood is gonna push the coin,
and then if I turn it around 180,
now the pin is going to push the wood the other way,
revealing the coin, which is really cool.
And you can add that little auditory illusion
by simply tilting it forward,
shaking it side to side where you
can't really hear anything,
and if you tilt it down and sort of the coin
is resting on this side,
so it doesn't really make any noise,
but as soon as you start to move it
this way as opposed to here.
So, here no noise.
(rattling)
And then here noise.
So, you can kind make it sound like it's appearing.
So, I'm shaking it the exact same way,
I'm just tilting it,
and now all of a sudden it makes a noise
and a coin appears.
So, that's a little magic trick box puzzle thing,
but that's not what we're gonna look at today.
That little puzzle was $5.
I wanted something more elaborate,
something that would look cool on my shelf,
but also something that was
a little more expensive than $5.
The puzzle that we're going to try to solve today
is a Karakuri Bad Radio Puzzle.
The box puzzle, it's a level seven,
which is pretty difficult,
and it cost me $1000.
All right, enough talking, let's try to
solve this radio puzzle.
(rattling)
So, here it is, this is the Karakuri Bad Radio.
Why is it called a bad radio?
I guess it's called a bad radio because
it doesn't actually work, it's not actually a radio.
Let's try to figure this out.
So, first of all, the craftsmanship on this thing
is absolutely gorgeous.
I mean, the dovetails right here,
you got his little initial down here,
little leather feet.
So, I mean, so far, this looks great on the shelf.
I mean, it's $1000.
I'd much rather probably have $1000
laying on my shelf, just to be quite frank.
So, first thing's first, the only
moveable objects that I can see are these knobs,
and these knobs, they kind of go in any direction,
you can't really push on them,
and also, there's something on the inside,
if you guys can hear that.
(rattling)
There's some type of spring, and there's some type of,
I don't know whether it's a ball,
or just a little piece of metal flopping around there,
but I assume that has something to do
with how to open this.
Also, this, this, and this seem to be three compartments.
That's what I can make from the seams here.
You got a seam, and you got this little,
I'm guessing this is a little drawer.
So, let's try and figure this out.
So, my first instinct when I look at this is
I see this dial, so I'm gonna try to
replicate that dial with the three things here, maybe.
I think that'll work.
And the answer is no, it will not.
Okay, let me turn it upside down.
I also feel there's a bit of resistance with these knobs.
When I get it to a certain, like, right here,
I feel like this is super easy and then, oh, oh,
super resistant right here,
and I have no idea what that means,
but let's put it to the super resistant part.
All right, also has nothing to do with anything.
I'm turning these knobs randomly at this point.
No.
(laughing)
Oh, God.
Sometimes there are little secrets hidden in the seams.
Doesn't seem to be.
Everything seems to be reliant, contingent on this here.
There has to be a method for this,
it can't just be random,
because puzzles usually have methods.
I don't wanna force anything.
You know, you probably shouldn't force anything
with these puzzles, to be honest.
Maybe it has something to do.
Oh, what is that?
Because this is a level seven puzzle,
it is more difficult than your standard, you know,
level three to five puzzles,
so this is an extra bit of difficulty on this one.
Just haven't quite figured out
what the heck I'm doing.
Okay, hold on.
(rattling)
I don't know what that spring is.
So, also, one thing that I've just noticed is that
this little drawer sits under this piece here,
and these two pieces sit under this piece here,
so for all intents and purposes, this piece here
should be the first piece to sort of open up.
It doesn't move.
(rattling)
Okay.
This one here seems to be the only one
giving me proper resistance.
Sometimes the clue for these puzzles
actually lie in the name.
Now, this is a bad radio, so what do you do
when a bad radio stops working?
(rattling)
Whoa!
(upbeat electronic music)
Oh my God, I don't know if I broke it.
(laughing)
Oh, wow!
Look at this!
(laughing)
That is the most amazing thing I have ever seen.
That's what was making that noise in there.
Little joystick, pew pew!
That's incredible!
Oh my gosh, so you've got this spring on the inside.
This is the most amazing puzzle ever.
Are you kidding me?
The amount of engineering that went into this
to figure out that, hey, this is a bad radio,
so you're gonna have to smack it to get it open.
Okay, now putting it back together,
this is cool, you can put something in here,
paraphernalia, whatever you like.
Look at that, that little brass,
actually a little brass piece,
and the spring here.
Super, super cool.
So, if I remember correctly,
the first thing that goes in is this.
And then the dial, or whatever this is.
Right?
This thing.
There you go.
Okay, now just to check if it wasn't actually a fluke,
here we go.
(laughing)
That is the best!
I'm so satisfied with my purchase.
I mean, okay, you know, $1000 is a lot,
but this, this is pretty awesome.
Oh my God!
I'm wondering, like, this looks really solid,
but I'm always afraid, like,
you don't wanna smack it too hard.
Bam!
That's gotta be the greatest way to open a puzzle ever,
especially for me, because I get so frustrated
with these puzzles, that, like,
I always just wanna smack them,
and this one actually allows me to smack it.
Wow, very cool.
Let's give you a view from the front
of what this looks like.
You guys ready to see how to solve this puzzle?
Here we go.
(laughing)
This is, without a doubt, the most satisfying
puzzle to solve.
I love this so much.
And that is the bad radio.
All right guys, that was it for today.
I hope you enjoyed this video,
I hope you enjoyed me trying to.
I think that's why I like these puzzles so much,
because you start off on this high when you get the puzzle,
you hit this low 'cause you're kinda depressed
and upset, and frustrated if you can't open it,
and then bam, something clicks, and you open it,
and that sort of curve is, I think,
one of the reasons people like solving puzzles,
because at the end, you win, and there is a reward.
So, anyways guys, if you liked this video,
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and we'll see you on the next video.
(upbeat electronic music)