The Trap Puzzle - Challenging Puzzle

Name: The Trap Puzzle - Challenging Puzzle
Rating: 5.00 (12 reviews)

Vendor: Kubiya Games

Type: Wooden Puzzles

Size: S - 3.75"x4"x2"

S - 3.75"x4"x2" M - 4.5"x4.5"x2.25"

$24.00

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Description

• Inventive twist on a classic disentanglement puzzle.
• Challenges even experienced puzzlers to use patience and caution.
• Requires freeing a trapped wooden ball in 11 moves.
• Wooden ball has a string looped through its center that seems stuck.
• Calls for creative thinking to untangle and guide the ball free.
• Demands careful attention to every twist and loop to avoid tangles.
• Free-standing wooden frame fits neatly on a desk or coffee table.
• Compact challenge offers a quick mental refresh between tasks.
• Warning: Choking Hazard – Small Parts. Not for Children Under 3 Years.

About Kubiya Games

Kubiya Games creates wooden puzzles and metal brain teasers that challenge the mind and spark curiosity. Each design blends craftsmanship and intelligence, inviting you to think deeper, play smarter, and celebrate the art of thinking. The brand spans wooden and metal puzzles, puzzle boxes, sequential discovery puzzles, brain teasers, and family games, emphasizing premium quality and ingenious design for curious minds.

Product Guide

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The Trap Puzzle - Challenging Puzzle

$24.00

Customers praised this topology-based brain teaser as "pure topology" with no tricks needed. Shoppers said it's challenging yet solvable with logical thinking, taking 30 minutes to solve. Reviews highlight "great quality" wood craftsmanship, compact size perfect for desks, and appeal as a gift for deep thinkers. Families enjoyed solving it together.

Pure topology...so much fun without being unnecessarily frustrating.
Visually pleasing, fun, and sturdy too.
Lots of fun. The whole family enjoyed it! And it's lovely, too.

5 stars: 12 (100%)
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Pure topology

This appeared a lot harder than it really was. But I appreciated the fact that it was pure topology. It wasn't a matter of metal fitting into specific gaps or anything. If you can visualize the goal without all the obstacles in the way, you can visualize how to overcome those obstacles. There's no trick, no "thinking outside the box" needed. Just thinking through "in order to get it past A, I need to get it past B; but to get it past B I need to get it past C" and so forth. It can get complicated if halfway through the solution you lose track of what you're doing. If you're not careful about keeping the string relatively tangle-free, it can look like a real jumble. This was so much fun without being unnecessarily frustrating. Keep your wits about you and you will succeed!