E2 - SOLUTION - Cast Marble by Hanayama 

What you described is exactly what happened to me. Came apart quite quickly and took me ages to get back together. However this was my first puzzle and I look forward to doing more of the hanayama puzzles

Took me 30 seconds to take apart and took over a year to look this up.

Sorry. I’m new to puzzles. This one took me a year to solve... picking it up maybe twice a month. You are absolutely right. If you don’t understand how it comes apart, you will have an extremely hard time putting it back together. I didn’t think to put them side by side... I kept trying to slide the spheres together from the outside in and let the brackets sit in place. I had to watch this video to remember how mine even came apart. And then I instantly knew what to do. Guess I better go back down to a 3.... thank man!

I got this as a random stocking stuffer for Christmas and solved it pretty fast but, as you said, not understanding how I solved it, I spent way too long trying to shove the two halves back together. The solution is so simple and elegant I'm kicking myself now. Thank you for the solution, it reminded me to think outside of the box; brute force is rarely the answer and I should have realized I was on the wrong track far sooner than I did. Lesson learned!

what a great piece of engineering - puzzle element is secondary to me, but the concept and design is fab.

I loved this puzzle far beyond its difficulty rating. Something about the motion and tactile pleasure makes this my favourite Hanayama puzzle.

You are right. I accidentally opened it in 30 seconds. Took me an hour to put it back together. Now I know how to fix it if my sinblings tear it apart. Your solutions are for people who have done it But want to be sure to do it again easy. You are a life saver.

Easier reassembly: 3:50 - keep them on the table and just slide them into the parallel position across the table before any tipping together. But I’ll admit I needed this video to get started.

Thank you! Brilliant demonstration. (As you said - I undid the puzzle very quickly- but spent ages trying to put it back together.).

This is surprisingly easy for a level 5/6 puzzle in my opinion.

i have been a subscriber since 2018 and i cant believe i found your second video

Best Puzzle solving channel love your pace and just the vibe is cool right on!

Nice vid man Im starting to love puzzle solving vids

I have just bought this , it's quite easy, but also beautiful, and it has fascinating moves. I would recommend it.

Been there done that.. solved it fast and was also able to put it back together again and I was even able to take it apart once more... and then the problems arrived and I could simply not for the living daylight put it back together again for the second time , and it was so problematic that I had to cheat and look online for a solution.. Overall, I really like this puzzle.. heavy and wellmade to a point that you wanna challange other with it.. it feels nice in the hand.. I was so fund of it, that I now taken a dive into more of these puzzles as this item was a great ambassador to create an interrests for other puzzles in the same league. Very nice product

My first one was level 1 no problems under 3 minutes. My second was this one in the video 6 hours to solve 🤯 . These things are so much fun !!

I got it mine apart quite easily, but it kinda fell outta my hands as it separated. took 2 days to get it back together, with your help lol… great vids!

2:43 love how you said "thmoosly" instead of "smoothly". you make great videos!

I love having this as a kind of fidget device as the engineering is so smooth and satisfying, that it’s always next to me and has a long appeal long after “solving” it. I looked up this video though as after playing with it for a few years, I suddenly noticed the holes in the inside of the marble and wondered if there had been an extra part which needed to be moved to one side of the marble, maybe with a spin, before the marble part would slide apart, and maybe I had dropped it without realising when I first solved it. Glad it seems there isn’t, but now I wonder if there should be to make this really a 5/6 difficulty as I think with that addition, few people would stumble on getting it apart, let alone back together.

Hi Mr. Puzzle & Guests. I'm a big proponent of cherishing easy puzzles & making them difficult by implementing a 2 minute time limit and or behind the back solving.

I'm getting the full set of these puzzles. I used to collect Rubix cubes but now these little gadgets are my new favs.

I'm hooked on these videos. They look awesome. Great work man. Do you plan to have a regular update schedule?

Don't know how I stumbled across your vids, but you encouraged me to buy some hanayama puzzles, and this was my first one. Really lovely piece of engineering, feels so good to just fiddle with it. Personally I found it quite difficult (video makes it look easy, but when you're new to these metal puzzles it took me a while to crack, and then even longer to put it back together). The ball 'sticks' sometimes when you rotate it, so I was convinced there was some internal mechanism going on.

Thank you! I had them been separated for literally more than 2 years....I finally assembled them!

Thank you for helping me get mine back together I tried 10 to 15 times.I didn’t get it back together until I watched your video so again thank you so much

I was trying to put this together like the "noob" would have for more hours than I would care to admit....

The picture on the back of the box gives it away, I wasn't surprised when you did it.

I'll use your link to buy this puzzle in a few days. This will be my first puzzle. I like this.

would make a great fidget device... with an actual reward at the end 👍

This is the first puzzle i got the solution just by looking. I am happy i am making progress.

Ok, kinda' late to the show here, but after watching your solution I came up with a slight modification to it for people with small hands or lacking dexterity. I start with the pieces setup just like you show in your video, however, instead of picking them up I leave them standing on the table and slide them towards each other. Once they're in position, one behind the other, it's much easier to then slowly twist them together rather than trying to hold each "unit" in your hands. That's really my only complaint with Hanayama puzzles, they're machined so smooth that they can be difficult to reassemble because they're so smooth and slippery. Thanks for the videos and "Keep on Mr. Puzzling" !! :)

I bought this for my bud as he loves such puzzles. thanks for the video

And I buying this. Was able to figure it out prior to the solution. It's just so nicely made

Everything he said in this video was the God honest truth. I took it apart with no problem and I knew it had to be aligned back up but I had no idea about the twist rofl!

something funny i noticed is if you go to the link in the description to buy one...the image of it is already in the position to be disassembled.

So true about assembly, was having fun looking at others. I think good analogy is to think about screw thread. This one is easy, but beautiful.

Yeah, I, too, was thinking that lining up that line with the lines on the cube was the way to go! Not joking! :)

In my experience, this should not be a 5 star puzzle, I got it appart and back together for the first time in under 10 minutes. It's a little disappointing, but I must say that it's quite a satisfying object to fidget with. The move is really pleasant to execute so it will get a place of choice on my desk

I feel called out haha... definitely guilty of opening it without understanding then couldn't put it back together so I'm here xD

On the Hanayama website it now says it's rated 4 stars. However I bought one this week and it still says 5 stars on it - guess maybe I got some old stock? 4 stars is still a bit high - I'm not an experienced puzzler (but have watched a number of videos on puzzles), took me 10-15 mins of casual playing around to solve it. Assembly was much more difficult, took closer to half an hour and it's still a bit fiddly.

Thanks for the video. It is a puzzle that is easy to solve but challenging to put it back.

as others said, I put it apart Ina few minutes and then struggled unsuccessfully for weeks to put it back together. putting the parts together as in 2:18 in the video it easily comes all together without effort!

It is a very nice puzzle. The randomness of it falling apart in my hands presenting the internal shape of the marble made it a bit too easy though. I watched this video to confirm I discovered the "correct" way to solve it.

Stumbled across this channel, recently. I love it. Can we consider this episode to be the 'Face Reveal' episode?

I got this but I was really disappointed because I just twisted it once and it came apart. You're right though, getting it reassembled is a lot harder

I am loving this hanayama puzzles they look so good

Thanks for this video..Took it apart a month ago but couldn't get it together until I saw this...now my hubby and kids are trying to figure out how to break it apart so they can try to put it back together.....lol only I know the magic

Love these videos and honestly feel asleep to this man talking idk why but its calming no homo bro

Accitentally stopping in your channel...awesome vids. Starting to love the puzzle. KeepItUp! 💪🏼👍🏻👋🏻👋🏻

Wow!!! Incredible with only 4 pieces!!!💖

0:58 Puzzle Kitty is angry

Has anyone else noticed the hole in the very middle????? In my instructions it encourages you to look at the inside surfaces of the marble. I've also noticed yours has a larger hole than mine. I wonder what that hole is for? Could it be an unused way to make the puzzle harder, by inserting a ball bearing or pin? Then the correct orientation would also be needed to drop the pin / bearing due to gravity and slide the two parts of the marble apart?

Hanayama Puzzles(Huzzles as they are called here) come in different boxes in Asia. (I'm guessing the same is true for each distributor)

I had to watch this to assemble, thanks.

This puzzle is very hard. I love Hanayamma puzzles.

............. wow I feel stupid. I understood what I did with the marble, but didn't pay attention to what I did with the outer box, so I kept trying to put the marble back, but couldn't figure out why the outer box wouldnt fit... yeah bad me not looking at the whole.

that's pretty neat. thanks for sharing, i really enjoy your vids

Thank you someone did disassemble it . Then they gave me it back so i had no idea at all . When i got it back was first time touching it .

Thank m8 4 the vid u make it look easy 😁😁👍👍

Omg, that looks so satisfying

this puzzle is cool, but there's no way its lvl 5 difficulty... should be 2 or 3 at most

On of the rare cases when i figured out the solution immediately just by looking at the puzzle.

You just saved my life! Sucks I had to look this up. But, Thank you!

Elegant geometry!!

started watchin a few days back. New subscriber for you.

Very good video! You deserves an abo...

Who would have known... cool mr puzzle

Had to look this up to get it back together. Very cool. :o)

Which (novelty) puzzle took you the longest to solve?

Thank you VERY much for this clip.

thank

Only just noticed that the solution (or rather the correct placement of frame and marble to untwist it) is on the back of the box.

love your vids man keep making more

Ours has been apart for over 1 year and I just put it back together in 3 seconds, DAMN YOU MAN ( just kidding ) thanks

Could be a good one to challenge friends with (or at least my friends who will inevitably try and use brute strength to open it)

My fingers are too fat to line these up and put them back together. I could see what I needed to do, but lacked the dexterity to do so. I ended up using a small piece of tape to hold the pieces in the right orientation as I put it together, I'd rate it as a tough 3.

Thanks mate.

THANK YOU

richtig cooles Video ^^

love these hanayama ones :D

7 years later and i came here to look up how to put it together and STILL struggled for 10 min to get it right. I had the right idea but couldn't get the placement right.

Yes...4/6..but how long did you have to manage the puzzles symmetry before displaying it!?

U are legit holy and u get holy subcribe

took me hours to get them back together...never knew that was the solution...the one I found was in a black box and written in hiragana..

Is it fully metal???

Can someone explain why hanayama allowed the left-hand photo on the rear of the packaging to be printed? Also the current iteration has terrible tolerances, has larger gaps and is easier to solve by accident! I know because I purchased my 2nd one a couple of days ago.

Me: starts watching this video to solve the one i have Me: starts messing with it in the beginning of the vid Me: solves it before he evens starts explaining it My brain: bruh

I would have gotten this in like 5 seconds. You're right, it's easy.

cool!

Guten Tag. Nach ihrem Akzent nehme ich an sie sind deutscher . Tolle Videos die sie da machen . Ich war nie Puzzle fan aber seitdem ich ihre Videos gucke bekomme ich Riesen Lust drauf . Woher beziehen sie ihre Puzzles? Habe Angst auf Betrüger rein zu fallen .

is a beautiful puzzle

The difficuly really lies in the reassembly. I bet most if not all of you couldn't put it back together.

So i bought the puzzle and my dad wanted to look at it, he gave it to me in peaces and beacouse of this an easy puzzle beacame a nightmare

face reveal at 1:40 just look at the marble... you're welcome

You just earn me a £10 thank mate

that was quite easy.

Great puzzle indee

Ich versteh zwar englisch aber wirst du mal untertitel hinzufügen?

Brilliant!

I took it apart in 4 minutes maybe less. I purposely made sure I didn't fully see how it came apart. Trying to put this together never seeing how it was taken apart is hard. But I honestly put difficulty 90% in just handling the puzzle, not because the solution is hard. I had to struggle with putting it back even after watching the solution. It's too slippery.