Mr Puzzle 20th Anniversary Puzzles

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astr0creep wrote:My Katie Koala is finished and being shipped tomorrow! I cant wait, so excited! :D
That's just awesome!! Lucky you, don't forget to share your experience. :)
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Bidle wrote:
astr0creep wrote:My Katie Koala is finished and being shipped tomorrow! I cant wait, so excited! :D
That's just awesome!! Lucky you, don't forget to share your experience. :)
Deff will! Shame its going to just miss the MPP though...
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I should be able to go pay my ransom to parcel force and pick up my puzzles tomorrow! Excited is not the word!
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astr0creep wrote:I should be able to go pay my ransom to parcel force and pick up my puzzles tomorrow! Excited is not the word!
:D

:D

Well I'm a bit excited. ;)
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I now have a new Koala to look after, also a copy of Six of One and a couple of other puzzles I added to the order :)

Only snag is I have to wait until I get home after work later to play with them.

Will post pics and first impressions later....
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astr0creep wrote:I now have a new Koala to look after, also a copy of Six of One and a couple of other puzzles I added to the order :)

Only snag is I have to wait until I get home after work later to play with them.

Will post pics and first impressions later....
Nice!!!
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Ok, first impressions on the Mr Puzzle 20th Anniversary Puzzles:

Six of One Half a Dozen of the Other:
Its quite a big lump for what appears to be a six piece burr, rich dark wood with the signature Mr Puzzle routing on the ends. I have played with it a little but have yet to get the first piece out. Its actually more complicated than I expected it to be and a little daunting when you get into it. Apparently its fully solvable without a computer... Ill let you know about that!

Katie Koala:
She is a beauty, lovely finish and a very solid feel (in fact I was surprised at the weight). Made a start last night and straight away found one of Mr Puzzles classic tools, a pokey rod. Pretty soon I had a few tools and felt I was making good progress. I cant really say much as it would constitute a spoiler but I will say that so far she is a tough cookie. I would say so far she is trickier than the Opening Bats first 2 thirds (mainly because its difficult to know what you are trying to do!)

Really happy with both so far, cant wait to get back to cracking them later :)
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astr0creep wrote:Ok, first impressions on the Mr Puzzle 20th Anniversary Puzzles:

Six of One Half a Dozen of the Other:
Its quite a big lump for what appears to be a six piece burr, rich dark wood with the signature Mr Puzzle routing on the ends. I have played with it a little but have yet to get the first piece out. Its actually more complicated than I expected it to be and a little daunting when you get into it. Apparently its fully solvable without a computer... Ill let you know about that!

Katie Koala:
She is a beauty, lovely finish and a very solid feel (in fact I was surprised at the weight). Made a start last night and straight away found one of Mr Puzzles classic tools, a pokey rod. Pretty soon I had a few tools and felt I was making good progress. I cant really say much as it would constitute a spoiler but I will say that so far she is a tough cookie. I would say so far she is trickier than the Opening Bats first 2 thirds (mainly because its difficult to know what you are trying to do!)

Really happy with both so far, cant wait to get back to cracking them later :)

Sounds great, thx for the update and leaving out any spoilers.
Only thing missing is photo's. ;)
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How is Katie Koala coming along? Defeated yet?
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She is not defeated yet (though I feel I am at the final stage). I have not had a chance to play with her for a couple of weeks, maybe later this week though....
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