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Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:29 am
by doc81
Yuu just contacted me and is able to fulfill my order....so shouldn't be long if you've been waiting.

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:52 am
by ghxost
Giggity!

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 5:04 am
by mrmkaufman
To update this thread as of almost September 2019, Yuu appears to be so successful that he is too busy to answer e-mail's. Busy enough to periodically release all five of his puzzles to Puzzle Master. For instance, all are in stock there at the time of this posting.
Yes, more expensive than direct, but PM has to stay in business too...
https://www.puzzlemaster.ca/search/?cat ... rch=&q=yuu

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 9:19 am
by rockwoofstone
He isn't actually supplying those to PM - they are making them themselves for a limited time. Been happy with the ones I've received.
mrmkaufman wrote:To update this thread as of almost September 2019, Yuu appears to be so successful that he is too busy to answer e-mail's. Busy enough to periodically release all five of his puzzles to Puzzle Master. For instance, all are in stock there at the time of this posting.
Yes, more expensive than direct, but PM has to stay in business too...
https://www.puzzlemaster.ca/search/?cat ... rch=&q=yuu

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:28 pm
by mrmkaufman
Well now *that* is interesting! Thanks for the additional info. Nice to get them from Yuu directly, but it seems he is quite busy even without making these. Perhaps inventing more diabolical puzzles!

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 3:54 pm
by Vlancii
Just bought the two jigsaws. Hope they are as fun as they look.

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Fri Aug 30, 2019 7:16 pm
by Rdroege
As info PuzzleMasters is working on possibly doing Yuu's puzzles for their next Kickstarter campaign. The goal being that they can raise enough funds to get them produced in China vs Canada and bring down the price.

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2019 6:40 pm
by dasrevo
Puzzle 29 is seriously too easy, like the concept, but it is easy. Solved it together with my girlfriend during breakfast, took us a maximum of 10 minutes, not kidding.
It is a fun puzzle though, that must be said, but the price is too high.

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:41 pm
by doc81
I'd say you likely got a bit lucky finding the right pieces early on. 10 min is an extremely fast solve for that puzzle. That said...try Ice 9. Guarentee it'll take more than 10 min. I had a similar experience with Wave 7...solving it in 4 min. Got lucky. Overall I'd say his puzzles are excellent value though and are not priced too high.

Re: Yuu Asaka's new puzzles!

Posted: Thu Sep 19, 2019 3:43 pm
by mrmkaufman
doc81 wrote:I'd say you likely got a bit lucky finding the right pieces early on. 10 min is an extremely fast solve for that puzzle. That said...try Ice 9. Guarentee it'll take more than 10 min. I had a similar experience with Wave 7...solving it in 4 min. Got lucky. Overall I'd say his puzzles are excellent value though and are not priced too high.
Agree about Ice 9! I've had it sitting there to poke at for a few minutes at a time these last few weeks, and I am no closer to any significant insights...