Mass Market Puzzles Recommendations

[@HoxTop]

I never knew the puzzle industry was this large before this channel

[@AliMuratSonel]

HoxTop me either.. fascinating :0

[@deadkatana254]

Hello I am happy 😊

[@deadkatana254]

$$ W

[@Idk-tj1cx]

could you make a video of yourself solving a puzzle that you've never done before? Im so curious as to the process it would take to solve something like the egg puzzle!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I can try to make that happen. I'm just not sure how interesting it would be! We could experiment, though.

[@lordofchaosiori]

FLEB Please do!

[@alexandreddd7573]

I would find that very interesting as well. Good idea!

[@baileymcbride2976]

Yes that would be so cool

[@jamesp13152]

That might be a 5 hour vid depending on the puzzle, maybe 20 hours. Some take me days, hour or so at a time.

[@Ditrix88]

"Oskar van Dave Hunter" XD

[@onesoggybiscuit7939]

he meant that name. Dude is very very popular in the cubing community

[@sinom]

Ditrix88 I have one of the curvycopters and really like it. it's pretty simple and very fun to solve

[@Ditrix88]

Sinom I have a gear cube. It's amazing. Guy's a genius.

[@Ditrix88]

The one that does 180 degree turns. But I also have other gear puzzles, all invented by Oskar.

[@blaken2880]

He was referencing the way Fleb pronounced it. it's Deventer, not Dave Hunter.

[@WildWildWeasel]

I never get tired of watching this kind of content, I find it really interesting and very entertaining for some reason xD

[@ssizko]

J.S. it's like it's soothing or somthing. maybe it's the way his voice is or how he moves

[@funnymonky19]

I had no idea I was this interested in puzzles

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Joe Mama same bruh same

[@ironman-693]

Fleb you always say you are a puzzle disigner in the beginning of your videos, would you mind showing of 1-2 or maybe a couple puzzles in a video you disgned by your self? would be really cool i think!

[@lxlyzd]

Iron man - I second this ! It would be cool to see some of your own creation

[@TSboneguy]

Great video! This is just what the doctor ordered! You should consider making this a series! You're doing really great stuff, Fleb, and you're growing very fast! Bravo sir, keep it up!! :D

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks! I'll consider it!

[@Eric-ue5mm]

I have no idea why im subscribed to you. I think its your relaxing videos.

[@matthewgoodman434]

I've got the hoberman brain twist and i have to say that thing is hard as hell. i soled it to completion, except for one piece which needed to go all the way to the other side of the puzzle. luckily for me, it's very easy to take apart

[@kirbythecreampuff]

i have the brain twist, but several years ago a friend of mine broke one of the pieces while trying to force the puzzle to invert. it still works but i have to kind of hold the broken piece in place or else it'll fall out. so yeah, you have to be patient with that one. It's quite fun though, and satisfying to move.

[@camk6847]

Finally content I can watch. I keep refreshing KZbin for stuff I can watch I have mononucleosis. That means that I have to stay at home all the time.

[@TSboneguy]

Same here lol except that I have O.I. (Osteogenesis Imperfecta) aka really brittle bones

[@camk6847]

Timothy Schultz that has nothing to do with my problem

[@Limosical]

i'm assuming it means they have to stay at home most of the time.

[@TSboneguy]

Limosical Yeah, that's what I was meaning, I am almost always housebound... I was trying to relate with you, Cameron K...

[@Kenshar1984]

You should also do more of the Hanayama collection. I just ordered another 4 of them.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

They're great!

[@TheAguydude]

Hanayama is my favorite mass market puzzle manufacturer. They're high quality, creative, elegant, durable, and cheap. It's easy, but my favorite Hanayama puzzle is LOOP. It's one of their level 1 puzzles, making it a nice puzzle to hand to visiting non-puzzlers. The only Hanayama puzzle I've regretted buying is coaster. It's immediately obvious how the puzzle works, but I just dont' think it's fun to solve.

[@Kenshar1984]

I just bought Spiral, Square, Marble, and News off of Amazon. They will arrive tomorrow actually :) . I just started to collect them and these were the ones that I thought were the most beautiful.

[@Mister.Psychology]

Hi, which ones are your favorites? I am planning to buy some of them.

[@BigDBrian]

isn't this recommendations *of* mass market puzzles, not *for*? I thought it was like an open letter to improve them!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I think you're correct? Grammar is a puzzle that I've never fully mastered.

[@thehackerkaito4063]

Nice ahegao face for your prof pic :D

[@aHondaaa]

Maybe "Mass Market Puzzles Recommendations"

[@FLEBpuzzles]

+Spencer Honda I like "Mass Market Puzzles Recommendations". I'll change it to that.

[@numbtee8478]

Thank you 'FLEB'.....it's like x-mas....whenever you post.....(y)

[@ryanburke8786]

You need to do videos about a few of these.

[@Shlafoutre]

Awesome! I was starting to run out of commute puzzles and I haven't tried any of these.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm glad I could help!

[@abeahmed2581]

Fleb could you show us cool puzzle, more like the style of the lotus box with tons of secrets? I really enjoyed that

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'm not sure there are many more puzzles like that! It's pretty unique! I'll see what I can dig up, though.

[@josephstylin8067]

everytime i hear your intro i feel like im watching a rick and morty commercial

[@techcraft111]

Sir, You deserve much more sub than that!! You are amazing

[@karlkastor]

Why not use referal links? I don't think anyone would mind you getting some small percentage of their purchase.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

The main reason I founded this channel was to get more people interested in puzzles. While referral links aren't opposed to that goal, I added a referral link before (on the "Wit's End" video) and didn't like the way I felt about it afterwards. I haven't quite figured out why that is yet.

[@zclqire9455]

love ur vids puzzles are so cool hope u get more successful on KZbin !!!❤

[@rustlemejimmys]

Hey FLEB awesome videos. You said your a puzzle designer, is there by any chance you could show us some of the puzzles you have designed or maybe tell us the types of puzzles you design. Thanks. Keep up the awesome videos!

[@JoshBeatty6]

To say that a lot of twisty puzzles solve a lot like the Rubik's cube is a bit of an overstatement. I can name many many that have the same goal as the Rubik's cube, to solve all the faces, but turn very differently and have a unique solving strategy!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Absolutely! My focus was mainly on puzzles available at big online shops, like Amazon. If you go to Mefferts or some other more specialized shop, you will of course find many that are very different. I also wanted to highlight a jumbling puzzle!

[@PerMortensen]

Hanayama puzzles are so beautiful!

[@GermiesCoasterYard]

I like how he said Iron Maiden and heavy metal within 10 seconds of each other

[@MonkLife]

You're the best fleb. Thanks fir your videos

[@dillonstout2745]

This channel is growing so fasr

[@matthewtallent8296]

So professional!

[@kenadams1240]

I think the curvy copter plus is harder because you can make more moves when jumbling

[@akashbhalotia317]

Hey Fleb, your channel's great!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Thanks!

[@JannersLSR]

I want the red dragon smart egg!!!

[@rimmyjimmy8385]

HAHAHA What a great unintended pun... The Iron Maiden Puzzle... A Heavy Metal Puzzle ... Or maybe is was intended? Either way, gotta love it!:P

[@donnypassary5798]

The last one made me said HOLY @#$*!!! That really caught me off guard lol. Seeing your collections, I decided to try to work with rubik's variants. But I think I need to understand how original rubik's cube work first (how they twist, change their position, etc) so I bought the set of 2*2*2 up to 5*5*5. So far I managed to solve some of them from guides in many web. But my question is, is it required to understand by yourself how to solve them in order to be able to solve their variants like the one in your video?

[@BlueNSour]

I really like those metal puzzles like revomaze, ramisis, etc and wondered if you had recommendations. Ive don't a lot of those little store bought ones like the lemon and want something chunkier and heavy to spend a while on. Any ideas?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

What's your price range? Are you willing to pay revomaze prices?

[@BlueNSour]

yeah i think i can swing that

[@TheMadHaxor]

More like this please, love the rare puzzles, but love the ones I can afford better :P

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I'll see if I can do another in a few weeks!

[@codyallen237]

How much is that Red Dragon Maze Egg just wondering because I wish that I could have one for myself because I love dragon's.

[@reggie5721]

FLEB my man, you are a fucking g brother. I love most all your videos (bitten biscuits was a little esoteric). Don't let the rude comments get to you, ain't nothing wrong with being clean cut and intelligent. Fuck, some could benefit from trying it sometime.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I appreciate the support! Thank you!

[@tylerp016]

Maze puzzle? That must be amazing!! I have no friends...

[@drane1210]

can you do the solving of these puzzle in a video plz

[@dinoodles]

It's not called jumbling in the cubing community it's called shapeshifting as the shape of the cube actually changes.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Shapeshifting and jumbling are different properties of twisty puzzles. You can easily have a puzzle which shapeshifts but doesn't jumble, such as a 3x3x5. Jumbling has to do with partial moves blocking normal moves on the puzzle. There's a mathematical definition that has to do with bandaging, if you're interested.

[@erickkang6385]

do a video on the rubiks cube

[@gadokondre]

Are there puzzles that you haven't solved yet or were not been able to solve?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Yes! I have about 15 puzzles that are from a recent shipment that I haven't even opened. There are a few that have stumped me as well (and have no solution online). One is a puzzle that a group of friends made me for my wedding!

[@gadokondre]

Would be cool to have you make a video about them :)

[@Silentsouls]

I still find Square in the bag to simple to be a winner.

[@DennyMapleSyrup]

Can you do a video on multi-stage puzzles that don't break the bank?

[@FLEBpuzzles]

How do you define "break the bank"?

[@annika9953]

FLEB i think they mean spend an excessive amount of money or 'cheap' puzzles

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Right, but I guess my question is where that is. I don't think that very many people have thought about how much they would be willing to pay for a puzzle. Is $50 "breaking the bank"? Is $20 "breaking the bank"? It's not clear to me what the actual dollar amount is.

[@1337treats]

"Nice example of jumbling without getting too complicated." That puzzle makes me confused and uncomfortable just looking at it!

[@_Cyler_Cryle_]

Hey, can I have some toturial of my puzzle?

[@samulewisniewski3593]

where did you get the hoper man brain twist

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I got mine about 15 years ago! I linked a place where you can get them currently in the description of the video. I've reproduced it here: amzn.to/2l80hEl

[@roxreworks]

can you solve them in the next video? :)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I can't solve them all, but I probably will cover some of them in the months to come. They're great puzzles!

[@nicholascanova4250]

iron maiden sold out!, new link please Fleb

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Really? That was quick! Let me see if I can find another one.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I changed the link to another producer. It's the same puzzle, but I haven't bought this particular version. I know the company, though, and they're good.

[@nicholascanova4250]

iron maiden purchased, i can't wait! you're the best!

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Let me know how it goes!

[@Spyder2384]

Hell yeah Iron Maiden is a heavy metal puzzle! \m/ up the irons \m/

[@Grozdor]

I want all but the rubik!

[@sinom]

Angel Hinanawi xc twisty puzzles can be good too...

[@miquelllorca8308]

Sinom twisty puzzles are good too

[@lolgamer3657]

Wow! TWITTER IS A *PUZZLE*!

[@ryanmurray5973]

What about Kantamino? (A puzzle with the pentominos being arranged to make rectangles)

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Are you referring to the particular board game or the general type of puzzle?

[@teav9881]

yay curvycopter!

[@footballhead117]

Oskar Van Davehunter! LOL!!

[@jazzy_jz]

Wow cool; tavern puzzles! XD

[@samulewisniewski3593]

is your name actually FLEB

[@FLEBpuzzles]

It does not say FLEB on my birth certificate.

[@gilbertserrano485]

i thought you would solve these as well

[@samuelbaudoux3312]

Is your last name kotecki????

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Is this a reference to something?

[@chrisr7751]

Hi Fleb.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Hi!

[@thecuberak2850]

I dont get it all of these are around 12 to 25 dollars thats the average price for a non wca puzzle

[@kaensuuunnni1525]

You should modify your intro to "hi, I'm a fleb..."

[@raywalsh4382]

Gearshift , gearball are great puzzles

[@FLEBpuzzles]

I agree! They're great!

[@thomascampbell350]

*have you ever encountered a puzzle that you can't solve?*

[@FLEBpuzzles]

Yep! The meta puzzle in the "Maze of Games" has stumped me for a long time. There are a few others that I find really tough. I'm not very good at some large categories of puzzles (burrs come to mind). There are about three unassembled burrs sitting on my "to solve desk".

[@sheogorath2657]

Can you solve my earbud cord entanglement plz

[@simondalstrom]

curvy copter m8

[@cinquedea]

I would love to see a video without actual puzzles. :) A video of you showing all the possible solutions to a puzzle without mentioning an example. Like use a bar of soap or something to show centrifugal force puzzles.

[@FLEBpuzzles]

That is an extremely strange idea! It sort of feels like a zen koan: To make a puzzle video, you must first remove all puzzles from your video. I'll think about it!

[@Luweepoo]

So cute

[@juzace8078]

ahhh fleb pleb

[@henrikswensen4639]

Notificationsquaaad

[@zegamingcuber857]

"Oskar Van Dave Hunter" XD