The Bamboo Soccer Ball

[@Octanielandfriends]

Easier than the giraffe. everything is easier than the giraffe.

[@muazqamar]

That's not true. Giraffe puzzle is impossible to solve

[@llendar1296]

Luigi , the Giraffe took me 3 weeks, and I hated doing it.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

A Puzzle is a Puzzle and the Giraffe is the Giraffe.

[@muazqamar]

LOL Nice meme

[@wmpowell8]

No because you assemble the giraffe puzzle like a regular picture puzzle.

[@PDeRop]

I wonder how many people bought this for it's aesthetics and never knew it was a puzzle and that it could be taken apart :)

[@Mr.Puzzle]

That's possible! 😂

[@kngmalcolm6588]

GBatT

[@reyleadevera7568]

why?

[@samanthajernell8030]

I actually own one and play with it and the others daily

[@ThePulmentinum]

my friend has this very same puzzle...the fact that neither you nor him were able to pull it apart by force using the same strategy you used to build it did not prevent me from doing it...it required some force but the puzzle fell apart and the pieces did not broke, so I guess I can say I solved it, right?

[@Mr.Puzzle]

I guess, YES! 😉

[@chelseapeterson35]

ThePulmentinum break*

[@ThePulmentinum]

yup, my bad ^^'

[@acedianPianist]

Gordian Knot!

[@idkfolden6830]

ThePulmentinum on the other bamboo puzzles I just throw them on the ground XD

[@michaelhitchcock9255]

My father made one of these for me in about 1955. I loved it. I still have it somewhere. It has been around for a long time. However, if you soak the assembled puzzle in water a little while it is impossible to take it apart until it dries out. I was given the puzzle while the wood was still green, and it took a couple of weeks for it to dry enough to be disassembled. Whoever taught dad to make it had also told him it was traditionally given while the pieces were green or after the puzzle had been soaked in water to make the pieces swell.

[@litfire6639]

2 in 1 puzzle, can use to play with Sepak Takraw.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

You feet would really suffer. It's hard like a stone.

[@litfire6639]

thought so, I guess. as always, keep it up with good videos and puzzles. love from Malaysia

[@LadyTigerLily]

This is an simple but interesting variation on the classic 6-piece star puzzle, which is disassembled and reassembled exactly the same way, but here, the solution is not as obvious, I think. Either way, very pretty. I like these puzzles as decorations for a desk or bookshelf, too.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Yes they can also be used as design objects.

[@LadyTigerLily]

Haben Sie auch Puzzle-Rezensionen auf deutsch? Es wäre eine gute Übung sein.

[@ABaumstumpf]

I have one of those made from red/blue/yellow plastic. It's probably over 50 years old by now.

[@jaggns5774]

LadyTigerLily kannst du auch mal deutsch reden?

[@LadyTigerLily]

Jawohl, aber ich bin etwas aus der Übung. :)

[@jumanjicostco3248]

seems like assembling these puzzles back is more tedious than taking it apart

[@Mr.Puzzle]

That's right. A lot of them are harder to reassemble.

[@jaggns5774]

Mr.Puzzle welches war das schwerste puzzle was du jemals gelöst hast? die giraffe?

[@MrFlaBwo]

I remember this puzzle, I bought it back in 2005 when I'm on vacation to Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It's pretty cheap, it's about 7500 IDR at that time ($0.7) I bought it in some street vendor in Malioboro.

[@dhearyzikrimuhammad_0366]

Dude, i have this!(don't know where it is now) i remember the parts being like that, and i used to play with them, not knowing it was a puzzle to begin with. I was still around 5-8 years old then ok, i didn't know

[@derpesore]

I had the same puzzle I like instantly took it apart and put it back together easily

[@joselinabueno7142]

I think my cat likes you. She jumped up and laid on me and watched the video with me. She never lays on me. I nearly died of happiness.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Hahahaha, that made my day! :D

[@joselinabueno7142]

It made my life! My cat never shows affection.

[@aliceinmadseason2319]

you rock mr puzzle

[@Mr.Puzzle]

✌

[@tomtravis1506]

He does, under one condition

[@jaynooses3627]

The way that you approach these puzzles, to me are awesome. I especially enjoy the reasoning you explain how you figure it out. In my mind it's an example of how to figure out most difficult situations. Use a combination of trial and error with deductive reasoning. Witch I find really useful in everyday life. Thank you for all of your time and effort to make these videos. Honestly I really like/appreciate your work.

[@colinpalmer9798]

I'm really looking forward to April 1st, 2018 :)

[@numnum3316]

Colin Leroy why? Isnt that today?

[@torilarrson5679]

Numair Javaid 2018

[@VanillaPG]

From the future here, April 1st 2018 (Easter AND April Fools) is almost upon us.

[@thefirebloxian4544]

Hey, this is Fireblaster from the future and i am pleased to say that today is 1 April 2018!!! Happy April Fools day!!!

[@danmar007]

What I'd like to know is how people come up with puzzles.

[@felroberto]

Last night l was tired but not able to sleep so l decided to face this puzzle that l bought a week ago. With the help of this video I was able to disassemble it, tough it was not easy for me but anyway l learnt the trick. Surprisingly it was easier for me assembling it back by putting piece by piece together following a symmetrical way. Fitting the last piece was the hardest part because one needs to open the puzzle with five pieces already done but avoiding to make it fall apart. Practice makes perfect. Thank you.

[@cocomilk253]

My cat jumped at the Monitor LIKE FOR NO REASON

[@Mr.Puzzle]

I am sure she hab a good reason 😂

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

How dare you question a cat's motives? :')

[@daskitso]

I know this video is 4 years old, but i hope you see my note. This puzzle can be taken apart quickly by spinning it like a top. The centrifugal force opens it immediately. And it's fun to do it that way. Impresses many people.

[@IsabellaStarke]

Das ist die beste Erklärung und Lösungsanleitung für das Holzkugelpuzzle, das im Netz existiert!!! Danke dafür.❤ Ich war schon frustriert, weil ich die Lösung scheinbar wusste, aber mir am Ende alle Teile auseinander fielen. Jetzt habe ich richtig Spaß damit!

[@Aman26Ai]

I use to play with it in my childhood. Honestly that's the only 1 puzzle i am aware of among all your puzzles. Hats off to u. Great fan.. Keep posting.

[@devjock]

Wow, I totally expected this to be a pretty difficult burr puzzle, but that's a nice trick!

[@kwuchycharlie294]

devjock I have this puzzle, but I figured it out wayy quicker.. like 3-4 minutes or even less

[@mcjdc]

devjock Aron Burr!

[@douglas5412]

yeah it looks hard but he found a simple way to do it

[@douglas5412]

but devjock i can figure this out on half a second

[@douglas5412]

hammer

[@badrabbit0077]

We used to have something similar in the 90's, but they were tiny and made of plastic.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Back to wood these days! :)

[@catboynathann]

had this when I was 8. I looked at for about two minutes, and finished it after 7 minutes

[@savjeff4537]

I have a similar puzzle which is pretty much the same except two of the pieces are indented and a third one slides in and out. It's much easier and the first thing you tried to put it back together is pretty much the solution.

[@mr.sinister2029]

Lol. They make little plastic versions of this only it's hollow. I use to have them when I was a kid. It's cool to see the adult version of this puzzle.

[@kellypat125]

I disassembled it and then watched your video and was surprised how much more force I needed, I def had to do some more "tugs" before it came loose. Just posting in case it helps someone else

[@GatusFloppus]

I thought this was some kind of biscuit thingy xD

[@matthewbertrand4139]

Base Form Gogeta You don't exist. Why did you come out of fusion as a Super Saiyan? You think you're too good for base form?

[@lex__ms6888]

Thanks!!! I just had it for years! Now my wife and I we did it!

[@justkita3890]

I didn't even realize this was meant to be a puzzle. I just always took it apart and put it together when I was bored.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

😂👍

[@AlinezBR]

i had one exactly like this when i was a kid, but it was made in plastic and was considered a "toy", not a puzzle.

[@harrisonr3456]

I did this puzzle a while ago, it wasnthe same exact one but a recreation of it, it took me about 5 or 10 mins but was really fun to do

[@Mr.Puzzle]

I agree, it's not the most difficult puzzle but the idea is brilliant.

[@harrisonr3456]

Mr.Puzzle you should check out this puzzle if you can. I've spent hours on it and haven't completed it. It reminds me of the inside cubs you did a while ago. its aimed for kids but still a lot of fun. www.walmart.com/ip/Spin-Master-Games-Perplexus-Epic-Game/27127034?wmlspartner=wlpa&selectedSellerId=285&adid=22222222228019230682&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=45289637192&wl4=pla-88658662352&wl5=9009695&wl6=&wl7=9009681&wl8=&wl9=pla&wl10=111838799&wl11=online&wl12=27127034&wl13=&veh=sem

[@ankithsr423]

The giraffe one is still my favourite

[@junelua00]

I was given this one as a child over 20 years ago, I took it with me everywhere! I had a completely different solution+assembly though.

[@stevenbrown9017]

Do you think it's natural talent or practice that makes solving these puzzles somewhat do-able

[@Mr.Puzzle]

I think everyone can solve puzzles. The time needed does not matter. What keeps a lot of people from doing it is that you really need to think and concentrate.

[@magicbeans3499]

Very beautiful version of this puzzle! recently purchased one very similar but different colors!

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Actually it is a very cheap version. If you look at the link it is about 5$ - 7$.

[@magicbeans3499]

nice!

[@claytonfair3038]

One of my teachers had this and I figured it out in about 15 minutes. I was so proud of myself

[@AngelaLacroix]

is there any puzzle that no matter how hard you try could not ever figure it out? I think that would be a cool video

[@Mr.Puzzle]

I think that would be a very boring video, since I am a veeeery patient guy.

[@AngelaLacroix]

Mr.Puzzle but it would show us how your mind works. like when you are confused what you think up to do personally to me it would be cool may be not to a lot of people you could edit it to show the parts you like but anyway its just an idea

[@freemanedwards5663]

That is such a cool puzzle

[@7bodysnatchers7]

I'm glad these videos came up on my recommendation list

[@sapphirelight748]

enjoyed this one. classic and simple. haven't seen these at any Christmas markets where I'm from that I can recall, but I'll keep a look out for them this year.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

👍Let me know if you found one!

[@punchslinger]

And thus soccer in Asia uses this ball

[@DjRuccy]

*Football

i had one of those, but one of the pieces was flat, without jagged edges, so you just need to push it side to side.

[@tabloidweasel]

Does simply tossing it with a spin not take it apart? I had a puzzle like this when i was young and that worked well

[@Mr.Puzzle]

With this one it does not work.

[@honeybunches9940]

i watch these to go to sleep

[@viceoo]

Maricelis Costa me to

[@juleselizaaaa]

honey bunches same lol!

[@dariorodstein9803]

you should try the hannayama quartet

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Requested a few times now. Got it here already. I will do it during the next week's. 👍

[@edsondiasribeirosoares504]

Muito bom ! Gostei muito !! Gosto muito desse tipo de distração !!

[@XerkZ562]

i use to get plastic ones out of the quarter machine

[@TimeLady8]

I came across one of your videos a while ago but life got in the way and I couldn't watch them all. I rectified that over the past couple of days. I never knew there were as many puzzles of the type you solve. Love the videos. I just wondered, do you have a Patreon where people can support you?

[@Mr.Puzzle]

So far I do not have a Patreaon channel. I am not sure what special content I should add there.

[@pyozoa]

Apparently the one that I bought is not as good a quality as your's. It came shrink wrapped and as soon as I took off the plastic wrap it fell apart completely!! I was totally dumbfounded because I did not have any time at all to spend examining it before being disassembled. I spent over an hour trying to figure out how to put it back together and the solution I came up with was the one you showed as the first example and had to squeeze the heck out of it to get it back together. It was frustrating because that last piece would be incredibly tight to fit in and it would all fall apart again. Finally I was able to get it back together. After watching your video I will attempt to take it apart again and assemble it the easy way. LOL! Thanks for this video!!

[@joshpatzzz]

You can easily break apart the puzzle by simply throwing it up in the air

[@SpiritedSpy]

but will it get looser over time?

[@xonfused4012]

Depends on how big your fingers are

[@zayzaya.8820]

Anyone else get some slight ASMR vibes from this?

[@shernronz6293]

Thank you

[@plasmarayblaster399]

There was a smaller plastic version of this a while back.

[@paulinaasis6635]

i cant do anything....this is terror

[@codybailey6472]

You should probably try to let the viewers see the puzzle better when you assemble it, and explain the process better too. I had this problem when watching the video.

[@lexpendragon7935]

It's funny to see how I got as frustrated as you when reassembling the puzzle. But instead of doing mirror morphs, I added them one by one, and eventually, got stuck again by the missing piece. I forced and it stuck in. Reassembled it anyway 🤷‍♀️

[@charliemurdockmusic]

That was my second guess. First guess was that you'd push the pieces inward towards each other and that would loosen the puzzle just enough to take it apart. Cool video!

[@bluramen9521]

It looks like another puzzle I had so I knew how to immediately solve it

[@sweetcl0ud]

thank you

[@oldhippy1017]

It looks as if it is made nicely.

[@seanshepherd1071]

I have several variants of these in different shapes, and universally they don't ever seem to hold back together well after their first disassembly.

[@DougMoloney]

Thankd you so much, it was driving me crazy,

[@southernfriedhippie]

That thing is just cool looking. Seems to me the real puzzle is reassembly.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

It is not too difficult in general but can be used as a design object.

[@djole2558]

@@Mr.Puzzle I have been trying to pull it apart for ages it just doesnt wanna fall apart please help

[@franzschubert4480]

I have one of those but mine usually falls apart from just holding it in your hand. It doesn't have that much friction.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

That makes it much more easy I guess. 😃

[@Blueberryyymuffin]

I have this puzzle. And I still can’t take it apart

[@djole2558]

Same

[@Blueberryyymuffin]

Djordje Knezevic funnily enough the instructions are just on how to put it together. Searching around also just have the same instructions. I feel so stupid. It won’t come apart!

[@djole2558]

@@Blueberryyymuffin I know. I'm starting to think its something about my puzzle. And my fingers hurt soo bad.

[@charline7270]

Same :/

[@justkeb9091]

I have the same puzzle, but it's smaller and more blocky

[@HYEOL]

The one I have doesnt have that tight fit by far, I am impressed

[@sinom]

The 3 part solution is really nice and all and I also use that but you can also put in one piece last. Instead of holding it in your hands you just have to put the puzzle down.

[@sinlokemp]

The giraffe puzzle got me here 😂 you got a new sub 👍🏼

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Welcome to my channel!

[@olstar18]

Never heard it called a soccer ball but I've already done that puzzle before. Rather easy one.

[@darkenwarrior]

I have one similar to that, but after not playing with it for like a year, I got bored one day and went back to it and it seems no matter what I did the friction part just never worked. I tried squishing all the parts together as tight as I could but the slightly wiggle of any single part just collapses the whole thing. it's like it forgot it was suppose to be held together.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Try mixing the parts

[@Infernova99]

I've actually completed one of those without looking up, and I felt damn proud about it. But my pussle wasn't as tight, so I could pull it apart the way it was assembled without any real effort

[@MR66672]

In love with ur vids 👌🏼

[@sampletext7925]

Ty for the ASMR

[@AkshayKumar-uo8vp]

Please make video on some Indian puzzles. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@kibunjojo4499]

I used to have a vintage version of this same puzzle, but it is made out of plastic

[@Spoif]

That is a very interesting puzzle.

[@ultimatedingaloid3008]

To disassemble: burn it. You win! To reassemble: reverse time. You win!

[@TheBloodfire]

i have a puzzle that works exactly like this. but instead it makes a Star shape instead of a football shape. It's also a very old puzzle.

[@Mr.Puzzle]

There are many variants of this puzzle. It's a real classic.

[@londheyash]

I had solved this puzzle in my childhood days (~5 yrs of age)

[@silverpaws7989]

i actually have hade this puzzle since i was 8

[@ClutchRain57]

my mom bought me this puzzle few years back and i found different way of solving it

[@nardic15]

i had another version of this puzzlel once when i went on a vacation and loved solving it though i figured it out pretty quick but this is very memorable to me

[@gilvelaz69]

I had a ball like that but it was plastic and different colors. But it was super easy to solve it might be a challenge for the first time.

[@marvins8420]

Great Video :) Keep on

[@RAVANAZAR]

love your channel

[@tiberiurus1289]

Solved it in the first 5 seconds of the video. Beat that

[@ibrahimhussin6779]

in malaysia we not call bambo soccer ball,we call bola takraw.

[@maxng7916]

Bola takraw uses rotan. Not bamboo.

[@devonwan5645]

ibrahim hussin *ebola takraw

[@memyselfandi6422]

That reminds me of that wooden star puzzle but this one is a ball instead.

[@Zamerus]

I owned one of these a long time ago.. but lost the pieces and never found them

[@CYOnTheBeat]

Once you solve it a few times it fosent hold together as tight(atleast mine).

[@Katthecateringcat]

I bought this puzzle when I was a kid. And then I can't assemble it back to a ball. Hahaha

[@TomO-if7nh]

Another very interesting video!

[@mariasaade2344]

I usually pull it apart the same way you reassembled. You grip the opposing clusters and pull apart, and voila ♥

[@Hailey_Hall]

I built this is woodwork

[@iznutz]

1. Put puzzle in freezer, 2. Let wood contract, 3. Come back to solved puzzle 4. Profit! =method #2.. ~Use oven for reassemble solution~ ;)

[@Mr.Puzzle]

Would that really help? All pieces would contract the same way. ;)

[@iznutz]

🤔 Hmmm true true.. Maybe though the middle would cool slower cause of science, and unseen magical forces creating the friction breakdown?! 😮 orrrrr we could put it in liquid nitrogen and "accidentally" drop it on the table for a one time solution haha.😨

[@doggoproductionstm655]

I have one and I tried this for ages but it didn't work to disassemble any help

[@reidrobinson1823]

Chrome cast Google spin it like a top on a table will all fly apart

[@The210LawnKing]

my teacher had that one but it looked like a diamond shape but made of wood

[@Naratis]

I had a very similar puzzle but it was a star shape

[@mc__mauri8863]

i have had that kind of buzzle ball from 2013 and i can build it eyes closed

[@vendingmachineguy7750]

i did this when someone from a science organization idont know what its called and i got to try it and i did it . that was really tricky but once you get it itll be piece of cake