That's Amazing, Tim!

[@FurryFantasyRave]

Tim and his toy collection should be a national treasure.

[@DagazGriff]

I forgot about this channel for some years. And it's still up. This is a good day to know that.

[@sophierobinson2738]

I discovered Tim during lockdown.

[@bluesque9687]

There is something about him and his videos ( I have watched very few) that they seem they were recorded 20 or 25 years ago! But there is that beautiful serenity to them... love them!

[@foresttaniguchi3168]

I imagine Tim lives inside a huge warehouse full of shelves for his collection

[@tqft]

He has them all in his apartment :) very cute

[@NicoScorpio]

Guess whats behind the black curtains 🤣 i like to think about the mega warehous in Indiana Jones films yknow ?💀

[@NinjaOnANinja]

Nah, he clearly lives next door to Santa and his elves.

[@eerievibes6854]

It's actually a generic apartment. Lol

[@michaelst.michaels1490]

@@tqft how does he fit it all in an apartment

[@dovah6975]

A-maze-ing as always Tim.

[@atacstringer8573]

You beat me to it LOL

[@BodywiseMustard]

@@atacstringer8573....no the title beat you both to it. KZbin comments are so insipid

[@trashman1605]

It's always lovely to see you, Tim

[@southernflatland]

Thank you, both Tim and your team. This video holds a bit of a special place in my heart, as it was made after my request. I happen to have a mercury maze of my own, a bit different than the one here though as it's completely circular and the mercury bead was measured out in such a way to be able to solve it without ever breaking the mercury bead. Unfortunately mine is extremely weathered since it sat lost in our yard for about 7 years after Hurricane Katrina, but it's still in one piece essentially and still works fine. I had contacted them hoping to donate my toy to their collection, which was briefly discussed, but I gather that the shipping charges overseas wouldn't necessarily be worth it given the collection he already has seen here today. No worries by me, I just figured perhaps my toy should go to some sort of museum somewhere, not like you run across a mercury maze that survived Katrina plus spent 7 years lost in the weather ya know. Anyways, on a side note, I had another miniature maze similar to the ones presented around 9:20, which I picked up at an antique car festival, Cruisin' The Coast, but it was more or less a flat pocket style of 3D maze, with only like 3 'layers' to the sides. Most of the maze action was on the top and bottom ya know, but still the side edge maze portions made it that much more tricky. But the irony of the thing was that it was sponsored by our local mental hospital, with their BIG black logo printed right over the maze on one side. So the mental ward that sponsored it didn't stop for even a second to think that blocking vision of large parts of the maze wouldn't itself drive people crazy huh? 😂 Regardless, thanks again for everything you do, and have a wonderful holiday season and new year!

[@grandillusions]

Thanks for the heads up and the photo Brian. It inspired Tim to go and find all the mazes in his collection!

[@poweronegaming3681]

This should be telecasted as a show in TV🔥🔥🔥

[@southernflatland]

His name is Tim Rowett, and he's been on TV before, apparently a long time ago though. From his Wikipedia article: "Grand Illusions was started as an online community for science and games in 1996. It was developed by Hendrik Ball and George Auckland (then BBC producers) who were exploring the role of the media and the World Wide Web during the late 90s." "Rowett appeared on the television science programme Take Nobody’s Word For It in 1989 alongside Carol Vorderman, demonstrating optical illusions." But back to my own thoughts, yes I totally agree, Tim should be on TV today!

[@ShalmendoGlineux]

As much as Tim was struggling with the mazes (they're clearly not his specialty!) He was charming and entertaining throughout! Tim is such a charming gentleman, and I've never heard a posher accent in my life. I would have adored having Tim as an Uncle or Grandfather in youth! Sadly I live in the states so he wouldn't have been able to come by very often but that would have made his visits extra special!

[@Goatmanification]

That Amaze In Ball has been around years! I remember wanting one when I was a kid and I'm now nearly 30!

[@pvtpain66k]

Me: "Take the clear part off and show us the pattern the rolling pin makes!" I totally didn't get the title/pun until I saw everything on the table. >_>

[@chaoticevilspacewitch]

I had one of those mercury mazes as a kid. I don't think I ever solved it properly, I liked to shake it really hard so the mercury broke into a bunch of tiny droplets, then manipulate it to rebuild them into one large one.

[@TheGozeraye]

That was smart though.

[@larsthememelord3383]

that was kinda risky because if the casing broke you’d die possibly

[@demimcnulty9240]

Love seeing your collections, thank you!

[@JoeSyxpack]

I had the mercury one when I was a kid. If you shake it real hard the mercury ball will bust into hundreds of small pieces that you can entertain yourself forming them into one piece again. Of course I eventually broke it open to play with the mercury.

[@mamuteddymad]

This is hands down my favourite video on this channel. I love mazes! 😊

[@glenngriffon8032]

I had a maze toy that i adored as a child. I got it sometime in the 90's. It was a clear acrylic rectangle filled with water and little maze square sections. You know those sliding tile number puzzles where you have to shift the tiles around till you get everything in numerical order? It was a bit like that. You had to tilt and wiggle the toy while these tiles slid around in the container of water and i remember being mesmerized at clearing a section and watching a tile slowly fall into place. Anyway i forget if you had a ball bearing to move through the maze or if you were just supposed to move the little air bubble through the maze but i played with that thing constantly. Shifting the tiles around to make a new maze, moving the bubble around the maze and watching it split apart and come back together. I wish I had it still.

[@drenzine]

that sounds like a nice toy

[@DKay-gl3hv]

I had a toy called "Miller's Maze" when I was a kid. It was a completely clear acrylic cube divided up into 125 chambers (5×5×5). You put in a ball-bearing through a hole on top, then had to navigate the ball through the chambers to find the correct path to an exit hole. Wish I still had it, I had many hours of fun with it and solved it several times.

[@J.DeLaPoer]

I used to own that exact same round mercury maze. Shame you can't get them anymore. You can fix the scuffed/scratched plastic with some watch crystal polisher like "Polywatch"

[@diegomoreno1029]

I cannot believe this: I have one "mercury blob maze" exactly like the one shown at 1:01

[@mikemoss6045]

2:07 there was a toy called jumpin beanz that were renamed to mighty beanz in the early 2000's that moved like that.

[@tommytheshimigami]

I had a bunch

[@xeroxavier2486]

The amazing Tim! I love the channel. It’s wholesome and warm.

[@geoffreyguestion2843]

Tim could talk about his bathroom tap and it'd be amazing.

[@foxmetro1]

Wow Tim. There's so many cool doodads and whizbangs I need to learn about

[@daometh]

Protect this man at all cost

[@dutch_blades]

I love the mercury mazes! I have the exact same one and recently rediscovered the one from my childhood.

[@futuristica1710]

The shpere with the red, blinking dot: "I am sorry, Tim. I can not allow you to solve the my maze."

[@Zombie-TV]

He is one of the few adults I actually enjoy.

[@karenstott7980]

Keep well Uncle Tim. East coast Australia. x

[@sheeeple2069]

i had one of those mercury mazes as a kid.

[@siyustuff213]

it really took me 4 minutes to get the pun in the title we love you tim :D

[@ptonpc]

Fantastic collection. Merry Christmas to you all :)

[@Shindai]

I had that red maze cube back in the day. I saw one recently that was the deathstar from Star Wars, that looked quite good

[@DataBroth]

you might like to check out Doug Factory puzzles, they have both a blind cube, where the maze is not only on the cube's surface, but inside the cube and a series of adventure themed mazes where part of the maze is underneath where you can't see it really cool stuff from France

[@timmytommy2921]

Anyone intrigued by the last puzzle needs to get a Perplexus. They are the spherical puzzles like that one, and very complicated and fun.

[@okancanarslan3730]

mercury maze and Oscar's cube are very interesting

[@Morgan5757]

I love your videos Tim, they are amazing

[@flatline-timer]

Oh my god that intro is adorable

[@cynthiaminson7306]

I want my kids to grow up with your videos Tim, love your videos!

[@maskedmarvyl4774]

It's so nice that DC's Toyman decided to do a series of videos reviewing toys in his later years...... That ball maze with the blinking light would give me a headache to do.....

[@janiprice6117]

The mercury maze was so cool! I wonder if there's a modern day less deadly version of that toy because it's so creative!

[@Gamewizard13th]

probably using water

[@RFC-3514]

Metallic mercury, especially in that amount, isn't "deadly" at all. At most, it could let off some vapours that could in theory slightly harm the development of small babies' brains. The highly toxic one is "organic" mercury (a family of carbon compounds containing mercury).

[@cheyannei5983]

@@RFC-3514 It's not deadly, but it is toxic. Elemental mercury used to be used in felting hats and the 'Mad Hatter's would have been quite a common malady.

[@RFC-3514]

@@cheyannei5983 - Literally _everything_ is toxic, even water. It's just a matter of dosage. You can handle metallic mercury just fine; absorption through the skin is almost non-existent. You can even eat it; absorption through the digestive tract is also minimal. It's not even significantly toxic if you inject it directly into your bloodstream (although it will block blood flow, so don't do that). The only relevant source of toxicity would be vapours, but at ambient temperature and for short periods, those would be irrelevant for an adult. Hatters worked with heated mercuric nitrate (not metallic mercury), every day, for several hours a day, over decades. It added up. But quite slowly.

[@cheyannei5983]

@@RFC-3514 No, it's not a matter of dosage, there's no lower limit of mercury vapor exposure that does not cause harm, just low enough that the body can fix it.

[@momsberettas9576]

There are some really cool 3d printed mazes and puzzles people are making.

[@rickc-137___]

My favorite ASMR channel

[@Dreg_s]

I love that yellow box maze!

[@Snazzydaps]

Every time he touches the surface over the mercury, I imagine this will be his last video

[@Vyzard]

With complicated toys like these I kinda wish they would get a second camera to show Tim's various facial expression. Though, an upgrade like that would make the older videos way more dated

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Those are so simple yet looks so fun

[@danforbes3573]

Tim is the most a-maze-ing blokde on the internet!

[@junkgyre5301]

I'm guessing the best way to do the rolling pin maze is on your back with arms up so the ball don't roll away.

[@johnnypoo3166]

That's what I thought.

[@junkgyre5301]

@@johnnypoo3166 He's seems like a smart bloke, I'm sure he'll figure it out.

[@NaClO]

Quite amazing indeed

[@ObviousSchism]

What a lovely idea.

[@shpooko]

Banger maze video Tim

[@himyusernameisveryverylonghehe]

Tim feels like my grandpa. Basically a time machine. But, tim is a youtuber and my grandpa watches youtube

[@dimashi190]

Просто восхитительно 🤩 !!!

[@Damariobros]

I'd watch a video of just Tim trying to put that yellow maze lid on, good asmr material lol Also I have a coin bank that's shaped like a cube that also happens to be a ball bearing maze. You have to go through all 6 faces of the cube before arriving at the end, which is a switch which forces the ball bearing through to the start again, pressing a button in the process that pops the coin bank open.

[@BunnyKins1970]

I also have that bank. Transparent plastic. 💚🐇🐴💚

[@user-rc9jf8ng2k]

Tim should have a museum with all these toys.

[@rogerphillips1679]

Reminds me of the Tomy obstacle course pocket maze!

[@billgriffiths1685]

699,841 puzzles Tim, how to slide the lid on is the last 1.

[@emanh4keem_san420]

Bruh💀

[@gazzaka]

God bless Tim !

[@b516uck]

Extraordinary!

[@recklessroges]

I'd love to try that yellow one next time you're in London.

[@DrFeelGoood]

I love you tim!!!!

[@MultiArtartart]

really cool, thank you.

[@joeyanimations4304]

Great vid as always pops

[@p1nelord]

Gorgeous video sir

[@spencerjacobs4906]

You should see some modern perplexes ball bearing puzzles they’re pretty neat

[@Kyle-k3v4e]

my man loves bits and baubles

[@what-uc]

I sent away for a maze puzzle, I received a packet of corn flakes

[@robotslug]

Some KZbin maker should absolutely create a mercury blob maze. If they ever do, someone let me know?

[@alexanderschafer5885]

Love ya tim!

[@rogerchtarponne4968]

There is a mistake in the title of the video, it should be "That amazing Tim ! "

[@mark6302]

Oscar Vandeventer is a mathamagician

[@JanBinnendijk]

Oskar's cube has been around since 1994.. i bought it when i was in the hospital, i needed a challenge

[@DukeWooze]

Man I feel dumb. I'm confused as to how that puzzle has almost seven hundred thousand combinations. I get the 4 to the power of 6 but what am I missing after that? 6 pieces, 4 orientations (or states) so 4096 possibilities for that part. But after that I'm not sure. 6 sides to a cube with 6 pieces, so you would think 6 to the power of 6, 46656 combinations on that part.

[@Insipidont]

Grab one piece... you have 6 potential faces of the cube to put that face in, and for each one of those, you have 4 orientations, so for the first piece you have 6*4 possibilities. For the next piece, you will have 5 faces of the cube left, and again 4 orientations, so 5*4 possibilities. You can follow the same pattern to come up to the following formula: (6*4) * (5*4) * (4*4) * (3*4) * (2*4) * (1*4) = 6! * 4^6 = 2949120 combinations! Now, many of these combinations are going to end up representing the same puzzle. At the very least, each combination appears six times, since we do not want to consider rotations of the same cube as different puzzles. This brings us down to 491520 combinations, which is somehow lower than the advertised number.

[@DukeWooze]

@@Insipidont Wow man I appreciate it. I took a class in statistics once but I forgot how to do all that stuff. I'm going to go back look over that stuff comeback here and check it out again. But I can't thank you enough for this.

[@Alphoric]

Love the new intro Tim great work

[@rickyseedo4067]

I would buy that first maze

[@andyd8370]

The Perplexus should be on this list!

[@RattyFlyer]

Mind blown 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@Yakout02]

Am OG tim i love your vids

[@timetraveller6643]

Hallo Tim. Can you please help me with a question? There is a hidden message trick called "Red-Reveal". To see a secret message in a picture, you look through some red gel. I am going mad trying to find the inventor. Or even some early description of tge phenomenon. It must date from the 19th Century as coloured lights and photography used these tinted films. You must have old examples. What can you tell us about Red Secret Messages?

[@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.-]

That's amazing, Tim!

[@melody3741]

They are like mighty beanz. I had one then buried it in mash potatos then it got thrown away with lunch when i forgot it there.

[@maxpayne2574]

In the 1970s the science teacher let us hold Mercury in our hands.

[@Sandux930]

happy turkey day tim

[@abirmahmud2242]

absolutely great video, thank you

[@TheObserver3]

The 🖊 one would be my favorite' quite clever.

[@rickyseedo4067]

Imagine a temperature based maze

[@arw2008]

We had the mercury one

[@alitlweird]

Noyyyyce!

[@Me-pl3pi]

"A lovely, quivery bit of, um... mercury, which was then, unfortunately, banned, because it's just poisonous, so-" -Tim

[@arlowho3844]

wow

[@phonotical]

Might want to keep the mercury maze in a container with some sulphur in, incase it ever leaked

[@RFC-3514]

Metallic mercury is fine. There's far more toxic stuff in the air of any city.

[@jag217]

Tim that is truly A "maze" ing !!

[@diazconias]

I´m guesing that Tim is a big fan of Borges.

[@mengzhang910]

这些迷宫类玩具非常好，锻炼脑力，挺好的👍

[@fredblonder7850]

That’s no circular maze; it’s a DEATHSTAR!

[@АндрейЛаптев-х5в]

The first labyrinth I would always keep in an airtight fume hood. 😥☠

[@godofdream9112]

How old are you sir ?

[@emer3376]

24 possibilities for one side, 6 sides, 24 x6 ----- 144

[@johnrudy9404]

At first, he was puzzled. Then, he got his bearings. Landed up being aMAZing. I'll let myself out. Try the veal.

[@ChristianPrestonYates]

Space?

[@shearnotspear]

Hi there Grand Illusions team! I was reading around the internet and discovered Nintendo's brief history with toy-making in the late '60s. A lot of these toys seem right up Tim's alley, like the Ultra Hand (apparently one of the first commercial toys to make use of lazy tongs?) and Love Tester. Does he have any of these in his collection? I'd love to hear what he thinks about them!