Prison Block is the second in a trilogy of lego puzzles from Josiah, and it makes for a very worthy sequel!
The goal is to open the gate of the prison, trigger the alarm, and free the imprisoned jailbird from his cell! But that's not the end point of this puzzle. Just like with Sand Castle, you also have to figure out the reset as well which is not a simple reversal of prior steps! It's a major step up from Sand Castle with 18 steps and Josiah was rightfully proud of himself for implementing some novel and unique mechanisms he had never seen done in lego before. I had a blast with this one, but I wouldn't share it with family and friends like I had recommended for Sand Castle. It's not an easy puzzle at all and I would expect some people to smash it apart out of rage here.
As a side note, there were a few lego bricks that came apart too easily, so I glued them together before putting the puzzle back together following the included building instructions. So this copy of Prison Block should be reasonably sturdy for anyone worried about that aspect of the solve.
The pdf of the building instructions will come included with the puzzle to whoever the winner of this auction is in case the puzzle breaks apart for one reason or another. No need to publicly admit to smashing it apart out of frustration and needing help to put the bricks back together!
Legos are a lovely medium to work with when designing puzzles. Too often, hidden steps are revealed due to visible seams which designers deal with in a variety of ways. But with legos, seams are a natural part of its appearance! Furthermore, there are so many parts out there that a wide range of mechanisms can be implemented with minor difficulty instead of needing complex designing, prints, or extreme creativity and skills to deal with. Plus it doesn't hurt that parts are very easily reusable from one project to another. With a stack of construction instructions and a pile of lego parts, people can theoretically have an endless number of lego project to mess around with! Although I don't blame them if there's reluctance to break down their hard work afterwards.
So Josiah's design work in this space is a very welcome addition to the sheer variety of mechanical puzzles in the world!
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