Katie Koala sequential discovery puzzle made by Brian Young (Mr. Puzzle)

I have been collecting Brians puzzles for many years and we have gained a great friendship through our love of puzzle. With the limited edition puzzles, Brian always kept number one and I always tried to collect the last number in the series. There were 65 Katie Koalas made in 2014. As you can see this auction is for number 65 of 65.  Puzzle is complete and i have neer attempted this puzzle. Katie has sat on my shelf in my puzzle room since I bought her as she looks so good. Im more into Burr's and Japenese puzzle boxes so thats why I have decided to let her go.

From Mr. Puzzle website:

There is much more going on inside this Koala’s head than a real Koala even after she’s been eating lots of gum leaves. Not just a single puzzle. This is a collection of a number of puzzles, all complex in their own right. The big puzzle for Brian was how to fit all the puzzling experiences into one Koala so that it didn’t turn out the size of a small motor car?

The ultimate goal is to find the 20th Anniversary token.

Along the way you’ll have to find and assemble Katie Koala’s joey named Verne; technically you’re getting two tough Koala puzzles not just one. To find the joey you’ll have to navigate literally a maze of locks that interact with each other.

The final door is actually held shut with 4 separate locks so there will be no fluke to open it. Once you do open it you’ll be rewarded not only with the token, but you’ll also get to see a lot of the inner mechanisms that Brian has deliberately left exposed. We would love to show you some of the brass work inside so you can understand where all the time’s been spent preparing this puzzle but that would give away waaaaaaay too many clues! so you’ll just have to wait until you discover it all for yourself.

In the past Brian has left ideas out of puzzles to keep the cost down. This being his 20th Anniversary he wanted to go all out, and everything he planned just seemed to work well, so he kept going….. It’s unlikely that he’ll ever make anything this elaborate again in a single puzzle.

Do you have the ‘koalafications’ to tackle this one?

The puzzle was designed by Brian Young. Special thanks to Junichi for their fabulous collaboration on the design for the joey.

Woods used: Koala – Papua New Guinean Teak (Vitex) with ear trim from Silver Ash and nose, hands & feet from Papua New Guinean Ebony. Her joey is made from Sycamore wood.

The puzzle also includes lots of brass and magnets used to make many tools that you will discover as you progress.

Size: Height 233mm Width 150mm at the ears Depth 125mm

thanks for looking 

Grant Smith