Juno - Crooked 6 Piece Burr (original version) (2021)

⟬ Juno Fortnight ⟭——[ puzzles designed by Junichi Yananose ]——08. Crooked 6 Piece Burr (original version) (2021)

from Juno's description:

Juno designed this puzzle 30 years ago but he never opened the original design to the public. It only appeared on a Japanese puzzle journal. He also put the design of its coordinated motion version on his old web page. The latter design was produced in a very small quantity by a handful makers as well as by Juno himself, who made about five of them at the time.

This original version consists of three identical pieces and three mirror image versions of the pieces. At first glance, all the pieces look the same. Each piece is made up of two red-brown L-shaped blocks which are connected by a crank-shaped element and is zigzag shaped. This characteristic makes it difficult to identify the head and tail of the pieces. Although this puzzle is not very difficult compared to most of the other puzzle products we have produced, it is confusing to play with the puzzle and many people find that the last piece will not fit in to the assembled shape even though the orientation of each pieces looks right.

sidenote: this is one of those burrs that likes to fall apart as soon as i pick it up, and it takes me twenty minutes to remember how to reassemble it.

♫: 

—1. everything i have is in the photos.

—2. shipment is by USPS Priority Mail, insured for the full sale price and trackable.

—3. shipping will be calculated after all auctions in this phase are closed (because it makes invoicing so much easier).

—4. payment is via PayPal only.

—5. all puzzles in my collection have been kept out of sunlight, in a humidity-stable room or sealed plastic container, away from pets unless they can solve them, and in a non-smoking household.

thank you for looking, and good luck if you bid.

:cameron:

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