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A&A Pocket Puzzle

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$10.2 $17 In stock

Category: Mechanical Puzzles

This metal take-apart puzzle is so much fun to play with, you'll want to solve it again and again. Two lower-case "a" shapes are hooked together. One is golden and one is silver but other than that, they appear to be more or less identical. Fiddle with the pieces to reveal an extremely satisfying sequence of flipping and slipping movements that allow the two a's to rotate around, inside and through each other. The solution is simple but exciting and the repeat play value is high. Designed by Vesa Timonen of Finland. Manufactured by Hanayama of Japan.

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A&A Pocket Puzzle

Designer

Vesa Timonen

Brand

Hanayama

Material

Metal

Puzzle Difficulty

Level 3, Intermediate

Size

2 x 2 Inches (Approx.)

Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Amelia F. ★★★★★

I keep this on my desk and pick it up whenever I need a two-minute break—solving it once wasn't enough, I've taken it apart and put it back together at least a dozen times now. The gold and silver finish makes it look nice sitting out, and figuring out the trick to unhooking the two "a" shapes was g

Robert J. ★★★★★

The two little "a" shapes hook together in a way that took me a solid twenty minutes to figure out, and the gold and silver finish makes it look great sitting on my shelf. I've handed it to three friends since and none of them got it apart without hints.

Brian O. ★★★★★

I've been keeping this on my desk and pick it up whenever I need a break. The two little a's hooked together looked simple, but getting them apart took me a solid twenty minutes the first time, and now I can do it in seconds.