Cast Dial - Hanayama Metal Puzzle

This took me a couple of hours to solve. The design is inspired by Hanayama MARBLE, which in my opinion is more elegant, but is also not as difficult. The solution to DIAL takes a lot of trial and error before any progress is made. Some of the mechanism that holds it together cannot be seen, nor easily deduced. This makes it more a matter of endurance than cleverness when getting it apart. Still, it is a nice addition to my Hanayama collection.

This ones a bit hard in handling. But I agree with Whitney from S.J. It's reminiscent of Marble in that it houses a central piece that needs solving to unlock the whole. But it's much more mechanical. I'm still yet to memorize the movements for unlocking it at will. Even revealing the puzzle itself lends little guidance in order or orientation to solve and resolve. It's one of the more intriguing looking pieces of the line and certainly begs attention seen alone on a countertop. I've gotten a few kicks telling millennials that it's a spinner and watching them try to figure it out. In any case, this is for sure a challenging installment to the line and as the description states, satisfying to unlock. Good luck!