The Karakuri Group is a Japanese group of puzzle box craftsman that make and sell puzzle boxes. To purchase a puzzle box directly from them you need to join as a member. With your membership fee you get to choose a craftsman and at Christmas time that craftsman will ship you a puzzle box of his design. At the time no solution is provided and you have to solve how the puzzle box is opened, if your unsuccessful than in January the Karakuri Group sends out the solutions to the puzzle boxes so that you can open your box. I've been a member for several years and have a large collection of Karakuri Puzzle boxes, there craftsmanship is top notch! Check the links above to see some of the puzzle boxes that the group has created, they are highly sought after by collectors!
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2017 8:29 am
by Jason
All I can say about the dice one is this.
God bless, Jason Irelan
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 6:20 pm
by Rob Rand
This was for me a baffling effect, for sale at Zauber-butike.de:
Is this really a baffling effect, or is there someone who says: Oh, I've seen this before ???
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2017 11:08 pm
by PeterW
I have seen this before! In fact I saw a vintage version for sale in an EBay auction. It uses the same principle, see this link here https://www.ebay.ca/itm/172458174033
If you look closely at the pictures you should be able to figure out how the effect is done.
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 4:42 am
by Rob Rand
Thank you Peter! Seeing the pictures, I know how it works...
But I consider the version of Zauber Butike much better, beautiful design, and the gimmick is practically undetectable ! And the price is very low!
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 10:55 am
by PeterW
I agree Rob, looks like a great price!
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 1:08 pm
by Rob Rand
Couldn't resist and ordered it By the way, they ship worldwide and accept Paypal
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2017 11:01 pm
by PeterW
I couldn't resist either and also ordered it! It appears to be nicely made in metal and when you compare it to the version below we got a great deal! Many thanks for posting Rob!
Hi Simon, actually the principle is completely different than Blockbuster. Blockbuster is a much more complicated mechanism, Cleverly Threaded is much simpler. Thanks for reminding me of Blockbuster as it's very cool to see two similar effects with very different methods!
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 12:27 pm
by SimonC
I was very surprised when I discovered the method, it was fun making my batch
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:24 pm
by Jason
The thread on block trick looked pretty cool. Is that another 40 some dollar trick?
God bless, Jason Irelan
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 1:47 pm
by David DeTenyo
Ah, just got an invoice from Zauberbutike - glad I got this ... showed it to the wife and she was completely ...
Jason, the trick Rob mentiones is available at a German shop (see the link Rob provided above). It costs about 32 USD, and shipping is not included (it will be a total of >40 USD for sure with shipping included to the USA).
However I believe you are talking about the trick that Simon re-released some time ago. Do contact him because it is a great little and fun thing to have
Re: This one baffled me...
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2017 2:20 pm
by KirkW
PeterW wrote:I have seen this before! In fact I saw a vintage version for sale in an EBay auction. It uses the same principle, see this link here https://www.ebay.ca/itm/172458174033
If you look closely at the pictures you should be able to figure out how the effect is done.
I have "Thread It" and have always liked the effect but I really like this new design.
The only issue with "Thread It" is that you can't be too close to the spectators when you pull the needle out or they may see something that could clue them in to the method.
When those of you who purchased this receive it, please let me know if the needle is designed well.
Is so, I too will be purchasing this effect.