Karakuri club Christmas presents 2008
Here are the 2008 Christmas presents I ordered from the Karakuri club. When you pay the yearly fee ($60 to join initially plus $120 for 2008) you get a discount on purchases; the privilege to purchase new puzzle boxes before they are generally available; plug one Christmas present. You get to choose the maker of the present, but you don’t get to find out what the present actually is. Additional presents are available for an additional cost. I decided to get presents by Hiroshi Iwahara and Akio Kamei.
Cube Box II - Akio Kamei
This has a very unusual and satisfying mechanism.
Confetto Box - Hiroshi Iwahara
This has 2 compartments. The first is very easy to find. The second one requires a very unusual movement and is very difficult to find. I had to give up and look at the instructions.
Mini Packing Box II - Yoshiyuki Ninomiya
This is similar to a traditional Japanese puzzle box. However, its appearance hides the sliding panels. Also, it was very tight – so much so that I gave up and looked at the instructions rather than risk damaging it.
I didn’t order this as a Christmas present. I got it in March. They had some extra Christmas presents that they sold via a lottery.
Tags: boxes, japanese, Karakuri, puzzles
