SDFBB and 40th Puzzle Auction

This blog entry is timed to be published at the same time as the release of our new puzzle, the SDFBB. Normally, when we sell sequential discovery puzzles or puzzle boxes, they sell out in an extremely short time, but how will it go this time?

The sequential discovery puzzles and puzzle boxes we have released in recent years, such as the Hugo the Hippo, the Tortoise Protocol, and the Pluredro House, have all had representational shapes. While making the Pluredro House, Juno was already thinking that the next puzzle he made should have a simple shape. Combined with that, he decided to make a puzzle based on his favorite, the Framed Burr, as a new candidate for the disguised series: puzzles that look like burr puzzles or simple cube puzzles but are actually sequential discovery puzzles or puzzle boxes.

Since the SDFBB is based on a Framed Burr, some people seem to think it is a puzzle with strong elements of a burr puzzle or interlocking puzzle. However, it is a puzzle that also contains many sequential discovery elements. Because many tools are used and solving the puzzle requires a large number of moves, even Juno himself became confused while making the solution video about which step he was trying to reproduce and which way each piece should be moved. The solution video showing the disassembly and reset of the puzzle ended up being twice as long as the one for the Pluredro House.

Immediately after the SDFBB's general release, the 40th Puzzle Auction will begin. This time we are listing two second grade Pluredro Houses, one second grade SDFBB, and two product version SDFBBs. Even those who were unable to purchase a product version SDFBB during the general release have a chance to obtain a brand new SDFBB at this auction.

Since starting this business about ten years ago, we have held auctions irregularly and have always donated half of the total winning bid amounts to charitable causes and the like. This time, we will donate to Lifeline Australia, which also has a branch in our local area of Beaudesert. Once the auction results are in about a week, we will report them on this blog.

Happy Puzzling!