19 August 1995 Sue Young

Get Hooked nail puzzle on wood stand

Standard Range original version of the puzzle made from August 1995. Brian’s redesigned version was made from January 1998 to December 2002. 4445 made in total. All sold.
Original Price: AU$11.95

The puzzle is to remove the nails from their stand and separate the nails.

The inventor of a simpler form of this type of puzzle, first found in a market in Brazil in 1995, remains unknown. This inspired Mr Puzzle to create a much more complex puzzle, although it does not appear so difficult at first glance.

This puzzle was designed by Brian in early 1998 and is EXCLUSIVE to Mr Puzzle Australia. It is covered by Australian Design No 138325 (Granted 29th September 1998 Ceased: 6th April 2005).
Size 50mm x 70mm x 90mm (to top of nail stand)

History: 

Brian saw a similar puzzle, straighter with less bends, in Jerry Slocum’s collection back in the late 90’s. Jerry said he didn’t know the inventor, but he thought it came from Brazil. These are the big set of nails in the photo and maybe these were actually made by Rick Irby.  Brian’s not sure.
The middle ones are Brian’s adaptation he called Get Hooked to make it harder. The two nails are not the same. This means that they only come off one way, not either way.  
And the third set has an extra bend again at the point end.  Brian’s guess is the Jean-Claude Constantin was making this version.

 

 

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