Haleslock 6 aka Who Dares Wins

Take one part incredibly talented designer of puzzle locks, mix cautiously with two parts brass puzzle wizards, add a little monkey business and you have the perfect recipe for puzzling mayhem – enter Who Dares Wins, from Ali, Shane and Steve (other arrangements may be available!). 

I got to play with a prototype of this puzzle at an MPP several moons ago – I remember saying good things about it and encouraging Shane to make some more copies of it, mainly so that I could add one to my collection… ‘cos it made me smile when I solved it…

Some time later, the lads sent me a production version in the mail and boy had things changed! The form-factor was totally unrecognisable: now a handsome black cylinder with some brass accents around the waist and a brass lock peaking out the one end with Shane’s trademark signature stamped into the metal… it looks brilliant!

It comes with a rather pedestrian-looking key, the sort that you might bump into on a night out with the lads, albeit attached to a custom keyring complete with nameplate and goal neatly laid out. You have no excuses!

Of course introducing the key to the lock makes some very satisfying clicky noises, but seemingly does virtually nothing to actually unlock the puzzle… this is Haleslock 6! Your latest challenge has arrived…

Everyone already knows that Shane is an absolute whizz at designing and crafting puzzle locks. He is also a rather good solver and student of the solve, and of the solver, and as a result he knows how puzzlers think, so don’t be surprised if he ends up occasionally using that against you…

This puzzle has a wonderfully elegant solution, some surprising twists along the way, and a proper laugh out loud moment when you solve it. (I defy you not to laugh at that bit…you’ll know!) This puzzle screams “COLLABORATION!” – there are some clear touches from both the Monkeys and from Shane – and the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the parts.

It’s way better than the prototype – this one didn’t just make me smile, it made me laugh out loud! 

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