I made polite enquiries and was assured that I was on the waiting list and a few months later Wil offered me a copy. Faced with the choice of paying for shipping or waiting a few weeks for a personal pick-up at King’s Day, I did the obvious thing and offered to send my money right away!
A couple of days later I had a shiny new aluminium puzzle with the eponymous sand-blasted finish in my paws and I was playing with my first new Roger D puzzle in a while…
It’s a super cute little radio with a sturdy aerial, copper coloured speaker panel and four prominent buttons on the front. Around the back there appears to be a little compartment and some assembly screw holes - which you can safely leave alone - there is no way in heck you’re getting in there without an external tool.
During the next MPP Rich has a bash at it and at one point I sort that he’s made some progress, which is interesting, and with my tremendous powers of puzzling I manage to undo said progress once he’s left… leaving me in exactly the same position again… for quite a while.
The next time I pick up a copy is at Louis’ place before Wil’s King’s Day party… Louis encourages me to have a bash at his copy and asks me a question that I really should have been asking myself already…. But you know, I’m a puzzler and I don’t need no stinking clues…
He makes me think a bit and I realise I’ve been approaching this puzzle in totally the wrong way… so I start thinking a bit differently and all of a sardine all sorts of weirdly magical things begin to happen…
This puzzle is VERY DIFFERENT - it is not what you’re going to assume it is and at some point it is going to surprise you with absolute wonder… trust me - it’s an amazing little puzzle…
and I’m afraid I’m going to stop talking about it right here so that I don’t spoil any of that wonderousness for anyone…
Allard thanks for the limited and intriguing text and explanation.........
ReplyDeleteI bet it certainly felt good when solved :)
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