BePuzzled, Legend of Zelda Master Sword Hanayama Brain Teaser, Mensa Rated Level 6, for Ages 12 and Up

I really liked this one, it’s my favorite of the Zelda Hanayama’s. I was turned off it by reading reviews saying it was way too easy for a level 6, more like a level 1 or 2, but I’m glad I got it. It’s not as puzzling as Enigma or Vortex, but it has a clever design that kept me puzzled for a solid 3-4 hours before I figured it out. Repeated solvings have been much quicker, but still take me a few minutes at best, some taking more like 20 minutes. The build quality is high, typical for Hanayama puzzles. It’s more like a level 4, IMO, similar in difficulty to Padlock, Twist, H+H.

This little puzzle is pretty heavy! Meaning, I am very happy with the quality of this.Maybe at the expense of embarrassing myself, I spent a solid 30min to taking it apart. I’m not an avid puzzle solver but I would say it’s at a pretty reasonable difficulty. I’ve worked the disassembly down to about 10min over the last few days.Of course, the other half of the fun is putting the sword and cylinder back together in the base. I would say this was the more challenging part of the puzzle to get everything seated where it originally sits. I still struggle with this part. Of course, after posting this I was able to get it back together in about 5 minutes. I’m starting to find the little tricks to make it easier.Overall, fun puzzle and neat little addition for Zelda fans! I did intend for this to be for our 8 year old but it may be a little difficult for them. I’m 37 and still struggle!

Great gift. Was a little challenging for my son to solve which made it perfect. Nice weight, makes fun display on bookshelf.

This puzzle is high quality build however the rating system for this one in particular may be misleading. I was able to brute force the puzzle in about 10 minutes. Really great for Zelda fans though and if you can get it on sale i say worth a desk toy.

Difficult... But it looks very nice

I have a handful of these Hanayama puzzles and I have not seen one that isn't of good quality. The castings are all well done and they look and feel amazing. Huge Zelda fan so can't wait to put this on my desk at work. Great desktop decorations or figit devices while on long conference calls.As I said in the headline, I don't think I would have called this a level 6 which is why I knocked off a star. I think this should be a level 4. The UFO puzzle I got that was supposedly a level 4 was much harder to do. Even after knowing how it works, it is still hard to actually solve. This is not the case for this puzzle though. The first solve was pretty quick (<10 minutes) and subsequent solves only takes about a minute now. This style of puzzle is never really hard, just kind of stumble through until you solve it.

Im a huge fan of puzzles and while i would say the difficulty is not exactly what they say thats more cause i usually do puzzles that are a bit harder to solve so you will definitely get a good time out of this heck i leave this on my desk and solve it forwards then backwards without paying it much attention quality is pretty good the weight is good for a paper weight as well if you need a reason to keep on your desk as for whether cost is worth it if you are looking at this item in the first place you are most likely in the group of people that would get enough out of this to warrant the purchase so i say go for it

This Zelda puzzles has been amazing to own. Not only did I enjoy solving it myself, but my family also tried solving it during a recent surgery I had when they were in the waiting room.It's difficult, which I love. I left the puzzle with my Mom because she asked me to, she really wants to solve it 😆I bought it because I collect puzzles, but it has seen more usage than any others I own. I love Hanayama puzzles 💙