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Coaster Pocket Puzzle

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$8.5 $17 In stock

Category: Brainteasers

Pour yourself a drink before attempting to re-weave the Coaster Pocket Puzzle. Taking it apart is easy. A simple twist and the three metal pieces fall into a loose chain of jangling trefoils. Close inspection reveals that each of the trefoils is marked with a unique arrangement of double-sided grooves. You'll need to rotate, spin and shift the metal knot until the three pieces click back into their lovely braided arrangement—SNAP—and they're flat again. It's an enormously satisfying sensation.

Designed by Ukranian puzzle creator Serhiy Grabarchuk for Hanayama of Japan.

Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Mia B. ★★★★★

Took it apart on my first try and immediately regretted it, but the re-weave challenge is exactly the kind of bar-side distraction I needed. Those three trefoils make a satisfying jangle when they drop, and the whole thing fits in my palm. Kept me engaged through two drinks, easily.

Madison ★★★★★

The metal pieces feel surprisingly smooth and weighty in your hand, and that satisfying *click* when they drop into a loose chain is oddly therapeutic. It’s a perfect little fidget for my desk at work, and I’ve already shown three coworkers the twist trick.

Olivia ★★★★★

Took me a couple of tries to get the three interlocking pieces back into the flat coaster shape without them jangling apart, but that twist-to-release mechanism makes it a great fidget for the bar counter. Solid little brainteaser that actually looks classy sitting with a drink.