WEBVTT -- English 00:00:00.029 --> 00:00:03.720 Puzzles and brain teasers are in a niche industry that very few people know much 00:00:03.721 --> 00:00:04.049 about. 00:00:04.049 --> 00:00:07.740 We want to bring puzzles and brain teasers to the world so that everybody can 00:00:07.740 --> 00:00:11.490 enjoy the fun of playing with puzzles. We feel these three puzzles will do that. 00:00:11.619 --> 00:00:14.339 They are very unique made from anodized aluminum, 00:00:14.369 --> 00:00:17.579 so that they look extremely colorful, decorative and durable. 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:21.000 Because they're made from metal, the feel of these puzzles is amazing. 00:00:21.030 --> 00:00:23.550 Just because they look amazing doesn't mean they're easy. 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:25.829 All three puzzles are difficult to solve. 00:00:26.070 --> 00:00:29.820 The slideways puzzle is the least difficult. It's easy to take apart, 00:00:30.089 --> 00:00:32.399 but very difficult to put back together. 00:00:40.369 --> 00:00:42.039 Can't Do it. 00:00:42.350 --> 00:00:47.350 <v 1>[inaudible]</v> 00:01:07.530 --> 00:01:11.969 <v 0>The dirty dozen and lattice are both hard to take apart and hard to put together.</v> 00:01:12.209 --> 00:01:14.549 The lattice puzzle takes it to a whole new level. 00:01:14.549 --> 00:01:16.739 It is one of the most difficult puzzles we know. 00:01:16.739 --> 00:01:20.099 You can play with both of them for hours. At first glance, 00:01:20.100 --> 00:01:22.319 it looks like the puzzles are made from one piece of metal, 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:25.109 but on closer inspection you see all the separate pieces. 00:01:25.349 --> 00:01:29.099 The dirty dozen and lattice are very unique in that they maintain their shape, 00:01:29.189 --> 00:01:32.159 until you know the first move. Then when you get that first move, 00:01:32.189 --> 00:01:34.260 you can begin taking the rest of the pieces apart. 00:01:34.290 --> 00:01:36.810 These puzzles will give your brain a real workout. 00:01:36.989 --> 00:01:38.939 Your brain will need to use creative, 00:01:38.969 --> 00:01:42.090 alternative thinking patterns as you try to solve the puzzles. 00:01:42.329 --> 00:01:44.640 The puzzles will give you hours and even days of entertainment. 00:01:44.640 --> 00:01:49.409 And the puzzles are a great alternative to video games. So Kickstarter, 00:01:49.439 --> 00:01:51.750 we thought these were the three best puzzles to show you. 00:01:51.780 --> 00:01:54.840 We would really appreciate your support so more people can play with these 00:01:54.840 --> 00:01:57.930 puzzles. Keep watching to learn more about the Puzzle Master family, 00:01:57.959 --> 00:01:59.459 we think you'll enjoy it. 00:01:59.489 --> 00:02:03.120 Puzzle Master is a family run business that started because of Allan's Stein's 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:07.909 love for puzzles. [inaudible] 00:02:08.050 --> 00:02:13.050 <v 1>[inaudible]</v> 00:02:21.240 --> 00:02:25.860 <v 0>My uncle Allan started Puzzle Master approximately 30 years ago, and wait,</v> 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:30.180 why am I telling this story? Uncle Allan, Dad, you come tell the story. 00:03:01.990 --> 00:03:02.823 <v 2>[inaudible]</v> 00:03:09.849 --> 00:03:11.259 <v 3>Hi, I'm Allan.</v> 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:16.699 I started this company over 30 years ago and just started a puzzle line, 00:03:16.700 --> 00:03:21.550 that I thought would be good to bring to the public and also for my own 00:03:21.550 --> 00:03:23.229 enjoyment. I really enjoyed the puzzles. 00:03:23.229 --> 00:03:27.520 I Made my first puzzles out of coat hangers in the basement. Um, 00:03:27.520 --> 00:03:31.150 they seemed quite crude at the time, but they did work. Over the years. 00:03:31.210 --> 00:03:36.210 we developed a website and a worldwide reputation in the puzzle community. 00:03:36.699 --> 00:03:41.500 We hope we have the largest inventory of puzzles commerically that can be bought 00:03:41.530 --> 00:03:42.362 online. 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:53.590 <v 2>Ooooh..</v> 00:03:53.590 --> 00:03:55.300 <v 0>I'm Leon, Allan's older brother.</v> 00:03:55.360 --> 00:03:59.710 We have been networking and building a community in the puzzle world for many 00:03:59.710 --> 00:04:02.740 years. We have worked very hard at making the joy of puzzling, 00:04:02.889 --> 00:04:04.240 well known each year. 00:04:04.419 --> 00:04:08.069 Allan attends the main puzzle industry event called IPP, 00:04:08.770 --> 00:04:10.840 which stands for International Puzzle Party. 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:15.370 It Is where all the major players in the puzzle industry meet each year.AAt this 00:04:15.371 --> 00:04:20.079 event. Allan has the privilege of meeting world class designers, collectors, 00:04:20.139 --> 00:04:20.949 and inventors. 00:04:20.949 --> 00:04:25.300 Many of these high end collectors often have thousands of puzzles in their 00:04:25.300 --> 00:04:29.019 collection. This is where we find great puzzles that we might be able to produce. 00:04:29.180 --> 00:04:32.689 <v 3>Puzzles are brain teasers that you need to use alternative thinking,</v> 00:04:32.750 --> 00:04:35.300 which gives great exercise to the brain. 00:04:35.329 --> 00:04:39.709 But the most important part of puzzles is that they're fun and entertaining. 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:41.600 In addition to alternative thinking, 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:45.560 the puzzles will help you develop your problem solving skills. 00:04:45.620 --> 00:04:47.870 The puzzles are fantastic for families. 00:04:47.899 --> 00:04:52.899 You will find that each family member will either love the puzzles or some may 00:04:53.091 --> 00:04:54.500 not like them quite as much, 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:58.430 but they do all have a chance to play with them and have fun doing it. 00:04:59.660 --> 00:05:04.660 <v 1>[inaudible] For</v> 00:05:19.649 --> 00:05:21.180 <v 0>this Kickstarter project,</v> 00:05:21.360 --> 00:05:24.870 we found three designers who produced fantastic puzzles. 00:05:24.959 --> 00:05:28.769 Jerry Liu from Singapore and Ray Stanton from the United States. 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:32.550 Jerry Liu is the designer of lattice and dirty dozen. 00:05:32.579 --> 00:05:35.970 Ray Stanton is the designer of slideways. For 2019. 00:05:36.000 --> 00:05:39.540 We thought these would be the best three puzzles we could find for Kickstarter. 00:05:39.870 --> 00:05:43.350 So why don't I introduce you to the Puzzle Master family. We've all worked here. 00:05:43.379 --> 00:05:44.910 We're not all currently working here, 00:05:44.911 --> 00:05:48.720 but all of us have spent our time in this building, making puzzles, 00:05:49.620 --> 00:05:53.310 selling puzzles, anything puzzles. So why don't I introduce you to everybody. 00:05:54.389 --> 00:05:56.850 We'll start with Tony here. Tony is my cousin unlce Allan's son. So 00:05:58.699 --> 00:06:02.290 his dad owns Puzzle Master. He is the Puzzle Master. 00:06:03.560 --> 00:06:06.920 He's working on the computers, but he shoots some video. Again, 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:11.689 we've done manufacturing all throughout our lives and Puzzle Master stuff. Yeah. 00:06:11.800 --> 00:06:15.050 Do you remember working on these when we were younger? Bending puzzles. 00:06:15.410 --> 00:06:20.060 Making puzzles, Ruining your shoulders. Yeah. The worst was these ones. 00:06:20.060 --> 00:06:24.560 When they got that, uh, that contract for the mines. 00:06:25.430 --> 00:06:29.990 Did you ever do these? No. What of, Oh, this is that stuff then. 00:06:30.550 --> 00:06:33.139 Yeah, and not even puzzles man, sometimes other stuff. but uh glad we 00:06:35.471 --> 00:06:39.529 don't do manufacturing anymore. One bend at a time. 00:06:42.740 --> 00:06:46.009 There was, they have, they have like all these instruction manuals, 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:51.279 there is manuals and goes right they had guys had worked here for like dozens of 00:06:51.350 --> 00:06:53.470 years and there's no wire that'll fit in some of these, but, 00:06:53.470 --> 00:06:57.829 you put the wire in and then you'd have this here. And so the, 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.709 the wire would go in, he'd have that thing down and that'd be...lose wire. 00:07:04.019 --> 00:07:06.170 But that'd be your stops. He put the wire in it, it hit the, 00:07:06.170 --> 00:07:07.730 hit the stop and then you'd, 00:07:07.819 --> 00:07:12.819 you'd move it and then it would like go like this and just bend the wire around. 00:07:13.389 --> 00:07:16.730 And then we'd make bends in it. And that's how we created those wire puzzles. 00:07:17.209 --> 00:07:21.800 And me and Tony, remember working on this crap, hours and hours and hours. 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:25.050 I mean you're a kid in high school, right? Elementary School. Interesting. 00:07:25.370 --> 00:07:26.151 Getting paid what, 00:07:26.151 --> 00:07:31.151 like nine bucks an hour feeling like you're being used for child labor and 00:07:31.610 --> 00:07:34.699 making stuff that eventually you came to hate. 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:39.439 And as much as puzzles are a lot of fun and you're making them for hours and 00:07:39.439 --> 00:07:43.279 hours on end it sucks. And like you said what right. One bend at a time. 00:07:43.279 --> 00:07:46.220 One bend at a time. Garbage. 00:07:47.480 --> 00:07:48.740 Let's go meet some more people. 00:07:56.000 --> 00:08:00.180 So this is my dad Leon. He's the, what you called Marketing. Yeah, sure. 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:03.540 That sounds good. Um, we do everything and a little bit of everything, 00:08:03.540 --> 00:08:06.779 and a lot of nothing. Like come on in here. 00:08:06.779 --> 00:08:11.540 You want to shut off the vacuum mom [inaudible]. 00:08:16.029 --> 00:08:19.220 So this is my mom. Oh you got to be on video. You gotta be on video. 00:08:19.220 --> 00:08:23.410 This is my mom Jennifer and uh, she does cleaning. 00:08:23.411 --> 00:08:26.470 She started doing bookkeeping, whole bunch of different stuff around here. 00:08:31.149 --> 00:08:34.269 Catch the Puzzle Master himself. This is Allan, 00:08:34.570 --> 00:08:37.360 the Puzzle Master owner of Puzzle Master. 00:08:42.870 --> 00:08:43.580 <v 1>Hi.</v> 00:08:43.580 --> 00:08:44.980 <v 0>So here's Paul.</v> 00:08:45.610 --> 00:08:48.940 He's a not part of the family by blood, 00:08:49.090 --> 00:08:53.320 but he's been at Puzzle Master for what 12 years? It feels like forever. 00:08:54.929 --> 00:08:59.039 That's nice. And then back here, 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:04.500 Jeanette, who loves being on video, how long have you been at Puzzle Master now? 00:09:05.399 --> 00:09:09.419 Seven years. A friend of the family? I guess so ya. 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:12.153 We 00:09:14.840 --> 00:09:18.240 want to bring puzzles to more people outside of our niche and feel these three 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:22.259 puzzles slideways, dirty dozen and lattice are the best to start with. 00:09:22.289 --> 00:09:25.740 We would love your support so that more people can enjoy puzzles and get more 00:09:25.740 --> 00:09:27.269 involved in the puzzle world. 00:09:27.490 --> 00:09:32.490 <v 2>[inaudible]</v> 00:09:44.860 --> 00:09:49.860 <v 1>[inaudible].</v>