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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:37:00 No.3077398 View View Reply Original Report

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Hey /tg/,
How in the hell do I get the ball out of the box?
I must of bought this when I was 13 and I still haven't figured it out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:39:00 No.3077409 Report

Quoted By: >>3077422

With or without brute force?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:40:00 No.3077411 Report

Quoted By: >>3077419 >>3077422

Alright first get a hammer and then place the object on the ground. Now you take the hammer and raise it above your head, holding it by the handle, and then bring the hammer down like the fist of an angry confused god who has recently begun sexual relations with a sheep they thought was another god in disguise.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:42:00 No.3077419 Report

Quoted By: >>3077420

Because if with brute force, see>>3077411
Otherwise, you'll a lot of boiling water, four toothpicks (three if you're careful), a screwdriver (flat head) and a bucket.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:43:00 No.3077420 Report

Quoted By: >>3077434

>>3077419
I understood where you were going untill the bucket, the hell is that for?

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:43:00 No.3077422 Report

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>>3077409
without, preferably

>>3077411
I tried that once and all it did was break the top off.
So now I have 1 and a half.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:46:00 No.3077433 Report

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USE THE BOOST TO GET THROUGH !

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:47:00 No.3077434 Report

Quoted By: >>3077483

>>3077420
I'm guessing to hold the boiling water. You know, so that you don't have to use your hands for that part.

I think we need more pictures of this contraption. Preferably at different angles.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:58:00 No.3077477 Report

Quoted By: >>3077485 >>3077487

There's a magnet involved, and it moves one of the bars over so that the ball can escape.

It's easy.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 21:58:00 No.3077483 Report

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>>3077434
alright, excuse the shitty webcam quality.
this pretty much covers all the angels.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:01:00 No.3077485 Report

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>>3077477
magnet? that simple eh?
fuck, too bad I don't own any.
I guess I'll be going to walmart today.
thanks~!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:01:00 No.3077487 Report

Quoted By: >>3077503 >>3077516

>>3077477
>There's a magnet involved
Could you be a little more vague please

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:05:00 No.3077503 Report

Quoted By: >>3077512

>>3077487
Something does something and then the ball comes out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:06:00 No.3077507 Report

Quoted By: >>3077515 >>3077516

Alright, so I found a powerful little magnet.
The only things that are attracted to it are the ball, and the two black poles.
Not the brass ones at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:08:00 No.3077512 Report

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>>3077503
WOAH there! Not on a blue board it doesn't!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:08:00 No.3077513 Report

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Throw it into a good freezer for a while.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:12:00 No.3077515 Report

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>>3077507
You need an anti-magnet!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:12:00 No.3077516 Report

Quoted By: >>3077545 >>3077550

>>3077487
>>3077507
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/569080/alcatraz_puzzle_revealed/

Hurf durf. I meant there's a magnet in the puzzle, you litterally smack it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:17:00 No.3077537 Report

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I recently started working for a call center that sells things like this. 90% of the time, one of the brass poles can be unscrewed and removed or at least moved.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:18:00 No.3077545 Report

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>>3077516
And smacking it to dislodge a magnet is the other 10%

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:19:00 No.3077550 Report

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>>3077516
ah -headdesk-
and sweet, thanks again!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:28:00 No.3077582 Report

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Haha I stole one of those like 6 years ago from a puzzle stand at the mall, it is called "Alcatraz" correct?
Anyways, you hold it in your hand and then smack the one side of it against your palm and one of the bars becomes loose...

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:38:00 No.3077615 Report

Quoted By: >>3077625

What a shit puzzle. It's like a fucking insult. "hit the puzzle to solve it"

I guess if it actually took intelligence to solve then their customer base wouldn't be as big.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:40:00 No.3077620 Report

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It's more a "trick", you'd show it someone, turn around, get the ball out and then challenge them to figure it out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:40:00 No.3077624 Report

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thats so stupid how are you meant to work out that there is a magnet in there? i understand once you realize what it is that its easy to figure out how to open it but what the hell

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:40:00 No.3077625 Report

Quoted By: >>3077640 >>3077674

>>3077615
Would you rather the customer solve a series of linear equations before the ball is released? Or maybe they should write a persuasive essay on the benefits of nuclear power.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:45:00 No.3077640 Report

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>>3077625
Funding a Cure for Cancer™!

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:50:00 No.3077658 Report

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This puzzle was totally copied from Zork: The Grand Inquisitor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 28 Nov 2008 22:53:00 No.3077674 Report

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>>3077625

It's retarded because the problem of the puzzle is a lack of information. A good puzzle should provide you with all the information needed, the problem being how to correctly apply this knowledge.

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