Not a lunatic asylum

In the midst of all the hectic Christmas shopping (now completed, hoping everything is delivered on time) I found a fun toy that I bought so that Kevin and I could play with it. It's called the Bedlam cube and is a 3D "slot-the-pieces-together" kind of puzzle.

The complete Bedlam cube comprises 13 distinctly-shaped pieces, and (allegedly!) has over 19,000 different solutions. The aim is to take the pieces out of the box, and then put them back in again.

Despite expectations, this is rather difficult.

Luckily, before I tipped all the pieces out onto the floor after opening it, Kevin had the genius idea of taking the pieces out one by one and photographing each intervening step. Hence we can actually fit everything back in the box when need be without being a super-genius :-)

They're excellent fun, if rather frustrating at times. I'd say buy one now for Christmas, only they're all sold out...