Opening a fiendish puzzle-box

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6 ай бұрын

Some boxes are easy to open. This one wasn't. Is it fun to watch someone try to open a box for forty minutes? I don't know. Let's do the science.
There is a short addendum to this video, in which I reveal the location of the monogram I sought. Find it here: • The Monogram revealed!
Many thanks to the ingenious Henk van de Weerd for designing and sending me the box.
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@HevadeWe 6 ай бұрын

Ha! Henk here. Nicely done! That makes you the first one other than myself to open the thing :P Pity that the mechanism got disturbed by the waffle-package & it breaking, but that's my bad, Bit of clarification for the dial numbers: they had to be pointing towards other dials mirroring the sequence in which they should be pulled outward (although II & III are interchangeable) Not sure whether I put the lid on correctly in that regard though, it fits and works in any orientation. As for the monogram: that's just a small trick away from showing ;) PS: the disabled mechanism in the lid is a type of spin-release, the arms moved away when you spinned the box, but it was a bit unweildy and frankly, felt a bit over-kill. I liked to have at least some visual clue as to what can be done to progress (like the bit of brown string around the red)

@stonedog5547 6 ай бұрын

You Sir, are a Fiend...... And a hell of a craftsman.

@More_Row 6 ай бұрын

Nice box my friend.

@karma99 6 ай бұрын

Lovely box and a very sneaky mechanism, well done :)

@JackPorter 6 ай бұрын

a spin release would be quite effective at generating a load more crumbs

@HevadeWe 6 ай бұрын

@@JackPorter definitely 😂

@user-nq2ij3zg2r 6 ай бұрын

The moral of the story, ladies and gentlemen, is that Lloyd is tremendously clever and should be sent many more puzzles of every sort.

@vincentcleaver1925 5 ай бұрын

Y'all just want to watch him pull all his hair out!!!

@shawn6860 5 ай бұрын

@@vincentcleaver1925 Well, we are humanity. its what humanity does. lol!

@jt3965 5 ай бұрын

"Lloyd's a very industrious fellow. I'm sure he can accomplish anything he sets his mind to."

@lcmiracle 5 ай бұрын

Gimmie some days, I;m sure I've got sources on some LeMarchand Boxes somewhere...

@fgjfjdfghjsfghjsfj 5 ай бұрын

And knitted sweaters, of every sort

@snakesocks 6 ай бұрын

_"Successfully occupying Lloyd with the fiendish box, the French quietly began the invasion of his apartment..."_

@_Mentat 6 ай бұрын

Props to the person at Customs and Excise who opened the box to check for drugs inside. Truly the unsung hero of this video. I like to imagine they just have one guy who looks at the address and says: ah, a Lindybeige parcel; a two pipe problem I think.

@lindybeige 5 ай бұрын

Yes, there is a comedy sketch in that!

@shawn6860 5 ай бұрын

I bet customs was happy to have X-ray machines. lol!

@cyberiankorninger1025 5 ай бұрын

And the customs officer opened the waffles of course :)

@chriscookesuffolk 6 ай бұрын

I've just started watching but can immediately see Lindy's already thinking outside the box.

@UngodlyFreak 6 ай бұрын

Thinking outside the box is the only option when you have to get the box open first in order to think inside of it.

@jammerjansen 6 ай бұрын

Bravo

@spiffygonzales5160 6 ай бұрын

I wish I could make puns that well, unfortunately I'm simply too much of a square.

@timothypavlick76 6 ай бұрын

Oh well done sir

@MrPlusses 6 ай бұрын

@@UngodlyFreak But as he sits thinking outside the box his thoughts are of the inside of the box. He was one with the box. He embraced his inner and outer box. He became the box.

@chaza1001 6 ай бұрын

Massively into Lindy uploading videos at nearly 3am UK time.

@stonemorris5356 6 ай бұрын

Especially videos that were filmed during "the hottest day of the year" and released in December.

@jakecrabtree2747 6 ай бұрын

At nearly 3AM New Year’s Day, no less

@emeraldplayer5635 6 ай бұрын

You mean your already in 2024? What's it like?

@MultiAlanR 6 ай бұрын

@@emeraldplayer5635In Ireland it's pretty much like 2023 but with a hangover

@roccomezzogiorno9795 6 ай бұрын

Maybe he can't sleep at night knowing that he still has our money he begged for to produce a graphic novel that still doesn't exist years later.

@23093034 6 ай бұрын

I held my breath for a while, as the last puzzle box I saw being solved led to Cenobites being released!

@joshmaddy007 6 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly as I saw this!

@Sahfiel13 6 ай бұрын

Saaaaame. To be fair I think he would do a swell job as a cenobite he can be quite convincing.

@Emu0181 6 ай бұрын

Hope he doesn't have an uncle named Frank

@andrew_owens7680 6 ай бұрын

Oh no! The Stroopwafels have teeth!!

@Gillsing 5 ай бұрын

My thoughts throughout the whole thing was: "No chains? No cenobites? How fiendish can it really be? What clickbait _is_ this?"

@AndyJarman 6 ай бұрын

I think Lindy misunderstood the whole "unboxing on You Tube" thing.

@shawn6860 5 ай бұрын

Regular You Tubers cut cardboard, real you Tubers do Puzzle boxes.

@SilvrSavior 6 ай бұрын

Would love to see a similar box sent to Lockpicking Lawyer.

@SirTatManTat 6 ай бұрын

Indeed if only to see the logical processes they go through! Everyone's experience leads to different approaches to solving the same problem.

@GuitarsRockForever 6 ай бұрын

But the LPL deals with different types of locks. Regardless, this box is much more secure than masterlock😂😂😂

@JaguarFiend 5 ай бұрын

If LPL were to get too stumped he may consider using a gun.

@Tadicuslegion78 6 ай бұрын

“And that’s how Lindy was sucked into another dimension to fight parademons with Merlin as his mentor”

@uhhhscizo6531 6 ай бұрын

I love how Lindy’s first instinct upon opening the puzzle is to start eating the food that’s inside, despite apparently having sat around his house for months before doing anything with it

@trogdor8764 6 ай бұрын

Stroopwafels have a long shelf life, it's probably fine

@rmsgrey 6 ай бұрын

@@trogdor8764 How does anyone know what their shelf-life is? In my informal experiments, I've yet to get any data beyond about 48 hours...

@iota-09 6 ай бұрын

@@trogdor8764 by that point he probably needed some sugars too :V

@karma99 6 ай бұрын

I'm just surprised a cup of tea was not deployed, though I suppose you could call that using a tool.

@VikingTeddy 6 ай бұрын

I would eat decades old stroopwafels, they're hard to come by where I live, and I have an addiction, cultivated by my Dutch grandma.

@jeremy7157 6 ай бұрын

Ah, that's a genuine Dwemer puzzle box! I know a collector in Balmora, Morrowind who would be very interested in that item, I'll try to get you two in touch if you're interesting in selling it later. They're thankfully under the value limit for Imperial regulations, so shipping shouldn't be an issue.

@bl4cksp1d3r 6 ай бұрын

You have to be careful when acquiring it through... less legal means. Nowadays every scrap from the Dwemer ruins gets sold as a puzzlebox, by dumb witted people who couldn't put the cork in a bottle!

@cyjp0 6 ай бұрын

His reaction to the A face finally turning is what makes me a subscriber of this channel

@towakin7718 6 ай бұрын

Whenever I see your videos I realize you are not just a master of history and presentation, but also a master of editing. Too much good content gets ruined by poor editing, so seeing your work is a delight!

@FENomadtrooper 6 ай бұрын

Funny that he's a good editor, because if you pay attention he rarely ever has need to edit his videos.

@AnUndivine 6 ай бұрын

Happy New Year, Lloyd! If Henk ever lets you know what the monogram was, let us know too!

@SamM1 6 ай бұрын

Box from Ivan Vincent Vaughn Ingram the fourth kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jb9je9mcyqvag4k.html

@andrew_owens7680 6 ай бұрын

My guess is, since it was full of Stroopwaffels, it's SW.

@Calumetto 6 ай бұрын

"My God, It's full of stars." ••• What a mind he has to have created that. I'd like to use that locking mechanism on a door -- with the inward side transparent and lit. It's good he lives in a time where there are outlets for his creativity. Shed a tear for the geniuses of the pleistocene.

@Tentin.Quarantino 6 ай бұрын

“Swelteringly hot day” “Hottest day of the year” Something tells me this wasn’t recorded recently.

@lindybeige 5 ай бұрын

Or that I was in Australia?

@AndyJarman 6 ай бұрын

Sandy Higgins you are obviously very knowledgeable. Lloyd's jumpers are a source of fascination for me, I have numbered them all. Well done.

@chrisj683 6 ай бұрын

I do find myself identifying the jumpers as well.

@clarabrown9743 6 ай бұрын

This was rather fun to watch, and very puzzling, yet delightful that Henk used that lock method which he may have heard of from you. Also, I see a Damascus blade.

@bartswarm869 6 ай бұрын

Absolutely beautiful box and craftsmanship, very very cool

@t.a.7970 6 ай бұрын

The box....you opened it...we came. Nice knowing you mate.

@shadow-r3852 6 ай бұрын

My respect to Mr. Lindybeige for trying this long and seeing it through!

@justandy333 6 ай бұрын

Now that's what you call an unboxing video!

@lindybeige 5 ай бұрын

Ba-dum-tish!

@justandy333 5 ай бұрын

@@lindybeige 🤣

@rubenskiii 6 ай бұрын

This video i am gonna watch now with a cup of tea, settled down on the couch, cat on my lap, dog besides me. I love that even after all those years, more than a decade and a half i believe you still never know what Lindy is gonna upload next. And i think that is great! Warm greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱!

@deborahdanhauer8525 6 ай бұрын

The mechanism is just sublime!🤗❤️🐝

@ObsydianShade 6 ай бұрын

The next time we see Lindy, it'll be as a cenobite! 🤣

@RottenSkull 6 ай бұрын

Hank is a genius

@intractablemaskvpmGy 6 ай бұрын

That is a beautiful "sweater" you were gifted Lloyd. And the box looks like something out of "Hellraiser;" so what is your pleasure Sir?

@harveypotts9259 6 ай бұрын

Happy new year.

@lokai7914 6 ай бұрын

Truly fiendish! A magnificent puzzle.

@pernie4576 6 ай бұрын

I love that he preempted us calling him out for not turning on the timer lmao

@Sembazuru 6 ай бұрын

Editing Lloyd is certainly on the ball. 😃

@More_Row 6 ай бұрын

Oh my god yes, please acquire more of these. Puzzle boxes are just immaculate entertainment

@krahnjp 6 ай бұрын

I love that you picked up the clock to show off the book, and then put the clock back on the book, neither time thinking about the clock at all.

@Eric-ux2ji 6 ай бұрын

I always find it fascinating when a Brit says Europe, implying that the UK is not part of if it. Those waffles are a regional speciality, probably eaten more often in the UK than on Sicily. There are no common European customs setting the UK a part from the rest.

@justandy333 6 ай бұрын

I was literally holding my head in my hands when I saw that lovely polished wooden table and those brass pin heads protruding out slightly. "I hope he puts down a table cloth or something, or you'll bugger up your table!" NOOOOOO!!!!

@Sembazuru 6 ай бұрын

lol... Me, an American, nearly misunderstood LindyBeige, a Brit, at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="743">12:23</a> when he said that he wanted a "torch". My first thought was flames to burn the box down, not an illumination tool. lol

@sohrabroozbahani4700 5 ай бұрын

None of the toys i wrecked in my childhood were this much fun dismantling... totally sold 😅

@towakin7718 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for letting us start the new year with one of your videos!

@everennui1 6 ай бұрын

The box! You opened it. We came.

@misterkefir 3 ай бұрын

That was some high quality entertainment! Cheers.

@johnthomas7517 6 ай бұрын

That's magnificent! Very entertaining watching this being solved.

@flashgordon6670 6 ай бұрын

You out boxed the box!

@marcelhaniger2795 6 ай бұрын

I'm in awe of the ingenuity and craftmanship!

@sameerpitale6984 6 ай бұрын

Thank you Lindy!

@harrisonwilkinson4986 6 ай бұрын

I swear if this is the final video from Lindybeige because he's accidentally summoned cennobites...

@Red_Snapper 6 ай бұрын

I rate this 6 out of 10 beige shirts.

@jmatt781 6 ай бұрын

Lindybeige! Yesss!! Now my New Year's is complete! My wife and I love puzzles, this is incredibly cool. Thank you so much!

@user-rn5ks8sf5x 6 ай бұрын

Your persistence is admirable.

@LastRightsZero 6 ай бұрын

HAPPY NEWBEIGE!!!!!!! We need MOAR Lindy in 2024!

@sum1337 6 ай бұрын

the box! you opened it, we came! IT IS A MEANS TO SUMMON US!

@TheAlison1456 6 ай бұрын

I swear Lindybeige is a wizard.

@carlosnabor7183 5 ай бұрын

You!! Sir!! Are definitely, certifiably, patient, with overtones of spatial genius and curiosity of a cat with OCD. In other words. Fun to watch and learn from. I'll peruse your blog as I've always, with relish . P.S. I would've quit after 2 hours. But then, it would be YOU!!! 😶‍🌫️😱👍👍🤓🤓

@patcaza6166 6 ай бұрын

acquiring piles of books faster than what one can read.... doesnt help reading faster but its conforting to know im not the only one Happy New year, Senor Obi-Wan Kenobeige !

@stonedog5547 6 ай бұрын

Perfection, Bookshelf SELE........ Stash Exceeds Life Expectation

@Gowerrr 6 ай бұрын

A treat to be perplexed along with you! Congrats!

@VeraSnippets 6 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful mechanism 🤩

@grundged 6 ай бұрын

Hammer...smash! Viola! Box open! 😊

@pburgvenom 6 ай бұрын

🇺🇸Greetings from Wa USA, Long time fan here!

@JackyHeijmans 6 ай бұрын

What a puzzle, very impressive! And your patience is as well! Wishing you a beautiful and healthy 2024, filled with love, joy and laughter! ❤🤗

@thothtahuti5509 6 ай бұрын

What a ride! ❤

@thedandyzebra 6 ай бұрын

you are a very clever man

@Fenristhegreat 6 ай бұрын

What a contraption! Very clever engineering.

@DadofScience 6 ай бұрын

That is just magnificent!

@Luddite1 6 ай бұрын

What fabulous things you get sent to you Surely the gods will sit up and pay attention to a man who receives such fabulous gifts from others

@benjamindover4337 6 ай бұрын

Pretty sure I saw a movie about this.

@korstmahler 6 ай бұрын

It has such sights to show you.

@Arthur-jx8bm 6 ай бұрын

This was a great watch! Really enjoyed seeing you problem solve and it actually had me engaged with it too. Massive credit to Henk, what a brilliant puzzle! Must of taken absolutely ages and no doubt several iterations. A sign of a true craftsman!

@BE02Raziel 6 ай бұрын

Look, I don't know how Lloyd got me to stick around his channel for this very long and yet, still manage to pull me in. For crying out loud, he made a video talking about a famous medieval bed and I found that fascinating! This is one of those videos that yet still pulls me in and I even made a surprised sound along with Lloyd when a certain dial finally moved. Bravo Lindy, thank you so much for all the fascinating content you've done till now. And a Happy New Year to you.

@pourlemerite 6 ай бұрын

Awesome box, thanks for sharing 👍

@mrsynical8725 5 ай бұрын

good to see you are well

@jumpy_bunny686 6 ай бұрын

I love all the products No.1 offer!

@jaredmcfadden7793 6 ай бұрын

Happy new year everyone

@andrewmcgraw4811 6 ай бұрын

Well, now I'm interested in puzzle boxes. Thanks Lindy!

@cryptotharg7400 6 ай бұрын

Britain's answer to "Mr. Puzzle", at last! 😎

@stephenkayser3147 6 ай бұрын

Thank you very much Lindy (Lloyd), as usual for your effort and enthusiasm (and sweat). Happy New Year, indeed! You were most patient, logical and intelligent. Surprisingly, it proved a thoroughly enjoyable distraction from the worries of the world - due to your skill to engage the audience. You were tested (box and engagement) and passed them, congratulations. Loved the jumper! I have watched you for many years and have found your efforts have given me great pleasure and lifted my spirits muchly. Also your editing skills are I agree quite good as pointed out by towakin7718. Keep up your great work and effort please.

@EmceeJoseph 6 ай бұрын

Love to see the little curls of wood that flex without mechanical hinges and things. I personally really love those kind of biscuits shown.

@jamesharrison142 6 ай бұрын

Very much enjoyed this! ❤💜❤

@Mr47steam 6 ай бұрын

I could tell this wood be a great puzzle

@blindwatchman0722 6 ай бұрын

OH and I love seeing those real-life history videos. It’s so cool watching you show off real historical sites. Thanks for all the wonderful content!!!!!!

@Cherb123456 5 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks!

@Verkhinow 5 ай бұрын

great unboxing video

@osten432 5 ай бұрын

This is the lindy content im here for!

@morriganmhor5078 6 ай бұрын

Happy and successful new year, Lindy!

@tisyfish 6 ай бұрын

On new years!! Happy new year!! Thanks bud

@klaymann888 5 ай бұрын

Oh my Buddha, That was painfully interesting to watch .... oooz a smart cookie den ; )

@aylp11 6 ай бұрын

Fantastic video as always!

@DuncanMcintyre-jk3qb 6 ай бұрын

Happy new year fella and thank you for sharing this 🦥🥳

@king_kkenny 6 ай бұрын

these are the videos we want !

@michaelguth4007 6 ай бұрын

So amazing to see a puzzle box popping up on your channel, as I am in the process of designing a small 3d-printed one as a physical puzzle for my D&D group.