I found the perfect puzzle to
highlight the upcoming Easter weekend. This
was going to be the coolest puzzle post ever.
One heart-stopping description after another documenting the brilliant
execution of the solution process culminating in a series of vivid photos
capturing the essence of the final state of puzzle completeness and
tranquility. I was pre-basking in the
glory of the deluge of comments that would be coming forth from puzzlers around
the world astounded by my puzzle solving prowess.
Too bad I was unable to solve
it. Tranquility was out the window not
to mention how far away from the final state of completeness I was. With a dozen pieces continually mocking me, I
realized that I would not be able to solve that puzzle in time for this post. Maybe it will get done for next Easter or some
other Easter in a year starting with 2.
It was at this point that I needed a
significant confidence booster and pulled out my good buddy Peter Rabbit. Peter spends most of his time in a cabinet as
part of my original puzzle collection from the 70’s with several of his other Kimiki
buddies. Not only is Peter good looking
but he’s musically inclined as well, being equipped with a bell that merrily
jingles as he hops along.
Altogether, Peter is comprised of 10
pieces. To assist in the assembly, there
are multiple anatomical hints to help you get your bearings. The astute puzzle will be able to leverage
these hints. For instance, the face is
drawn across multiple pieces and you can use that to orient them when
constructing Peter. The puzzle is
cleverly designed to split the 2 eye circles in half across pieces. This is reminiscent of Jos Bergmans’ Sun
puzzle where you have to mate the 2 halves of a circle but Kimiki Bunny takes
it one step further and has 2 split circles that have to be reunited instead of
one. Some puzzlers may find this tricky
and if you aren’t careful, you may end up with something like cyclops zombie
bunny.
It’s always nice to successfully
solve a 10-piece puzzle. If you find
that this puzzle has too many pieces for you to handle you could try something
with fewer pieces like Mega Six by Bill Cutler, which has roughly half the
number of pieces as Kimiki Bunny.
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