GarE Maxton's amazing Intimidator puzzle would make Scaramanga proud (video)
By Tim Stevens 
posted July 29th 2010 8:37AM
posted July 29th 2010 8:37AM
We have Make to thank for bringing this wonderful hunk of metal to our attention, a 40lb puzzle created by GarE Maxton and shown to the world at large about a month ago. It's called the Intimidator Puzzle Pistol and it starts out as 125 pieces hand-machined that fit together in only one way (shown disassembled after the break). Once assembled you need a special magnetic key to take it apart again and, probably, few hours. Inside is something of a special prize... something a lot cooler than anybody ever found in the bottom of a Cracker Jack box: a pistol. Well, the pieces of a pieces, anyway, a .45 caliber handgun with your choice of iron or laser sights (both included). The resulting weapon bears more than a passing resemblance to Scaramanga's piece in The Man with the Golden Gun. Unlike that model this one does not break down into a lighter and cufflinks, but we prefer puzzles to jewelry anyway. You can see it all demonstrated after the break, but sadly there is only a single such puzzle in existence at the moment: GarE's one indisputable masterpiece. 
Holy shit!
In case of emergency, disassemble the box, reassemble the gun, aim at an awe-stunned target, fire!
Or just throw the shit at them in the first place.
@loocas nice fingernail
@dagetz Not mine, thankfully...
@loocas
would not want to drop the puzzle, what if one of the bullets went off?
@manofchao5 Its muzzle loaded, the bullets dont have an attached explosive.
@gmoff01
Even then, the powder in conventional bullets has to be ignited.
It would be more awesome if you had to use all the pieces to form the pistol. Somehow having lots of packing pieces makes this less awesome to me.
@RincewindWiz
Agreed. Like if all the pieces made a badass submachine gun or something.
@dustinface Yes, or an automated robot sentry :-) Now you're talking!
That is insanely impractical, useless, and awesome.
AWESOME!
While it's awesome that he's built his own firearm (perfectly legal, and hats off to him!), he might want to investigate the laws surrounding discharging a firearm in city limits. Not all cities/states are the same, but the VAST majority make it illegal to do. Please be careful out there! Oh, and show some trigger discipline. Finger ALWAYS straight and off the trigger until you're ready to fire.
@Tango
I'm fairly certain he only included a charge and firing cap, there was no projectile.
Besides, you really think there are strict handgun laws in Nevada?!
Is it wrong that I want one, but without the gun part?
Why has he got just one blue fingernail?
@Hoo I presume he and Penn from Penn & Teller (who has one red fingernail) are part of an international crime organization intent on ruling the world.
@Hoo I was wondering that the whole time... Damn artists with their gay looking nails!
Wow serious workmandship respect to this artist, beautiful piece of work.
omg, how did he get the 5th element?
I love how there are people out there that spend more time then me to make the most useless Awesome stuff.
Interesting, I bet he has to keep it disassembled. The interaction of dissimilar metals will ruin that over time, unless the pieces are treated....and I doubt they are. This is one of the cooler things I have seen though.
Hurry honey! The burglar is going to our daughter's room!!
-Don't worry, I just need to solve this puzzle really quickly
HURRY
-Allllmossst therree.... allllmost thereee.... huzzah!
==Mission Failed, Burglar Escaped==
Told you hard mode was too hard!
-Bah! Reset the game
With 6 different metals in there, and different metals have different expansion rates, does the thing seize up if if gets too hot or too cold?
Things that make you go hmmm...