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ISIS PUZZLE FAQ READ THIS FIRST
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Xantos
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 		Resetting the Isis
Symbol Line-Up
When I reset my Isis (have done it many times) I can never get the symbols to match up initially(!!!!). Once I have hit the base, the two do symbols do line up, but the Isis is not completely closed.
I have to semi-resolve the puzzle to allow the ball to be closed on it's thread.

Do not worry if your symbols done line up, they will after.

If it locks before it's fully closed, you must resolve the puzzle to manipulate the thread again.

Hope this helps.

PostPosted: Tue May 26, 2009 8:44 am
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Drench
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 		Isis trouble
Getting through the maze...
I opened my Isis last week and have done so a second time in the meantime. However, I've tried to open it a third time, and I've released the third bb, but I just can't get through the maze. The method I used the first two times opened it within 30 seconds, but I've been using that method for about half a day now and it still won't open! Do you guys have any possible solutions?

Thanks for putting this up, as well.

PostPosted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 7:39 am
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MeCon
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 		Re: Isis trouble
Getting through the maze...
Drench wrote:
I opened my Isis last week and have done so a second time in the meantime. However, I've tried to open it a third time, and I've released the third bb, but I just can't get through the maze. The method I used the first two times opened it within 30 seconds, but I've been using that method for about half a day now and it still won't open! Do you guys have any possible solutions?

Thanks for putting this up, as well.


Did you remember to replace the 3rd bb when you opened it your second time?

Maybe you didn't actually release the 3rd bb and just think you did.
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PostPosted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 9:56 pm
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Jdsaith
Kilroy

Joined: 10 Jun 2009
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 		Hello everyone,

I would like to know how much volume you can put into the ISIS..Is there any place for a small object - folded paper, jewelry?
Or is the locking mechanism using all the place?

I am considering the ISIS to hide my fiance's ring until the right time...
And I would be very disappointed to find the ring dosen't fit...

PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:19 am
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walther
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Jdsaith wrote:
I would like to know how much volume you can put into the ISIS..Is there any place for a small object - folded paper, jewelry?
Or is the locking mechanism using all the place?

Well that depends. The complete puzzle doesn't leave room for anything except maybe a folded up piece of paper. Having said that, once you open the puzzle there are some parts that you could remove that would allow you to hide something like a ring to be placed inside. BUT it would make it much easier to open. Not that easy because you could still engage the lock mechanism and you would go through the general motions to solve, just not sure if the lock would stay engaged though general playing around. I'd have to try it and see. Once you get it opened this might make more sense.

Good luck!

PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 9:10 am
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Jdsaith
Kilroy

Joined: 10 Jun 2009
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 		Still have to buy it, though...
It's a little bit too much for a student's pocket Wink

The ring too anyways, but both of them worth it Smile

I'll have great fun worrying about something harder than the Hanayama collection or the Puzzle Lock suite...

PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 5:32 pm
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Francus
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 		If you can't hide the ring inside your Isis, but you still want an original hiding place, you might want to consider a Cryptex:



(Only a small ring would fit, but most wedding rings aren't all that big)
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:55 am
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blackhat
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 		Re: by the way
help request
e^(i*pi) wrote:

Spoiler (Rollover to View):
1. Go back through the maze. Depress the plunger and keep it depressed.

2. Turn plunger side down. Keeping the plunger depressed rotate the Isis until the remaining two ball bearings go quiet. Depress the plunger the rest of the way.

3. While keeping the Isis plunger side down and keeping the plunger fully depressed with one hand unscrew it with the other.

This position is somewhat awkward, but since your Isis is partially open the maze/lock will probably not latch into the unlock position even with the plunger fully depressed. It must be held there by keeping the plunger fully depressed while unscrewing.


omg genius i just broke my puzzle and couldnt get it open and got it open again with this method.

PostPosted: Sun Sep 13, 2009 2:47 am
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Jehrets2
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 		Any other way?
Besides the way you described in this topic, is it possible to open the isis by using the moveable bands and lining up the hyroglyphics? Plz email me the anwser to Jehrets2SPLATcomcast.net...thnxs if any1 does...

PostPosted: Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:09 pm
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y2khappens
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Joined: 26 Oct 2009
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 		Re: Repairing the ISIS Puzzle if you error during RESET
I opened it the first time I tried after following your instructions.
cobrafast1 wrote:
I decided to place the article here on resetting too, so it would not get lost in the other index with other topics.

Repairing the ISIS Puzzle if you error during the RESET
How to repair the ISIS
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OKAY, you've solved the ISIS puzzle and got your key and/or the code number inside. Your ego is boosted and you feel wonderful. That's great. Now there is another challenge to the puzzle. Resetting the puzzle so you can play it again or have your friends try to solve it.

There is a potential for locking the ISIS to make it "next to impossible to open again". And you don't want to spend money to send it to the factory for opening and resetting. Right? Correct. Here's the deal. I locked mine when resetting and figured out how to reopen without the third ball dropping from the magnet. It is brutal and hard on the hands, but I did it and don't care to do it again. More on that later. A solution for the problem too.

When resetting, you take the ball and drop it into the hole for the magnet to grab. Then you reset the other half's lock and gently put the ISIS back together making sure the holes line up. Then you gently turn the two halves to close it tight. Problem here. After you've opened this gem many times, the locking mechanism gets worn and will release and lock with the sllightest bump or vibration. If the holes line up and you've had an even 360 degree turn, all is well, just solve the puzzle as normal. BUT IF YOU DON'T get that 360 degree turn and it locks up at the 180 degree mark, then you're in trouble. Big trouble. the holes don't line up and the third ball will never drop into the maze so it can get to the center and act as an extension to the press down stem on the plunger. So now what do you do? You think you're screwed blue and tattooed. Wrong.

The solution is to open it without the plunger. Much more difficult than the normal way to open it. This is a delicate feat of force and turn at the exact moment. I'll describe.

Hold the ISIS upside down (plunger down). Forget the plunger now, it's useless. Swirl the ISIS to lock the two other balls in place in the now upper half. You don't hear them rolling. Now the trick. Take the ISIS in your right hand and in an upward motion, beat it against your left hand in a fast upward motion, so that the stopping inertia will compress the lock on the spring and then at the right nanosecond turn the ISIS halves to start to open it. Just get it to turn. Don't try to open it yet.

Now take the halves and rotate the remaining same direction to the 180 degree turn. This will line up the holes. Now you can resolve the puzzle in the normal method by smack, swirl and depressing the plunger.

Now remember I said "next to impossible". You did it. Now the trick to never get in this predicament again, is never reset the ISIS by dropping the ball in the magnet hole. Drop the third ball in the center hole of the maze and then screw it back together. If it locks up now, then the third ball is already there to reopen easily. After you get the puzzle halve fully turned together, just reverse swirl it a few times and the ball will find the magnet and pop up in the magnet hole/cavity.

Good Luck with this everyone. It works. I did it. And you know what? I feel more satisfied than when I first solved the puzzle. It takes a long time to get the right force and turn to open it, but it can be done.


My Isis was locked after only being partially reassembled after opening.
Thanks much! It worked the first time I tried it following your instructions.

PostPosted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:10 am
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Guest
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 		Got the Isis yesterday. After releasing the third BB I tried to swirl it through the maze for about an hour and realized that this was not going to happened. So I opened the puzzle with the bypass slamming trick. I then realized why I couldn't open it the normal way. The 3rd BB was not able to exit the maze and drop into the center hole. The machining of that part wasn't done right. If I dropped the BB into the center after I disassabled the puzzle the BB couldn't go back into the maze. Also in the bottom part only had one BB instead of two. And no, I did not lose one. Clearly my puzzle was a dud. Makes you wonder how many oeople have given up in frustration by not being able to open it the intended way.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:17 am
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Danielito
Greenhorn

Joined: 22 Feb 2011
Posts: 5

 		I am at this point... (url is the pic)

Plunger is near the box (so down) i can hear a ball rolling and the punger goes down normally.
What I have to do now?
Please help me! Sad

http://grab.by/9aCF

PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:22 am
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Jammuu
Kilroy

Joined: 18 Dec 2011
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 		I'm stuck and wondering if somebody could help me out. If i whirl my isis the plunger upwards the ball bearings won't stop rolling at any position. If I turn plunger downwards ball bearings will stop after whirling few times. Depressing the plunger doesn't do anything and it goes all the way to the bottom.

I almost got it opened once (got it turned about 0.5cm counterclockwise) but turned it back to the locked position and now I'm struggling to open it again. Thank you for helping!

PostPosted: Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:09 am
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bobcheese21
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Joined: 27 Dec 2011
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 		help
i really need some help on the isis puzzle. i opened the isis puzzle, and wanted to see the inside, i took the maze housing out (that silver thing) and looked around, when i was done looking, i put the maze housing back in, THE WRONG WAY. i skrewed the top half back on, and it locked on. now, the third ball bearing dosnt line up with the hole in the housing! is it impossible to fix?

PostPosted: Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:56 pm
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adigitalparadox
Kilroy

Joined: 13 Mar 2012
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 		A Stuck ISIS
broken ISIS
I recently bought a used ISIS puzzle off ebay. The original Owner informed me she was never able to get it open. I was making progress with the puzzle, and the third BB ( think was were it needed to be) I felt the plunger, go down half way, I thought I had just solved the puzzle, I tunred it back face up and the two halfs began to unscrew. Then it locked up. The BB's are silent and the Placentas are not lined up, for I was trying to unscrew the puzzle. I took a pic of what it looks like:

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