 Am I terrified of putting them together? Absolutely! I'll be working on a couple of sets that are, to be honest, way out of my comfort zone. But I figured, you know what? What the heck, stop being a baby, try them out and see what you think. Now hit that like button if you'd like to try things out of your comfort zone. So I had a company called Remarkable Gifts reach out to me, and they actually represent several brands of 3D puzzles in North America. And they sent me two sets from two different brands. The first set here is called Mysterious Timer 2. The brand is called Time for Machine and this brand carries metal mechanical model sets. It has 62 pieces and this is made out of stainless steel and it is 116 x 84 x 71 millimeters when it's completed. And according to the back of the box, this set does look to include the tools that you need to complete this. Which is fantastic because to be honest, I wouldn't know where to get these tools or I don't even know if I have these in my house. But anyways, really this is more of a model building kit, which you know is why I say this is totally out of my comfort zone because I've never really done models like this before. And the next set that I have here is called Treasure Box. The brand is Beater Models. It has 174 parts and it is made out of plastic and wood and it is 86 x 130 x 130 millimeters when it's completed. And what's great about them is that you don't need any glue. And again, this one is kind of like a model building kit as well, which I have absolutely no skills for. But what's good about this particular one is that the level does show that it is easy. So this will probably be the one that I start off with first. Now, what's really interesting about both of these sets is that they both have working mechanisms in them. So once you've completed them, you can actually use these. You can use Treasure Box for what looks to be jewelry or coins or whatever small items you have at home. And with the mysterious timer, you can actually set it to go off for up to an hour. So honestly, this is pretty darn cool. Do I think they're going to be fun? Absolutely. Am I terrified of putting them together? Absolutely. I feel like the timer is going to be the hardest one out of the two of these here because I'm seeing all these little, what do you call these, gears and whatnot. And that's kind of making me nervous. They look really small. But judging by the image on the box, I mean, it's going to look really nice once it's completed. It's definitely something that I will have on display. I'm definitely going to work on the Treasure Box first, considering that the difficulty level is easy. But I'm pretty sure even though the timer has way less pieces than the box, I think this one's going to be the hardest one and probably most likely take me the longest to complete. But we'll see, right? I don't know. I might finish them both really quick. I might never finish them. I don't know. I guess you'll just have to sit through the video and find out, right? Now let me know down below if any of you guys have tried any sets from these two brands. And if so, what was your experience like? I'll be curious to see how I think of it. But there's only one way to find out. So you know what? I'm going to stop talking now. Let's open these boxes up and let's see what I've gotten myself into. Okay, dokes. So I have both sets here. I think I'm going to open the wood one first. So let's put this one at the side for the minute. And it has plastic wrap. So let's get this open first. Let's open this up. That comes off very nicely. It's a nice box, really. All right, let's see what we have here. Oh, it's this. We have ourselves a cloth here. What is this for? We have here our books to be our assembly instructions. Now, they do have the instructions in several languages inside the booklet, which is great for anyone who wants to try these out. The way that it shows the assembly really does remind me of putting together the cubic fun 3d puzzles, kind of like just showing the step number and the arrows pointing to wherever you need to add the piece in. So I don't know, maybe it won't be as hard as I think it'll be, but we'll see, right? Honestly, this is the part that makes me nervous, the actual putting together of the mechanism itself. So I don't know. Either way, I think it's going to be a lot of fun. It never hurts to try new things, guys. Okay, now I'm really scared. But the finished product, I am definitely sure is going to look amazing. We have here, I believe the instructions said this is what you use to pull the pieces out of the sheets. So we'll put this on the side here. Well, you know, we'll put it back here just so that we don't lose it. And what are you? I'm kind of seeing what looks to be what this item is in this picture here, and I'm guessing you use this for the gears. It might be some kind of lubricant or something you have to put on the piece for it to function properly. We got like little clear rubber bands. Let's open this up and see what this looks like. Oh, wow. So here are the wood pieces. This is very nice. There's the thickness of the wood, which is not bad really. And the detail on it is fantastic. Look at that. This is very clear, whatever this printing is on this wood. This is fantastic. And then here you have your plastic bits, which, you know, pretty straightforward. Wow, there's a lot of small bits to it as well. But you know what? I'm pretty sure, as I said before, this is going to be fun. So that's what comes in the Veeder model set for the treasure box. So what we're going to do is we're going to put this to the side because now I want to open up the metal model. All right, so let's open this one up now. Again, this one has plastic wrap, so let's get this off first. Slide you out. Ooh, this one looks pretty fancy. Check out those little gears, huh? And I'm guessing this is the mechanism for the timer. So here we have our instruction, but oh no, look at this. I like this. It comes in like this folder with all the stainless steel pieces. And it does stay on the box that this can have some sharp edges to it. So it does not recommend children too young to mess around with this. But let's put one of these out and let's take a look. Ooh, this is really cool. Who's that? Is that me? It probably is because that's pretty much how my hair looks after I wash it and let it air dry. So yeah, that's for sure me. This looks to be one of our tools. It looks like it's a file. So I'm guessing we're going to have some instances where we're going to need to file down some sharp edges perhaps. This I believe is to kind of clean the metal so to polish it up a bit. And this is our instructions. Now, I'm just skimming through these instructions right now. So I can't really tell whether this is pretty straightforward to follow or not. Obviously, that'll be something we'll find out as we go through putting this model together. See, ah, here it is. Look at that guys. It's got everything we need here, which is fantastic. I'm pretty sure I have these somewhere in my house. But you know what? The fact that they provide you with all this is really, really useful. All right, this is super neat. I really like the way this is laid out for you. But you know what? I'm never going to know what I think to it until I try. So I'm going to stop talking now. Let's get started on one of these and let's see what I think to the whole experience. So like many other 3D models, you really need to make sure you stay organized during your completion process. Make sure your area is clear of anything else because depending on the model you're working on, you can have a lot of very, very tiny pieces involved. And you really can't afford to lose anything. Now, the treasure box did come with a cloth and I used this as kind of like a construction mat. And it was good because it called all the mess that the lubricant stick left behind when I had to use it for certain steps. And it did make quite a mess at times. The timer set did come with some spare pieces, but you know, sometimes it just won't be any of the pieces that you might end up losing. But that sounds more like my kind of luck. It was pretty challenging to follow what was going on in the directions at times. And I struggled with this more for the metal timer because there was a lot of bending and manipulation of the metal pieces. And I'm not sure if these kind of instructions are pretty much common knowledge for experienced model builders, but I struggled to understand that in the beginning. But as I moved on with it, I started to get more of a better idea of what I had to do for the treasure box. It just had a lot of aligning and snapping bits together. So it was a bit easier. Now, something else that I dealt with when I was putting these together was that it made my fingers hurt. And it happened more with the timer. And well, that was because it was metal. The edges did hurt at times, but the box does warn you about that. And I don't know if they do sell special gloves to wear for model builders. But let me know down below if you know if that even exists. And as a side note, make sure your fingernails are not too long because I really struggled picking up and placing the little tiny pieces into place. It really made the construction a lot harder. But once I took care of them, it was a lot easier. And I know that might seem random to some, but it really does impact the whole construction process. Now, one major thing that I noted was that both sets are not forgiving. And what I mean by that is that if you make a mistake either by snapping the wrong piece in or placing the right piece in a slightly different way, it can be very difficult to correct it. And this went more for the treasure box. I had a number of instances where I put a snap in the wrong way. And it was so hard trying to get it back out because I was just trying not to break it or cause any damage to the surrounding pieces. The only damage that did occur was that I chipped the bottom corner of one of the wood pieces, but thankfully it was still usable. It wasn't major and it still held the snap in place. And each page of the instructions involved a number of pieces. So if you realize you did something wrong, sometimes you had to take the whole section apart and do it over again. But again, I think this was more because of my lack of experience. I mean, really, I think every issue that I had was because of my lack of experience. I'm not going to lie. But as I had quickly mentioned before, both sets did have some pieces that were very small. And at times it was really hard to see, especially with the plastic pieces for the treasure box because, I mean, not only were they small, but it was clear plastic. I don't know if experienced model builders actually use any special tools for model building. Or if they even use a special magnifying lens too, so that they could see what they're working on because really I feel that would have helped. But at the same time, I do realize that this is just the nature of this kind of project. Any working mechanism is going to have a lot of small pieces to it. It's just intricate. It is what it is. But hit that like button if you ever thought about trying something like this, or if you have tried model building before, and let me know down below what kind of sets did you try. What are your thoughts in general about model building or 3D puzzling? Now, I don't know much about the different brands of model building kits, but I felt with, you know, even with my lack of experience, the quality overall was absolutely fantastic. I mean, the boxes themselves look pretty fancy, and they do provide you with just the right amount of items that you need to complete this if you don't have anything. Now, as you know, the treasure box was a mix of both plastic and wood parts. And again, the print on the wood was great. The details were very clear. It was actually quite intricate. And you know, again, I did have that chipping incident, but that was just me being a beast. Don't be a beast with this kind of stuff. And the plastic was strong. It was not cheap plastic. I really had to put quite a bit of force at times when I made a mistake with putting the plastic pieces together, and it never cracked or lose its strength, even with my beastly force. And as for the timer, the metal does look thin, but it's pretty strong as well. Strong enough for me to find it difficult to manipulate at times when I had to. But I really liked the finish of it. And they do provide you with a polishing cloth if you want to clean it up a bit too, which is nice. And that set also provided you with pliers as well, which was great. I even used it for the treasure box at times to help me with certain bits too. But overall, this kind of puzzling is its own kind of beast. And I don't mean that in a bad way. For me, this was really hard, but I'm sure you're waiting to know if I actually got them to work. So let's see the treasure box first. Ah, success. I feel good about this. This took me about three hours and 15 minutes to complete. Now let's see about the timer. Okay, now we're turning. One. Oh wow, this is hard. Two. Oh gosh, some of the gears are not even moving. This has taken me about four hours so far. So yeah, it's not quite working. And I think I know what the problem is because I have been struggling trying to get the gears to line up. And I think my biggest problem is that I probably didn't tighten it well enough. They're kind of dancing around a bit. So yeah, some of it moves and sometimes it does meet, but other times it struggles a little bit. Yeah, I think once I tighten them up a bit, they're not gonna like dance around too much. So you know what? I think once I do that, it'll be fine. I'm not giving up on this. I'm gonna make this work. Even if I have to take it all apart and start over again, I'm gonna do it. And when I do, I'm gonna let you know about it. It'll be like a victory dance or something. I'm not gonna dance. But I did have a sense that when I pick this particular model that I probably bit off more than I can chew. I really should have known better because of the difficulty level. But what can I say? I got bolted. I will not be defeated. I'm too stubborn for that. But I mean, I mean, this was like one of the coolest looking models they had. And even though it's not quite working properly yet, I mean, look how cool this looks. This looks really nice, even as a just as a display piece. So I'm honestly, I'm quite proud of what I've done so far. But if you're really looking to try something new and something with like a really big challenge to it, I'm gonna leave the link to remarkable gifts down below so that you guys can check out all the sets that they have available for both the Veeder models and the Time for Machine brand. And if you're not quite sure what to pick, pick the treasure box. Honestly, considering that I hadn't a clue what to do, you know, it was on the easy level. So I managed to get it working and it looks fantastic. It's really cool. It's beautiful to look at. And you know, I got it working too. So you know what? If I can do it, anyone can really. And if you know anybody who's really into this kind of modeling or puzzling, I highly recommend these as gifts. And again, I am not giving up on the timer. So be on the lookout for an update at some point because I know in the end it is going to be awesome. Well, guys, I got some more review videos coming soon. So if you'd like to hear what I have to say about other types of puzzles and other brands, be sure to subscribe. But if you want to watch another video before you do, I'm gonna leave another one right here so that you can check that one out. Well, thank you all for watching. Happy puzzling, and I will see you in the next one.