Brickset Puzzles #3
Posted by CapnRex101,
Following a hiatus during the busy festive period, some brand new Brickset Puzzles have been prepared!
You can view the newest puzzles, alongside answers for previous questions, after the break...
Answers for Brickset Puzzles #2
Robotic shark the waves traverse, deployed by LEGO in reverse.
A: 4793 Ogel Shark Sub
Meeting place before adventure, resident there signs indenture.
A: 79003 An Unexpected Gathering
Anything but the dinosaur, instead afford this famed raptor.
A: 75875 Ford F-150 Raptor & Ford Model A Hot Rod
Two years following dark fortress, an ancient monarch in distress.
A: 6034 Black Monarch's Ghost
Maintaining cars with German tones, with engines stripped back to their bones.
A: 6561 Hot Rod Club
Questions
Riddle 1:
- Serpent rising from the ocean, causing sailors such commotion.
Riddle 2:
- Eldorado intersection, banking house requires protection.
Riddle 3:
- Cowardly canine mystery, villain from ancient history.
Riddle 4:
- Dark astronaut maintaining pace, while walking after Classic Space.
Riddle 5:
- Ghoulish driver commands this train, forward in time and back again.
Puzzle Pyramid:
For this puzzle, you need to find which sets occupy the missing spaces. There is only one possible solution for each box, although the connections between these sets need to be established first.
Prizes are not available for these puzzles, although we are hoping to introduce some prizes with subsequent quizzes and puzzles shortly.
Good luck!
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No idea!
Please don't post the answers in the comments. It somewhat defeats the object of the article!
Thanks to this puzzle I have now used queries for the first time.
I must admit last time I got a few correct straight away, but this time round I am at a total loss.
That pyramid puzzle is just plain mean. Thanks for ruining my weekend because I now have to figure this out.;)
1, 3 and 5 I'm pretty sure I got right off the bat. I'll have to browse the site to get riddles 2 and 4. This pyramid is tricky ...
I still need to figure out riddle 4 and the pyramid. I'm quite sure I've got the answers for the other riddles.
Thank you for bringing these out of hiatus.
Probably not going to do it, but it does look cool!
That pyramid is impossible to read on my phone!
I fully agree with Huw - No hints or spoilers, please!
Funny a lot of people are having trouble with riddle 4. I got that one straight away. My collecting is definitely 80’s centric however.
Think I know riddle 3 but totally stumped on the other riddles and the pyramid... I have had 2 gin and tonics though which may be hindering progress...
@Huw said:
"Please don't post the answers in the comments. It somewhat defeats the object of the article! "
I think I’ve got them all....is there some place to submit them?
I'm pleased that I got the pyramid given it seems many are stumped by it!
I've figured out how the sets in the pyramid are connected! It's not that hard, but it still took me long enough.
I'm proud of myself that I immediately got all of them except riddle 4 which I'm still stumped on.
I understand all of the riddles minus 4. "Dark astronaut"? I'll just have to wait for the next brickset puzzle. :-/
I've got 1, 3, and 5 figured out!
Anyone gonna talk about the answers to the last set of riddles? I don't get how 6561 Hotrod club has "German tones"
I think that I've got all the riddles right but the pyramid has me stumped!
@CapnRex101 When will you supply us with the answers?
“Embrace the power of little things and you will build a tower of mighty things. Mighty things are made up varieties of little things put together!”
-Israelmore Ayivor
@Norikins Those cars have the tones of the German flag - black, red, and gold.
I think I found them all. 1, 2, 3, 5 and pyramid pretty much immediately, though I wasn't sure at all for 2 until I checked the set. 4 took a bit of scrolling through a certain theme, as I'm not very familiar with it.
I must have had some tiny thought nagging away at my brain, because although I've only got a couple of the riddles, I worked out what I needed to do with the pyramid almost straight away!
I still need to figure out 2, 4, and the pyramid. This is pretty interesting.
Clearly puzzles like this aren't my kind of strength, because I'm staring at that pyramid and can't see anything in common between any of those sets at all, never mind figuring out what's missing. I'm not sure if I'm supposed to be seeing some sort of complex pattern between the set names and numbers, or if it's something I should be seeing from studying the set images in detail instead.
What bugs me most is that it's PROBABLY glaringly obvious! xD And if I knew what the connection was, I could probably figure out the missing spaces... but I'm just not seeing that connection in the first place...
No idea with number 4 (I solved the rest).
great questions - sweated as much as the servers :D
1 and 5 were so easy; I got 3 after a little thought. 2, 4 and the pyramid I’m still stuck on though.
The pyramiad I figured out instantly the connection.
@Huw, I'm sorry if it is a spoiler, but the set number and name don't match up for '41318 - Heartlake City Hospital'.
Think I figured them all, although a little unsure about number 4 (found three possible answers, in the end I went with the largest one - which isn't all that large).
Only got the Shark Sub and F150 ones right in the previous round - had no clue about the others.
@chaosderek - We will include submission forms when prizes are available, although I do not think they are necessary when the puzzles are only for fun. I can provide a submission form with subsequent articles though, if people would prefer.
@shootvolio - I am intending to publish the answers and more questions later this week.
@rslotb - Thanks, I have updated the pyramid so it now displays the correct set name. That does not affect the answers to the puzzle though.
@BionicleJedi : That's pretty much why I found the pyramid solution very fast. I picked 3 sets, took a quick look, and figured it would be pretty hard and maybe subjective to find something in common.
Pyramid is straight-forward, now I have to look into the 'real' riddles 1-5 :-)
Update: pretty sure about 1,2,3 and 5, some doubts about 4. Curious to see the answers in a few days...
@AstroDroid Thank you for answering my question! I guessed the set was Fight on the Flying Wind because the German mechanic gets stripped to his bones by the airplane engine. No more maintaining cars for him.
The answer to the pyramid puzzle:
Brickset is Illuminati confirmed.
That pyramid puzzle - J'Taime!
@CapnRex101 said:
" @chaosderek - We will include submission forms when prizes are available, although I do not think they are necessary when the puzzles are only for fun. I can provide a submission form with subsequent articles though, if people would prefer.
@shootvolio - I am intending to publish the answers and more questions later this week.
@rslotb - Thanks, I have updated the pyramid so it now displays the correct set name. That does not affect the answers to the puzzle though."
Got some answers ready yet, Rex? I’m dying with anticipation . impatient rexhasmoretodosobepatient butwhatabouthuw? sighshutitderek
same here, weren't answers promised already a while ago? Curious what I got right or wrong...