How to Make Lego Puzzle Box No.3 "Twins"

Hi :) This is my third puzzle box in the series, Twins. I made twins when I had a brilliant idea of a puzzle box that breaks in half. I find it to be very unique and fun to open, and I hope you like it too! :)

This puzzle box has a good balance of difficulty, storage, and uniqueness. Not extremely hard, but hard enough to be a good puzzle box. It has a unique move which splits the box in two! I built this in one day, but it took me around 6 hours. I made this in early september 2015. I hope you like it :)

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Features:

• Pop up button
• Sliding panels
• Box splits in two
• Tile maze

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Pros:

• Unique
• Decent storage
• Fun to open
• Good size
• Hardly gets stuck

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Cons:

• Comes apart somewhat easily if you pull the top and bottom apart
• Slightly ugly looking once opened, not much of a problem

Step 1: Opening the Box

This is how to open the box :)

Video in the intro!

• 1: Slide a tile
• 2: Slide more tiles...
• 3: Keep sliding...
• 4: ...Until you see the button,
• 5: Which pops up when you slide the tiles out of the way.
• 6: Hold the button down and split the box. It can only split when the button is down.
• 7: Slide this panel.
• 8: Slide another panel.
• 9: Slide another panel.
• 10: Slide the halves apart, and take the bottom panel off of the left one to reveal the secret compartment!

Step 2: Parts Count

Here is the number of parts I used to build my box. Of course, you don't need the exact number because you can substitute some parts for others or make some changes.

*****TOTAL: 260*****

***Plates: 102***

• 1x1: 3
• 1x2: 36
• 1x3: 15
• 1x4: 11
• 1x6: 9
• 2x2: 9
• 2x3: 8
• 2x4: 6
• 2x6: 2
• 6x6: 2
• 12x6: 1

***Tiles: 91***

• 1x1: 21
• 1x2: 48
• 1x3: 2
• 1x4: 9
• 1x6: 6
• 2x2: 3
• 2x4: 2

***Special plates: 24***

• Stud: 21
• L plate: 2
• 1x2 with 1 stud: 1

***Bricks: 41***

• 1x1: 5
• 1x3: 18
• 1x4: 12
• 1x6: 5
• 2x2: 1

***Special bricks: 2***

• 1x2 inverted slope: 1
• 2x2 slope: 1

***Misc: 1***

• Small rubber band: 1

Step 3: Building: Left Side

Build the left side!

• 1: Add these onto a 6x6 plate.
• 2: Add bricks, the 1x4's won't be attatched to anything yet!
• 3: Add plates and make the things on the left.
• 4: Put them here.
• 5: Add 2 layers of bricks.
• 6: Add plates and make the thing on the left.
• 7: Put it here and add more plates.
• 8: Make this on another 6x6 plate.
• 9: Add tiles.
• 10: Put it on top of the box as shown.

Step 4: Building: Right Side

Build the right side!
***This is a pretty hard step!***

• 1: Make sliding panels.
• 2: Another view.
• 3: Make the button.
• 4: Another view.
• 5: Make this on a 6x12 plate.
• 6: Add plates and tiles.
• 7: Add bricks and tiles. CHECK IMAGE NOTE!!!
• 8: Add sliding panels and tiles on top of them.
• 9: Add plates.
• 10: Add plates.
• 11: Add tiles and bricks.
• 12: Add bricks. I turned the box 180 degrees for a better view.
• 13: Make this.
• 14: Another view.
• 15: Add it here, and add plates.
• 16: Add bricks, plates, and a rubber band.
• 17: Put the rubber band here, and add bricks and plates.
• 18: Add a plate and make the thing on the right.
• 19: Add it here.
• 20: Make this.
• 21: Add it here, and add tiles and plates.
• 22: Add 2 layers of plates.
• 23: Make these onto plates.
• 24: Bottom view.
• 25: Add tiles.
• 26: Add button and one of the things as shown.
• 27: Add the other thing.

Step 5: Enjoy the Box :)

Feedback is well appreciated.

As long as it's not rude :)