Coin Escape Puzzle - Close Up Trick / Magic Trick / Magic Props / Party Trick / Magic Gimmick

This thing is poorly assembled and only worked once. The two halves aren't lined up nicely and if you flick it too hard it'll flex enough for all the ball bearings to fly out. You can put them back, but it'll be a challenge to find all of them. The pivot doesn't spin very nicely either. Mine came with a hair inside as well, so absolutely no quality control. Cool idea but total trash.

Beads were loose in the bag when received. Tried to put them back in but the pins holding the casing together are broken. As a result the beads fall out when it is shaken or a spin attempt is tried. However, you can't really spin it anyway since the hinge on the key ring is also cheap plastic. My best attempt at getting this to work produced a rotation and a half and metal ball confetti.

A small plastic mechanism which connects the keyring to the main piece is supposed to spin, but because the plastic is so cheaply made, their is way too much friction when you spin it and it spins like half a rotation when you try to spin it. This makes the means for solving the puzzle finicky at best and makes the satisfying nature of the product unsatisfying.

The puzzle couldn't spin on its axis, only revolve. This makes it impossible to solve in the right way.Also, when it falls on the floor, the two halves separate and the tiny beads go everywhere. This makes it impractical to carry on a keychain, even if it could spin on its axis better.

This is a piece of junk. Don’t waste your money. First time I used it Philip apart, and the ball bearings went everywhere could not find them all., really disappointed! I should’ve just burned a $10 bill, it would’ve lasted longer

When spinning it open and lost most of the balls

I bought one of these after seeing one on a YT video of fun gadgets, expecting to get one that worked as well as the one in the video. The trick with this puzzle is to spin it while holding by the ring, with centrifugal force parting the balls and allowing the coin to fall out. But the tolerances of the plastics are poor, and the ball joint at the top just ground around, not spinning freely at all. I put in a ruth quarter and then realized I couldn't get it back out because the body would not spin.After turning the top around quite a bit I ground away some of the binding plastic and it moved freely for a part of the rotation, which I thought would be enough to get my quarter back out. But it would not spin more than one turn before stopping, so I gave it a few flicks on a side edge with a finger to try to spin it fast enough. On about the 3rd flick it exploded (the two halves of the body separated) and I heard little metal balls landing all over the room. I found four of them, I suppose the vacuum will eventually find the rest.Very disappointing. Maybe I just got a cheap knockoff of a better quality orginal? I would understand getting a lower quality puzzle at a cheaper price, as that's to be expected, but it should at least have basic function, and this puzzle does not. It was never solvable with the correct solution, and immediately fell apart with light use.I VERY rarely give one-star reviews, but this product earned it Don't waste your money on this one, see if you can find a higher quality design. Maybe something with a metal-to-metal top that can spin freely, instead of plastic-on-plastic. (and this one was binding up in addition to being plastic) I only spent $7 on it so I'm not going to bother with a return. I'll just chalk it up to a lesson learned and an opportunity to share my experience with others to save them the same trouble.