Tim's Perpetual Puzzles

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  • Visit Tim's Toy Shop, at www.grand-illusions.com/
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    Another one that got away... a fish puzzle that simulates perpetual motion! However a friend of Tim's made a version of the toy for him.
    Spiraculum is a magnet toy, made by Joachim Vallet in Germany back in the 1980s.
    A door handle that is actually in the shape of a hand...
    Tim does not normally collect teapots - there are just too many! Although he does collect teapots that have an unusual function. There is a teapot that he saw at the Frankfurt Gift Fair that he wishes he had bought, which combines a teapot and a lemon squeezer!
    Finally, a 1987 toy that was only marketed for a very short time, and Tim wishes he had bought extra ones! A photoelectric panel drives a sound chip, and you get interesting and unusual effects when you move it around in front of a light source.
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  • @TheAlex7863
    @TheAlex7863 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    Tim, I love your channel so much! You remind me of my grandfather who used to collected oddities and puzzles quite like yourself. He raised me and taught me all manner of things, from penmanship to advanced physics. He is no longer a verbal man and struggles to communicate with me now. Your videos give me great comfort and make me feel like a young child again. I’m filled with wonderment and excitement every time you post. Wonderful work, Sir! I’m extremely grateful!

    • @raphamazini3841
      @raphamazini3841 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      I feel very sorry for you grandpa's condition, and i hope he get off this awfull situation.

    • @xabiberbi4460
      @xabiberbi4460 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@raphamazini3841 he clearly wont he is old and everyone of us will suffer the same destiny your words are kind but you just say that to comfort a random person you dont even know sry bro but life Is harder than you think despite that i feel sorry for alex's grandpa and hope he gets off that situation asap

    • @mishXY
      @mishXY ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@xabiberbi4460 lol I will off myself before I get that way. Not to discount that persons suffering, but I have lost a lot of beloved people in ugly ways. I have an exit plan.

    • @geoff3610
      @geoff3610 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@xabiberbi4460 just hella negative for absolutely no good reason dawg, why?

    • @xabiberbi4460
      @xabiberbi4460 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@geoff3610 invoco al rey mucla y te rompe los dientes de un ostión

  • @SecretLevel
    @SecretLevel ปีที่แล้ว +168

    I need a whole documentary movie about this man! Tim is fascinating

    • @frankenweenie2077
      @frankenweenie2077 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lets get a gofundme for this

    • @LeaningHigh
      @LeaningHigh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      no you dont, what you need is , to boycott mojang and minecraft

  • @will9703
    @will9703 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    Glad to see you still sharing your favorite toys with us. Bless.

  • @acrophobe
    @acrophobe ปีที่แล้ว +65

    Just when you think Tim couldn't possibly have one more toy in his bag of tricks he puts out another video....and another....and another.....and then keeps making videos for 12 more years 😂. He's a man who loves what he does.

  • @WitlessEntertainment
    @WitlessEntertainment ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is the coziest show to watch. Reminds me of cozy kid shows from early 90s with the general work (cinematography, pacing, script/dialog) which for me is a huge compliment.

  • @Nefville
    @Nefville ปีที่แล้ว +18

    There's a whole lore behind this channel. Like an underground magic scene where these people get together and fashion the strangest devices and buy and sell new ones. They probably have their own currency. Like John Wick.

  • @harrypotter3307
    @harrypotter3307 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I'm a 27 year old engineer from Turkey, but i'm still kid like i was 8. I've only been following you for several years but you're like the grandfather I never had, Tim. Some nights when I can't sleep, I watch your videos to relax. I also had a murmur in my tongue for close to 19 years and I was always looking for this tune but couldn't find it until you said it is 'It's a Small World'. Thank you very very much. Thank you for being with us.

  • @alseftian
    @alseftian ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hope you keep healthy, Tim. We love you so much❤

  • @HerrW0lf
    @HerrW0lf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The lemon squeezer on the tea pot looks like a sombrero

  • @DanielRenardAnimation
    @DanielRenardAnimation ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I can't quite put my finger on when or where, but I do feel like this little device at 7:59 is something I had as a child. The music, especially the parts where it becomes distorted as the light is obstructed in various manners, has a very familiar, almost nostalgic effect to me. I'm sure I've had something similar a very VERY long time ago, from the same manufacturer.

    • @gibsonrocker17
      @gibsonrocker17 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Same here. I really think mine had something to do with the Ninja Turtles, but my childhood is such a blur. 😂 Like you, I definitely remember having one, but couldn't tell you what the song or design was.

    • @HerrW0lf
      @HerrW0lf ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I wish I had one of those, I would have annoyed the crap out of my family with this thing 🤣

    • @DanielRenardAnimation
      @DanielRenardAnimation ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@HerrW0lf On that notion, I think the reason why it was discarded, was because I'd keep my toys in a drawer under my bed and as the battery drained on its own, it bypassed the photoelectric cell and started playing- well at least making noises on its own, which would definitely have gotten annoying to have distorted toy music playing during the night, although, it is my understanding that this is very "popular" in various media these days. 🙄

    • @DoctorNemmo
      @DoctorNemmo ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That song also was played a lot in these musical greeting cards that were sold during the 70s and 80s.

    • @account-pi3nj
      @account-pi3nj ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Anybody know the name?

  • @Dongerino.
    @Dongerino. ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I saw exactly the lemon teapot you mentioned on a yard sale a few weeks ago. Had i known you would like to have one, i would have bought it and sent it to you 😮

  • @user-li7if7dl1o
    @user-li7if7dl1o ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So I’ve been following Tom for a while now. And what an adversary to never-aging Keanu he makes.

  • @user-cs8iz8xy7u
    @user-cs8iz8xy7u 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The fact that that last toy is from 1987 and still works is amazing!

  • @marinagiorgi6037
    @marinagiorgi6037 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    man never gets old, he gets younger , he reminds me of my childhood

  • @geoff3610
    @geoff3610 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I may not watch every video Tim but you and this channel are a constant and I appreciate the nostalgia!

  • @crownofeyes24
    @crownofeyes24 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Live forever trinket man. I love your videos

  • @alZiiHardstylez
    @alZiiHardstylez ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember getting lots of notifications for Grand Illusions and I haven't seen one since this popped up. I'm glad it did but :(

  • @Klint_Izwudd
    @Klint_Izwudd ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That lemon squeezer looks like a sombrero when on top of the pot and that alone makes me happy.
    I am a simple man.

  • @FloKorp86
    @FloKorp86 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Lovely. I can't believe I've never come across these videos. Fills me with joy to find a like-minded person that enjoys silly inventive toys and trinkets

  • @rc-fannl7364
    @rc-fannl7364 ปีที่แล้ว

    Weirdly refreshing. And I suddenly feel an urge to drink lemon tea. ;-)

  • @williamrobinson7435
    @williamrobinson7435 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Perpetual motion simulation is indeed a fascinating field. My dad (a type of fiend) would occasionally set me to the task of building a P. M. machine, using my Meccano set. Once the reciprocating weight/pendulum engine or whatever had been discounted as incapable, he would announce complacently that my task was impossible. The poor chap was insufficiently well educated to include the corollary to the tale (Entropy, the 2nd law of Thermodynamics).. But I enjoyed humouring him, as fiddling with Meccano is great fun. Speaking of fiddling, and on evidence, and with the greatest possible respect, your violin technique could do with an overhaul, Tim.🎶🌟👍

  • @bishopschaults8825
    @bishopschaults8825 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love your videos Tim and I have been watching you for 5-6 years I am so happy you haven't retired yet

  • @jardex2275
    @jardex2275 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I always enjoy the trinkets you show us Tim. It reminds me of the stuff that would be scattered around my Grandparents' house. They would travel a lot and pick up little novelties here and there. Wade pottery was the big thing they would collect and sell though. Pots, little houses, ash trays, Red Rose figurines, etc. They had it all well displayed before they sold the house.

  • @taxidermypicachu1455
    @taxidermypicachu1455 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to see these guy still making videos

  • @TeodorAngelov
    @TeodorAngelov ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome is an understatement :)

  • @pandoramusic4
    @pandoramusic4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for keeping making videos… Your content is amazing and I thank you for all these years…

  • @ericalbany
    @ericalbany ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There was a fashion store in NYC that had a bronze hand on their door. In the winter it wore a fitted leather glove.

  • @phonotical
    @phonotical ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Love the way your friend pippa seems to change her name in the space of 30 seconds 🤣 be happy she made you that, far better than some silly fish!

    • @phonotical
      @phonotical ปีที่แล้ว

      @@topherthe11th23 yeah I get the same thing because I changed my name too

  • @gerry5134
    @gerry5134 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When I was a child I had one of the spinning magnetic wheel toys like the one in the thumbnail . After a while the pivot in the centre of the wheel lost its magnetism and it wouldn't work anymore. Perhaps the large one that plugs in was to keep the magnetic field from fading and the wheel would always stay on

  • @stevenyoutsey8989
    @stevenyoutsey8989 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love the quirkiness and cleverness in these toys. Thanks for sharing!

  • @rooroo9216
    @rooroo9216 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:20 Oh I swear I had one of those decades ago! Some interesting toys and things here, I liked that one with the door handle and the teapot lemon lid too! I also love how you can do that thing like a DJ with the music light lol

  • @priyasrinivasan1304
    @priyasrinivasan1304 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely video! I've always loved your reviews whenever I've come across them, and I'm glad to see you're still making them

  • @fnafplayer6447
    @fnafplayer6447 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember those as a kid they were so much fun

  • @leifgiering
    @leifgiering ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In the 30's, they called that an 'uncle spinny dervish'.

  • @N_S_K_A_
    @N_S_K_A_ ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember my friend had this at his house, it never got boring

  • @BilliesCraftRoom
    @BilliesCraftRoom 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My version of the hand one had no light, so no battery needed. Fascinated me for ages and made a nice whooshing sound

  • @shearnotspear
    @shearnotspear ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The door hand-le reminds me of when I visited the museum to manga artist Ishinomori Shotarou. They have a bronze cast of his hand, which is considered lucky to shake by the locals, as it was completely unscathed by the 2011 earthquakes.

  • @andrewpiltenko9432
    @andrewpiltenko9432 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    4:54 i actually saw this at one restaurant, on their entrance door

    • @andrewpiltenko9432
      @andrewpiltenko9432 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@topherthe11th23 a story Tim won't tell you about :D

  • @matthiase9542
    @matthiase9542 ปีที่แล้ว

    i had this thing from the thumbnail as a kid, that triggered massive nostalgia…

  • @gibsonrocker17
    @gibsonrocker17 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jeez, that really brings me back! I remember having a photoelectric device very similar to that. For the life of me, I can't remember which tune it played or what the design on it was. May have very well been Ninja Turtle related, like most of my stuff from my childhood 🤣

  • @kyleshepherd8639
    @kyleshepherd8639 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Good to see you Tim! Thanks again for the wonderful demonstration ;) You've got some good animators as well!

  • @NZHorizones
    @NZHorizones ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a show tonight. Inspiring me already! Wish they made more of those!

  • @dickJohnsonpeter
    @dickJohnsonpeter ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The teapot had a juicer as a lid? Weird. but it makes sense. I bought my wife an uranium glass juicer yesterday. Very pretty stuff under ultraviolet light.

    • @infamoushacker4chan883
      @infamoushacker4chan883 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Uranium glass is beautiful, but if you notice any cracks or chips, toss it immediately. Uranium dust in your food/lungs is a recipe for tragedy.

  • @ObviousSchism
    @ObviousSchism ปีที่แล้ว

    What a lovely idea.

  • @sajidabatool4659
    @sajidabatool4659 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I start watching your videos with my childs and as a science teacher I must say your videos are informative and fun and the same time 👏

  • @danforbes3573
    @danforbes3573 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your video Tim. So informative.

  • @andersangel
    @andersangel ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you!

  • @Goat81093
    @Goat81093 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    3:21 oh hey I had that toy as a kid.
    Broke it in less than a week lol

  • @CasualTS
    @CasualTS ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I'm always looking for something a little bit quirky" - Well of that I have no doubt, Tim!

  • @goobuhfr
    @goobuhfr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HES BACK TO THE BLACK BACKGROUND!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @aniakiyama
    @aniakiyama ปีที่แล้ว

    Tim’s looking fresh

  • @makienxhemmiktar
    @makienxhemmiktar ปีที่แล้ว

    You should market this channel as an anti-depressant! love it.

  • @akshaykumar-bw4si
    @akshaykumar-bw4si ปีที่แล้ว

    Great Collection

  • @bumpom432
    @bumpom432 ปีที่แล้ว

    LOVE that intro

  • @Fartnuggets
    @Fartnuggets ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Very good stuff! love your Channel Tim you do such great work.

  • @prestonbyrd8443
    @prestonbyrd8443 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I picked up one of those handheld magnetic tops a couple of months ago and I will never regret it.
    I always wanted one as a kid, and now I have it.

  • @HuffHorsepower
    @HuffHorsepower ปีที่แล้ว

    I would do anything to just be able to visit him every Sunday, have a little bit of tea or coffee, and just talk about life experiences😂I’m sure he has amazing stories to tell as well.

  • @thephonepersonally
    @thephonepersonally ปีที่แล้ว

    Remarkable stuff

  • @quentinmcmullen2792
    @quentinmcmullen2792 ปีที่แล้ว

    I kinda like this format. Like, I picture something like "Tim the Toy Man's toy news" and its all the cool stuff going on in the toy world. IDK

  • @estikenal3078
    @estikenal3078 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for sharing man❤️🔥💯

  • @v_stands_for_value124
    @v_stands_for_value124 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You producers could light this man better

  • @zellodine4708
    @zellodine4708 ปีที่แล้ว

    One day your house and all your fun toys will be a museum!

  • @Klint_Izwudd
    @Klint_Izwudd ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's such a shame it's so hard to find these sorts of things.

  • @bobbarksofficial4335
    @bobbarksofficial4335 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow!

  • @hugelham1304
    @hugelham1304 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I watch these for tim

  • @Veronica.John10-10
    @Veronica.John10-10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There are old clocks that use that first toy's action 😊

  • @sc4ndal
    @sc4ndal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i love this channel

  • @alanmehta6448
    @alanmehta6448 ปีที่แล้ว

    The spining thing is the coolest toy I've seen.

  • @Directo13
    @Directo13 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the games here❤

  • @teleman07
    @teleman07 ปีที่แล้ว

    This guy might be primordial. Demi god of some sort.

  • @Dun-N-Dusted
    @Dun-N-Dusted 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have never seen a Twizzle before but that is a remarkably mesmerizing & yet simple action, I kinda want one to just place on the center of a table!

  • @PaulRichardson_Canada
    @PaulRichardson_Canada 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How ingenious !

  • @sandbergius
    @sandbergius ปีที่แล้ว

    Messeneuheit = fair novelty

  • @mamuteddymad
    @mamuteddymad ปีที่แล้ว +1

    DJ Tim! 😊

  • @pigeon1666
    @pigeon1666 ปีที่แล้ว

    this man is the bob ross of trinkets, doodads and thingamajigs

  • @DoctorNemmo
    @DoctorNemmo ปีที่แล้ว

    Me: throws half a lemon inside my mug with a bag of tea

  • @user-lynKx
    @user-lynKx ปีที่แล้ว

    some of these I played with in my elementary school, I estimate around 7 or 8 years ago..

  • @h7opolo
    @h7opolo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    intellectually stimulating content

  • @Franzeco333
    @Franzeco333 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This person could tell me that the sun is made of rubber bands and I would believe him

  • @TheOsmanly
    @TheOsmanly 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    TIM you are the last English Lad who represents the spirit of Great Britain.

  • @brandoncarter3042
    @brandoncarter3042 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mixmaster Tim!

  • @newgreen956
    @newgreen956 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    3:47 I had a bit of a look around and I found the original patent for the powered spinner, it is filed under DE2922648A1 and can be found online, though the original text is German. According to the patent it works by dividing the rail into sections of alternating polarity and having the cables for that inside the tube. It apparently also used alternating current to power the spinner. I didn't have to deep a look at the patent so might have missed something.

  • @Sirenhound
    @Sirenhound ปีที่แล้ว

    DJ Tim's in the house!

  • @johnwallace490
    @johnwallace490 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "Lisa, get in here! In this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!"

  • @frankyanish4833
    @frankyanish4833 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had one of those “small world” type toys.

  • @thatkidmamboGaming
    @thatkidmamboGaming 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bros Illusions and puzzles and stuff like this are like he just straight up bends reality

  • @okancanarslan3730
    @okancanarslan3730 ปีที่แล้ว

    that twizzle device is amazing

  • @xMadMurdockx
    @xMadMurdockx 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't know why but your channel is so interesting and satisfying to watch

  • @elijahsanders3547
    @elijahsanders3547 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where we currently live there is a man who has a ceramic business, and has made teapots that look like elephants :D Also saw a cool channel where the guy had a large metal tea pot, with a tube in the middle to drop some coals into to heat it up :)

  • @videogamescoverftw
    @videogamescoverftw ปีที่แล้ว

    The electric version of the ufo device could have also worked in a much simpler way using the same physics as a railgun. Pushing current through the device with little to no resistance would force it away from the power source and cause a magnetic field to pass through the wheel that could put spin into it if designed properly. This could be done with a very simple design for the spinning wheel and no extra motors needed.

  • @AnnaMorimoto
    @AnnaMorimoto ปีที่แล้ว

    the last thing was often hidden in birthday cards.

  • @Max-js1mx
    @Max-js1mx ปีที่แล้ว

    i used to have the toy from the thumbnail! I played with it so much 😂

  • @StickySauce101
    @StickySauce101 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    imagine how nice the world could be if we normalized the spread of puzzle-toys and so forth among young people rather than mobile phones and tablets.. instead of giving toddlers phones and tablets give them some puzzle-toys (and before folk complain, yes you can give a child a phone for security reasons - a phone only requires a means to contact you, it does not need social media access and other apps modern phones do).

  • @Dompn
    @Dompn 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    could probably just get those small greeting card song players, then desolder the battery and solder on a pv cell. ezpz
    love you tim

  • @lifewillbemorebeautiful
    @lifewillbemorebeautiful ปีที่แล้ว

    Big fan

  • @Explosion-
    @Explosion- ปีที่แล้ว

    I remember when you open letters in the past that it makes sounds when you open it

  • @thisachannel8566
    @thisachannel8566 ปีที่แล้ว

    Dang I used to have one of those toys from the thumbnail

  • @user-uv4xm1lw9c
    @user-uv4xm1lw9c ปีที่แล้ว

    The one in 3:46 was a banger when i was in grade school in the 2000's

  • @rchaffer
    @rchaffer ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ooh an Uncle Spinny Dervish TM

  • @DaftRebel
    @DaftRebel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    the intros never stop getting better and better! Congrats to the team!!!