
Either the puzzle was poorly tested or the designers were a bit too smart for their own good. The solution shown by the game as "intended" only works through the sheerest of luck and borderline exploitation of the game's physics engine. The puzzle is just outright broken because the pre-set conveyor is facing the wrong way. If it weren't for (strangely easy) alternative solutions, Expert 19 "Panorama" in Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions would not have been solved by any sane person.The mechanic the game uses in this level makes absolutely no physical sense, has never been taught and never appears anywhere else in the game. The same level is also level 30 on "Difficult" in Return of the Incredible Machine: Contraptions. Level 22 on "Hard" in TIM2, "Jolly Jolly Jumpin' Jack".The latter's physics-defying properties in comparison to real lasers (which are also in the game) make more sense when you understand that it's standing in for a bullet. Family-Friendly Firearms: The first game had an actual pistol instead of the Toy Phazer used in later games.Extendo Boxing Glove: One of the many parts.Excuse Plot: In Even More Contraptions, earning a Doctorate of Contrapology.Exactly What It Says on the Tin: It's a machine, and it's incredible.


Place hedge trimmers so that the bucket swings just under them, and notice how the rope just passes through the trimmers completely. Take a bucket, tie it to an anchor, and put the bucket level with the anchor so that it'll swing in an arc.Cruelty Is the Only Option: A notable example occurs in Even More Contraptions, where the player is forced to goad a mouse out of its home using cheese in order to feed the mouse to an alligator.Cosmic Plaything: The game's resident mindless mini-human, Mel Schlemming.Conversely, any object lighter than this can never trigger the trap door, no matter how high it drops from. If any object with a mass greater than 5 note on a scale of 0 to 10 try adjusting the Custom Ball's mass to see it for yourself lands on the trap door, no matter how gently, the door will fall open.

Booby Trap: The Trap Door, introduced in TIM2.For completing all the difficulty tiers, your reward is a window with a congratulations message from Professor Tim. A Winner Is You: For completing all puzzles in a difficulty tier in TIM2, your reward is a window with a congratulations message from Professor Tim.
