The Isis Adventure

I realize this may get zapped by a moderator but I'm willing to try anyway. There is an error in the instruction booklet for the Copernisis. As this refers to the instructions and not the hints, I feel it is a valid point to make.

The instructions for solving the copernisis reads as follows:

"The metal puzzle has five rotating rings, each one representing one of the planets in our solar system that need to be aligned perfectly in order to release the key chamber through one of the eight different key holes on the side of the puzzle."

As anyone who has solved the puzzle knows, this is false. The sentence should read:

The metal puzzle has five rotating rings, each one representing one of the celestial bodies in our solar system that need to be aligned perfectly in order to release the key chamber through one of the eight different key holes on the side of the puzzle.

The error contributed significantly to the amount of time it took for me to solve the puzzle as I took great care to follow the instructions as written and only by violating the instructions was I able to find the solution. Some may balk at a person who takes the words so literally but you must realize that 'type A' perfectionist personalities are drawn to puzzles the same as anyone else. Hints can be vague and obscure, but instructions should be accurate.

I too fell foul of this.

But that was when I first got the puzzle, before someone told me to look on Copernisis.com for more information (hadn't even spotted the website address written across the front of the booklet - Doh!

You have a very valid point, instructions should be accurate.