Many of Heye’s puzzles with cartoon themes come in triangular boxes. I know a lot of people love these boxes, but I have to say I’ve always found them quite impractical.
I have very limited space, and I could never find a good way to stack triangular boxes. Some of the puzzles always end up behind the others. I understand that different size puzzles must have different size boxes, but even puzzles with the same piece count have different boxes depending on when the puzzle was produced. For example, the boxes for 1000-piece puzzles used to be taller and “slimmer”. This, of course, makes the stacking problem worse.
I finally had enough of the boxes, and went out and bought some plastic storage boxes. Now, when I buy a puzzle in a triangular box, I cut out the image on the box, and also a piece where the name and size of the puzzle is. Then I put the pieces into the plastic box.
I realize this must seem like vandalism to many, but I need to able to store puzzles efficiently. This way, I can fit up to 20 puzzles on top of one bookshelf.
All of these puzzles also come with a poster (which I put in the box), but especially with the smaller puzzles I prefer to work with the image that was on the original box. The poster for 1000-piece puzzles is almost as big as the puzzle itself. I may come to appreciate this with age and failing eyesight, but for now, I prefer a much smaller image. For some larger puzzles, I sometimes consult the poster, but mostly I use the image from the box for them as well.
A tablet stand works well for an image cut from the box.
Despite all this, I really love Heye’s cartoon-themed puzzles, whether they come in triangular or regular boxes. I probably have more of them than any other type of puzzle.
Puzzler1909 
I’m with you! You’re the first person I’ve heard of that isn’t a fan of the triangular boxes like me. I love their cartoon puzzles, but the boxes are a giant pain. (I do love the posters though, even if they’re not as easy to use as the image on the box – maybe because I’m older) I’ve never thought of storing them in plastic containers, what a great idea!
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Hey, great to know I’m not alone! I expect we’re in the minority though, because I’ve also never heard about anyone else who doesn’t like them 🙂
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Definitely a genius idea. I’ll have to keep a watch for any sales on plastic storage tubs so I can repackage some puzzles whose boxes are just way too big and just don’t fit nicely on the shelf with our other puzzles.
The poster that came with our Heye puzzle was ridiculously oversized. Huge. I realize some people may appreciate that but I felt it was way too awkward and big to handle and be useful.
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I now do this just for the puzzles I’m sure I want to keep – for the rest, I try to do them quickly and pass them on.
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P.S. I shouldn’t be surprised to see a comment from Stacey here. Looks like she’s been following your blog for a long time!
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Yes, she found the blog as soon as I started it 🙂
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I’ve used the search function in the WordPress reader to try to find to find other jigsaw puzzle blogs but the few that I found were seemingly abandoned, the most recent posts were from so long ago. I guess most folks are using social media rather than blogging to share their photos and feelings about puzzles.
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Yes, I’m sure tou’re right. I do see posts about puzzles in my feed, but very few blogs are excusively about jigsaw puzzles 🙂
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You’re on facebook, right? I don’t use any social media. Are you very active in the puzzle groups on fb?
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Yes, I am on FB, and I’m in several puzzle groups, but I’m not really that active there. I comment sometimes, but rarely post myself. Mostly I just lurk 🙂
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I lurk in the jigsaw puzzle reddit group. I’m not an official member. I’ve been doing it for a few weeks now. It’s pretty active with folks posting photos of their completed jigsaw puzzles and people commenting. Surprisingly, visiting that group has not caused me to add any puzzles to my wish list.
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