Puzzle Balls

I don’t really like puzzle balls, but I am, of course, prepared to make an exception if it says Borussia Dortmund somewhere on it 🙂 This puzzle ball also works as a night light if you take out 4 pieces at the bottom and place it on the light provided (as I have done). You activate it by clapping your hands.

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Borussia Dortmund puzzle ball, Ravensburger, 72 pieces. Completed on December 29th, 2018.
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I started with the logos, but then I looked at the numbers at the back of the pieces and saw that some of the pieces were wrongly placed…
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…which is hardly surprising with virtually identical pieces.
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I then started doing it by the numbers, without looking at the picture. Boring, but the only way to get it right.

My first puzzle ball was considerably larger, 540 pieces.

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The Earth, Ravensburger, 540 pieces. Completed on February 20th, 2009.
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I did the land first, using the image…
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… but then I did the rest by the numbers. I remember the pieces fitted so tightly that my thumbs were sore when I was done. Getting the last piece in was also a bit difficult.

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