Month: July 2019

Berry Harvest, In Progress

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So, this is proving a lot more difficult than anticipated, and I didn’t expect it to be easy. I still like it, it’s just really, really slow. There are only four different types of berry so that the same type covers many squares. If they only had used more types of berries, this would have been great. Originally, I thought I would be able to complete one type/day, but I’m well past that now 🙂 At least it’s a Schmidt, excellent quality, and very satisfying when you do connect some pieces. I’m definitely getting my money’s worth, this was bought used for 1 EUR.

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Sports Fans, 2016-01-19

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Panorama of a stand with supporters. Sorry about the horrible glare. This wasn’t really that enjoyable, the image was too busy, and somehow I didn’t like the style.

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Sports Fans by Robert Blachon, Heye, 1000 pieces. Completed on January 19th, 2016.

Canadian Pacific: The Canadian, 2019-07-14 (A Misunderstanding)

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This image is available with 1000 pieces and with 100 pieces from Eurographics, and I actually intended to buy the 1000-piece version. One reason why I didn’t realize my mistake was that this costs almost as much as the 1000-piece version – a bit of a rip-off if you ask me. The quality was normal Eurographics quality, not wood or anything, so I don’t really understand why it was so expensive.  Of course, you’d expect to pay more per piece for smaller puzzles, but 1000 pieces 13.50 EUR and 100 pieces 12.50 EUR?

Anyway, the puzzle was nice and the image is gorgeous.

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Canadian Pacific: The Canadian, Eurographics, 100 pieces. Completed on July 14th, 2019.

Vampire Castle, 2019-07-14

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This is the last of the Ravensburger Exit/Escape-series, for now. I’m hoping for more instalments next year 🙂 I saved the best for last, Vampire Castle is more colourful than the other puzzles in the series, and it was great fun to assemble. Hardly any trouble with edges either (I know I’m repeating myself here, but if you do one of these, do the edges last if you value your sanity).

Since the finished puzzle is different than the image on the box I won’t show it here.  There are further details and spoilers about the series on the dedicated page. There is also an individual spoiler page for this puzzle.

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Vampire Castle, Ravensburger, 759 pieces. Completed on July 14th, 2019.

The backstory is that on holiday in Romania I stumble into an old castle and get locked in. Then I notice the resident vampire is waking up, and need to find a way to drive him back into his casket…

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Vampire dentures.