Author: puzzler1909

I share my time between my native Helsinki (Finland) and Dortmund (Germany), where my football team Borussia Dortmund lives. This blog is about my puzzling actvities in these cities.

The Cottage on the Cape, 2021-01-07

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A lovely wooden puzzle from Sweden. The brand is called Nyckelpussel, which translates to Key Puzzle. It’s only 400 pieces, but the cut made it quite challenging. Also, there was no image to help. There is no indication of production year, but I would guess the 50’s, and according to this, the brand was produced in the 40’s and 50’s.

The Cottage on the Cape, Nyckelpussel, 400 pieces. Completed on January 7, 2021.

Although all the pieces are still present, a piece of a piece is missing:

You can also see that some pieces have small holes in the image layer, but they do not go through the plywood.

Instead of an image there’s an explanation of how much more fun it is to work without an image – I’ve seen the same thing on a Victory puzzle. The title is given in Swedish only, but I translated it for this post.

Fairview No 2, 2021-01-13

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Arrow puzzles are not particularly good quality, the pieces are on the thin side and the cut isn’t that precise. Fairview No 2 isn’t so much a title as No 2 in a numbered series, so I have no idea where the beach in the image is located. I sometimes like doing this kind of old holiday image. There’s no year on the box, but I think this is from the 70’s, possibly even 60’s.

Fairview No 2, Arrow, 500 pieces. Completed on January 13, 2021.

Jelly and Cake, 2021-01-01

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Nice image of partying cats. This was again a Gibsons of excellent quality, but it’s not a new puzzle. The last new 500 piece Gibsons puzzle that I bought was awful. This was fun and easy.

Jelly and Cake, Gibsons, 500 pieces. Completed on January 1, 2021.

This looks like my favourite, ice cream with Amarena cherries and whipped cream (Amarena-Becher in German):

Paradise Sunset, Section 4 In Progress (18)

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This is going a lot slower than I expected. Perhaps I should have taken a bit of a break between sections 3 and 4, but I would really like to get this finished. I’ve spent less time puzzling lately, and I do put in a few pieces every day, but this could take some time.

I started with the water, and in the previous sections I found the sea relatively easy, but there’s a lot more of it in the last section.

Lattjo, 2021-01-06

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A very strange image and a puzzle produced for Ikea. The quality was good, and there are three different piece sizes, with the largest pieces in the middle and the smallest around the edges. Only 550 pieces, but the size of a normal 1000-piece puzzle.

Lattjo, Ikea, 550 pieces. Completed on January 6, 2021.

I can’t quite decide if I like this image, perhaps it looks a bit too much computer generated for me.

Paradise Sunset, Section 3 Finished! (17)

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I finished section 3, and unfortunately, I managed to lose one piece. I’m pretty sure it’s still in the building, though, so maybe it’ll turn up. I already have two pieces missing from section 1, and those are definitely gone, so no big deal.

This section definitely felt like the easiest one so far, and it took me 22 days to finish. The sky was actually more difficult than the dark areas on the right. I started the first section in April 2019, the second in April 2020 and the third in January 2021, but now I’m going to press right on with the last section. It will be slower, I’m already on day three and all I’ve done is spread out the pieces.

Tassula, 2020-12-28

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An image by Finnish author and illustrator Mauri Kunnas, who makes children’s books where all the characters are dogs. Tassula could be translated as “Paw Town”. It wasn’t exactly an easy image, I ended up relying on the box image quite a lot.

Tassula by Mauri Kunnas, Peliko, 500 pieces. Completed on December 28, 2020.

Lots of funny details, though 🙂

Good Friends Get a Little Kiss, 2020-11-05

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Sheepworld is a German company that produces gift items with cute sheep images. The texts here are all in German, of course. In the middle it says “Good friends get a little kiss, the best friend your whole heart”, and underneath “Best friends forever”. Not quite my style, but I got in a lot with some other puzzles. It was actually a bit more difficult than I expected.

Good Friends Get a Little Kiss, Ravensburger, 500 pieces. Completed on November 5, 2020.

Happy Valentine’s Day!