Star Trek Universe Puzzle Collection 2, 2023-12-28

Clementoni has put out more 500 piece puzzles in VHS-type packaging, including some Star Trek images. This was otherwise lovely, but as you can see, there are 12 pieces missing in the bottom left corner. Looks like someone took a little bite out of the puzzle. I actually noticed that there are missing pieces really late, because I didn’t start with the edges, and got to the bottom left corner quite late. Oh well, these things happen.

Star Trek Universe Puzzle Collection 2, Clementoni, 500 pieces. Completed on December 28, 2023.

Squid Game, 2023-10-24

Another Clementoni puzzle with a Netflix series. I haven’t even watched Squid Game, but I thought this would be an entertaining puzzle, and I was right. I started with the green on the left, then the yellow ball and the doll. I was somewhat surprised to find that I did the red overalls last, but that’s how it turned out.

Squid Game, Clementoni, 1000 pieces. Completed on October 24, 2023.

Queen’s Gambit, 2023-10-22

Queen’s Gambit is a Netflix series about a female chess prodigy. Doesn’t sound that interesting put like that, but it’s a brilliant series, and I was happy to see that Clementoni has a few Queen’s Gambit puzzles. This was also a really interesting image for a puzzle. I did the hair and skin first, then I pulled the yellow pieces for the chess pieces. The black dress was last, of course, and I did sort the pieces by shape at that point. Loved it!

Queen’s Gambit, Clementoni, 1000 pieces. Completed on October 22, 2023.

Spellbinder Portrait, 2023-08-28

While this is not an image I would choose to put on my wall, for example, it made for a very entertaining puzzle. It was a lot easier than I expected, and even the dark parts had different shades that made the pieces easy to pick out.

Spellbinder Portrait by Bente Schlick, Clementoni, 1000 pieces. Completed on August 28, 2023.

Pantone: Turquoise Peacock, 2023-08-27

Another Pantone puzzle by Clementoni, after this there’s only one more that I’m aware of. This was very much like the other two Pantone puzzles I’ve done. I had to sort according to shape for the turquoise strip on the right, and the plumage turned out to be quite challenging.

Pantone: Turquoise Peacock, Clementoni, 1000 pieces. Completed on August 26, 2023.

Gradient, 2023-08-10

The prismlike shapes made this slightly more difficult than a smooth gradient puzzle I’ve done, but it was still great fun. I started in the top left corner with purple, moved on to red, then yellow and green in the bottom right corner, then blue and finally light green. There was quite a lot of puzzle dust, which occasionally happens with Clementoni, but otherwise the quality was good, as usual.

Gradient, Clementoni, 1000 pieces. Completed on August 10, 2023.