Despite the dark and muted colours, this was a really nice puzzle. In a larger piece count, the image would have been too difficult. At the end, I had about 50 all black pieces, and also about 30 black edge pieces, but with great quality pieces and a good mix of piece shapes that wasn’t much of a problem. I did the black edge pieces last.
This image is apparently from a Disney movie called Encanto. I haven’t seen it, but it still made for a very entertaining puzzle. I could have done with a bit less green vegetation, but overall still a great puzzle.
I loved this! From the box, I was afraid that the image would be too dark, but it was just right, and the kind of puzzle that had the same level of difficulty from start to finish. I’ve said it before, but Schmidt puzzles really are fantastic quality now (about 20 years ago, they were hit and miss, but now they are reliably excellent).
This is another puzzle from the Cities of the of the World series. I enjoyed this a lot more than the last one I did, because there were some easy bits to get you started, like the billboard and the buses. When I did the previous puzzle (Amsterdam) I noticed that there was a small difference between the box image and the finished puzzle, but I didn’t think much of it. The first puzzle in this series that I did was Rio de Janeiro, and I don’t remember noticing any differences. Anyway, this time, I actually looked at the info sheet in the box, and turns out, these are mystery puzzles of a sort. There’s a backstory about a couple that like to travel (and puzzle), and they’re present in every puzzle and have some mishap. The difference between box and finished puzzle is minimal. It took me three puzzles to even notice that this is a type of mystery puzzle 🤣🤣
This was fun, although a bit more difficult than I was expecting, at least partly because of the random cut. It was still great fun!
I did this for the August bonus challenge in my Puzzle Challenge FB group. The challenge was:
This looks like a puzzle that I would love, but it didn’t quite make it. The brand – Ridley’s – is new to me. The pieces are thick and sturdy, and they have a paper backing. Unfortunately, most of the pieces have the basic shape, except for 14 pieces in the same column. Not quite what I mean when I say a like a good mix of piece shapes. Also, the fit wasn’t great. It wasn’t terrible, either, but I would think long and hard before buying another one of these.
The box was tube shaped (which I don’t like), but I did love the request to “please puzzle responsibly” 🙂
Lovely cook book collage. This was so much fun that I put away the box to make it last a bit longer, but it was still pretty fast.
I have no idea if any of these books actually exist, but they all looked interesting. Even though I quite like cooking (and I don’t smoke), I can still relate to the cook who prefers a cocktail and a cigarette:
There were also lots of cakes and cookies:
Very enjoyable puzzle!
The last puzzle I finished in Dortmund before returning to Helsinki was another June’s Journey puzzle:
As you can see, it’s a mystery puzzles with more objects in the finished puzzle. Last time, I completed the entire puzzle first and then started to look for the missing objects, but I missed several, so this time I started writing down the objects as I was puzzling, and this way I found them all. There is, of course, an image with all the objects in the box. You can have a look at the finished puzzle here.
This is the first in a Clementoni series of four with Star Trek images and VHS-like packaging. The packaging is the same as for the Cult Movies Puzzle Collection, and I previously bought and did two of these (you can see them here and here). Surprisingly, I think l preferred having just one character than the whole cast in the image. Easy and enjoyable!
A Disney Pixar puzzle that was pretty easy and entertaining. I don’t seem to have much to say about the puzzles I’ve done lately…
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