I haven’t done a map in a long time, and this was a fairly easy one. The colours helped, obviously. I did the text first, but then I turned to the map, and the images on and around the map after that. The edges were last, because of the border.
I was afraid this was going to be a bit too dark, but it was fine. The quality was, as always with Schmidt, excellent. The rigging of the ship turned out to be the most difficult part, and the sky was the easiest.
Really nice, colourful imafe
The crystals were, surprisingly, more difficult than the cosmos. Still a very enjoyable little puzzle.
I really enjoyed the random cut after doing a puzzle where all pieces had the same basic shape. Even though there’s a border of sorts, I started with the edges, then did the top and bottom, and finally filled in the ladies that represent the seasons.
I wonder why the seasons are in the wrong order /
The image is lovely, with lots of paintings that I recognize, and probably even more that I don’t, but unfortunately the cut was not only boring (all pieces of the same basic shape), but also full of false fits. I had several in the sky part, although it’s a very small sky. I still enjoyed it, but with better quality this could have been a great puzzle.
Here is The Oarsmen’s Breakfast by Renoir, and I’ve done this as a puzzle.
Lovely puzzle with a rather unusual image. The text in the background is the dictionary definition of “summer”, not the lyrics to the song Summer of 69 as I was expecting 🙂
For the puzzle challenge, this is # 22, No people or animals. This was the 30th and final puzzle for the puzzle challenge this year. I have added links to all the puzzles I’ve done for the challenge on my post about it from January.
Nightmare on Elm Street has always been one of my favourite movies, so I had to get this. As a puzzle, it was a bit dark, of course, but there was a really good mix of piece shapes, which helped a lot. For the puzzle challenge, this is # 21 (Cartoon) Villain.
While doing this, I was rewatching the newer It-movies, and I saw a puzzle in It: Chaper Two. Very apt, since the author Stephen King is also a puzzler.
It’s not exactly the season for this image, but I really look forward to getting all Peliko puzzles out of the house. As I have said before, there are always false fits, and I don’t like the ribbon cut. The pieces are also pretty thin, and I don’t think they would hold up well when redoing the puzzle multiple times. There’s only one more Peliko in my to-do pile!
The image as such is nice, it’s by Mauri Kunnas, but unnamed. It wasn’t entirely unpleasant, since you could easily spot any false fits immediately with this image. Still, for my puzzle challenge, this is #12, a brand I don’t like.
This was a wooden puzzle of excellent quality, loaned to me by a friend. It was only 191 pieces, but still took about 2-3 hours to put together. Tricky, but enjoyable!
I’ve never heard of Innovakids before, but according to the box, they’re a German company. Interestingly, the box had text in many languages, including German, Dutch, French and Polish, but no English.
The puzzle was probably commissioned by Aldi to sell in their stores, since their logo is on the box, although my friend bought it second hand in Finland (we don’t have Aldi in Finland).
This was a lot of fun, a cartoon style puzzle with scenes from old movies.
My favourite is Harold Lloyd, hanging on to a clock in Safety Last! from 1923:
There is also Marilyn Monroe doing the famous air vent scene from The Seven Year Itch (1955), and beside her, Charlie Chaplin.
King Kong has been filmed many times, but I assume this is from the 1933 version:
For the puzzle challenge, this is #17, makes me laugh.
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