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Poppy Meadow, 2022-01-06

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My first SpielSpass puzzle! It’s a triptych with a 1000-piece puzzle in the middle flanked by two 500-piece puzzles. It’s from 2007, and I got it, factory sealed, for 1 EUR. I did from left to right as three separate puzzles, I did not mix the bags.

Poppy Meadow, SpielSpass, 2×500 & 1×1000 pieces. Completed on January 6, 2022.

I haven’t seen many SpielSpass puzzles, and I’m not sure they even do puzzles anymore. This puzzle was clearly intended for the German market, since the title is given in German only (Mohnwiese, translated by me as Poppy Meadow). (SpielSpass is German and could be translated as GameFun or PlayFun.) It’s too bad that there aren’t more of these around, because the quality turned out to be good. The cut reminded me most of Heye, and the pieces were sturdy. Here’s a close up:

Only the poppies really stood out, so I started all of the three puzzles by pulling the red pieces and the edges. After that there was always a bit of uncertainty of what to do next, but this was the kind of puzzle that seemed almost to complete itself. Even when the conscious part of my brain didn’t know where a piece belonged, some other part told my hands what to do, and I kept placing the pieces correctly. Great puzzle, and much faster than I had anticipated šŸ™‚

Shopping

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Today I went to several different flea markets (some are like garage sales, some more like thrift stores) and managed to pick up 9 puzzles. I used to buy almost all my puzzles like this because I couldn’t often afford new puzzles. I got quite bored with Alpine landscapes. Then, for a long time, I bought only new puzzles, with exactly the motives I wanted. (This, in turn, resulted in my eventually having enough of old maps, but more about that later.) Anyway, now and then IĀ  like to pick up some puzzles that I would probably never work on otherwise. Today’s haul:

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Definitely the best of the bunch. 3000 pieces, Clementoni. Good quality. I’ve never had one from the Mosaico-series before, only newer Clementoni puzzles.Ā  Oh, and I’m fine with Alpine landscapes again. I’d just had too much at one point. This is going to Dortmund.

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Play Time is a Dutch manufacturer, and all the pieces are the same basic shape. Not too hopeful about this one…

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The 500-piece beach is a Tactic-puzzle. Tactic is a Finnish manufacturer, and the quality is good, but I usually find the images boring. This is only my second Tactic puzzle.

Next to it is a German puzzle, the manufacturer is called Spiel Spass (“Game Fun”), and this is the first puzzle I’ve had from them ( I always thought they only make children’s puzzles). It’s a triptych, with 500+1000+500 pieces, and it’s still factory sealed! It’s called Poppy Meadow.

The Schmidt puzzle is also factory sealed. The quality will, of course, be great, but it will not be easy…

I’ve done a Ravensburger Colosseum, and here’s a Clementoni version. A few clouds in that sky would not go amiss…

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I almost left the Educa with Sagrada Familia, it’s going to be difficult.

Variant is another Dutch brand, and I know it’s not going to be good. I’ve tried it before, but I can’t remember a particular puzzle. What I do remember is that the quality was not good. Still, nice image.

Finally, more Alpine views from Ravensburger. The box looks like it’s been through the wars, I’ll be amazed if all the pieces are there. This was the cheapest, 0,50 ā‚¬, with the most expensive (the 3000 piece Clementoni) costing 3,50 ā‚¬. Not bad!