r/Jigsawpuzzles

In March I took that round Janod children's puzzle you can see there in the corner, down off a high shelf one morning (no name or number of pieces on the box - it has a hundred little chefs in a commercial kitchen) and completed it in ninety minutes or so.  My first jigsaw since I had last had that very one in my hands ten years previously.

And what a great ninety minutes that was - the flow...!

Now - I've turned from being a book person into a puzzle person.  

Who needs a library?  Out with the books!  I need those shelves for my puzzles.

(Funny story about that first puzzle: My chosen family is Amish, and at that time, around 2016, the children did not have access to puzzles beyond the cut-out board type for the youngest children, except through me. The children had never seen a hundred piece puzzle before. So...I brought this Janod puzzle home one day, and the children got to it and opened it before I was there to help them. Completing it in scarcely more than fifteen minutes on the kitchen table while I was just around the corner.  How? It came will a full size poster of the puzzle scene inside, which, they never having seen a puzzle before, they just laid out on the table, then hunted out and put down the pieces on top of poster one by one, completing the puzzle in minutes.)

My favorite online puzzle shop (I live in deepest rural Michigan - no local retailers here) is TopPuzzleShop in China. The quality of puzzles is just jaw dropping.  Just the box alone on that Koi puzzle - it shimmers! My first order for six puzzles took 32 days from China to Michigan and delivery cost $59 (but, on the other hand - no additional sales tax), my second delivery, still on its way, cost me $69.  My current wish list on their site (for titles I can't find any other retailer in the U.S. selling) has thirty-two items.

If you want to dip into Chinese quality puzzles and give them a try, a couple of the Momibook ones here, "Enchanted Magic House" "Cats in Jiangnan" are available on Amazon for a reasonable $15 and $25.

I am a fan of the designs of New York Puzzle Company as well, and have a huge wishlist there as well...do they ever have a site wide sale??

Puzzles Shown:

In Progress: The Keramikon Archives, by the artist Ni Puzz (who formerly went by the name The Handsome Mr. Ni?). He specializes in Wimmelbilder style puzzles, and you can actually see a slew of one minute videos on bilibili showing how he designed many of these puzzles step by step.

Vinlaa-Bridge City Puzzle 1000 Piece Puzzle × 1$17.99
1000pcs Jigsaw Puzzle-Vinlaa-Raining Melody × 1$17.99
Ni Puzz-1000pcs Jigsaw Puzzle-The Keramikon Archives × 1$26.99
Pin De Le-500pcs Jigsaw Puzzle-The Invasion of England by L.M. Glackens × 1$11.99
PJLT-500pcs Jigsaw Puzzle-Lucky Koi × 1$22.99
Ni Puzz-1000pcs Jigsaw Puzzle-Dear Friends × 1

Background:

Janod - ??
Laura Pemberton x 2
The Mushroom Boy by Dream World
..and that Shakespeare one everybody is doing

Super impressed with the quality, especially the matte finish, thick cardstock print provided, and the little foot to hold the box upright while I was working on it. Challenging but very rewarding puzzle 🧩

I love the image and quality was nice.

This was a plastic puzzle which doesn’t come by that often for Tenyo. This one was the fourth puzzle I’d done from this series. But it was way more challenging than I expected, mainly because the colors on the pieces were a lot more saturated than on the box, particularly the warm tones. I guess they were going for the bright/exaggerated look of stained glass ? I started with yellows and oranges as well. It might have been easier if I’d started with purple and blue and green lines in the background. But I always start with the characters for Disney puzzles.

After about 30% done though, it started to get really fun. And the cut quality, as expected from Tenyo, was excellent. Sharp lines, fit perfectly, no false fit. I wish they’d release 1000-pc plastic puzzles more often. And I wish they’d have more of these really beautiful art which have been lacking in recent years (I bought one this around 2020). 

Just opened this Pomegranate Charley Harper puzzle that has been in my stash for a few years. Was pleasantly surprised to see the pieces in a ziplock bag. 😊

Wish the other puzzle makers would use ziplock bags which are reusable instead of the one time use bags.

my wife gave me a custom wooden puzzle. after we completed it she asked me to read the box and when i turned around was on one knee :’) today is our 2 year anniversary so im doing it. the puzzle has cat themed whimsy pieces too

Meeting of celestial bodies by Veloura, 1000 pieces

Loved it so much it's going on the wall! Felt great to do; the fits were clean and the image was super fun to work on. I don't want to call it 'easy' since that might have some negative vibes to people, but I will say it was straightforward. The colors are so bright and crisp and clearly printed I was never unsure where something went.

Some puzzles I picked up at Aldi, of all places. They were a Mother's Day Aldi Find (advertised special) last week. Don't know what the quality will be like, but I was intrigued by the gold foil details and they were relatively inexpensive ($9.99 each). You can see a little picture of the complete scene on the backs of the canisters in the second photo.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood! Today I completed the puzzles from this adorable Mr. Rogers puzzle book. They can be assembled in the book itself or on any puzzling surface. Each puzzle has a bonus puzzle on the reverse side. They were such fun! 😊

Still one of my favourite puzzles of all time! Cant get over how beautiful the colours are🥰

Manufacturing defect or did I do something wrong?

This one was fun to do…another Xmas gift from my husband. Hard to sort - I like to sort by colours but there was no real pattern, so sorted into pieces w/words, then by vibes after that.

This puzzle is filled with wall to wall color and wall to wall birds! Can you imagine what it must sound like in that little spot of the rainforest?

The artist included a list of the birds, one of which seems very out of place…. Rainbow lorikeets, “Bird on a Wire”, Blue and gold macaw, Scarlet macaw, Rooster trying to fit in, Toucanets, Moluccan eclectics parrots, and Taco toucan. There’s also two hummingbirds, although they didn’t get a number or a listing on the poster 🤔

My first Reverie puzzle and very impressed with the quality and fit of the pieces. Very enjoyable image as well. The only downside is that the fit is so tight, that it’s very difficult to take the puzzle apart. Damaged quite a lot of pieces in the process 😵‍💫

First time posting, so bear with me if I do this not quite right ;)

This puzzle is stunning. It was also quite a challenge. But after a few days I grasped the various brush strokes and textures and then was able to make progress.

This is my third puzzle from this company, I am impressed by the quality.

This was another from the friend-of-a-friend acquired stack. I'm generally not a fan of large format pieces, but this was only 500 pc so it came together very quickly.

Matte finish, flat pieces, large format, no false fits, pretty seamless without any stuck or challenging spots.

Meta moment with the Ravensburger puzzle box peeking out of the image's left edge. Puzzles have to be part of a cozy retreat, right?