Jigsaw Puzzling.

[Dogs_R_Us]

Some very nice work by the recent posters . Love the Odyssey, wouldn't pay $700 for a jigsaw , and the Japanese one would be very challenging.

Yours framed looks great, myblueroan , and well done Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever , you must have stayed up late a few nights!

 

[myblueroan]

Did he mean $70 bucks?

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Did he mean $70 bucks?

I hope so But I wouldn't pay that either

 

[cats_09]

What's the most anyone has spent on a puzzle?

I paid approx $300 for my 18,000 piece Ravensburger Skylines of The World puzzle, then about $50 for my 6000 piece Vegas puzzle - that one was on clearance with the new image that replaced it selling for like $100

Just before Xmas I was very close to buying this:


Approx retail price is between $1000 & $1500 depending on where you shop, with Amazon occasionally coming down to the $900s. Through the Amazon warehouse they had a second hand one which had a damaged box selling for $420 - I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger as I have no where to put it

 

[Capital Power]

From memory I think our 18,000 piece Ravensburger bookshop was around $350 on special at Jigsaws Delivered. I miss them, they always had plenty of stock, good prices and service, as well as free delivery on larger orders. It took us about 2.5 years to finish it.

 

[Capital Power]

I'm impressed with everyone here knocking out a 1,000 piecer in a few days. It normally takes us at least a week, and that's with a concerted effort. Chapeau to you .

 

[Nothing]

They are incredible Nothing!
I'm gobsmacked or flabberbasted if I was Robbo.

Did your family help, or did you actually complete 3 x 1000 in a week??

Bloody genius!

Here is one of mine...I found it peaceful to look at, so framed it. Only time I've ever done that, and I still like looking at it.

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The Odyssey was a Christmas gift from the teenager so they helped a lot with that one. The other two were 95+% me (occasional help with individual pieces but not sitting down). Being on holiday gave the time to do them.

 

[Nothing]

Some very nice work by the recent posters . Love the Odyssey, wouldn't pay $700 for a jigsaw , and the Japanese one would be very challenging.

Yours framed looks great, myblueroan , and well done Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever , you must have stayed up late a few nights!

My wife reversed into a car picking it up from 'buy nothing'. Expensive puzzle.

Did he mean $70 bucks?

Nope.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Some very nice work by the recent posters . Love the Odyssey, wouldn't pay $700 for a jigsaw , and the Japanese one would be very challenging.

Yours framed looks great, myblueroan , and well done Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever , you must have stayed up late a few nights!

Only two nights from memory, mostly did it during the day.

 

[myblueroan]

My wife reversed into a car picking it up from 'buy nothing'. Expensive puzzle.


Nope.

Ooh.
Yep. That's...ouch.
But hey...it looks fantastic

 

[Nothing]

Ooh.
Yep. That's...ouch.
But hey...it looks fantastic

Normally I leave all the completed puzzles set until the end of the holiday. That one got pulled down after a day.

 

[myblueroan]

Normally I leave all the completed puzzles set until the end of the holiday. That one got pulled down after a day.

Gone.
Like a Tibetan mandala.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Will start another puzzle in a few days. Will leave Paris one up and do it on other side of the puzzle board.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I'm impressed with everyone here knocking out a 1,000 piecer in a few days. It normally takes us at least a week, and that's with a concerted effort. Chapeau to you .

Yes, I go quite slowly, sometimes a couple of days off here and there. I've taken as long as 4 weeks. Friends of ours had house guests, started a 1000 piece puzzle one rainy afternoon, the two blokes stayed up till 4am to finish it

 

[Capital Power]

What's the most anyone has spent on a puzzle?

I paid approx $300 for my 18,000 piece Ravensburger Skylines of The World puzzle, then about $50 for my 6000 piece Vegas puzzle - that one was on clearance with the new image that replaced it selling for like $100

Just before Xmas I was very close to buying this:
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Approx retail price is between $1000 & $1500 depending on where you shop, with Amazon occasionally coming down to the $900s. Through the Amazon warehouse they had a second hand one which had a damaged box selling for $420 - I couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger as I have no where to put it

I'm assuming it's built in ten separate sections? That may make a little easier as each 4,000 piece section would then fit on most dining tables. I'd consider it but there's no-one at our place really interested in the Disney theme.

I couldn't bring myself to break up our 18,000 piece one, but if we do, I think I will split it into the eight sections it's currently stored in. That way rebuilding shouldn't be quite so onerous .

 

[cats_09]

I'm impressed with everyone here knocking out a 1,000 piecer in a few days. It normally takes us at least a week, and that's with a concerted effort. Chapeau to you .

I have done that in the past, mainly some of the really colourful puzzles I've got from Kmart - starts to come together really easily and it's hard to stop putting it together

But I don't really look to rush the assembly and take it as things come, especially as I mainly puzzle from like 9pm at night rather than during the day

 

[Capital Power]

Finished the first of the six portals, so roughly 1200 pieces. This is a third of the first puzzle bag. Challenging for one who is colour- challenged, but not impossibly so.

One issue is a common one with larger puzzles, the grid repeats itself so it is possible for a piece to fit perfectly and be wrong. Because each section has a border, this can result in incorrect border pieces being placed. We had a few of those.

(I can't seem to attach a smaller photo on the phone so I'll do it later)

 

[MP_]

Finished the first of the six portals, so roughly 1200 pieces. This is a third of the first puzzle bag. Challenging for one who is colour- challenged, but not impossibly so.

One issue is a common one with larger puzzles, the grid repeats itself so it is possible for a piece to fit perfectly and be wrong. Because each section has a border, this can result in incorrect border pieces being placed. We had a few of those.

(I can't seem to attach a smaller photo on the phone so I'll do it later)

Does it come in separate bags. My 4000piece naval puzzle came in 3 bags, each bag is 1/3 of the puzzle so it’s been easier to work on.

 

[Capital Power]

Does it come in separate bags. My 4000piece naval puzzle came in 3 bags, each bag is 1/3 of the puzzle so it’s been easier to work on.

Yes. It's split in half, so 3,500 pieces in each bag. Each bag builds 3 of the six "portals". I guess you could mix them together if you were a masochist .

From my perspective it means that each half of the puzzle can be done on the puzzle table before the whole thing gets put together (on the floor). We used the same technique for the 18,000 piece Amazing Bookshop, which came in four separate bags, each doing one panel of the four panels. I had visions of getting it mounted but it's huge. Currently sitting under a bed in eight segments...

 

[cats_09]

Yes. It's split in half, so 3,500 pieces in each bag. Each bag builds 3 of the six "portals". I guess you could mix them together if you were a masochist .

From my perspective it means that each half of the puzzle can be done on the puzzle table before the whole thing gets put together (on the floor). We used the same technique for the 18,000 piece Amazing Bookshop, which came in four separate bags, each doing one panel of the four panels. I had visions of getting it mounted but it's huge. Currently sitting under a bed in eight segments...

I've seen a couple of photos online across various FB puzzle groups were some will empty the bags from the 40k Ravensburger Disney puzzles into one container before starting as "individual bags is cheating"

But one which I'm not sure the validity of the image and I'm pretty sure it was designed as click-bait/rage-bait, was someone who posted a photo of the two 40k Ravensburger Disney puzzles and that they mixed all 80k+pieces together before starting assembly

 

[Neese]

That is unhinged behaviour to mix 80k pieces together.

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

I know I've previously shared info about ARB Games, and one of the set backs with ordering from a small business can be the postage costs - so not sure if this latest offer could be of interest of anyone

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I ordered a puzzle from here back around the time you had mentioned them and the puzzle never came and it didn’t exist even so that was a weird one but it was a pre order but when looking it up online it isn’t available anywhere anymore except maybe eBay! So got my money back!

 

[cats_09]

I ordered a puzzle from here back around the time you had mentioned them and the puzzle never came and it didn’t exist even so that was a weird one but it was a pre order but when looking it up online it isn’t available anywhere anymore except maybe eBay! So got my money back!

He does have ones that are listed as pre-orders for pending shipments that come from Europe and the US - the pre-orders help with ordering from the manufacturers puzzle catalogues and guessing then it's bit of a fingers crossed situation in hoping that things go smoothly

That's disappointing to hear that the puzzle didn't get shipped - wondering if it didn't make it on the shipment over. I know with a number of the puzzles he receives from Europe and the US that you won't find them being sold by other Aussie retailers, as they either don't have a contract with that manufacturer or because he's ordering from the European release catalogues


I've avoided the pre-orders at the moment and try to go from what's in stock