Publisher: Jumbo (Netherlands), published 2015 Title: “Wild Water Rafting” by Jan Van Haasteren Studios, Jumbo, 1500 pieces OUR RATING: 9.5/10 This puzzle also comes in 3000 pieces, but I did the 1500 piece version. Box Quality: (9/10) You can see the box above. The Jumbo JVH boxes all have a similar blue background, which makes for a... CONTINUE READING
The new Cobble Hill puzzles popped up today. They're not yet on the Cobble Hill website, but they are for sale on Simple Pastimes. You can see them all here. I've pulled out my favorites below. I'm most excited about the new 2000 piece puzzles. It harder to find really great 2000 piecers and these both... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: WH Smith (UK), published 2015 Title: “A Christmas Market Town” by Victor McLindon, WHSmith's 2015 limited edition Christmas puzzle, 1000 pieces OUR RATING: 8/10 First, I want to thank Jen, a Jigsaw Junkie reader, for sending me this puzzle from the UK. It's hard to get WHSmith puzzles here in the US, and it was such... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Waddington's (UK), published 2015 Title: “The Christmas Snowman”, Waddington's 2015 limited edition Christmas puzzle, 1000 pieces OUR RATING: 8.75/10 Box Quality: (9/10) The box is quick thick and sturdy, rectangular in shape. The back has unique information about the puzzle. Along with the goodies inside, this is definitely a box worthy of a 10 ranking. However... CONTINUE READING
The Sunsout website has their new 2016 puzzles up. You can see them all here. I've put my favorites below. Overall, I'm disappointed not to see more shaped puzzles. Hopefully they will release some over the year. "Birds of a Feather" and "Chat Noire" from Finchley Arts, both 1000 pieces. "The Village in Autumn" by... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Heye (Germany), published 1998 and currently reissued in a rectangular box Title: “Who Did It?”, Artist: Michael Ryba, 2000 pieces OUR RATING: 10/10 I worked this puzzle years ago, but it was time, over the lengthy holidays, to get it out again. This has long been one of my favorite Heye puzzles. I love Ryba's cartoon art... CONTINUE READING
The new Jumbo 2016 catalogue is not posted yet, but there are new puzzle images on their website. This is my current 'best guess' as to their new 2016 puzzles. Some of these came out late in 2015. JAN VAN HAASTEREN: "Christmas Eve" in 1000 or 2000 pieces Updated with a better picture.. CONTINUE READING
I posted a link to the new Ravensburger 2016 catalogue a week or so ago. I still don't have great pictures of the new puzzles, but since I'm working on a 2016 master page, I'm going to post the best pictures I could get from the online pdf catalogue. These are my picks from the... CONTINUE READING
There are some new puzzles on the Schmidt website. A few of these are already on puzzle-offensive.de so they were released late 2015. Others are not yet released. Here's a link to their website so you can see them all. The ones I show below are those that particuarly interest me. Unfortunately, the artists' names... CONTINUE READING
