Sunsout has new 2015 puzzles up on their website. You can see them all here. I've picked out a few I like. "New England Road Trip", 1000 pieces, artist Mary Thompson I like the combination of the map texture and the various vignettes in this image. Looks fun to assemble. "A Village Summer", 1000 pieces, artist Steve Crisp... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Piatnik (Austria), 2011, 1000 pieces Title: “Salamanders”, Artist: Ogdemli/Feldmann Design/Rosenthal Represents OUR RATING: 9/10. Assembly time: 8.5 hours I've done several Piatnik puzzles in the past, but always the cartoon ones. "Salamanders" is a puzzle I've been wanting to work for some time. I put the brand comparison for Piatnik up here, but this is the... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Heye (Germany), published 2013 Title: “Fairy Tales”, Artist: Hugo Prades, 1500 pieces OUR RATING: 9/10 I did this puzzle a while back, but had decent enough photos to do a review for the blog. So here we go! Box Quality: I'm a fan of the Heye triangular boxes. If you have a number of Heye... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Gibsons (UK), no date on box--around 2011? Title: “The Milkman's Rounds”, Artist: Trevor Mitchell, 4x500 pieces OUR RATING: 8/10 I've been wanting to try taking one of these Gibsons 4x500 piece sets and doing all four at the same time. I generally prefer 1000-2000 piece puzzles, so combining them makes a good challenge. All four fit at... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Heye (Germany), original pub 2000, reissued 2013 Title: “Apocalypse”, Artist: Loup, 2000 pieces OUR RATING: 10/10 For my first post-Christmas puzzle, I decided on something a little more challenging, a 2000 piece Heye cartoon puzzle. I've had this one for a number of years and just hadn't tackled it. Time to get started! Box Quality: I'm a... CONTINUE READING
We not only have some new Wasgij puzzles for Jan 2015, we have a whole new series. The name of the series is "Imagine". The first release (Imagine #1) is quite an unusual approach, because it is not one but THREE different puzzles. The box image is the same for all three, but the image... CONTINUE READING
Jumbo kindly sent me a translation of this article commemorating Jan Van Haasteren's 30th anniversary of making puzzles. It appeared in De Telegraaf, a Dutch newspaper, on October 26, 2014. Here's a translation with my own images of Jan's work added. Illustrating puzzles is also art A Canadian moved to a new house because his bathroom was not... CONTINUE READING
Whoo hoo! It's so exciting to see the new puzzle images released for 2015. I've been watching the various puzzle maker's sites like a hawk and have already posted the new puzzles from Ravensburger, Heye, Cobble Hill, and some upcoming JVH and Rob Derks images. The day after Christmas brings us an update to the... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: White Mountain (US), 2011, 1000 pieces Title: “Merry Christmas To All!”, Artist: R.J. McDonald OUR RATING: 8/10 It's Dec 26th and this will be my last Christmas puzzle review for a while. On to new projects! 
I really like multi-scene puzzles. And, of course, Christmas puzzles. So I decided to give this White Mountain puzzle a try.... CONTINUE READING
