New 2016 Sunsout puzzles are now for sale on Simple Pastimes. They have some nice new shaped puzzles that were not on the Sunsout site when I did the 2016 round up. I've updated the 2016 Sunsout page with the new puzzles. Below is a new Aimee Stewart in a fan shape... CONTINUE READING
Buffalo Games releases puzzles throughout the year, so I will update this page as more are added. I've pulled out my favorites to feature here, but you can see all their new puzzles on their website. "A Peach of a Day" by Charles Wysocki, 300 pieces Buffalo makes Wysocki puzzles in various sizes. Usually when... CONTINUE READING
Ravensburger US carries different puzzles than Ravensburger in Germany/Europe. They have some new puzzles on their website that are quite exciting. You can see them all here. In this post, I'm just showing my favorites. “Fishing Fun", 1000 pieces An outstanding collage puzzle. I don't fish, but I'd still get it. “The Candy Shop", 1000... CONTINUE READING
Pomegranate is a US puzzle company with very high quality fine art puzzles. You can see our Poemgranate brand comparison here. Their website has recently been updated with some awesome new puzzles for 2016. Below are my favorites, but you can see them all here. "Where Time Becomes the Wicked" by Dan May, 1000 pieces... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: BuffaloGanes (US), published 2015 Title: “Grandpa's Potting Shed” by Steve Read Buffalo Games, 2000 pieces OUR RATING: 9.5/10 I just completed this 2000 piece puzzle a few days ago, and I loved it! Box Quality: (9/10) The Buffalo Games box is a smaller square shape, which saves room on the shelf. The front is shown above. The... CONTINUE READING
Springbok is a US puzzle company with good quality puzzles. They tend to do more photographic puzzles and collages, but also have a few drawn/painted puzzles. You can see our Springbok brand comparison here. They've just added 16 new puzzles for winter 2016. I show my favorites below but you can see them all here. “The Melody Shop”... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Falcon (a branch of Jumbo, Netherlands), published 2015 Title: “Christmas Pantomime” by Jim Mitchell, Falcon's 2015 limited edition Christmas puzzle, 1000 pieces OUR RATING: 8.5/10 Box Quality: (9/10) The box is a nice, sturdy, German style rectangular box. The front has "Limited Edition" and "No 4", which is nice. It also lists the name of the... CONTINUE READING
Publisher: Ravensburger (Germany), published 2015 Title: “Santa's Final Preparations” by Roy Trower, Ravenburger's 2015 limited edition Christmas puzzle, 1000 pieces OUR RATING: 9/10 Box Quality: (9/10) The box is quite nice. It's the standard rectangular Ravensburger box, thick and sturdy. The back of the box has information about the artist (Roy Tower) and about this image. Click... CONTINUE READING
