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Oh thank you so much for the comment. Yes ive heard Jumbo is now a great brand, haven’t tried any since this one 😅 thanks for the feedback! yes im familiar with Van Haasteren, great artist! Have tou had a chance to watch my What if video yet? It’s a fun one with a wasgij type puzzle 😁 here is the link in case you are interested th-cam.com/video/fOFlygrP__Y/w-d-xo.htmlsi=fSCJuF_l8X_ZHasS

omg Lock, indeed, I just had one in my car and went to check it out, printed in there USA in 2003. it literally faded as I was completing it. by the time the puzzle was finished, it was completely faded like as if I had bleached it. omg thanks for the tip, I'll definitely keep a sharp eye on this now!

@@RicPuzzles Glad to be of help 🙂 In other news: you may want to hold on to that Ravensburger, World Cup 1966. If you happen not to like it, don’t send it back to the Op shop until you find out what you can get for it. I was looking for other jigsaws in the Headline collection (I found one about the coronation of Liz II) and depending on the condition, and if all the pieces are there, and if you find the right buyer it could fetch anything between 50 to 90 NZ. You also may want to keep it of course, if you like it, or for being a collectors’ item. Puzzle collectors or fans of the English team that has only won the World Cup once.

@@lock-kulla oh thank you for the tip! To be very honest, i feel like NZ is to puzzles what Cuba is for cars, frozen in time, i think that 1966 cup isn’t the only copy around here, but i do love the image and might keep it anyway! 🤭

@@RicPuzzles That’s interesting. On the one hand NZ is the Cuba of puzzles, but on the other you can find rarities. Here’s my theory. I can’t find good stuff in our second hand shops because puzzling is popular over here, thus, puzzlers would much rather keep their jigsaws. Conversely, you can find odd, remarkable items because Kiwis don’t really know what they have at home, being as puzzling isn’t a thing. Do you have friends or family that puzzle?

Hah yes i couldnt agree more! Your theory seems spot on. It does look like people dont keep puzzles here and a lot of the oddities i get have been around for a long time, hand to hand, often for decades. Good that people here are very good at looking after them. Im happy indeed with second hand puzzles, some are questionable but god forbid, the brand new ones are made of gold here mate. Just saw an ‘OK’ (nothing special) Heyes 1000pcs for nzd 200 + shipping from within nz. It’s pure greed i think.

haha I definitely share the enthusiasm with you about NZ, but tell me about this puzzle shortage right? I envy you for having such a variety! I scroll on Instagram and I see those absolutely stunning and very colourful puzzles with beautiful illustrations, graphics drawings and feel sad! hahaha I love my older puzzles, but new quirky ones in a while would be welcome too! thanks for the comment mate!

hi PipsDk! wow thank you so very much for leaving such a nice comment today! indeed, I was just replying to another comment about the Cobble Hill puzzles, I can surely see why it is a favourite! the last one, the NZ luxury? so cool and well put together isn't it? Glad you liked it as well. oh the Shmidt issue...yeah I have at least 3 here that are beyond blurry, so it is not just me! I would never pay full price for one, based on my experience with second hand ones I had s far! I recently bought an amazing Egyptian Tutankamen and it is very blurry too. another one for my stash of crap puzzles, such an inconsistent brand isn't it?

hello Laura! thanks for taking your time to watch the collection, glad to know you enjoyed a few there! uh yes the Italian terrace - such a beautiful puzzle, it does look like where I grew up. I can definitely see now that Cobble Hill isn't any ordinary puzzle brand, I'll keep a sharp eye for this. brand when going on new puzzle hunts!

@@blackhellebore89 hi Blackhellebore. Nope i haven’t tried them yet! I just checked new ones here. Cheapest is NZ$ 49 plus shipping new. I hope to find some second hand ones one day though!

@@blackhellebore89 fair enough about Holdson, we need to connect with the images we are working on don’t we! Thanks for your comment btw, great to exchange ideas!

@@RicPuzzles they are definitely going for the luxury market - I have a couple from when they had a bundle sale.

hehe thanks BlackHellebore, hah yeah I get you. I'll also keep an eye for Piece House too, maybe I'll come across some sale myself too!

@@ThirzaTumTum good day Thirza! The Ferndale mansion MB is so cute isn’t it!? Im really tempted to solve it very soon, seems like many viewers really like it as well. Thank you very much for commenting. Always great to hear from you!

Hi Nina, oh the birds puzzle?! So beautiful isnt it? I also have a thing for bird puzzles. There are some incredible ones here in nz but all luxury ones i cant afford. 😂 glad i found that one, i think i paid 6 dollars or something like that. Yes, i had a number of Ravensburgers that were mediocre quality. One literally faded in front of my eyes as i was solving it in a bright sunny room. I think it had to be fake? It’s a real gamble you never know what you get unless you import them - then i guess you get the real deal you guys talk about! 😅😅 but i would definitely not buy a Ravensburger at a local shop here. Expensive and probably didnt pass the quality standards back in the factory so they sent to nz shops 😂 i will however give them the benefit of doubt if they only cost a few coins at a thrift store, in which case i just get them gone if they are bad. 😁

Ohhh thank you so much! 🫠🫠 glad to hear it!

Oh thank you for the feedback Joe! Yes..so sad i have like 5 fx, all of them are really either faded or just very blurry, i truly wonder if they are fake. More and more i feel like what we are getting here might be unwanted left overs! 😂 i will keep an eye on 60s Springbok, good to know! Thank you for the comment, very helpful!

@paisley9782 wow thanks for the comment, Paisley! Im so sorry to hear about the bushfires claiming your puzzles. I cant even grasp what that must have felt like. But as they say, we just get up and start over eh. Glad you are safe and sound and back to puzzling! The Matchbox collecting - how fascinating! I guess also gone too because of the fires? Oh my. Australia can be really harsh eh?! Lol Pomegranade are beyond expensive, just checked. But Ive been keeping some in my Wishlist here and will eventually order some for sure! Funny you mentioned about the similarities for us in puzzles. I thought it was a lot better for you. I truly feel like nz for puzzles is like Cuba for cars. - we literally froze in time, is that something you feel like as well in AU? I guess im lucky that i do enjoy older puzzles, otherwise i would be completely frustrated. The puzzles i see on instagram with colourful designs is something that i will probably never experience in my lifetime unless i win big in the lotto 😂 i didnt know you have trouble finding puzzles too, but as you said , it may be because you are in a rural area? I’m a little luckier then, We have so many op shops here and lucky i get different options but it’s a huge gamble:. i.e. most brands people praise online as the best - what i get must be fake! Has to be! Blurry, poor cuts, a mess. There isnt any other explanation- i wouldnt buy a 150 dollars mediocre brand puzzle here not even if i was a millionaire, completely overrated if thats their true quality. I really think we are being sent here the unwanted low quality puzzles that didn’t pass factory quality standards!! And ordering on amazon can break the bank 😂

@@RicPuzzles I only ever buy puzzles new when i find very very good specials. Something else that has recently happened over here is most online hobby and puzzle shops have suddenly stopped their flat rate postage. Now with only one or two exceptions, they all charge per weight and size, which has been another nail in the coffin as previously you could have a spending spree if you had saved your pennies and only get charged $10 postage and shipping. NZ's Mighty Ape used to have amazingly cheap postage but that has changed as well. Unfortunately, I think Covid didn't help either, companies have taken advantage because of the amount of new people who discovered the joys of jigsaws at that time, and prices of puzzles have skyrocketed to stupidity, somewhat ruining it for us who have puzzled forever but now can't afford to indulge that often. Pomegranate are expensive yes, but they have some amazing puzzles. Robert Bissell is a favourite for me. And yes, the 3500+ matchboxes went in the bushfire along with everything else 🥺

@@RicPuzzles i just wrote a reply but it seems to have disappeared into the ether, so hopefully I don't repeat myself here, lol. I was saying that another issue that has recently happened, is that the majority of puzzle and hobby shops online have suddenly stopped their flat rate postage costs, now charging by weight and size. Obviously this has almost tripled the postage cost that previously was usually $10, to $30. NZ's Mighty Ape used to have even cheaper postage costs but they too have gone to the weight and size costs. I also feel that since Covid, when so many people were introduced to puzzling, companies have taken advantage of the sudden increase of interest, and skyrocked the prices of puzzles to stupidity, and those of us who have puzzled for years have now been almost pushed out of it unless we are fortunate enough to find great opshops and even in those, some "charities" have also taken advantage as well. One of the most well known charity chains now regularly charge $10 for donated puzzles that they cannot guarantee to be complete. Oh and yes, the 3,500+ matchbox collection did also go the way of my puzzles and everything else, burned to ash 😢

oh mate, yes I got your last reply, it seems to be here! just read it through. sorry about your fire situation, I cannot even imagine what it must feel like. totally agree about the factors driving puzzle prices, it makes absolutely perfect sense. here too, they are very expensive because the demand is miniscule. so for shops it is very normal to charge 140 dollars for a Pomegranate or a Ravensburger. I just saw a 3k pieces Heyes on a local website for $ 699 + shipping. I can buy a car with that money mate. what a joke!

@@maryjaneellinger1783 hi Maryjane! Oh thank you so much for the comment, really cool to know your opinion on the puzzles and on my thoughts on some. I know right?! I have had a few of those blurry ones but what bugs me is why then some other paintings are just fine?! It is a gamble i guess. It would be nice if they were able to maintain the brush strokes like in this one painting puzzle i solved recently th-cam.com/video/pMC_lZeTojI/w-d-xo.html Thanks for your comment! 🙏👍🏻😁

Good day Bperillo! Thanks for the nice comment! Only one or 2 here were recent while most others ive had for about a year now and or have solved already. Yea the Puzzle within a puzzle. They are incredibly interesting arent they!? I dont know if you had the chance to watch the video about the other puzzle? Heres the link anyway if you are curious! It’s so cool, i had the help of subscribers to find all the clues. Great memories! Thanks again for your feeback! - OMG, this jigsaw puzzle! I missed 10 cliches out of 56: can you spot them? Vintage puzzle 1997! th-cam.com/video/HvjdgAlTbSU/w-d-xo.html

@@RicPuzzles Thank you for the link! What a fun puzzle and video. I thought I had watched all of your videos up until now so I may have missed that one lol. I really enjoyed all the cliches in that puzzle, so fun to look for them with you. That is what I love about your channel so much, we get to see all different kinds of puzzles that I have never seen on other channels. Thanks again for all you do and for sharing all this with us!

@@bperillo62219ohh thats so nice Bperillo! That puts a big smile on my face! Thank you so much! And hey so cool that you found that other puzzle interesting too. One of my favourites here by a country mile!

Good day Ruby, thanks for the valuable comment, really appreciated. I see now that Cobble Hill is a great brand indeed. I hope to find more puzzle like this soon. I agree with tou about second hand, all of the ones i remember well due to te joy they brought me were second hand or used puzzles too!

Oh thanks Ramenaddict!! Great to hear from you today, i’ll have to check out Janette’s video too! 😁👍🏻👍🏻

@@50sRockChick hi 50sRockChick! Great to hear from you today! Oh thank you for the feedback on the puzzles. I have been meaning to post more puzzle collections for a few months now 😅, me too, love the older waddingtons very much! cobble is so new to me and i only came across it because of the fishing-related image… and bought it without knowing this is a great traditional brand to keep an eye on! Now i see it’s a great find! Yeah i do feel like the springboks and well as Heyes are VERY overrated. They are ok. But maybe im also just seeing whats old. Haven’t solved anything from the two brands thats brand new and novelty yet so i guess i cant really make a final bold statement. Thanks for commenting, always great to hear from you.

Good day Debbie! Thanks for enjoying this! Me too so looking forward to doing that gigantic crossword one 🤭

@@RicPuzzles2 of my favourite things to do. Jigsaw puzzles and crosswords 😊

@@debbiegrima4047 😁👍🏻 same!

@@RicPuzzlesdo you still have your Amazon Wishlist?? I’ve been trying to find it. Thanks

​@@debbiegrima4047 hi Debbie! of course, I still have it :-) here it is: www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/DSA356Q48ZOS

Hi Puzzlepiece! So nice to see you here today!! Hah so many familiar puzzles here uh? Thats really awesome and thanks for the excellent info too, I’ll definitely keep them in mind. Yep 14.99 is very very cheap. A Brand new puzzle of any given brand is usually 29.99 and above. A simple 1k Ravensburger is well into the nzd100 (something like €40) and a heyes omg dont ask. I see 1k Heys for Nzd 200, 300 dollars it’s ridiculous and overrated! 😅

And yep, 90% of all my puzzles are from op shops. Thanks for the great contribution here really appreciated!

Hi Marlene! Thanks for your comment, im here looking at the Red box, looks really fun! Maybe im just getting the ugly ones here by FX 😂😂😂 the other many i tried were all blurry hehe. Hope to see you here in the next video indeed! Cheers!

Thank you kindly Izebelle!

Hello Praisepuzzle that is ok! I know we are all busy doing life eh! Haha the MB seems like a great pick here indeed 🙌😁

Oh nice! Yes i loved that old mb puzzle too. Really tempted to solve it very soon. Sorry to hear about the lose fit on Holdsons - definitely not the kind to hold up like we see on socials! I know the puzzle you mentioned, nice choice! Thx for the comment 👍🏻😁

Oh thanks mate! Definitely a great brand if this is their standard 👍🏻😁

Hi Donna! Haha no problem, it’s one of those that can easily slip through the cracks, a bit of a silly start but the puzzle itself is really fun! Hope you enjoy it.

thats cool Debbie! wow a 9000 version omg, that would be very challenging though! awesome, thank you so much!

@@carlosjesusrodriguezduenas7687 hey Carlos! Wow thanks mate!! Thats really cool thank you! Hope i dont disappoint

@@Kanguruo oh my! Like me then! I ordered a very random puzzle, Australia and nz map and now im seeing the same puzzle on social media 😅 hope you enjoy it! Im a huge fan of the show and have not completed the puzzle yet. Yes there are different layers and. I think the bottom part is very square shaped. Which should be very difficult to assemble! I think 😃 Plz do let me know how you are going with it ok? Thx for checking this old vid! It’s so awkward

@@RicPuzzles They must have done different prints, because my bottom layer definitely doesn't have square pieces, but the normal pieces like those found in standard Ravensburger puzzles.

@@Kanguruo oh wow! Really!? See thats why im having so many confused viewers in my videos leaving nasty comments lol here i have a very square shapes bottom, thats extremely unusual! How bizarre eh! How bizarre

@@debbiegrima4047 hi Debbie 🙌 that’s cool, they are so challenging aren’t they?

Yes indeed!! I love a good challenge

@@debbiegrima4047 that makes 2 of us! thanks Debbie for checking this one too! the guy riding the black motorbike throughout the vid is me btw. :-)

Yes I figured that out Ric. lol. I ride a 2021 Indian scout bobber

@@debbiegrima4047 OH MY! thats so cool Debbie! a rider too. haven't touched my Ninja 400 in weeks now, been so cold and wet here!! Indian Scout, that is such a bike!

Hi Tess! Thats awesome to know you love crazy shapes too, they dont come by easily to me, the last one i had was about a year ago, from the late 70s. Really enjoyed the untraditional way too. Haha indeed it does have a cockie vibe here i can see that - 😂

Hello Debbie! Wow thats so nice, thank you very much for coming by and checking out the content. It’s for you to enjoy. Kandisky’s body of work is really something special isnt it?! Big cheers to you too, 👍🏻😁

Wow thanks a lot my friend. I hope everything is nice and settling in for you! Cheers!

oh mate! there you are, I hope you had a great family time, just saw your message elsewhere too. oh no way! thats just fine mate, I'm very very happy with the puzzle. indeed both puzzles are just incredible! and I cant wait to solve them here!!! really appreciating the puzzle by the way, loved it!

@@barrytownsend8519 hello there, ohhh that’s great to know! I was getting a little worried about this puzzle, i haven’t done any smart cut in a while now, my last was an old waddington a year ago! This one in case you haven’t seen it yet 😁 th-cam.com/video/lGdUAf4BwZE/w-d-xo.html Love it too. Thank you very much for your feedback, sometimes i wonder if im good enough to be on TH-cam so thx for the encouragement 🙏

🤗 hi Laura! Wow thanks for enjoying this with me, indeed i loved the puzzles too! So beautiful eh!

Hi Izebelle! Thanks for taking a minute to check this out! Same here always the regular shaped eurographics, didn’t even know they made crazy shapes at all! Glad we are all exchanging ideas now!

Hi Puzzling_art! Thank you so much for enjoying this. I will work on these puzzles together, stay tuned! I will definitely come up something really cool with them

It’s ok if you haven’t played the games - definitely not everyone’s forst choice but great to hear tou enjoyed the puzzle. I will work some magic about the colours and see what will happen, stay tuned. As to franchised puzzles, yes i getcha! Heard of some very bad official puzzles that were beyond bad. Glad they put some love into this one! Thanks for the comment 🫶🏻😁

oh Thanks BPerillo. Thats humbling, I appreciate that very much!

hello TimRachel, oh thanks! glad to hear it! exactly we have so little choice here dont we? I had a look this last few weeks on our local shops, from Farmers to warehouse, paper plus, you name it. the only things we get are the fairy themes by Holdson, a few Gibsons here and there and literally nothing else! it's heartbreaking! thanks for enjoying this, im working on something very nice at the moment, hope you will enjoy it.

oh fair enough, it really is something to at least try, I was very skeptical too, but it turned out to be far more enjoyable than I imagined. Im going to upgrade my VR grasses to play this game in pristine 4K, but I get you, it really isn't for everyone! Thanks for commenting!