For the Ravensburger bookshop puzzle, you can take the lid to a copy shop and make an enlarged color copy for a poster to use as a guide. I do that sometimes when there is no poster in the box and the image on the lid is too small for my tastes.
Thats a good idea! I resorted to looking for an image online and downloaded it to my phone. I used my phone as the reference. It was still really rough!
You have the best puzzle haul videos!! I don't think I heard any talking, which trust me a lot of the other puzzle haul videos do way too much talking for my liking! I love your music, your sense of humor, great job. 😀
I am still not as well versed in puzzling without reference just yet. I was "forced" to with a recent Wasgij puzzle I did and it does add an extra layer of fun, though it took much longer than expected to finish it.
Um i cannot believe how stocked those shelves are??? Even the biggest puzzle sections at the thrift stores in my town are like 1/10 of one of those. I live in a smaller city though and there's probably less puzzlers here in general. Thrifting for puzzles has become a new hobby of mine and im starting to think i can't call myself a minimalist anymore because of how fast im accumulating puzzles 😅 thankfully I'm very good at keeping it tidy and i constantly donate puzzles im done with and dont want to keep forever... otherwise id be right back into hoarder territory like when i was a kid 😂
Yeah managing all the puzzles I have accumulated so far is getting rough! I am offloading some to 2 monthly-ish swaps I go to and giving it away to friends and family. The goal this year is if I want new puzzles, I can only swap or have to sell some to and pay for it from the sell stash! Not sure how well that is going to work 😅
i love seeing thrifted hauls! i have to limit myself to only a few stops a month because i will be drowning in puzzles otherwise 😅 ive thrifted the magic maze puzzle as well!
8:00 - I have the earlier (2012) version of the 'The Boston T' puzzle. The logo is a squiggly 'NYPC' on 4 puzzle-piece outlines. The Legend in in the lower-left and the Green Lines' lines are all scrunched together.
Thank you so much! It was very easy on the wallet too. I do hope Magic Puzzle Company puzzles become more widely available for those around the world, it is such a joy
Way cool, got some neat puzzles in that group. As a model railroader, I would have gotten that Lionel puzzle shown at shop 2. Now I have another to look for out here.
Exotic Garden is my next to do! I just finished the Dog's Life by Heye and really enjoyed the puzzling experience and the piece quality. Heye has definitely shot up there on my list of brand preference now.
By similar, do you mean amazing restraint? lol I agree then! We're paragons of restraint! I just finished the Dog LIfe by Heye and it has all the pieces! It's my first Heye and I must say, I REALLY enjoyed the feel of the puzzle pieces. And the image was very cheeky too.
i JUST did the Mystic Maze this week. 10/10 love it!! PS. I've never even thought to thrift puzzles. I always worry about missing pieces... Did you find out if the Dog puzzle had all the pieces?
I was in a similar boat about thrifting and missing pieces, but once I ended up with a brand new puzzle that was missing a piece, I threw that fear out of the window! I feel like the lower cost of the puzzle ($2-5) at a thrift store outweighs the fear of missing pieces for me now. There's also a lot sold that are still brand new and factory sealed. So far, I would say about 90% of the puzzles from thrifting are complete and intact for me. I'm now finding thrifting puzzles to be a new hobby in of itself because I don't know what I will end up with when I visit. It's also pretty exciting to put together a complete puzzle that might retail for $30 but I paid $3 for it! And yes! The Dog's Life puzzle was complete and had all the pieces! It's a keeper for the permanent collection for me.
Will do! I planning on doing this with my husband since it has some special "game" elements. I figured he would be more receptive to puzzling with me that way (so I can slowly indoctrinate him into puzzling lol)
Ooh what a haul! Savers are dangerous haha. I feel you on going in "just to check..." and leaving with a huge pile. You got some good ones! I really hope your Mystic Maze one is all there, that's such a fun one.
In some thrift stores, they close it by rubber banding it so in those cases I open the box to check it, not so when it is taped. I know of some people who would count the pieces before they buy it. But I don't have that patience. But I get most of my thrifted puzzles for $2-4 and I feel like it's worth the risk. For the used ones I buy, they're about 80% complete. The ones that have missing pieces I will mark how many is missing and will donate it back to the thrift store.
Interesting that Savers have different prices. I've never been thrifting before; are items usually marked based on condition or just a flat% off of list price? Also I'm interested in a BePuzzled Murder in the Wind video! I'm just so curious how they made a murder mystery out of it.
It seems to have an overall price/value for an item/brand, and if it is brand new, it will be marked up a bit more. Like a clearly used 1000 piece might be $3.49-$4.99 regardless of the condition of the box (some are very beat up). But if it is a brand new puzzle, still shrink wrapped, I have seen it anywhere from $5.99 to $8.99 in the same store. I have also gotten lucky and found brand new ones for $4.99. It seems to depend on whoever is marking the prices.
I got them from Savers so they ranged from $2.49 to 5.49. the average was about $3.49. I also usually take coupons with me so they average about $3 a puzzle
For the Ravensburger bookshop puzzle, you can take the lid to a copy shop and make an enlarged color copy for a poster to use as a guide. I do that sometimes when there is no poster in the box and the image on the lid is too small for my tastes.
Thats a good idea! I resorted to looking for an image online and downloaded it to my phone. I used my phone as the reference. It was still really rough!
That must be what heaven looks like, 1st store. White mountain and ravensburger are some of my favs too. The unicorn garden puzzle is so much fun.
Definitely heaven!
You have the best puzzle haul videos!! I don't think I heard any talking, which trust me a lot of the other puzzle haul videos do way too much talking for my liking! I love your music, your sense of humor, great job. 😀
Wow thank you so much! I wasn't sure if anyone liked the style of these videos!
12:50 - Those are they type I do *without* referring to the poster or box!
I am still not as well versed in puzzling without reference just yet. I was "forced" to with a recent Wasgij puzzle I did and it does add an extra layer of fun, though it took much longer than expected to finish it.
Um i cannot believe how stocked those shelves are??? Even the biggest puzzle sections at the thrift stores in my town are like 1/10 of one of those. I live in a smaller city though and there's probably less puzzlers here in general. Thrifting for puzzles has become a new hobby of mine and im starting to think i can't call myself a minimalist anymore because of how fast im accumulating puzzles 😅 thankfully I'm very good at keeping it tidy and i constantly donate puzzles im done with and dont want to keep forever... otherwise id be right back into hoarder territory like when i was a kid 😂
Yeah managing all the puzzles I have accumulated so far is getting rough! I am offloading some to 2 monthly-ish swaps I go to and giving it away to friends and family. The goal this year is if I want new puzzles, I can only swap or have to sell some to and pay for it from the sell stash! Not sure how well that is going to work 😅
Wow, what a haul. Thanks for sharing.
i love seeing thrifted hauls! i have to limit myself to only a few stops a month because i will be drowning in puzzles otherwise 😅 ive thrifted the magic maze puzzle as well!
Yes, haul videos are my guilty pleasure! I feel you on that. I instituted a "no-buy" month this month because I am running out of room.
Just donate back to the store. Great thrift store as closet
8:00 - I have the earlier (2012) version of the 'The Boston T' puzzle. The logo is a squiggly 'NYPC' on 4 puzzle-piece outlines. The Legend in in the lower-left and the Green Lines' lines are all scrunched together.
I haven't had a chance to work on the Boston T puzzle yet, I am hoping the quality remains consistent with the older versions!
What a great puzzle haul. I LOVE Magic puzzle company!! Though they are hard to get in Denmark.
Thank you so much! It was very easy on the wallet too. I do hope Magic Puzzle Company puzzles become more widely available for those around the world, it is such a joy
Way cool, got some neat puzzles in that group. As a model railroader, I would have gotten that Lionel puzzle shown at shop 2. Now I have another to look for out here.
I hope you found it by now!
That triangle dog life puzzle looks amazing
It was very fun to do!
I just moved to the Cape last year. I have never heard of Savers. I am thrilled to learn about it. Thank you!
No problem and happy thrifting!
An awesome haul! So many wonderful images. I would have been in so much trouble. I think Exotic Garden is my favorite.
Exotic Garden is my next to do! I just finished the Dog's Life by Heye and really enjoyed the puzzling experience and the piece quality. Heye has definitely shot up there on my list of brand preference now.
Fantastic haul!! I would do the Ravensburger Alice In Wonderland first 🙂🧩🧩🧩
That's the exact one that I did first! I had to make sure all the pieces were there 😅
It's also one of my favorite Disney movies
The Dog Life by Heye is amazing. I love this brand. Wonderful haul… but your restraint is similar as mine 😂 😊
By similar, do you mean amazing restraint? lol I agree then! We're paragons of restraint!
I just finished the Dog LIfe by Heye and it has all the pieces! It's my first Heye and I must say, I REALLY enjoyed the feel of the puzzle pieces. And the image was very cheeky too.
I liked the background musics so much! Can you tell me name of the songs? Thanks. 😊
They are part of the editing software I use called VLLO
i JUST did the Mystic Maze this week. 10/10 love it!! PS. I've never even thought to thrift puzzles. I always worry about missing pieces... Did you find out if the Dog puzzle had all the pieces?
I was in a similar boat about thrifting and missing pieces, but once I ended up with a brand new puzzle that was missing a piece, I threw that fear out of the window!
I feel like the lower cost of the puzzle ($2-5) at a thrift store outweighs the fear of missing pieces for me now. There's also a lot sold that are still brand new and factory sealed. So far, I would say about 90% of the puzzles from thrifting are complete and intact for me.
I'm now finding thrifting puzzles to be a new hobby in of itself because I don't know what I will end up with when I visit. It's also pretty exciting to put together a complete puzzle that might retail for $30 but I paid $3 for it!
And yes! The Dog's Life puzzle was complete and had all the pieces! It's a keeper for the permanent collection for me.
Do the Mystic Maze! I really enjoyed that one. A bit crumbly but great artwork and fun twist at the end.
Will do! I planning on doing this with my husband since it has some special "game" elements. I figured he would be more receptive to puzzling with me that way (so I can slowly indoctrinate him into puzzling lol)
Ooh what a haul! Savers are dangerous haha. I feel you on going in "just to check..." and leaving with a huge pile. You got some good ones! I really hope your Mystic Maze one is all there, that's such a fun one.
It is soooo dangerous! I have a habit of going to 2 of them every weekend now. I am seriously running out of space!
can you open the box to see what's inside before you buy them? Also are there any missing pieces?
In some thrift stores, they close it by rubber banding it so in those cases I open the box to check it, not so when it is taped. I know of some people who would count the pieces before they buy it. But I don't have that patience. But I get most of my thrifted puzzles for $2-4 and I feel like it's worth the risk. For the used ones I buy, they're about 80% complete. The ones that have missing pieces I will mark how many is missing and will donate it back to the thrift store.
Interesting that Savers have different prices. I've never been thrifting before; are items usually marked based on condition or just a flat% off of list price? Also I'm interested in a BePuzzled Murder in the Wind video! I'm just so curious how they made a murder mystery out of it.
It seems to have an overall price/value for an item/brand, and if it is brand new, it will be marked up a bit more. Like a clearly used 1000 piece might be $3.49-$4.99 regardless of the condition of the box (some are very beat up). But if it is a brand new puzzle, still shrink wrapped, I have seen it anywhere from $5.99 to $8.99 in the same store. I have also gotten lucky and found brand new ones for $4.99. It seems to depend on whoever is marking the prices.
Wish you had shares the prices. Curious
I got them from Savers so they ranged from $2.49 to 5.49. the average was about $3.49. I also usually take coupons with me so they average about $3 a puzzle
Alice in wonderland ❤
Yep, that is indeed the first one I did!
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