Manufacturer: Ravensburger Name: Eyes for Pies Series: Food Porn Artist / Photographer: Unknown Piece Count: 500 Piece Quality: Excellent New / Used: New Fit: Great; snug Assembly: Believe it or not, I am still a relatively NOVICE puzzler. Even though I have completed a puzzle with 24,000 pieces, it was just ONE puzzle. Overall, I have only done a very small handful so it might really surprise you to know that this puzzle was only my 3rd Ravensburger puzzle ever! …
In preparation for writing this blog entry, I went back and looked at two older posts, Life After “Life” and A New York State of Mind where I mentioned a bunch of puzzles that I wanted to get and do after I finished the Life puzzle. At the time I wrote the first one, back in May, 2013, I had none of the puzzles I mentioned wanting to get. Now, just over two years later, I have all of them except two! Wow…I didn’t…
Since January of this year, I have been drooling over a new 32,000 piece puzzle that Ravensburger announced they would release in the US in September. Of course, come September, some members of the German puzzle forum that I belong to, and one of my Flickr group friends had already gotten their copies. With a hefty price tag of about $300, I knew it would be quite some time before I was able to justify the cost to Randy…no matter…
I was starting to get frustrated that I wasn’t getting much time to spend on the Life puzzle because it’s difficult to tuck myself away in the puzzle room while Randy is upstairs in the family room watching TV. I want to work on the puzzle, but I also want and need to spend time with him too. So, I decided that since I can no longer work on this section upstairs in the family room easily, I would try…
I have always been in love with big city skylines, especially skycrapers, and building architecture in general for as long as I can remember. As a child I used to check out books from the library about skyscrapers, and from a very young age I dreamed of going to New York City – especially for my honeymoon. 3,000 pcs. – New York City – Educa 1,500 pcs. – New York City – Ravensburger Of course what I didn’t know growing…
Another puzzle that I had on my wish list is crossed off, and I realized that I never added it to the blog…shame, shame, shame! I got this beauty from someone on Craigslist. She had done the puzzle herself and was looking to pass it on to another enthusiast – enter, me. I got it for a great price ($50 including shipping), and am quite happy about it. It will be quite some time before I get to this one…
This last week I received a couple of puzzles that I found used on Craigslist for a very cheap price. It turns out that Craigslist is an amazing place to find good deals on puzzles. You have to do a nationwide search of course as it’s unlikely that you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for if you only search your own local region, but I’ve found that most people are willing to ship their puzzle to you, even when you’re…
This puzzle is one that I fell in love with the first time I saw it. The colors are so vibrant and given that its a Ravensburger, I know this one will be a pleasure to put together. I couldn’t pass up the good deal I got on this puzzle from Craigslist. It was only $40 plus flat rate USPS shipping so not too bad. The puzzle is used, but appears to be complete and includes the poster. The seller,…
Here are some of the first pictures of this beautiful puzzle. I will not be starting the build on this one for some time yet as I want to finish the Life puzzle first, but I love looking at the pieces and feeling them as they’re just so much nicer than the Educa pieces of the Life puzzle. The big box! 4 Historic World Maps Poster 18,000 pieces in all its glory! The puzzle pieces are so nice and luxurious…
4 Historic World Maps – 18,000 pieces – Ravensburger I saw this puzzle quite some time ago, even before I bought the Life puzzle, and I loved the looks of it. My house is decorated with an Old World style and I knew the artwork from this puzzle would fit right in with my decor. The main reason I never purchased it was because of the solid gold border around each map. It looked impossible with so many pieces being…