Puzzles - better at selling than doing! Lol

[5129frederick]

Although I have over 160 puzzles at any one time, my wife insisted I bought her a puzzle for Christmas  I found one she really wanted - she'd been looking for ages for this particular one, so she was thrilled.  I was happy for her until she came down earlier this evening, took off the tablecloth and announced that she was going to do it.

"That's nice."  I said, with half an ear.

"No, we're going to do it."  It's only a standard 1000 piece puzzle of Stratford-upon-Avon.  Well, a couple of hours, maybe, methinks.  Four-and-a-half-hours later, it's still only three-quarters done!  Talk about time consuming. ( Roll eyes)  Now we've gotta finish it!  Before going to church! 

I think I'm rather better at selling puzzles than doing them!

How long does it take you do do a standard 1000 piece puzzle?

[peteryola]

I've never really timed myself, but it will vary according to the level of detail on the puzzle and whether or not it's got any odd shaped pieces in it. 4½ hours with 2 people working on it and ¾ done would seem to me to equate to about 11 - 12 working hours for the whole puzzle? I can do them somewhat faster than that myself but it does depend on how much I get distracted while I'm doing it. The one I did most recently was a 1000 piece done from a painting of the QE2 ( see attached picture and yes that is one of my own paintings ) and that was a "deliciously challenging" one and it took me in the region of 10 hours work to complete.

[5129frederick]

Ooh - that sky!  Clever you!  Unfortunately this puzzle is not a Ravensburger or a Gibsons, so they are loose fitting, which makes things a lot harder.  I'm very discerning when it comes to puzzles.  I've bought puzzles where the pieces have been so thin, they've gone straight into the bin.  The picture might be OK but if the pieces are paper thin, I don't sell it.  With a Ravensburger or Clementoni you should be able to pick the puzzle up almost on it's edge without it falling to pieces.  The top quality ones have 1008 pieces in their boxes but round it down to 1000 pieces for phonetic purposes.  Puzzles I won't touch with a barge pole are V----nt.   If I'm not happy with the quality of a puzzle, neither will my clients be, and my clients are everything.

[mustard-tree]

I like the Ravensburger 3D puzzles.  They are made of plastic and are very sturdy when assembled.

I have got nearly all of them.

I have tried other makes, but I didnt like them.

[5129frederick]

Years ago when the first came out I tried one but it was hopeless.  In the early years the pieces were made of sobo rubber, and I couldn't get it round my head it was a 3D puzzle.  When I did try to put the pieces together they were too flimsy and kept falling apart.  In the end I dumped it.  !

[**towery**]

my brother got my sis one last year that she gave up on

it was a seals face in shingle,  i think i managed 12 pieces in th time it took Pitch Perfect to show on the tv

[aernethril]

So, you've not attempted the baked beans one - with a picture on both sides of the puzzle?

[peteryola]

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@aernethril wrote:

So, you've not attempted the baked beans one - with a picture on both sides of the puzzle?

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If that's the one in a cube box with 108 pieces, I've averaged about 45 minutes per puzzle....

[5129frederick]

You're showing your age!   Woolworth brought out a spate of them one Christmas.

[peteryola]

Errr... I got those brand new last year actually...