So glad you posted this even though it was a little later. Such a great video! Everything from what you said to how long you were showing a puzzle was perfect for me. It was such an amaying haul, too! Like why would I buy 75% of the puzzles you showed myself??? AAAAAH!!!
I saw the Fall Halloween Parade at a thrift store once and didn't get it because I had told myself to push pause on purchasing puzzles. I regret it to this day. It is sooo pretty!!
I just discovered your channel and I'm excited to see more videos from you! Have you done any of these puzzles? What does your TBP (To Be Puzzled) look like at the moment? Do you plan on doing another big Black Friday haul? Happy Puzzling!
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!
Thank you for showing ways to save puzzles pieces. My pre kindergarten students are so excited about working with cardboard tray puzzles that the pieces become damaged from their little hands..
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 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
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.
Love this simple and honest review. I have heard so much hype about Ravensburger, but have yet to try them out. I thrift 90% of my puzzles so its all about whats available. Today i picked up a set of kids puzzles by them, i hope they will be satisfying!
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.
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 ordered 3 puzzles from Galison. The shipping department crammed all three into a box that was a little too small, so one puzzle box was damaged. I contacted Galison. At the time of this writing, (about 4 days later) I’ve received an email from the shipping department saying a replacement puzzle is on the way. I’m certain it will arrive as promised. I also got a code for a discount on my next order. Great customer service!
I use regular school glue for delamination, but for the broken pieces that need a bit more rigidity, I use wood glue! The one used in the video is Gorilla Glue wood glue specifically. I find that it dries much harder.
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.
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 😅
Wish I'd known how to do this before burning an entire puzzle because my daughter ripped off a bunch of knobs 😭 (she is 2, it was a dollar tree puzzle, it was hers, but still. I hate wasting things.)
Brilliant review-hits all points I look for when shopping puzzles. One thing I don’t enjoy about Galison is the thinness of the pieces. But I’m only working on my first one, and I haven’t finished so maybe I’ll change my mind. Good review though thank you!
Thank you so much! I do agree with you that the pieces are thinner than most of the nicer brands, but I do value it as a pretty solid budget brand. I more often than not just love their images, but I am generally deterred from buying more Galisons because I've been leaning more into higher quality brands. If they upped their quality a bit more and have more varied peices, my wallet would be in a lot of trouble. That said, Galisons are GREAT as art pieces.
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.
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
Not at all! My "camera" is basically a Google Pixel 3a to take the main footage and Google Pixel 3 (with a cracked glass) for B-roll like the time lapse. I edit on my phone using a software called VLLO. I had a few more videos to edit with the "old system" but am planning on getting the Google Pixel 8 Pro this month (during black Friday sales!) and will be moving my editing to my computer so I can use DaVinci Resolve (free edition). Video editing is mostly so I can learn a new skill and I am not sure if I like it even now so I don't want to plan too much money on it.
@@Cozy-Puzzles Thanks so much for the info! I've been wanting to to get into video editing as well but I just didn't know where to start. I'd love to start a channel for my hobbies some day 🙂
@@HerbalAssailant You have my full support! Literally all it is just start taking videos, with anything really. VLLO has a free tier that doesn't require watermarking so it is a great tool to dip your toes into content creating. Good luck and have fun!
