This channel is about my new passion for jigsaw puzzles! I wanna have fun but also challenge myself and find the limit in between. Look for time lapse videos, reviews, shopping trips, tips and tricks AND MORE! If you enjoy jigsaw puzzles, subscribe for more content!
I am impressed with your wooden puzzle brand... I have done several of other brands and love them.. love how interactant they are.... I am impressed that your brand held together and you could move it once it was finished...... lovey colors.... I have only done cheaper brands, and was just as happy with them as this brand that is more expensive...
Most wooden puzzles do cost more than traditional cardboard, so your discount will help. I have done a few wooden puzzles and do like them for a change of pace, but cost keeps me from buying them. So, thank you for the discount, maybe I might get one! Will also watch your time lapse when it comes out to help your views and channel stats!
I buy 90% of my puzzles at thrifts and yep, if I see them there, buy them. Pretty rare occurrence though in my area of the country at least... thanks for chiming in though!
Nice job Johnie. I like how you showed that piece cut. Weird how they are on that angle. That one piece was cool that you set aside. I was really waiting in the end to see you put that round piece in but you never came back to it. When I rewound the video I could see it was part of the 2002 date. I really like your explanation on what you were thinking when doing the puzzle. Your years of your Gaming Videos really shows on how comfortable you are on camera. So relaxing listening to your story. Side note: I sent you that e-mail, did you ever receive it? Let me know if your still interested. Glenn
I like your narration of your strategy. I have been doing puzzles for decades and pretty much do them border first then sort colors into piles. Never have used trays. I rarely sort by shapes as I have done so many Springboks that I actually prefer random over ribbon cut. So anyway think you are doing a super job with puzzles considering how new you are to them!! Thanks for entertaining me tonight!!
I am not a huge fan of random cut because it is harder to shape sort pieces. I definitely prefer the ribbon cut of Ravensburger where the four corners of each piece match the corners of the attached pieces and pieces are in grid pattern.
yeah I see mixed comments about that, some prefer standard, some prefer random cuts. I like both. If you do competitions I think people prefer standard stuff too!
For some reason I've been a bit cautions to try Aquarius as well, but now I'll definitive try some of them. I like random cut, and they have some really fun ones.
Thanks for that! I saw somewhere later it was released in 3 series of 6. I think some of them are region specifics so it'S not easy to collect them all but it's good to know what's out there!
You have to be proud of yourself. As I said in a post in one of your videos that I’m also new to puzzling (still hasn’t been a month yet!) and I’ve done 9 Circle of Colors. Rainbow Cake and Pizza are by FAR the hardest of all 18 puzzle in the series. This one took me 8 hours and Pizza took me almost 9 hours. Both with 0 breaks! These are the hardest because both puzzles have that large blue/green section that goes around the entire circle. All the other puzzles have distinct objects that you can separate and build independently. The reason these two puzzles took the longest is because, unfortunately, the only time I can puzzle regularly is after midnight with one dimly lit source of light. I tell you I could not tell the blues and greens apart! I can in your video though. The puzzle I solved in the fastest time (by far) was completed in a properly lit room during the day. My next two solves with be Circle of Colors Mushrooms and then Insects. In case anyone wonders. I’ve done Mandala, Ocean, Donuts, Candy, Pizza, Rainbow Cake, Astrology, Tropical and Dreams. I bought all 18 in my first month of puzzling 😅
8-9 hours without a break must be absolutely exhausting mentally, thumbs up to you!! I start slowing down a lot after 2h!!! Also thanks for the comment, I'm looking to do more, after my 4th, I already ordered 4 more I think, I'll open the boxes soon!
This one took me 8 hours and 14 minutes 😅. Granted it was in very poor dim artificial light from one source and I couldn’t tell apart the greens and blues. I took too much time squinting at the pieces I should have just moved on. I ended up doing the border and inner border and slowly pieced the blue/ green section. I did it one session so I now know I’m a marathon puzzler.
Good time Johnie. 👍 Funny how some of these Circle of Colors puzzles seem to be easier than others. I did the Fruit & Veg and I see it took me 2hrs 6mins & 51secs which I was quite pleased with. I still have four to do to see how long those take me.
COLLABORATION REQUEST: Hello Johnie. Just wondering if you would be interested in a Collaboration. Let me know if you’re interested. Thanks, Glenn ENjoy.
I need to be eating more fruits and vegetables! The poke bowl will likely be much more difficult since the colors are organized like a target instead of pieces of a pie.
I've only done Flowers (time= 6 hrs, I'm not a speed puzzler). I have the fruits & veggie puzzle and the Astrology in my to do pile. I like food puzzles so I think I'll enjoy it. I love that the Circle of Colors puzzles are easy to turn around. I don't have a lot of space but I enough to turn it around. I only got because Astrology it was in the Canadian Nationals prelim and it was on sale. 😉 Oceans is on sale now and I'm considering ordering it.
Hi there, nice to see a fellow puzzler on RU-vid. Glad you liked your puzzle. I still have yet to do a Cloudberries. I do have some in my stash though..
My favourite Cloudberries is "Dreamscape". I just love the colours and it's a bit of a different style image. I've been thinking about getting the Hands puzzle too - it's high on my list but I've got a big pile to get through first.
I like puzzles like this, where it’s like several puzzles in a puzzle. Super easy, which makes a 1000 piecer really fun! I just got a White Mountain Van Gogh puzzle that’s the same way, looking forward to getting it started!
Never used this strategy in a puzzle, it was very intriguing. Might try it on a 500 one of these days. Not a brand I have ever done either. This image would not interest me, but if I run across this brand of am image I do like, now I know its a good quality puzzle. I like puzzles that interlock well and so the "pick up" challenge was worth it to me to see. Thanks for the entertainment!!
Thanks. Just so you know, I've seen need reviews about the brand now after I recorded this video. Someone else said the quality can be inconsistent. I had no problem myself but just get other opinions to make sure.
I would highly recommend White Mountain Puzzles. I have 7 of the their college puzzles. They are great! My favourite one are words of wisdom and cereal boxes 🥣
I love Cloudberries! Their puzzles are such great quality and the colours are always vibrant. My favourite of theirs is Poolside. Such a blast putting it together :)
I hate cloudberries because almost 100% of the pieces are the same shape of two out, and two in (standard puzzle shape). They have "small batch" puzzles that fix this issue. This is maybe less of a problem with this particular image, but huge problem for images with many pieces of similar color.
I see you... I just started the same journey a month ago, similar age and enthusiasm, same time, also the 2nd attempt. But I did it a month later again, and it went back to 2 hours. No offence, it is not for us "young guys", it would take years to get to 90 minutes... I just went to a competition, spoke with a lot of people, they are just nice to say that with practice you can get better. Yes, 10 minutes after 50-100 puzzles, maybe. Most of them just "see" better, see the shapes, and learned as a children. I just watched the winner, less than an hour time, just grab one piece and put it in place. Asked most of them "why do you think you are better", and they dont know. They just see,....
Makes sense haha. Just having fun for now. As long as I see improvement I'm motivated. Not taking it too serious. And not 100% I to speed puzzle only. Doing another stuff and it's all good. Thanks for the comment!!
Love your video….I wish cloudberries had more attractive or inspirational images, or scenic but maybe they are not going for that. Heard good things about the brand though.
Well done Johnie, a decent time for that puzzle. 👍 It's the kind of puzzle that lends itself to colour sorting. I've seen others who decide to do all the water along the bottom first before moving on to the flowers. 🌻 I seem to remember someone mentioned that they found the yellow flowers tricky to do. I have that puzzle on order and it will be interesting to see how long it takes me to do it. Look forward to your next video.
Yeah I did the color sorting on my second attempt and did something like 20 min faster. Not an easy puzzle but a lot of fun and food learning experience
