What do you think? Would you ever take this beast of a puzzle on? Make sure to head to the description for links to where you can get it and everything else I talked about in the video!
I think the concept of the missing puzzle piece puzzle is really fun! I usually go for super colorful wacky puzzles rather than solid color ones but id definitely be willing to give it a shot! ^_^
Personally not a fan of doing solid colour puzzles, in part because I like looking at the puzzles I've finished, and like using the image to work out where pieces go. But impressed by the people who can sit through doing them.
I don’t know why but it is cracking me up to think that an “error” for this puzzle could be not missing pieces but actually having all the pieces. Imagine putting it together and there’s no missing piece 😂😂😂
How cool would it be if a puzzle was made that followed the idea of the chocolate bar riddle, where you could put it together in a way where one piece was missing OR you could put it together in a different way where there was no gap.
@@damp8277 probably, plus she mentioned in the video that it is very expensive to create a custom puzzle and it’s already pretty time consuming just to take out one piece from a puzzle.
Even worse, imagine trying to deal with the manufacturer when you are legitimately missing a piece (in addition to the piece that's meant to be missing).
My five year old watched this with me and then wanted to do her own puzzle with one piece missing. she got a puzzle out, took it apart, hid one piece, and then sat down and said "Okay, so this is Peppa Pig and Rebecca Rabbit with one piece missing" like she was doing her own video intro. Consider the next generation inspired!
I don't do puzzles much but there was one we have one that has very tiny pieces and is super large , also it's very hard beacuse the picture is some very old music band from London that has like idk 16 members . and the background is mostly brick and blue sky I honestly never finished it cuz I just couldn't care about it after like hours of trying it .. xD my sister who is even worse but has more determination took 9 hours to finish it
That's an important metric for EVERY puzzle I do. I once helped a friend with a puzzle that was a field of sunflowers... Every other piece was a false fit. It was the most rage-inducing puzzle EVER!!
I think something to consider that Karen didn’t mention is even though it’s slightly expensive, supporting a small female-owned business (and Simone does a lot for inspiring young people to get into the sciences and engineering) makes it more worth it
“Missing” I hate missing pieces. I’m really trying to get over that pet peeve because it’s bound to happen when you do a lot of puzzles. That being said, this is really cool. Because the piece is intentionally missing, you’ve actually completed the puzzle, even with the one piece being omitted. Something about that makes it OK.
Me too. I'm currently trying to convince the local thrift store to allow me to put together the donated puzzles, secure the puzzle boxes, bag the pieces, and mark any puzzles that have pieces missing. It's a win-win. I get to do puzzles for free and they can confidently tell their customers whether or not the puzzles are complete. They're thinking on it.
Yep. My thing about missing pieces isn't that I feel cheated out of the puzzling experience or anything, it's more that I'm bothered that something that is supposed to be there isn't there anymore. That wouldn't be an issue for me with this puzzle.
I found 6 missing pieces of one puzzle in another puzzle box after 25 years! Now that puzzle was complete, I was so happy and quite surprised. The next day when it was still sitting on my dining table I accidentally poured beer over it /:
The misfortune of a lost piece, the fun challenge of a missing piece puzzle Glass half empty, half full Always try to see the better side of the coin and smile about it, life's difficult enough already
Make it so that when it's finished, it looks like it's a half-finished puzzle. Random shape, no edges, holes inside... you only know that you finished because there are no more pieces. An OCD's nightmare.
@@zouzou1692 The way that puzzles are made is that they print the image onto a sheet of cardboard, then the use essentially a big cookie cutter to slice the sheet into the individual pieces. Pieces from one puzzle won't fit into another unless they use the same exact shape of cookie cutter.
I actually think the missing piece is aesthetically pleasing, so even if you _were_ someone who did puzzles more for the end result than the process, I think that end result would still be satisfying, at least visually. To me knowing the piece is supposed to missing is enough. The puzzle looking good with a missing piece is also enough. It's a solid colour puzzle anyway, so it's not like there's an image that is being obstructed or that remains unfinished because there's a piece missing. I think the missing piece would only really be irritating if you specifcally hate missing pieces in _any_ context (intentional or not), and in that case, you wouldn't buy this puzzle. The packaging and branding make it SUPER clear that there is supposed to be a missing piece, so I can't imagine anyone's going to get caught off guard by that!
I TOTALLY agree. it would annoy me if it obstructed an image but in a solid colour puzzle or even a solid/generic section of an image it is more interesting and aesthetically pleasing
I loved this video so much! Sometimes it’s hard for me to feel proud of the things I do, but watching this gave me one of those rare moments 🥹 With that said: ALL THE MISSING PIECES ARE MINE AND ONLY MINE. Because… fairness? You know. 😂
It would have been amazing if the missing piece were able to tessellate with itself. Then you could have created a giant puzzle made out of just all those missing pieces.
@@AdmiralJota YES! It looks like a very fun puzzle, but it's a bit of a missed opportunity to not make 499 puzzles and taking 1 different piece from each for yourself!
I was hoping that the missing piece would either be randomly selected, or a ribbon cut puzzle piece in the middle of the crazy cut. I can see why that second option would have been expensive though.
I bought this puzzle after seeing Simone's video because I knew you'd get it eventually. I finished mine last week, took me 30 hours. I liked the random cut and piece quality, it's better than others I've done recently. I also kind of like that it's the same piece missing because you can't buy two puzzles and get one that's complete.
Let’s hope Karen never gets really into meat pies (or starts a condiment channel) because Heinz probably holds a grudge haha. They’ll be very dry without some ketchup on there.
It would be really funny if people followed your guide to create a "replacement" piece for this one. Alternatively you could make a black piece to fit the space and "complete" it while still keeping the fact it's missing
I really like "castle" for the piece shape with three knobs! Now we just need names for the other types. What about "cheese" for the piece with four inlets?
When I puzzle with my wife we come up with names for them. We always forget them so they are different every time. All 4 nubs has been spiky ball and outie, all 4 holes has definitely been cheese in the past!
I think it would be really funny if Simone did send you one of the pieces, but like encased it in a resin disc or shape of some sort so it's not actually placeable in the puzzle. But you would still have all 500 pieces!
A long time ago, when I was about 10 years old, we had four 100-piece puzzles, three of which had the same pattern. I completed each one a few times. When I got bored, I mixed and matched the three puzzles. Later, I flipped the pieces over and completed what was essentially a blank puzzle. My siblings thought I was weird. LOL. Fun times.
I actually love the idea of an intentionally missing piece and... I think that the aesthetic of the final puzzle is gorgeous, in particular if you frame it and glue it against a dark or colourful background. I am happy to know that it's also a good quality product. I like Simone and all her crazy inventions a lot, so I am happy for her. :)
I don't think I'd ever attempt a solid-color puzzle, *missing* piece or not. I like puzzles with colorful, interesting pictures too much. To me, that's a big part of the lure of doing the puzzle. But I don't mind watching you solve them!
About the clock in the corner. I think it could be a bit smaller, but with larger details. It was also a bit confusing, since it was indicating the time of day, and not how long was spent on the puzzle total. I think in single session puzzles showing the time of day would be okay, but in this it just felt a bit confusing. These small things I think would make it a lot more helpful :)
I did a puzzle today with a missing piece, unfortunately, mine wasn't supposed to be missing 😭 so now I'm crafting a new piece while watching your video!
@@kf10147 it just went missing today when I was doing it on the couch and it's not between the cushions and I haven't found it on the floor (when I got up to get drinks maybe?) But I know have fixed it!!! Sort of!!
I have found a piece back in the pocket of my pants/trousers the other day. No clue how it got there. I think it might either have been in my lap and fallen in my pocket when I stood up, or I have put it there very absent mindedly when my partner distracted me, but both seem unlikely so honestly no clue 😅 Check your pockets just in case I guess.
the local puzzle swap group I swap with has a rule: missing 3 pieces, it must be retired from the group. Some really great puzzles get retired. Thanks for the review.
I absolutely love how the Heinz puzzle has sort of ascended to antagonistic infamy here 💀 I really love puzzles like this! It can be hard to put a bit of a twist on a jigsaw sometimes, I think, so things like this are really refreshing. It might be what we were ✨missing✨ all along!
Rather then ask Simone Giertz, try finding the manufacturer of the puzzle. Then order any other puzzle from them with this cut, to get this one piece. That way you have the most unique and complete puzzle out there.
“I know from recent personal experience” 😀😀😀🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼. I can’t wait to see what Karen designs for her own puzzle (line?!). I hope that Simone sends the missing piece! Cute potted plant top and star necklace! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
I have zero interest in puzzles and I randomly clicked on this because I saw Simone Giertz's face on the thumbnail, but wow! Your love for puzzles is immediately obvious, and it's always a pleasure to watch enthusiastic people do what they do.
I brought a 6000 piece puzzle from a thrift shop and was pleasantly surprised to find that all the pieces were there. Even though they were just tossed in the box without being in put in a bag. I was so happy and love the picture of Venice
I get most of my puzzles from flea markets, both children's puzzles and puzzles for myself, and I have never encountered one with missing pieces. Most are really well taken care of, even the children's puzzles (who I always make to check for missing pieces before giving them to children, just in case).
Woot, the follow up video to Simone's! When I saw her video, I thought of you, and then saw your comment on her video! Sometimes RU-vid seems really small, considering I first got linked to you from another RU-vidr (Mark Parker).
My family is big into puzzles and we like to steal a piece sometimes as a joke. You can start to expect it LOL Edit~Hope Simone sends you a signed MISSING piece!
i think itd be really fun to make your own puzzle piece thats missing, i think thatd make it really personal and i am imagining making a very brightly coloured uv resin puzzle piece to fit in there, i dont have the puzzle myself i just think itd be a fun/nice idea
I really like how you added the little clock in the corner in some clips where you did the time lapses, it puts your puzzling into real-time perspective which I thought was pretty cool. As always, it’s fun to see your videos!
I thought about having a truly random piece but I think for aesthetics reasons a curated gap is best. I think an interesting compromise would be say five different batches where you don't know which. Like you don't want a missing edge or one layer in because it wouldn't look as good.
Next Simone puzzle should be a truly random missing piece, with the inclusion of another random non-matching, non-fitting piece. 500 pieces of an incomplete puzzle included in the box.
That was fun to watch. In 1968 I was a new bride with a husband who worked nights. We were pretty poor, too. I was given a jigsaw puzzle. In my solitary nights, I put it together. Again and again. Finally bored, I put it together then painted it black (the only color paint in the house.) It took longer, but I had plenty of quiet time. Then that got boring so I put it together upside down, and painted the back black. Took quite a while to put together a puzzle when I didn’t even know which side was ”up”. That repeated effort lasted me through the moon landing. Last night I and two granddaughters put together the Ravensberger Escape Room puzzle. The puzzle took about 4 hours. Then another two to solve the six “mysteries“ on the face of the puzzle to enable us to escape, and incidentally save the world.
Haha the horrendous Heinz puzzle really left a mark, huh XD What an interesting idea for puzzle! Also, I appreciate the clock, but I personally enjoy watching your journey of fitting it together, so I'm sure others may like it. I do like you declaring your time at the end in comparison to your prediction in the beginning- estimating your time is a good and practical skill that I don't have. Love your in-depth analysis too, it's so thorough and I feel like I have a much better idea of this missing piece puzzle and other related ones :)
Guessing I got recommended this because I watch Simone... but this was actually pretty enjoyable to watch. I liked the tip on separating into piece shapes. I've only ever separated out edges and then by colour doing picture jigsaw puzzles before.
I think the puzzle is really interesting! The *missing* puzzle piece does seem to add a challenge to the puzzle, and I am a huge fan of Simone's, so I would definitely do it just to support her.
Honestly, missing pieces in puzzles only bother me because I am excited to see the finished product of it. In a puzzle like this, where it's missing on purpose, I love it because the missing piece is part of the art.
Fun episode! I love your optimism when starting a puzzle! The whole "missing" piece phenomenon is haunting. I have a random piece left over from so much of the puzzling I did during covid lockdown (found on the floor somewhere) and no idea which puzzle it came from! Now, I can't donate any of my puzzles without knowing which of them has the missing piece! Don't want to drive anyone else crazy. How to label puzzle: "this puzzle may have a missing piece?"
This is my first Puzzles video! I'm happy I found this channel. Big fan of puzzles and it never occurred to me to seek out vintage puzzles to get high quality! I'll definitely have to keep an eye out in secondhand stores.
I think I've done one real jigsaw puzzle ever, but I bought this missing piece puzzle because I love Simon's work. I did not know what I was getting myself into. XD But hey, I found this channel I never would have thought to look for.
It’s a matter of consent. Going into it knowing that it is supposed to be missing a piece makes it ok. To me, nothing is more frustrating than putting together a puzzle, especially brand new from the box, and having it missing a piece.
Missing. Not attracted to doing solid colour puzzles much but enjoyed seeing you suffer through it - you keep taking these on for the team so we don't need to. :-) Great work Karen.
I would definitely do a solid color puzzle 'missing' a piece, especially with random shapes. While I haven't done a completely solid Springbok yet I have definitely done some challenging ones where I relied more on piece shape than the image - "Furry" comes to mind with the baby seal. Happy to see you still have the Jellybean puzzle, love that one.
Omg I laughed when you took out that Heinz puzzle and then you took it out again. Heinz is NEVER going to live that down.😂 I think that an intentional missing piece is kind of fun.
Challenge for a puzzle creator: make a puzzle that can be solved 2 different ways and one way makes it appear that a piece is missing. The other way is the complete puzzle. I’m sure it would take a mathematician to figure out the cut. Lol. This missing piece puzzle gives me anxiety hahahaha. I couldn’t stand it.
I did not in fact send you a link to this puzzle, BUT. The entire time I was watching Simone’s video, I was constantly thinking KAREN SHOULD DO THID KAREN SHOULD DO THIS KAREN SHOULD DO THIS 😂😂😂😂
This hits me hard. I use to watch your videos all the time with my mom in law while I took care of her and she loved listening to you! She passed away a couple months ago!
I'm no dummy, I got this puzzle and sent it to a relative, and I really hope they still like me. She likes a challenge and that is certainly not "MISSING" !!
MISSING. First, this is the first time I've watched someone actually put a puzzle together for a living. And I am stuck watching you, as you know. Yes, I buy puzzles for a reason, I see it and I just HAVE to do it. I have been told that my puzzles tend to match the books I read! I looked at the boxes and they are right! In other words, I get it so I can do it in PUZZLE form, too! I have never sorted pieces except for pulling out the edges first. Yes, at some point I might glance at the picture and then put aside the 'rest of the green ones' for instance. Sorting blew my mind! I would never time myself. Just today, I tried a new game on my tablet and aced it right away because it is timed! I hate being timed. However, I wouldn't get in a car just see how fast it can go, either (can you say NASCAR?). One time, my father and I were on a vacation and driving through Canada in the middle of the day. The highway was empty. The car was new. Father said, "Go ahead and speed until it shakes (that means if you go faster you will blow out the engine)." So, I did! Finally, I said, "Okay, it's not shaking but I just can't go any faster because I'M starting to shake!" It was 125 mph. My father said it was fine to slack off as he was very proud of 125! Loved seeing that green Springbok back. Memories... I did a Glass Apple on a Red Background and a piece was missing. I wrote Springbok. They answered, "We can't send you the piece because all our puzzles are cut differently, so here is a free puzzle." IT WAS THE SAME PUZZLE! I put the puzzle with the missing piece on the wall and gave the other one away because I don't want to do the same puzzle again. Okay, here is my thought. If Samantha has the missing pieces, buyers should get them. Send a SASE to a PO Box with a picture of the finished puzzle and something sitting on it to prove you did it and you get the piece. Happy New Year 2024! (I did a solid red round one so been there, did that.)
This is ASMR for me. Particularly that moment when you finish a puzzle and brush your hand over the surface. It’s the physical manifestation of success.
Just wanted to stop by and say my mother and I love you! We started doing puzzles together years ago, and your videos seem to be the ONE thing we can agree on watching together😂 Thanks for being awesome
This idea is so fun.. It would be even better if the missing piece was random, first bc everyone would have like a unique puzzle but also bc you couldn't be spoiled
The hardest puzzle I've ever done was titled The Wave. It's only completely interlocking pieces were the edge. All others had at least 1 curvy side, some with more than one. It was my mom's. She worked on it in the 60's when I was just a little guy and she gave up on it as too hard and put in away. I found it in the mid 70's as a teen and tried doing it two or three times but gave up also. Fast forward to my 20's and mom moving found it in the closet again. Dogged determination I tried again and finally finished it. Son of a gun, darn thing had one piece missing!
From a business perspective it makes a ton of sense. Assuming the missing piece is different per each box, you get 500 finished products for the price of 499.
My question for Simone is "What happened to all those missing pieces?" A cool piece of art could be created with it so I hope they didn't throw them away.
Haha, the reason I started watching your videos was because when your video was recommended, I wondered how it was possible for someone to talk so much about puzzles XD How can one make a video about puzzles??? Now, not only am I a constant viewer, I've subscribed, and you've also reminded me how much I loved puzzling ;) But I don't have the courage to do a solid color puzzle let alone one with a MISSING piece :O
I can imagine the discussion with the manufacturer. “I need 500 puzzles made for the price of 499”, “I have an idea, just keep one piece from the 499 and make an extra puzzle”, that’s crazy, who will buy any of them”, the internet in unison “we will”
When my husband and I did puzzles, a lot of the time we would hit a point where we got what we called "brain freeze", where your brain just stops comprehending what you are looking at. With this puzzle, it sounds like I could anticipate hours and hours of brain freeze!
No, I don't think I will be attempting a solid color puzzle, especially one with a missing piece. My mind would be missing, too! Thanks for taking the journey for me!
I just saw your most recent Patron only video. First i want to say that you looked particularly lovely. Second, thank you so much for the tour of your apartment! It fills in just a little more of that part of you that you share with the world. I really appreciate it. I can imagine you now moving around like all of us from project to project finishing the most important ones and doing a little everyday on all the others. Fascinating. and Thank you once again! We love you! Please tell me, how many hours do you spend on puzzles every day on average!?!
I hate missing pieces in puzzles when it's truly an accidental miss. But, I love this idea because if you count all the pieces you'll know how many they're actually supposed to be and you're not going crazy looking for that one piece that fell behind a couch etc. I think this is hilarious and very clever especially since it looks like the pieces are well designed which I truly appreciate that attention to detail and quality.
You are so my puzzle queen! I have now taken on a puzzle from an impressionist painter. I bet you could have finished it in hours, I am on day 10 lol. Love from Finland!
I would definitely like the “missing” piece puzzle. As a teenager, 50 years ago, I would do optical illusion jigsaws…black & white boxes, spirals, etc. When completed, I would mount them on cardboard and hang them on my bedroom walls.
This was the first video I've seen on your channel and I am now looking forward to picking up a puzzle again, it's been so long since I've done one! Thank you for the video! I'm excited to pick up my own MISSING puzzle piece puzzle one day haha
I don’t do puzzles and don’t plan too, but I can’t stop watching your videos. Your positive attitude and gentle speaking style is awesome. I fine your videos calming and entertaining. Thank you for the hard work you put into the videos.
i imagine with puzzles like this, its a different part of the brain takes over. no longer relying on pictures and relying on shape finding. truly fascinating
I don't mind if a puzzle is missing "a" piece especially if second hand. I do object when it is new and missing pieces or missing 3 or more pieces without warning lol. I often borrow puzzles from the library so missing pieces comes with the territory 😂 Solid colour puzzles aren't my thing though. The quality of this one does look great. And I'm quite happy to watch you complete any type of puzzle even if not my style 👍
I loved this review! I've been working on this puzzle for several months, finding about 3 pieces per attempt every so often. I'm about 1/4 of the way to completing the whole thing.
I just recently did the black krypt puzzle from ravensburger. Was my first solid color puzzle. Was inspired by you 🙂 But it was a bit of a challenge... And no piece was missing 😉
As a kid, I played a prank on my mom. She had 2 different puzzles of a similar looking sky, so I dumped them together, mixed them up, and put half in one box and half in the other. It took her 2 weeks to sort it out. Imagine doing that with 2 solid color random puzzles...
When I saw Simone's video, I knew it was a matter of days to see a review from you. I really love the concept! But I hope Simone sends you a signed missing piece! ❣️
