Ravensburger Puzzle QUALITY Comparison 

I get doing the 5,000 piece puzzle to honor your subscribers; however, I think you need to balance out puzzles for pleasure over Speed running them all!! I can see the joy in your face and your body doing this one, not all tense and wide eyed!! I want you to know I only say this as if I was your friend in real life!❤

I love that vintage Ravensburger image! So retro. Thanks for the comparison video, it was great to watch. 😊

This was such a fun comparison to watch. I really like the prong shape and the image on the older puzzle. Thanks so much for sharing.

The motive is "My little world" by Ivan Rabuzin, by the way.

I am in total agreement with the way we both puzzle...shape reliance, specific prongs, don't look at the box much, love texture & color and look at picture just fot section location. Since you are a fast YT-er speed puzzler, that makes me think I can be fast, too???? But I love casual more. Love quality comparison for older to contemporary puzzles ! Would love comparisons when companies change boxes or whatever change it may be, not necessarily vintage puzzles. An example is KI / Playview puzzles. Unified Pieces MAY have a change as well... BTW, since you like prong shapes...maybe a review on ALL existing piece shapes, and their names since none are official? This would be an in- depth research, so maybe it is too time- consuming, but it would be fun to watch...

This was so much fun to watch. It wss nice to hear that you also enjoyed slower paced puzzling for relaxation. I'm glad you are doing the comparisons. Based on your reviews, I have tried different puzzle brands just to see which ones I really like. Educa was one that I decided 'once is enough'. Ravensburger has been consistently very good. Nice to know that even the old ones were as good as the new ones. Will definitely have to be watching for the vintage ones to try. Thank you, Janette.

I've done a couple of new Springbok puzzles and a used one from 2008. So far, they've all been great quality. And the random piece cut is nice to do, once in a while. Hope you can get your hands on some. Also, so glad you got to do a puzzle with a variety of colors, lol 🌈🧩😊

The image is just lovely the box image doesnt do it justice ❤ Congratulations

You should grab a vintage Schmidt puzzle. The one I did a few years ago was absolutely top quality! :) That puzzle was actually the one that got my eyes up for the brand, absolutely loved the quality and had to get some modern ones to see if the quality was still as good and it, of course, was!

I don't have anything specific to say about the puzzle, however I wanted to give a compliment on the editing, this video felt above the standard compared to other recent videos, so that is really cool. Felt like you put a lot of effort into it. I know about the piece shape differences from the older Ravensburger puzzles, since our family had puzzles from the 80s up to early 2000 when I started puzzling them (born 1998, I think I started doing 1000 piece puzzles at the age 4-6). I do also notice that the older ones don't hold together as well, but that might have also been because they've been done before, which could also be the case with the puzzle you worked on in this video. Those 'more flat' piece sides that you showed from the other old Ravensburger 1000 piece were always a lot of fun. Honestly I could see myself still enjoying them today if they were used in the one or other puzzle of their newer releases. They do experiment with a bunch of things and styles of puzzles, but those shapes they have abandoned for some reason.

Ravensburger should reissue that vintage puzzle. I would buy it.

Tee hee you should be a hand model ❤ I adore your videos, I learn something new in the puzzle world that I might not of known Thank you

Enjoying your video. Trying to pick up methods from you, since I'm still slow. I like those old Ravensburgers. Definitely will be on the hunt for one.

Hallo, Janette. Nice video thanks for shooting. Ravensburger puzzles have had a logo their puzzles way before the 1980. The one you have may be a special one, in terms of not beeing in the regular product line. It may have been an order from an individual or a company. Ravensburger has made such puzzles in time. Some times it is stated on the box, sometimes not. I have many puzzles from them and some are from the 70s in my collection, but saddly have not puzzled them yet. WWhen it comes to the cutting, they are a brand that designs or used to design the cuttings dies by hand. Nowadays the puzzles, are less differentiated, to the cutting if you compare them with older puzzles. I have put together a 5000 piece from 1992 where the pieces are like showed and one 9000 from 1998 piece where the cut difference was really terrible... Teribble meaning that it had many misfits which was problematic, especially in the sky. I hope this doesnt happened to the complete collection since I do have a lot in my stash. ;)

Hi Janette, Thanks heaps for a great video 👍. Great puzzle box fart too👀🤣. Seriously it’s good to do a comparison. Springbok have definitely decreased in quality in our opinion. We have modern as well as old (60’s) and the old is superb for fit and box quality. We also really like different prong shapes Master Pieces are a brand that offer a weird cut but great prong shapes which we love. Blue Kazoo have changed their product recently so a review on that would be good. We’ve found Ravensburger to be ok but not great. Puzzle dust 🙁, crumbly pieces and puzzle connection can be a bit off. Schmidt puzzles are excellent, the cut cannot be matched in our opinion. Great video Janette. Warm wishes from Oz. M+C😎😄

The Ravensburger logo was actually introduced in 1974. I guess the puzzle you did was some kind of corporate edition.

Thank you so much for your thorough comparison of “The Evolution of Ravensburger”!! That puzzle looks like so much fun. It’s the same age as my oldest daughter 😂 i agree with you about puzzles with very distinct prong shapes. I feel like my enjoyment level increases with more variety. Wishing you continued success with Nightmare on Green Street, your 5K!

I started a Ravensburger Krypt puzzle, and the thing that instantly annoyed me was the lack of variety in the prongs. It's impossible for me to do it without the solution, and even with it, I find it very, very hard and tedious. It's sad to see they had more shape variety before, and I still don't understand why they don't add more variety, especially on the Krypt puzzles, since they need to be solved based on shapes only.

Your videos are always so fun and educational! I love that old Ravensburger puzzle and liked watching you put it together!!

Cool! I totally agree with you, I prefer puzzles with distinctive prong shapes. I find it easier to spot and put together. You should try Enjoy puzzles, they also have great prong shapes :)

I love that quick thinking about your water bottle. I do like the Black back too. Yes that large table compared to your bed is so much nicer. I love a cut that leaves you knowing it's correct. ENjoyed.

That was a lovely puzzle and interesting to find that it was less than 1000 pieces. I would imagine that most puzzle companies have evolved over the years with piece quality and shape. Some perhaps have gone backwards and the quality of the jigsaws has dropped in comparison to their early days. Costs may well have something to do with that. Some companies have gone in for tighter fits which I find slightly annoying. It makes it more difficult to break up the jigsaw when it is being put away.

Love a random cut, so I'll take your recommendation of checking out the Schmidt brand :)

I love the video for sure! Love that old Ravensburger puzzles have their second life ❤

Have you tried an enjoy brand puzzle? I only ask because I just did my first one and it sounds like you would like them. Tight fit, variety in prong shape, soft feel. I loved the one I did.

Do you have a video of how you break down a puzzle and keep it partially assembled? Thank you

For an accurate count you must weigh the puzzles- Random puzzle cuts will throw off your count, I didn’t know this until I viewed a RU-vid video about weighing for accurate count,

I love that puzzle image! It's a little bit older than me. I would love to try an older puzzle. The oldest I have is about 30 years old from Milton Bradley and not that good quality.

I often hear that OLDER puzzles are the BETTER puzzles because they actually cared more about quality back then, where today it is more about mass quantity, quantity over quality is the modern way of puzzle companies.

The old one looks really nice, especially with those prong shapes! Thanks for the video :) I will be on the hunt for some old Ravensburgers now :D I have Waddingtons puzzle from 1989 and the quality also is very nice - I was genuinely surprised by that :)

Great video Janette. I do own over 24 vintage Springbok puzzles and I would love to give you one to compare with the new Springbok puzzles. Since you are in Slovenia, that is difficult but not impossible. Let me know if you would take one of mine. Otherwise, you can try to get a hold of a vintage Trefl since it is an European brand and compare it with a new Trefl puzzle.

That old puzzle looks like fun! When you were comparing the pieces of the two puzzles, did you mean like if the pieces could be exchanged? Ravensburger makes a new mold by hand for every puzzle, so no two Ravensburger have exchangeable pieces. There is a really fun video of how they make the puzzles: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nylElsB9MkE.htmlsi=WZMpliC5DU8Rsa4w

I have found that all the current Ravensburger puzzles are NOT the same quality. I don’t know if it’s different manufacturing for different series or specialty runs, but there are differences in quality.

Generally old things are better made mostly made to last for ever

You are so cute love you still enjoy puzzling at leisure

First time I've seen a ring on that finger, should we be worried?

Do the other one it’s too green but you can manage to do it ❤