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Finding the right pieces Jigsaw puzzles comes in all sorts of shapes and sizes. NewYorkPuzzleCompany. com showcases puzzles featuring images from the Harry Potter books, The New Yorker magazine and transit maps from around the U.S. Springbok-puzzles.com features explosive color puzzles and matching accessories like aprons and umbrellas. At BuffaloGames.com there are Star Wars, Marvel and Pokemon puzzles. WhiteMountainPuzzles.com has a “Happiness Guarantee,” with a phone number to call if you’re not fully satisfied. There is one important note: “If your issue is a missing piece, we simply ask that you give a couple days to thoroughly look around your house to see if your missing piece turns up before calling. It is rare that a puzzle arrives with missing pieces. We have hundreds of stories about pieces turning up days later in peculiar places!” Check out the monstrous “Memorable Disney Moments” at Ravesnsburger.us. It’s a 40,000-piece (you read that right!) jigsaw puzzle, for $599.99. According to the site, it’s confirmed by Guinness World Records as the “largest commercially-available puzzle in the world, in both number of pieces and sheer size.” However, that info seems to be old news. A quick online search revealed that Kodak Premium Puzzle has released a 51,300-piece “27 Wonders from Around the World,” also priced at $599.99, now available through Amazon. The puzzle’s size is 28½ feet wide by 6½ feet high. Still, Ravensburger has 3-D puzzles, like VW Bus
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Campervan, Statue of Liberty at Night and a globe of the Earth. These certainly arouse curiosity, but it may be that we’re quickly slipping into modelmaking at this point. BitsandPieces. com has interesting puzzles and offers other items, like tables, caddies, and organizers made for jigsaws puzzles, as well as glue and frames for anyone who wants to immortalize their efforts.
MARCH 2022 | AtlantaSeniorLife.com
Puzzles fill shelves at the Peachtree City Library, where they can be checked out like books. Photo by Kathy Dean
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