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New Year Message To Our Readers To all our puzzle friends and group members, we wish you a Happy New Year! May we rise above the trials and tribulations of 2021 with a refreshed look into a brighter future of better days ahead.

At Puzzle Hobby Magazine, we will continue to provide you with a solid support base in 2022. We hope you continue to share your experiences with us over this New Year.

Cheers!

The Editorial Team

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PUZZLE REVIEW Fireworks Symphony Brand: Cra-Z-Art Colorluxe Premium Puzzles Title: Fireworks Symphony Pieces: 1500 Size: 23" x 33"

Overall Experience: Good Cut Quality: Very good Board Quality: thickness is medium Shape Cut: random-like and small Image Quality: Good Hardest Area: none Puzzle Dust? none Finish Quality: Smooth-shiney Box Quality: Great Sealed Pieces Inside Box: Yes Was this purchased new? Yes Price: $20.00 Bits & Pieces online Recommend Level: High Time: 12 hours

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Having established the layout, it then turned out to be 5 different little puzzles for me.

After the initial sort was completed I took each section and built the fireworks according to color patterns, starting with the largest of areas and working my way through the rest.

As you can see this Fireworks Symphony puzzle comes color-coded on the back.

There was no need to lay out the pieces once they were sorted according to the color piles.

This image is of the first section that shows the difference between the front image to the color-coded back image shown in a photo above.

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My Puzzle Journal Stacey - Dedicated Puzzle Blogger

I absolutely adore the image of this puzzle, but oh my was it a challenge! Good thing I can be completely stubborn at times, because although I may have wanted to give up on this I never did. I wanted to light it on fire a couple of times, but I wanted to see the finished puzzle even more and I stuck with it. Isn't it gorgeous? It's not your typical puzzle image, and that's part of the draw for me - I gotta be me and I try never to follow the crowd unless they're headed towards someone selling chocolate!

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This is a Schmidt puzzle, and usually their quality is excellent. This is the first puzzle of theirs that I've been disappointed with.

The cut of the pieces was less than good, some of the tabs were completely broken off because the part connecting them was so thin. A couple of the pieces weren't broken on the initial sort, but they broke when I picked them up or tried to place them. I don't know the manufacturing process well enough to know what causes this, but it was completely frustrating!

Here are a few of the broken and almost broken pieces.

Want to see more of my reviews and comments on puzzles? Check out My Jigsaw Journal, there are new puzzles and posts every day!

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E L P M A S A casual way to rent Puzzles. The Puzzle Barn is located at 9130 Zimmerman Rd, Boston, NY 14025. Open during daylight hours. $2 for 1000+ pieces, $1 for under 1000 pieces. Return the puzzle at your earliest convenience. No late fees! Haha. Self check out but feel free to say 'Hello'. Accepting gently used puzzles. Earn 2 free rentals for each donated puzzle.

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Judy's Rock 'n' Roll Puzzle Review Ok, one complaint would be the amount of puzzle dust it has. You can see it as soon as you open the the puzzle box. The puzzle pieces are inside a plastic bag so at least the dust is contained within. But when I started to sort out the border pieces the amount of dust was wayyy more than I've ever experienced. Definitely had to wash my hands.

That is my only issue with this puzzle. The images are gorgeous and the pieces lock together and fit snug but not too tight.

We had such a hoot putting this one together that we did it twice lol!!!

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Jigsaw Puzzle Book of the Month The Ultimate Jigsaw Puzzle Log Book

Are you an avid Jigsaw Puzzler? You need somewhere to track all those completed puzzles! This nifty pocket-sized logbook is perfect for you. For the puzzle connoisseur, you are able to record essential information in template form.

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Each template consists of: puzzle title and artist the size and number of pieces your opinion of the amount of fun in building this puzzle how you acquired the puzzle start and finish dates missing pieces? if you lent it out - to whom? and returned? difficulty level Also has an Index to make easy access to each puzzle's information. This ultimate jigsaw puzzle logbook will prove indispensable for all serious puzzlers.

Book size: 6" x 9", soft cover, 155 pages.

Purchase this great little tracker for yourself or for the puzzle lover in your life!!

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World Puzzle Days

The 2022 World Puzzles Days Event is well under way. There have been many years of this Event but the Founder, Günther Simetsberger will be taking a break for a couple of years.

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If you are interested in seeing what the WPDs is all about, take a look at some of the links below as it is quite the extensive activity that entails an extreme amount of dedication and committed work.

There's plenty of jigsaw puzzles to see in the World Puzzle Days 2022 even if you are not participating this year.

YOUR ALBUM: https://www.puzzlers-paradise.com/all-players SEND FINISHED PUZZLE: https://www.puzzlers-paradise.com/mid-submission-form YOUR PERSONAL CARD: https://www.puzzlers-paradise.com/personal-cards WPD WEBSITE's PINBOARD: https://www.puzzlers-paradise.com/wpd-2022 ALL MINE IS DONE ALBUMS: https://www.puzzlers-paradise.com/mine-is-done RANKINGS: https://www.puzzlers-paradise.com/wpdrankings VISIT OUR PLAYERS OUTSIDE FACEBOOK: https://www.puzzlersparadise.com/playersoutsidefacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/worldpuzzledays2022 REGISTRATION: https://www.puzzlers-paradise.com/registration

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