I actually have thought about that. We do have many different brands in Europe, and I try to collect many different ones. The only ones missing from the collection are from Oceania, Africa and maybe latin america. The other continents are somewhat represented in the collection.
Those are very nice images but I would find some of them very challenging due to large areas of similar texture and colour not to mention the repeating patterns. It's not so bad for a 1000 piece puzzle but when you get to 5000 or 8000 pieces then the difficulty is at another level. You are very courageous my friend.
Yes you are absolutely right. I do think of it too. I actually did not have many big puzzles. Apart from some really big ones like the 24000 pieces of educa. Now I have acquired way too many. It has become somewhat of a collection..
You are a far braver man than I buying multi-thousand piece second hand puzzles. I'd be unable to enjoy putting the puzzles together due to worrying the whole time that there'd be pieces missing. Even if at the end they were all there, the doubt would have spoiled the experience. I assume because you've been happy to buy them then you one of the rare, but lucky, puzzlers that don't mind if a piece is missing from a puzzle you do? The bollywood puzzle is the one in this batch I'd most like to do myself, purely because my wife is Indian so it'd be nice to show her the completed puzzle.
I feel the same way about missing pieces. Even with brand new puzzles, I start worrying that a piece is missing whenever I can't find a piece I am looking for. Most of the time it turns up later but I had 3 brand new puzzles so far that were missing at least one piece and I am sure it's not me who lost them. That's why I enjoy redoing my puzzles. I know that all the pieces are there and all the damaged pieces have been repaired so I don't have to worry about that either.
Yes I know what you mean. Well the Process is what matters mostly, still this 8000 would be really a shame since the build is marvelous. The Bollywood, was stated it has one piece missing, but i got it for 1 euro. So i said I may try it.
@@fellowpuzzler that is an interesting approach. Never actually thought it that way. Still to grow, sometimes you have to get out of your comfort or take some risks..
@@PuzzleWacko Yes. In general, I agree with this principle but, for me, doing puzzles is a way to relax and take my mind off the daily worries so stressing out about missing pieces would be counter productive. Some people don't mind missing pieces. It is the journey that matters not the destination as they say. For me, doing a puzzle that ends up missing pieces feels like watching a suspense movie that cuts off before the conclusion or reading a detective novel that's missing the last few pages. Plus, if you know it is missing pieces, you're always wondering if the piece you can't find is one of them. I shouldn't worry about it but it's in my nature to see that anything I do is brought to full completion, including puzzles.
@@fellowpuzzler Everybody experiences it differently, and it is good this way, since everybody has a unique Character. I too for example don't like to pickup my puzzle because they make fall apart. If I took them apart either it would not be a problem, but I like to keep them complete. It is good that you have found what you like and what you don't. In the end it is something that YOU should enjoy. ;)
I love how you find so many Beautiful puzzles. I wish I could find puzzles like yours here in the United States.
I actually have thought about that. We do have many different brands in Europe, and I try to collect many different ones. The only ones missing from the collection are from Oceania, Africa and maybe latin america. The other continents are somewhat represented in the collection.
Those are very nice images but I would find some of them very challenging due to large areas of similar texture and colour not to mention the repeating patterns. It's not so bad for a 1000 piece puzzle but when you get to 5000 or 8000 pieces then the difficulty is at another level. You are very courageous my friend.
Yes you are absolutely right. I do think of it too. I actually did not have many big puzzles. Apart from some really big ones like the 24000 pieces of educa. Now I have acquired way too many. It has become somewhat of a collection..
You are a far braver man than I buying multi-thousand piece second hand puzzles. I'd be unable to enjoy putting the puzzles together due to worrying the whole time that there'd be pieces missing. Even if at the end they were all there, the doubt would have spoiled the experience. I assume because you've been happy to buy them then you one of the rare, but lucky, puzzlers that don't mind if a piece is missing from a puzzle you do?
The bollywood puzzle is the one in this batch I'd most like to do myself, purely because my wife is Indian so it'd be nice to show her the completed puzzle.
I feel the same way about missing pieces. Even with brand new puzzles, I start worrying that a piece is missing whenever I can't find a piece I am looking for. Most of the time it turns up later but I had 3 brand new puzzles so far that were missing at least one piece and I am sure it's not me who lost them. That's why I enjoy redoing my puzzles. I know that all the pieces are there and all the damaged pieces have been repaired so I don't have to worry about that either.
Yes I know what you mean. Well the Process is what matters mostly, still this 8000 would be really a shame since the build is marvelous. The Bollywood, was stated it has one piece missing, but i got it for 1 euro. So i said I may try it.
@@fellowpuzzler that is an interesting approach. Never actually thought it that way. Still to grow, sometimes you have to get out of your comfort or take some risks..
@@PuzzleWacko Yes. In general, I agree with this principle but, for me, doing puzzles is a way to relax and take my mind off the daily worries so stressing out about missing pieces would be counter productive. Some people don't mind missing pieces. It is the journey that matters not the destination as they say. For me, doing a puzzle that ends up missing pieces feels like watching a suspense movie that cuts off before the conclusion or reading a detective novel that's missing the last few pages. Plus, if you know it is missing pieces, you're always wondering if the piece you can't find is one of them. I shouldn't worry about it but it's in my nature to see that anything I do is brought to full completion, including puzzles.
@@fellowpuzzler Everybody experiences it differently, and it is good this way, since everybody has a unique Character. I too for example don't like to pickup my puzzle because they make fall apart. If I took them apart either it would not be a problem, but I like to keep them complete. It is good that you have found what you like and what you don't. In the end it is something that YOU should enjoy. ;)