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Jigsaw Puzzles

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Gotta be honest; this doesn't seem quite fair... (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by ccunning@lemmy.world to c/jigsaw_puzzles@lemmy.world
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I don’t think I realize what level of difficulty I was signing up for when I bought this puzzle 😖

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[–] aramis87@fedia.io 11 points 1 week ago

Lol, I used to be into jigsaws and friends eventually started giving me stuff like this. Like "the world's largest jigsaw/crossword", a massive jigsaw that was a massive crossword for you to solve when it was done. 3D jigsaws. Puzzles with no straight edges. A massive 10-footer of an art gallery with like a hundred different paintings in it.

Probably my worst times were when they discovered Schmuzzle puzzles - puzzles where every piece is shaped exactly the same. And the pictures they gave me were useful pictures, like a massive pile of M&Ms ...

[–] slate@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are they all slightly different? They look the exact same

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

They seem only slightly different so hopefully it doesn’t matter. So far there’s always been one that felt a biiiiit better

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Go with the one that feels a biiiit better as the right fit should have no resistance at all.

There is a reason I don't enjoy puzzles and it is the fact that I can look at all of those pieces and notice the slight difference without being able to tell exactly which very similar pieces go together without trying each one. That includes ones that aren't solid colors, but the patterns are similar along the cut lines. Just hours of frustration.

Good luck, hope you enjoy it!

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a sign of a good puzzle. When putting the pieces together all of them should feel a bit off except the correct one.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

This was a four-puzzles-for-sixteen-dollars situation so I may have gotten what I paid for.

[–] late_night@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago

Also looking on the back side at how they fit can be of help. You can see the cut better and tiny mismatches are more noticeable

[–] NinePeedles@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

You got this! Can’t wait to see the post when you finish it.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

It's easy to see that they are sufficiently different to find good matching pairs.

[–] jeljr@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

We are looking forward to the picture of the completed puzzle !

[–] KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of the dragon prince puzzle I bought, this was a common issue. The hardest puzzle was this hokusai one where you had to brute force test a hundred pieces all the same color and shape each placement.

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this the "black bear asleep at midnight" puzzle?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not all of it is this bad. It’s more of an “items on a black background” situation. But it’s the continuous black areas that are a problem. Especially when the shapes are so similar.

[–] Soktopraegaeawayok@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

So, its not a 10 piece puzzle? It comes across like these are thd only pieces in the puzzle... but there are more pieces, right?

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Sorry if I misled folks. I just pulled aside these particular pieces because they were so similar.

This is what I’m working with:

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dude, there aren't even corner pieces or non-edge pieces. You don't do a lot of puzzles, eh?

[–] Soktopraegaeawayok@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I didn't understand what was going on honestly.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Try left column 4th down with right column 3rd down

[–] ceiphas@piefed.social 1 points 1 week ago

Looks like the neon lion puzzle i bought from Aldi... I didn't finish it because of that