NinePeedles

joined 1 year ago
 

Picked up this beautiful puzzle on clearance from Amazon. The only downside to it is there wasn't great variation in the puzzle pieces. So in solid colors it was slightly tedious finding the pieces that actually belonged together

 

Fun and easy

[–] NinePeedles 1 points 1 month ago

This is awesome

 

It was hard to capture a good picture of this one. It's very glossy. This was the first holographic puzzle I've done. The plastic the the hologram is printed on made it difficult to snap the pieces together.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by NinePeedles to c/[email protected]
 

I was the best man in my friend's wedding, and he gave me this puzzle as a gift. The puzzle is a "surprise". There's no reference image which was a little intimidating when I saw all the grass. The pieces are random cut and the corner pieces are formed by joining two edge pieces. It was only 500 pieces though, so not much of a challenge The puzzle quality is very high. The pieces are made of wood and about 3mm thick. The image on the puzzle is of my old dog. She past away about five years ago. She was there for me through some very difficult times and meant the world to me.

 

I can't post the picture of this one because it's different from the box image, and it would be a spoiler for anyone wanting to do it. This was my first escape room puzzle. There are a bunch of hidden clues that create six puzzles. The solutions to the six puzzles reveals a final puzzle. It was way harder than any escape room I've done. I solved three of the six puzzles then decided I wanted to do something else. It was fun.

[–] NinePeedles 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Really cool picture! That's definitely Montpelier.

[–] NinePeedles 2 points 2 months ago

I thought they would be too, but honestly it wasn't that bad. The shades were all different enough to be clear where they belonged. The sky was the only part that was a little tedious, but even that was a slight gradient. All around fun puzzle.

[–] NinePeedles 2 points 2 months ago

This quote sounds like a promo for a porno.

[–] NinePeedles 18 points 2 months ago
 

The picture is pretty outdated (RIP Magic Hat and Vermont Peanut Butter), but it was a very easy and addicting puzzle. Great quality pieces.

 

"A friendly desert community where the sun is hot, the moon is beautiful, and mysterious lights pass overhead while we all pretend to sleep. Welcome to Night Vale."

[–] NinePeedles 2 points 3 months ago

Tis the season

[–] NinePeedles 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] NinePeedles 4 points 3 months ago

Dude looks scrawny AF. You could take him

 

Did this one with my daughter. She's definitely starting to get it.

 

The image would have made this puzzle very challenging if it weren't for the pattern of the pieces. All the pieces alternated between one of two shapes - knobs on the top and bottom with holes on the sides; and holes on the top and bottom with knobs on the side.

It's kinda hard to see when it's assembled, but most of the pieces looked the same when they didn't have surrounding pieces to build the image.

Aside from that, the pieces were small and flimsy.

[–] NinePeedles 3 points 3 months ago

That aligns. The publishing date of the puzzle says 1970.

[–] NinePeedles 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This puzzle looks really fun. I've never heard of BigPotato. What was the quality like?

[–] NinePeedles 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm a software engineer working remotely, and this has been my final blocker with moving to Wayland. Most team chat and collaboration apps finally support full screen sharing on Wayland, but the existing implementation is buggy and unreliable.

 

This puzzle was fairly old. I'm surprised the pieces are all there.

 

My wife and daughter found this weird puzzle at the grocery store. My daughter definitely takes after me.

 
[–] NinePeedles 2 points 3 months ago

I've wondered the same thing. It's impressive.

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