Plastic Jigsaw Puzzles

Pinto jigsaw puzzles have developed a no glue, plastic product. The pieces are made of hard plastic and snap into place. Once completed a plastic frame is available.

The series is titled "Showpiece Plastic Jigsaw Puzzles with Frame Sold Separately " so they are specific puzzles that are used with the frames.

I discovered these little gems while scanning a fantastic Toy Store for the latest jigsaw puzzle stock. I thought they were worth mentioning because they come with plastic frames that the puzzle slips right into.

The Store Customer Service Rep gave me a demo, which impressed me. I could see that a "board" puzzle may also fit the frames if it was mounted to a sturdy but thin cardboard backing....just sayin ' if you are interested in buying just the frame (to fit your puzzle) as shown in the photos on the website.

I have located the Pintoo Dream Cat in my jigsaw puzzle collection. The puzzles are available in 3 sizes of 300, 500, 1000, 1600 and 2000 pieces and the frames are purchased separately accordingly. While the pricing is moderate it will make an excellent Christmas gift especially for children because of working with plastic pieces rather than the bendable board pieces.

Pintoo - Plastic Vases and Lamps

1. Brand: Pintoo Puzzle Vase 2. Title: British Roses 3. Pieces: 160 4. Size: 4.3" x 4.3" x 10.8" (11x11x27.4cm -WxDxH)

There are step by step photos that will assist you in putting the Pintoo Vase together on the website. You can pour water in the vase and put small fresh cut flowers into it. Here are the photos with details to show visually how to place the Pintoo Vase jigsaw puzzle together. The vase consists of plastic numbered pieces, two rings for the neck and bottom, flask for water and a stand.

You can pour water into the flask. It is necessary to stick it in and turn a bit, then it will be fixed into position. It' s better to finish the assembly in the lower part first. It takes less than an hour.

Lanterns

1. Pintoo Puzzle Sphere Lantern 2. 56 pieces, 3 inches (7cm) in diameter 3. Lantern stand AND 3 AAA batteries (not included)

This was such a delightful gift I received all the way over from Vietnam. I was (still am) thrilled to have this in my jigsaw puzzle hobby.

Of course Aquarius is my birth month, which was a huge attraction for me - but it is also a real cute little night light.

All the little pieces that are included with the package but not the 3-AAA batteries (which is not uncommon). This line of 3D jigsaw puzzles make excellent little keepsakes because they are easily assembled very quickly. They also make unique ornaments and this one doubles as a light.

They are a little tricky to put the Sphere pieces together so you must be mindful of handling it gently. They are made of hard plastic that do snap into place with the numbers on the back of the pieces. But once it is together is it quite solid. It just snaps on the lantern base.

Then you have a handy little lantern - done like dinner....I recommend you try the Pintoo 3D Puzzle Sphere jigsaw puzzle just to have one in your hobby collection.

For such a long time I have always wanted to own a plastic Globe of the World and what a better combination that would be in a form of a jigsaw puzzle. I waited long enough to get one brand new. With today ' s conversion rate it makes this puzzle price to be about $62.00 Canadian...I know! Crazy, right??!! Well this one has been on my wish list for many years and I have had a previously loved cardboard one but once it was assembled it did not look all that pretty. My daughter had an opportunity to visit the Jigsaw Puzzle Warehouse on one of her 'live ' Workshops so she stopped in to buy me a birthday present. She asked me what was on my 'list' . Even though she did not buy this one for me for my birthday (as she purchased me 2 other beauties), I opted out to pay for this one myself as a ' souvenir ' of 'her ' being there and sending me the photos as she shopped. Yes it is easy to justify buying most puzzles :) Ravensburger says the starting age for this puzzle is 12. The poster shows a very nice visual of all angles of the world which is the standard world map. Inside the box, it comes with the 540 hard plastic pieces sealed in the plastic bag, the poster of course, then the metal/plastic stand for the puzzle to be mounted on for spinning and finally the ' cheat' sheet for assembling the entire puzzle. This sure is a luxury kit :) Assembly.. I have assembled these numbered hard plastic puzzles in the past so I have a general idea for my plan to move forward. Since there are 540 pieces I labeled 6 plastic ' snack' size baggies and sorted the number from 1-100, 101-200, 201300 etc. Then I stacked them nicely into the box. I also got a pair of light pliers in case I wanted to tighten the pieces smoothly together. You should know that assembling hard plastic pieces can be hard on tender hands and/or fingers. That said, I found I did not need them in this case. I started to work the pieces in the circular direction that is labeled on each piece. They are numbered AND have a direction arrow pointing the way 'forward' which I found to be quite helpful. I continued going forward until the entire globe was complete by simply following the numbers…so a puzzle-by-number situation! It only took about 3.5 hours and the last 2 pieces were a tad tricky to get into place but I managed on my own easily enough.

Comments

The photos on the website show the completely assembled image in all its array of the world. Nowadays with the internet, the world seems so much smaller however I can still appreciate its vastness when viewing the world on its axel. It was a bit pricey for this one but one that will be a keeper and can easily be reassembled in the future if desired. I can highly recommend this one for its quality when it comes to 3D puzzles such as this :)

Ravensburger Pyramid Jigsaw Puzzle

Along the same lines as the World Globe, I located another Ravensburger at the Thrift store a while back for $1.00. Hard to resist at that price. It’ s a Ravensburger from 2009, titled Spirit of the Sea. The artist is David Penfound with 240 random size pieces and measures 6.3" or 16 cm.

Assembly

The photos and captions on the website shows the assembly process. Note how some pieces look like standard jigsaw puzzle pieces and some are formed with bendable pieces to adjust for sides and peak of the pyramid. The biggestwhitest piece is the actual peak. By laying out all the pieces in numerical order I was able to follow the numbered pattern sheet supplied with the jigsaw puzzle pyramid. It says to start at number one and work the numbers clockwise.

I built the entire base first then determined how the sidewalls were going to attach. Once I realized how they were going to fit, the pieces started to move into place faster. The peak was the trickiest of all and luckily I have smaller hands so I could leave 1 piece out and adjust the peak as best I could before setting the last piece into place. I also used tweezers to help pinch the connecting tips into a solid position. For 240 random cut pieces and 2 hours entertainment I was not really thrilled with the outcome of this Pyramid as the pieces were difficult to maintain a smooth finish on it.