LIFE ARRIVES!

24,000 pieces of pure awesomeness just showed up today! We are gonna hold of a bit before jumping into this one, we just finished Rizzi and soon to be a section of 4 Historical Maps, time to do some small ones. The big ones are a ton of effort.

Mercedes visit home!

Mercedes just loves this one! So do I!

Sissy Puzzling

M's mom and little sister working hard on finishing so they can go to bed!

Between puzzling and being goofy M and her sister had a great time together, as usual! And surprisingly they did finish the puzzle. 

Light at the end of the tunnel

About 200 pieces to go! I made a lot of progress tonight. Using the pencil rub technique was really helpful on the "odd" piece columns and others as you can see what piece was needed and cut down your searching! I was able to rub a section from the other half I had completed to start getting the ocean filed in places. Once I finished the first half, I slipped the remaining puzzle on top so the pattern is obvious. I really jammed about 200 pieces in an hour and now I can see the light! The remaining pieces are all the standard shapes and a lot of plan dot pieces, so it will not go as fast!

All the big boys have a repeating pattern. Once you establish it, then you can use it to make assembling the rest a piece  of cake!

Here I placed the rub under the section I was working on, works wonders! Its not super high definition on the knob differences, but you get shape and placement pretty well.

Geting there. After this I split the puzzle in half and placed the unfinished half on top of the completed half

3D Puzzling. It's not as bad as you might think....

Palpitations 1000pc by Schmidt

I found this puzzle this morning and would really like to but it but I cant seem to find a place to do it... Its a new 1000 piece from Schmidt. When I try to order from their store, the dont ship to the US...

Palpitations - 1000pc, Schmidt

Here is where you could order it in Germany: http://www.schmidtspiele-shop.de/puzzles/erwachsenenpuzzle/herzklopfen

I really need a german puzzle friend who will ship me puzzles from abroad....


UPDATE: I remembered seeing a press release about a US distributor annoucement for Schmidt so a big of google work and I found the new importer Lion Rampant Imports and sure enough, its for sale in the US! http://lionrampantimports.com/product.htm?Product=SCH58154&Source=Category&Category=SCHMIDT%20SPIELE


UPDATE: Nevermind the last update, they are the wholesale distributor and are in Canada..... soooo close.

The Big Boys

Here is the list of every puzzle I know of that has more than 5000 pieces. Please feel free to ping me with additions/corrections! We plan to collect and build every puzzle ever made over 5000 pieces.

As a follow up to the worlds largest puzzle arms race post, the order appears to be:

• Wildlife (33,600 - Educa, 2014)
• Double Retrospect (32,000 - Ravensburger, 2010)
• Life (24,000 - Educa, 2007)
• 4 Maps (20,000 - Weltkarte, 2004)
• 4 Historical World Maps (18,240 - Ravensburger, 2003)
• Sacred and Profane Love (13,200 - Clementoni, 2002)
• The Temptation of St. Peter (12,000 - Ravensburger, 1983)
• Dolomites (7,500 - F.X.Schmid,1980?)

The history before that is a bit muddy... enjoy the list!

33,600 Pieces
	Wildlife	Educa	33,600
	Artist: Adrian Chesterman Released: 2014 Notes: Currently Worlds Largest Commercial Puzzle Owned: Started: 3 Completed: Assembled By: Notes: Worlds Largest Commercial Puzzle
32,000 Pieces
	New York City	Ravensburger	32,256
	Artist: Released: 2014 Notes: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Double Retrospect	Ravensburger	32,256
	Artist: Keith Haring Released: 2010 Notes: Currently Worlds Largest Commercial Puzzle Owned: Yes Started: 1/31/2013 Completed: Assembled By: Tom Notes:
24,000 Pieces
	Life	Educa	24,000
	Artist: Royce McClure Released: 2007 Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: #13434 Was worlds largest, displacing 4 Maps from Weltbild's 4Maps (20,000pc)
20,000 Pieces
	4 Maps	Weltbild	20,000
	Artist: Unknown Released: 2004? Owned: No Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: Was world's largest. Came as 20 bags of 1000 pieces each
18,000 Pieces
	Sistine Chapel	Educa	18,000
	Artist: Michelangelo Released:2014 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: A re-release in a larger format.
	Antike Landkarten	Weltbild	18,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	St. Columba Altarpiece	Educa	18,000
	Artist: Weyden, Rogier van der Released: 2003 Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: #12048 Educa's only 18,000 offering and their largest until Life. I purchased this puzzle at Card Kingdom of Seattle in June of 2013 and hauled this monster as my carry on luggage all the way back to St. Thomas. Amazingly enough, I found it unopened 10 years after it was released for $179.
	At the Waterhole	Ravensburger	18,240
	Artist: David Penfound Released: --- Owned: Pending Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Paradise Sunset	Ravensburger	18,240
	Artist: David Penfound Released: 2012 Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	4 Historical World Maps	Ravensburger	18,240
	Artist: Nicholas Visscher,Johanne A Loon, Abraham Ortelius Released: 2003 Owned: Yes Started: 5/11/2013 Completed: --- Assembled By: Tom and Mercedes Notes: Worlds Largest Puzzle - Displaced Clementoni's Sacred and Profound Love
	Tropical Impressions	Ravensburger	18,240
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	City Skylines of the World	Ravensburger	18,240
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Country Seasons	Bits and Pieces	18,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
13,200 Pieces
	The Last Supper	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist: Leonardo da Vinci Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Notes:
	The Annunciation	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist:Leonardoda Vinci Released: Feb 2002 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Sacred and Profane Love	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist: Titian (Tiziano Vecelli) Released: 2002 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: This was the worlds largest puzzle, finally displacing Ravensburgers 12,000 Temptation of Saint Anthony.
	Band of Thunder	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Creation of Adam	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist: Michelangelo Released: --- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Lahaina Vision	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Dolomites	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:---
	Nova Totius Terrarum Sive Novi Orbis Tabula	Clementoni	13,200
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
12,000 Pieces
	Creation of Adam	Ravensburger	12,000
	Artist: Michelangelo Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	New York	Ravensburger	12,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	The Temptation of St. Anthony	Ravensburger	12,000
	Artist:Hiëronymus Bosch Released: 1983 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: This was the first 12,000 piece puzzle and was the worlds largest for nearly 20 years.
	Neuschwanstein Castle	Ravensburger	12,000
	Artist:--- Released: 1985 Owned: Pending Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Whats with the Educa/Ravensburger.... any ideas?
	Vista Hacia Afuera (Beautiful View)	Schmidt	12,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
10,000 Pieces
	The Surrender of Breda	Educa	10,000
	Artist: D. Velazquez Released: 2007 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #13433
	The Last Supper	Yanomen	10,000
	Artist: Leonardo da Vinci Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Tower of Babel	Yanomen	10,000
	Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	The Garden of Earthly Delights	Educa	10,000
	Artist: Hiëronymus Bosch Released: 2001 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Comes in a wooden box.
	Las Hilanderas (The Weavers)	Educa	10,000
	Artist: Velazquez Released: 2003 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #12030
9,000 Pieces
	Wedding Feast at Cana	Ravensburger	9,120
	Artist: Paolo Veronese Released: --- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Tower of Babel	Ravensburger	9,120
	Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released: --- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Arrived and damaged. Counted pieces and two were missing.
	Astrology	Ravensburger	9,120
	Artist: David Penfound Released:--- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	The Bombardment of Algiers	Ravensburger	9,120
	Artist:Thomas Luny Released: --- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Underwater Paradise	Ravensburger	9,120
	Artist: David Penfound Released:--- Owned:No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	World Map 1611	Ravensburger	9,120
	Artist:Peter van den Keere Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Garden of Earthly Delights	Educa	9,000
	Artist: Hiëronymus Bosch Released:2011 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #14831
8,000 Pieces
	The Shootings of May 3rd	Educa	8,000
	Artist: Goya Released: --- Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: Educa's first 8000 piece offering
	Trionfo degli Asburgo (The Glory of the Spanish Habsburgs)	Educa	8,000
	Artist: Luca Giordano Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #10122
	La Parnasse	Educa	8,000
	Artist: Nicolas Poussin Released: 2003 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #12029
	School of Athens	Educa	8,000
	Artist: Raffaello Released: 2007 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #13432
	While She Was Sleeping	Educa	8,000
	Artist:--- Released: 2012 Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #15168
	Cottage Stream	Educa	8,000
	Artist: Kim Sung Released: 2010 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #14454
	Sistine Chapel	Educa	8,000
	Artist: Michelangelo Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Art Studio	Educa	8,000
	Artist:--- Released: 2012 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #15172
	The Surrender of Granada	Educa	8,000
	Artist: Francisco Pradilla Ortiz Released: 2001 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #7948
	2000 Years (History of man)	Heye	8,000
	Artist: Degano Released: 1998 Owned: Pending Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: We are building this puzzle as our first puzzle in our puzzle building service.
	Berlin	Heye	8,000
	Artist: Ryba Released: 2002 Owned:--- Started: no Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	New York	Heye	8,000
	Artist: Ryba Released: 2002 Owned:no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	African Savana	Grow	8,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Peasant Wedding	Grow	8,000
	Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Sixtinische Kapelle (Sistine Chapel)	IdeenShop	8,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
7,500 Pieces
	Extinct, Protected andEndangeredWildlife Around the World	F.X.Schmid	7,500
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Dolomites	F.X. Schmid	7,500
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By: Notes: Worlds Largest
	Skyline New York	F.X.Schmid	7,500
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
6,000 Pieces
	What Happens in Vegas...	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Venice	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: --- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	The Creation of Man	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: Michelangelo Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Ramsau	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Zodiac	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: Pending Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Forest (Tropics)	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Magna Carta	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: Claes Janszoon Visscher Released:--- Owned: Yes Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: See the write up about this piece here
	Neuschwanstein Castle (Red Sky)	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Majestic Kingdom	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	New York by Night	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Allegory of Sight and Smell	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	Toadstool Cottage	Educa	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	The Art Studio	Educa	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Late Summer Garden	Educa	6,000
	Artist: Released: 2011 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #14830
	Love's Labours Lost	Educa	6,000
	Artist: E.L. Long Released: 2010 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #14453
	Good Old Days	Sunsout	6,000
	Artist:Nicky Boehme Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Butterfly Rainbows	Sunsout	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Balloon Glow	Sunsout	6,000
	Artist: Nicky Boehme Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Noah's Ark	Sunsout	6,000
	Artist:Tom DuBois Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Bodnant Garden	Heye	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	In the Mountains	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Views of Ancient Rome	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	New York	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	In The Mountains	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Spring	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Wedding Feast At Cana	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Girl	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Matterhorn	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Historic World Map	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Map 1635	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Sunset on the Sea	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Thomas Kinkade Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Battle of Lepanto, 7th of October 1571	Educa	6,000
	Artist: H. Letter Released: 2001 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #7136
	Battle of Lepanto	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Playing Cards	Piatnik	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	The View	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: Pieter Bruegel the Elder Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	San Francisco	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Neuschwanstein Castle (Blue Sky)	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Villnoss Valley	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: Released: 2005 Owned: Pending Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #12027
	Vacation	Piatnik	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Las Meninas (Dames in Waiting)	Educa	6,000
	Artist: Diego Velazquez Released: 2005 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #12028
	Consecration of the Emperior Napolean and the Coronation of the Empress Josephine	Educa	6,000
	Artist: Jacques-Louis David Released: --- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #14129
	What A Crowd	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist:--- Released:--- Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes:
	A New and Accurate Map of the World	Piatnik	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Tower of Babel	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Yes Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Collage	Educa	6,000
	Artist: E.B. Leighton Released: 2006 Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes: #13040
	Nautilus	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Chain Bridge - Budapest Hungary	Piatnik	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Belvedere Castle, Vienna	Piatnik	6,000
	Artist: Released: Owned: Started: Completed: Assembled By: Notes:
	Tegernsee, Germany	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Artisans d'Autrefois	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Times of the Day	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: A. Mucha Released: Mid 80's? Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: Our first 6000 piece puzzle and our first Nathan Puzzle.
	Picture Gallery	Nathan	6,000
	Artist: Givonanni Paolo Pannini Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Old World Map	Educa	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: 2008 Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:  #13777
	Japanese Garden	MB	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Glacier	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: Yes Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:No.625 6055
	Windjammer Voilier Goletta a Vele Quadre Zallschip the Tall Ship Fullriggare	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	A Composition in Blue and Yellow	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Anne Geddes Released: 2012? Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Palms	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Earth Angel	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: Josephine Wall Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Fantasy	Clementoni	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	New York City	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Sailboat?	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Linderhof	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	Neuschwanstein Castle	Schmidt	6,000
	Artist: --- Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes:
	The Surrender of Breda	Educa	6,000
	Artist: D. Velazquez Released: 2001 Owned: No Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #10121
	The Surrender of Granada	Educa	6,000
	Artist: Francisco Pradilla Ortiz Released: 2007 Owned: no Started:--- Completed:--- Assembled By:--- Notes: #13431
	The Flower Market	MB	6000
	Artist: Marie Francois Firmin-Girard Released: --- Owned: no Started: --- Completed: --- Assembled By: --- Notes: