Completed 8th November 2026

  

 500 pieces

The three-toed or three-fingered sloths are arboreal neotropical mammals. They are the only members of the genus Bradypus (meaning "slow-footed" in Ancient Greek) 

Photo: @Sebastian, Adobe Stock.com

Editor: Cornelißen, Germany - made in China.

Completed 7th November 2026

  

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 The World of Mythical Creatures - a jigsaw puzzle filled with fantastic creatures

designed by Renata Latipova 

by Good Wives and Warriors (UK, 2018/2021)

Manufacturer: Laurence King, Germany, 2022

made in The Netherlands

 

 

Tiddalik (Toad, left), Goorilla the Rainbowsnake 

 

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Europe: Pegasus (winged horse, greek mythology), Fenrir (white wolf, northern mythology), Silant (partly snake and bird, winged, eastern Europe), Basilisk (ancient Rome), Arkan Sonney (Isle of Man), Phoenix (greek mythology, rises from the ashes).

Also: Roc (ancient Persia), Yeti (Himalaya), Quilin (chinese mythology) 

 

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Shenglong (blue dragon, China), Kumino (a fox, Korea), Fenghuang (bird, China), Tanuki (a racoon, Japan), Kawauso (Shapeshifter, Japan), Airawata (threeheaded Elephant, India), Kurage-no-hinotama (jellyfish, Japan)

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Raven (Haida-Gwali Islands), Thunderbird (the biggest of all totem animals), Michabo (created the world according to the Algonquin people), Hodag (a chimera of a dinosaur and a toad), Akhlut (a mix of an Orca and a wolf, according to the canadian first nations)

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Fenghuang (again) and Abaia (Eel, Melanesia - Southpacific)

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Carcinus (a red lobster), Enchantado (a pink dolphin that lives in rivers, Brazil), Itzpapalotl (goddess that looks like a butterfly

 

Development process of a 2000pcs. "Favole"-jigsaw puzzle - started 25th July 2026 - update: 6th November 2026

 A friend and I have the same jigsaw puzzle in our collection. And we’ve had it for at least 15-17 years. 

 The first brilliant idea: we’ll start assembling it at the same time. 

The second brilliant idea: we’ll only work on it during our weekly phone calls. 

Crazy? No! Okay, here we go

 

Day 1 (25th July) 

unboxing with Herfried, the Octopus. It was amazing opening the foil and bag for the first time after this jigsaw puzzle has been produced and sealed

and my friend

 

Day 2 (1st August)

 

  

 Day 3 (8th August)

 I started to assemble the frame and my friend worked on the mask

 

Day 4

 

 My friend worked on the mask and the robe of the lady.

 

 

I managed to complete the frame and moved everything onto two white boards. Day 4 brought some success on the long hair of the lady and the chest of the man. 

 

 Day 5

 

 

Day 6 (4th September)

 

  

 

Day 7 (18th September)

 

 ... Pause ...

 

Day 8 (17th October)

 

 

 

 Day 9 (30th Oct.)

 

 

 

Day 10 (8th November)

Completed 31st October 2026

 

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Lighthouse on the Rock

by Dominic Davison, 2025

Manufacturer: Schmidt Spiele, Germany 

Completed 25th October 2026

 

500 Pieces

Illumination's Minions  

Innovakids Family Pack including a 25pcs, a 36pcs, a 49pcs and a 500pcs jigsaw puzzle 

Completed 24th October 2026

  

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I like Birds - by Stuart Cox

The artist spent his early years on England's South Coast, where he enjoyed Birdwatching. Later on he went to Scotland to work as a graphic designer and started illustrating the birds he saw there.

Manufactured by Ravensburger, 2020

Details include robins, blue tits, goldfinches and bullfinches 

 

Completed 18th October 2026

  

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Neon city: New York City 

  40° 43′ N, 74° 0′ W

©deberarr / ©elvis901 / ©lunamarina / ©Michael Lisi / ©Oleksandr Dibrova - stock adobe / © Fotolia

Manufacturer: Trefl, Poland 

 

 New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States. It is located at the southern tip of New York State on New York Harbor, one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs—Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island—each being coextensive with its respective county. It is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area.

 With an estimated population of 8,586,038 as of 2026, distributed over 300.46 square miles (778.2 km²), New York is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the country's second-most populous city.

The city's mayor is Zohran Mamdani, a Democrat and Democratic Socialist who was elected in November 2025. Mamdani took office shortly after midnight in a private ceremony on January 1, 2026.

 

 The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World, 

40°41′21″N 74°2′40″W 

French: La Liberté éclairant le monde; colloquially known as Lady Liberty) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor. The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel. 

The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.

 

Completed 11th October 2026

  

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The World of Royal scandals * from Henry VIII to Queen Victoria 

by Barry Falls

Manufacturer: Laurence King Verlag GmbH, Germany - 2026 The Orion Publishing. Printed in China

 

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Details will be addded soon! 

I visited the zoo in Dortmund

 It's been ages since I visited a zoological garden and it was about time. It was a cold but almost sunny day and here we are 

 

Kleinmann's tortoise (Testudo kleinmanni) - tiny and very quick. The critically endangered species is native to Libya and possibly extinct in Egypt.

 

 

Six-banded Armadillo (Euphractus sexinctus) are efficient diggers and form burrows to live in and search for prey. The armadillo is alert and primarily solitary. An omnivore, it feeds on insects, ants, carrion, and plant material.

 

A family of Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris)

 

 

 Red-legged Seriema (Cariama cristata) is widely distributed in South America, occurring in central and eastern Brazil through eastern Bolivia and Paraguay to Uruguay and central Argentina. When they lay down for a sunbath, they look like they are dead which forced the Zoo to fix a board to inform visitors

 

The Himalayan Tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus) is a large even-toed ungulate native to the Himalayas in southern Tibet, northern India, western Bhutan and Nepal.

 

  The Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) is a medium-sized penguin. It resides in South America, along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile.

 

Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus)are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra. Fruit is the most important component of an orangutan's diet, but they will also eat vegetation, honey, insects and bird eggs. They can live over 30 years, both in the wild and in captivity. This Orangutan is a male and leader of the group of orangutans in the zoo.

 

 

The king vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) is a large bird found in Central and South America. While in flight, its wings are held flat with slightly raised tips, and from a distance the vulture can appear to be headless while in flight. This one just had fun eating a dove

 

 

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also known as the lesser panda, is a small mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China.

African spurred tortoise (Centrochelys sulcata) also called the sulcata tortoise, is an endangered species of tortoise inhabiting the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and the Sahel. It is the largest mainland species of tortoise in Africa. In the wild their lifespan is unknown but is believed to exceed 75 years.

A Serval (Leptailurus serval) is a wild small cat native to Africa. It is widespread in sub-Saharan countries, where it inhabits grasslands, wetlands, moorlands and bamboo thickets. This one was sleeping tight