*Puzzle difficulty level: High* Janette: " *ARE YOU CHALLENGING ME?* " Thanks for giving us a little tour of the places you used to live at in London & congrats on finishing such a difficult puzzle!🤍
Wow. What a nightmare. Whatever fun you had with the beginnings of that puzzle were sucked right out with all the white that was the same shaped pieces!!!! I give you so much credit on not tossing it all away. Kudos to your sister and her help!
Haha yeah the white section was quite something 😅 made me rethink my life choices of being a puzzler haha 😂😜 my sister is always there to help me when I’m losing it so I’m very happy to have her 🥰
I recently did an old puzzle displaying a map of Europe. I understand why a tube map has a neat white background. But why not give the water in map puzzles at least a tiny gradient. Same deal as with this puzzle: took me about 2:30h to do the first 800is pieces and then it took another 90 minutes for the rest. And those were properly cut Ravensburger pieces in various shapes. These details are so important in my opinion. Some puzzles seem terrifying at first due to a large section of one color, but some gradient in color or texture makes it enjoyably easy. And others only have a small section of a single color, but it is a nightmare. Puzzle companies should watch out for that more! On the tube map puzzle, I could imagine changing the perfect white to a photo of a printed tube map with a little paper texture on it, that changes ever so slightly with the light.
I have to agree with you! There are so many things that can make a puzzle more enjoyable, like the piece cut or the slightest gradient. With this tube one, they could for instance add the zones on the map like it is in real life, and make every second zone maybe like a pastel yellow or greyish - this would make the puzzle so much easier. Or even just change the cut with this particular puzzle because having all ribbon grid cut pieces is just the last thing you want 😅 I think the problem is that sometimes people who design puzzles don't actually solve puzzles and don't know what makes a puzzle enjoyable 🤷🏻♀️
Oh it was 😅 I don’t think I ever wanna do this puzzle again. It’s a shame a piece is missing because I’d genuinely send it to you 😊 that part was definitely satisfying I agree 😁👌🏻
Wow, congratulations on finishing that puzzle ☺ Once I had a similar situation when I basically had so many blue pieces left and I was doing exactly the same as you with those solid white pieces 🙈Nightmare...
Thank you! Oh I feel your pain! This one was a nightmare too 😬 I don’t mind that much having a single colour section but at least make the pieces different cut 😅
Hello, why do you sort pieces horizontal and vertical? Aren't they same pieces when you turn them? How do you decide which one is horizontal and which one is vertical?
Hey! With some puzzles you can actually figure out what's vertical and horizontal because some pieces are going to be wider and some longer. With this one specifically I think I only got around 20 of them wrong, so I think it was quite obvious what is what. It doesn't happen with many puzzles that it's so obvious 😁
Hi guys I hope you enjoy the video 😊
What’s your favourite thing about London? 🇬🇧
I loved this video. Reminded me of my trips to London and having to figure out that tube map and bus routes. Great job Janette!
Thank you! It's so easy once you figure it out though 😁
*Puzzle difficulty level: High*
Janette: " *ARE YOU CHALLENGING ME?* "
Thanks for giving us a little tour of the places you used to live at in London & congrats on finishing such a difficult puzzle!🤍
This puzzle really was difficult 😅
I’m glad you liked the tour and thank you! 🥰
Wow. What a nightmare. Whatever fun you had with the beginnings of that puzzle were sucked right out with all the white that was the same shaped pieces!!!! I give you so much credit on not tossing it all away. Kudos to your sister and her help!
Haha yeah the white section was quite something 😅 made me rethink my life choices of being a puzzler haha 😂😜 my sister is always there to help me when I’m losing it so I’m very happy to have her 🥰
I recently did an old puzzle displaying a map of Europe. I understand why a tube map has a neat white background. But why not give the water in map puzzles at least a tiny gradient. Same deal as with this puzzle: took me about 2:30h to do the first 800is pieces and then it took another 90 minutes for the rest. And those were properly cut Ravensburger pieces in various shapes. These details are so important in my opinion. Some puzzles seem terrifying at first due to a large section of one color, but some gradient in color or texture makes it enjoyably easy. And others only have a small section of a single color, but it is a nightmare. Puzzle companies should watch out for that more! On the tube map puzzle, I could imagine changing the perfect white to a photo of a printed tube map with a little paper texture on it, that changes ever so slightly with the light.
I have to agree with you! There are so many things that can make a puzzle more enjoyable, like the piece cut or the slightest gradient. With this tube one, they could for instance add the zones on the map like it is in real life, and make every second zone maybe like a pastel yellow or greyish - this would make the puzzle so much easier. Or even just change the cut with this particular puzzle because having all ribbon grid cut pieces is just the last thing you want 😅 I think the problem is that sometimes people who design puzzles don't actually solve puzzles and don't know what makes a puzzle enjoyable 🤷🏻♀️
Robert Fredrick has done a A-Z London 1000 piece, would be good to do, I’m gonna have a go
Nice! It looks like the board of Scotland Yard game I have at home 😀👌🏻 Good luck with it! 😉
I love any sort of map puzzle. :)
They’re quite fun to do I think because they have writing on it and it makes it slightly easier 😁
That looked so tough to do! 😓 I loved seeing the different Tube lines coming together though - so satisfying! 😀
Oh it was 😅 I don’t think I ever wanna do this puzzle again. It’s a shame a piece is missing because I’d genuinely send it to you 😊 that part was definitely satisfying I agree 😁👌🏻
Wow, congratulations on finishing that puzzle ☺ Once I had a similar situation when I basically had so many blue pieces left and I was doing exactly the same as you with those solid white pieces 🙈Nightmare...
Thank you! Oh I feel your pain! This one was a nightmare too 😬 I don’t mind that much having a single colour section but at least make the pieces different cut 😅
Hello, why do you sort pieces horizontal and vertical? Aren't they same pieces when you turn them? How do you decide which one is horizontal and which one is vertical?
Hey! With some puzzles you can actually figure out what's vertical and horizontal because some pieces are going to be wider and some longer. With this one specifically I think I only got around 20 of them wrong, so I think it was quite obvious what is what. It doesn't happen with many puzzles that it's so obvious 😁