THE OFFICIAL UK PUZZLE CLUB - Jigsaw Puzzles
THE OFFICIAL UK PUZZLE CLUB - Jigsaw Puzzles
THE OFFICIAL UK PUZZLE CLUB - Jigsaw Puzzles
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Accessories to<br />
make your<br />
puzzling easier<br />
We’ve had many requests for<br />
information on the latest accessories<br />
we are selling and now we’ve had a<br />
chance to try them all, we’d<br />
like to give you our<br />
thoughts on the benefits<br />
and merits. Let’s start with<br />
the basic Jigboard. If you<br />
prefer to use a board that can be<br />
carried from room to room, used in bed or that sits nicely<br />
on your lap,this fits the bill very well.Light and portable with<br />
a raised edge to ensure your pieces don’t fall off, and a felt<br />
surface that ensures your jigsaw stays in place. It can be<br />
stored easily complete with your partly assembled jigsaw<br />
either under a bed or under<br />
the sofa, ready to bring out<br />
again. There are two sizes 500<br />
piece & 1000 piece. The only<br />
disadvantage was having<br />
somewhere to keep all your<br />
loose pieces. We used the<br />
Jigsafe, consisting of 7 nesting<br />
trays. We could separate the<br />
various colours and still have<br />
one left over to assemble<br />
smaller parts of the ‘puzzle’ before simply sliding them on to the<br />
board. The nesting system kept us tidy taking up no more room<br />
than a normal 1000pc puzzle box.<br />
We then tried out the<br />
Jigframe. No board<br />
needed as the sliding<br />
tray served as a work<br />
surface before being<br />
inserted into the frame.<br />
No glue, no hassle! What<br />
a great idea! You can<br />
change the picture<br />
anytime you like. It’s<br />
very easy and although just in a dark finish really enhances any<br />
room. Available for both 500 and 1000 piece jigsaws<br />
The most impressive of these accessories was the Jigsort<br />
available in 500, 1000, & 1500 pieces. Excellent quality and<br />
beautifully finished.The deluxe zipped holder contains a jigboard<br />
ISSUE 14<br />
It’s a great pleasure to welcome our many new members to<br />
the club.We have certainly increased our numbers somewhat<br />
over the last two month’s and I’d like to extend a big thank you<br />
all for your introductions, letters and ideas. We’re always looking<br />
for new interesting ideas and information to share, so do keep<br />
them coming.<br />
<strong>THE</strong> <strong>OFFICIAL</strong><br />
<strong>UK</strong> <strong>PUZZLE</strong> <strong>CLUB</strong><br />
and four sort trays, each with their<br />
own cover. Easy to use and even<br />
easier to store. No rough edges and<br />
although certainly not the cheapest<br />
on the market, in our opinion it was<br />
exceptional value for money.<br />
And last but not least – The Jigstore,<br />
which does exactly as the name<br />
suggests. It holds seven completed<br />
puzzles in between cardboard layers<br />
and takes up little room.Can be<br />
stored under the bed or any flat<br />
surface and keeps your intact<br />
puzzles safe until you’re ready<br />
to do them again! Colour copy<br />
your picture and you can<br />
dispose of the box.<br />
And just a few more ideas.<br />
For those members who have purchased the 540pc<br />
puzzleballs®, Ravensburger have produced a<br />
magnetic stand to display them in all their glory.<br />
Having spent so much time on producing this<br />
circular work of art, this is a great way to show it off<br />
to your friends and family.<br />
And finally The Christmas puzzleballs® has proved<br />
to be a great success. Think this is going to be the<br />
‘Christmas stocking filler’ for 2006. Six designs at<br />
£4.99 each.<br />
READ ABOUT<br />
Accessories<br />
News & Views<br />
Featured Artist<br />
Previews and coming soon<br />
Readers letters & Jig’s Corner<br />
Official Puzzle Club selected <strong>Jigsaw</strong>s<br />
Keeping in touch<br />
Winning Ways
NEWS &<br />
VIEWS<br />
Best of the Bunch!<br />
I’ve often wondered how our members put together jigsaws<br />
of 4000 pieces and over. Where do you store and sort the<br />
pieces for a start. After many chats with a fellow member, I<br />
was delighted to receive the enclosed photos of his<br />
‘workstation’ and progress on a 6000 piece Clemontoni<br />
<strong>Jigsaw</strong> called the Magna Carta. He has promised to send me<br />
a photo when it’s finished but is giving me updates….. Jig will<br />
give you updates!! Thanks to Mr. Beniston from Ibstock, who<br />
certainly deserves this month’s prize for best of the bunch.<br />
JIG’S CORNER<br />
QUESTIONS &<br />
INFORMATION & MORE<br />
Hello fellow puzzlers. Jig here! Still no praise – but a<br />
postbag all of my own and a letter I found on someone’s<br />
desk that was obviously not going to be published<br />
despite a bit of pleading. Hopefully she won’t notice it’s<br />
gone and I’m in charge of the proofs so can sneak this<br />
one in. I can tell you she was very ‘made up’ to receive it.<br />
TO ALL <strong>PUZZLE</strong> <strong>CLUB</strong> MEMBERS. I feel I must share with<br />
you my delight in being a member of the club. For me, the<br />
best thing about the club is my pleasure in browsing and<br />
having choices in my purchasing of puzzles. Even more<br />
important is Margaret-who is so friendly and chatty, when<br />
I place my monthly order, which is then despatched<br />
promptly and packed securely. So Margaret, my very<br />
special thanks for all your hard work on our behalf-I for<br />
one very much appreciate it. Long may the club continue<br />
to flourish.<br />
Margaret Green - Cardiff<br />
I recently bought the Ravensburger Flokati Butterfly<br />
jigsaw from the Club and was wondering if you could get<br />
another one which is West Highland Terrier in a basket?<br />
This was an exclusive for The Puzzle Club, which was<br />
brought in from Germany. It was very popular and there<br />
are plans to bring in more during 2007.<br />
My wife purchased two puzzles from an RNLI gift shop which<br />
were manufactured by Citadel <strong>Puzzles</strong> Ltd.Being such excellent<br />
quality, I sent for their catalogue which I received with a list of<br />
retailers in my area. They also informed me that they supply<br />
puzzles direct to customer’s home address and on ordering<br />
two, received them within three days. This is what I call<br />
excellent customer service.<br />
Mr.Wakeford from Bognor Regis.<br />
We have recently spoken to Citadel and will be including<br />
this range in the not too distant future. Will keep you<br />
informed. In the meantime, they can be contacted at<br />
PO Box 20, Petersfield, Hants. GU32 2YJ.<br />
I am delighted to join your club.Being a pensioner gives me time<br />
on my hands,so I started (being a puzzler) some years ago.After a<br />
few years, I received a lovely peacock jigsaw from my Grand<br />
Daughter. It was very hard and beautiful, so I decided to take a<br />
photo and have done so ever since.They are in a special album.<br />
Mrs Mason - Cambridge.<br />
That is a very good idea. It helps you keep track of those<br />
you’ve done too,so less likely to purchase the same one twice!<br />
I have recently cruised on P&O’s Oriana where they have at least<br />
one puzzle out in one venue, sometimes two. I helped to<br />
complete at least six puzzles on a two week cruise.The puzzles<br />
on board are mainly Ravensburger puzzles and most have at<br />
least one piece missing.<br />
Mr D Jackman - Chesterfield.<br />
Perhaps it’s time for The Official Puzzle Club to donate new<br />
jigsaws to the P & O Library.There is nothing more frustrating<br />
than completing a jigsaw which has pieces missing.<br />
Can anyone help Mr Rock locate a company who<br />
produce a selection of 2000piece ‘Recordi Arte<br />
puzzles? We’re stumped but I’m sure one of our great<br />
members can answer that.<br />
Mrs Pollitt from Burnley is trying to find a<br />
discontinued Ravensburger puzzle from their collage<br />
series, called Tiger. She has the bear and the wolf but<br />
would like to get hold of Tiger.<br />
Please give us a call or drop us a line if you can help.<br />
Lots of orders for Wasgij Mystery 3,<br />
Destiny 7 and Graham Thomson<br />
Christmas on Ice. Christmas on Ice<br />
will be available in a couple of<br />
weeks. Destiny & Mystery are not<br />
due until end of December or<br />
beginning of January, but we will<br />
reserve them for you. They are £9.99<br />
each.<br />
Gold Members can now order<br />
on line. Simply remember to<br />
key in your ‘G’ Member No.<br />
and your 10% will<br />
automatically be deducted.<br />
Looking forward to hearing from you with all<br />
your questions?<br />
Happy puzzling, Jig.
MEET <strong>THE</strong> ARTIST<br />
Well not quite! We have chosen to feature ‘Olde Christmas’ this month, as one of our<br />
selected jigsaws. It is a montage of some quite memorable Christmas posters which<br />
adorned the trains, buses, railway stations etc before commercial television and radio<br />
came along. This has been produced by Gibsons using images from The National<br />
Archives and the Illustrated London news and we know this will be a favourite for our<br />
members.<br />
WINNING WAYS<br />
Gosh doesn’t anyone share our birthday -15th September?<br />
You’ve still time to let us know.<br />
And ourWinningWays question for Issue 14.<br />
Thomas Kinkade’s Mountain Retreat manufactured by<br />
Gibsons was originally introduced in 2006 in which size?<br />
Our prize for the lucky winner will be the appropriate<br />
sized JIGSORT.<br />
PREVIEWS<br />
James Hamilton Grovely’s latest catalogue enclosed and a selection of <strong>Jigsaw</strong>s just released from 2007 collections<br />
Thomas Kinkade – Four <strong>Jigsaw</strong> Puzzle Collection<br />
(Gibsons)<br />
The Last Supper<br />
1000pc (Ravensburger)<br />
Oakland Bay Bridge – Panoramic<br />
1000pc (Ravensburger)<br />
Beautiful Gardens<br />
1500pc (Ravensburger)<br />
Mona Lisa<br />
1000pc (Ravensburger)<br />
Mans Best Friend<br />
1000pc (JHG)<br />
Spots & Stripes<br />
1000pc (JHG)
<strong>OFFICIAL</strong> <strong>PUZZLE</strong> <strong>CLUB</strong><br />
SELECTED JIGSAWS<br />
A must have addition to your puzzle collection. This superb montage of early<br />
Christmas posters from 1878-1903 reproduced by Gibsons is a 1000pc jigsaw<br />
called Olde Christmas and is available at £10.99.<br />
Olde Christmas<br />
The Best Disney Themes from<br />
Ravensburger. A unique and stunning<br />
montage of everyone’s favourite Disney<br />
Characters-1000pcs at £9.99.<br />
Come Rain, Come Shine by Malcolm<br />
Root and manufactured by Gibson’s.<br />
A nostalgic look into past village life.<br />
1000pc at £10.99.<br />
Best Disney Themes<br />
Come Rain, Come Shine<br />
To order Olde Christmas and /or The Best Disney Themes/ and or Come Rain, Come Shine or any of the other products<br />
featured complete the Order form below and send with your remittance payable to: The Official <strong>UK</strong> Puzzle Club,<br />
PO Box 3351, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2WE. If you prefer not to cut up your newsletter, simply put your<br />
request in writing or telephone our order line.<br />
Please send me:<br />
Price Quantity Value<br />
Olde Christmas-1000pc £10.99<br />
The Best Disney Themes-1000pc £9.99<br />
Come Rain, Come Shine £10.99<br />
Oakland Bay-Panoramic 1000pc £8.99<br />
Beautiful Gardens-1500pc £11.99<br />
Mona Lisa-1000pc £8.99<br />
Christmas puzzleball® 6 designs (each) 60pc. Please specify. £4.99<br />
Last Supper-1000pc £8.99<br />
Thomas Kinkade 4 in One £12.99<br />
Spots & Stripes-Circular 500pc £7.78<br />
Mans Best Friend-1000pc £12.99<br />
Jigstore-1000pc £39.99<br />
Jigstore-500pc £29.99<br />
Jigstore-1500pc £49.99<br />
Jigframe-500pc £29.99<br />
Jigframe-1000pc £39.99<br />
Jigsafe £14.99<br />
Jigboard-500pc £11.99<br />
Jigboard-1000pc £14.99<br />
Jigstore-500pc £15.99<br />
Jigstore-1000pc £29.99<br />
Postage and Packing £3.50<br />
Gold members deduct 10% from above prices Total Value:<br />
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Contact us:<br />
Official <strong>UK</strong> Puzzle Club, PO Box 3351, Wokingham, Berks RG41 2WE · Telephone: 0118 978 9599 · Fax: 0118 979 5077<br />
Email: mb@jigsaw-puzzle-club.co.uk or sales@whispers.co.uk. · Web Address: www.jigsaw-puzzle-club.co.uk<br />
For all international sales we recommend <strong>Jigsaw</strong> Gallery<br />
Tel: 020 8661 7597 · Web address: www.jigsawgallery.com<br />
Helpline, retailers in your area, and general membership enquiries. Tel: 0118 978 9599