What do you think? Would you ever take this beast of a puzzle on? Make sure to head to the description for links to where you can get it and everything else I talked about in the video!

I don’t know why but it is cracking me up to think that an “error” for this puzzle could be not missing pieces but actually having all the pieces. Imagine putting it together and there’s no missing piece 😂😂😂

My five year old watched this with me and then wanted to do her own puzzle with one piece missing. she got a puzzle out, took it apart, hid one piece, and then sat down and said "Okay, so this is Peppa Pig and Rebecca Rabbit with one piece missing" like she was doing her own video intro. Consider the next generation inspired!

No false fits seems like a VERY important metric for solid color puzzles.

Karen: "It doesn't bug me that a piece is missing." Also Karen: "I'm going to ask her if I can have the missing piece!" 🤣

Next up: a puzzle that has no solid edge, extra pieces AND missing pieces - Karen's nightmare?!

“Missing” I hate missing pieces. I’m really trying to get over that pet peeve because it’s bound to happen when you do a lot of puzzles. That being said, this is really cool. Because the piece is intentionally missing, you’ve actually completed the puzzle, even with the one piece being omitted. Something about that makes it OK.

I loved this video so much! Sometimes it’s hard for me to feel proud of the things I do, but watching this gave me one of those rare moments 🥹 With that said: ALL THE MISSING PIECES ARE MINE AND ONLY MINE. Because… fairness? You know. 😂

I think it would be cute to have the "missing" piece but have it framed separately :)

I actually think the missing piece is aesthetically pleasing, so even if you _were_ someone who did puzzles more for the end result than the process, I think that end result would still be satisfying, at least visually. To me knowing the piece is supposed to missing is enough. The puzzle looking good with a missing piece is also enough. It's a solid colour puzzle anyway, so it's not like there's an image that is being obstructed or that remains unfinished because there's a piece missing. I think the missing piece would only really be irritating if you specifcally hate missing pieces in _any_ context (intentional or not), and in that case, you wouldn't buy this puzzle. The packaging and branding make it SUPER clear that there is supposed to be a missing piece, so I can't imagine anyone's going to get caught off guard by that!

Definitely not a “collab” I expected, but when Simone announced her puzzle, I should have expected you’d review it

It would be really funny if people followed your guide to create a "replacement" piece for this one. Alternatively you could make a black piece to fit the space and "complete" it while still keeping the fact it's missing

I think Simone should give you the piece but make it unusable like in a block of epoxy 🤣

I bought this puzzle after seeing Simone's video because I knew you'd get it eventually. I finished mine last week, took me 30 hours. I liked the random cut and piece quality, it's better than others I've done recently. I also kind of like that it's the same piece missing because you can't buy two puzzles and get one that's complete.

I think it would be really funny if Simone did send you one of the pieces, but like encased it in a resin disc or shape of some sort so it's not actually placeable in the puzzle. But you would still have all 500 pieces!

Really living for the shade being thrown for that Heinz puzzle 😆 (as it deserves!! Truly missing the mark as a puzzle)

I think something to consider that Karen didn’t mention is even though it’s slightly expensive, supporting a small female-owned business (and Simone does a lot for inspiring young people to get into the sciences and engineering) makes it more worth it

I really like "castle" for the piece shape with three knobs! Now we just need names for the other types. What about "cheese" for the piece with four inlets?

Karen really said: “I will LITERALLY raise the bar in making the puzzle setup look aesthetically appealing MAX PRO!”

A long time ago, when I was about 10 years old, we had four 100-piece puzzles, three of which had the same pattern. I completed each one a few times. When I got bored, I mixed and matched the three puzzles. Later, I flipped the pieces over and completed what was essentially a blank puzzle. My siblings thought I was weird. LOL. Fun times.

I actually love the idea of an intentionally missing piece and... I think that the aesthetic of the final puzzle is gorgeous, in particular if you frame it and glue it against a dark or colourful background. I am happy to know that it's also a good quality product. I like Simone and all her crazy inventions a lot, so I am happy for her. :)

I don't think I'd ever attempt a solid-color puzzle, *missing* piece or not. I like puzzles with colorful, interesting pictures too much. To me, that's a big part of the lure of doing the puzzle. But I don't mind watching you solve them!

About the clock in the corner. I think it could be a bit smaller, but with larger details. It was also a bit confusing, since it was indicating the time of day, and not how long was spent on the puzzle total. I think in single session puzzles showing the time of day would be okay, but in this it just felt a bit confusing. These small things I think would make it a lot more helpful :)

the local puzzle swap group I swap with has a rule: missing 3 pieces, it must be retired from the group. Some really great puzzles get retired. Thanks for the review.

I did a puzzle today with a missing piece, unfortunately, mine wasn't supposed to be missing 😭 so now I'm crafting a new piece while watching your video!

I love the new timer in the corner. Informative, but not anxiety-producing! Thank you Karen! ♥️

That’s honestly a beautiful puzzle. The darker board really shows the grid of the puzzle. The grid itself is also is very beautiful.

“I know from recent personal experience” 😀😀😀🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼. I can’t wait to see what Karen designs for her own puzzle (line?!). I hope that Simone sends the missing piece! Cute potted plant top and star necklace! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

i think itd be really fun to make your own puzzle piece thats missing, i think thatd make it really personal and i am imagining making a very brightly coloured uv resin puzzle piece to fit in there, i dont have the puzzle myself i just think itd be a fun/nice idea

I want to paint this so bad, you have no idea. It’s literally a blank canvas 🤩

Woot, the follow up video to Simone's! When I saw her video, I thought of you, and then saw your comment on her video! Sometimes KZfaq seems really small, considering I first got linked to you from another KZfaqr (Mark Parker).

I love how 100s of thousands of people all thought of *you* when the puzzle was announced

I brought a 6000 piece puzzle from a thrift shop and was pleasantly surprised to find that all the pieces were there. Even though they were just tossed in the box without being in put in a bag. I was so happy and love the picture of Venice

KZfaq algorithm just recommended me this channel... what a nice, kind and heartwarming person

I absolutely love how the Heinz puzzle has sort of ascended to antagonistic infamy here 💀 I really love puzzles like this! It can be hard to put a bit of a twist on a jigsaw sometimes, I think, so things like this are really refreshing. It might be what we were ✨missing✨ all along!

I thought about having a truly random piece but I think for aesthetics reasons a curated gap is best. I think an interesting compromise would be say five different batches where you don't know which. Like you don't want a missing edge or one layer in because it wouldn't look as good.

When you secured that flappy edge, I finally breathed.

My family is big into puzzles and we like to steal a piece sometimes as a joke. You can start to expect it LOL Edit~Hope Simone sends you a signed MISSING piece!

Love that you did a video about this! Simones Content is amazing and I am very happy about this little kindoff crossover!

Rather then ask Simone Giertz, try finding the manufacturer of the puzzle. Then order any other puzzle from them with this cut, to get this one piece. That way you have the most unique and complete puzzle out there.

I really like how you added the little clock in the corner in some clips where you did the time lapses, it puts your puzzling into real-time perspective which I thought was pretty cool. As always, it’s fun to see your videos!

I love how throwing shade on the ketchup puzzle became one of the staples of the channel :D

Guessing I got recommended this because I watch Simone... but this was actually pretty enjoyable to watch. I liked the tip on separating into piece shapes. I've only ever separated out edges and then by colour doing picture jigsaw puzzles before.

I have zero interest in puzzles and I randomly clicked on this because I saw Simone Giertz's face on the thumbnail, but wow! Your love for puzzles is immediately obvious, and it's always a pleasure to watch enthusiastic people do what they do.

Haha the horrendous Heinz puzzle really left a mark, huh XD What an interesting idea for puzzle! Also, I appreciate the clock, but I personally enjoy watching your journey of fitting it together, so I'm sure others may like it. I do like you declaring your time at the end in comparison to your prediction in the beginning- estimating your time is a good and practical skill that I don't have. Love your in-depth analysis too, it's so thorough and I feel like I have a much better idea of this missing piece puzzle and other related ones :)

Next Simone puzzle should be a truly random missing piece, with the inclusion of another random non-matching, non-fitting piece. 500 pieces of an incomplete puzzle included in the box.

Fun episode! I love your optimism when starting a puzzle! The whole "missing" piece phenomenon is haunting. I have a random piece left over from so much of the puzzling I did during covid lockdown (found on the floor somewhere) and no idea which puzzle it came from! Now, I can't donate any of my puzzles without knowing which of them has the missing piece! Don't want to drive anyone else crazy. How to label puzzle: "this puzzle may have a missing piece?"

I think a puzzle with a missing piece is a perfect gift for someone you like to gently annoy. :D

This is my first Puzzles video! I'm happy I found this channel. Big fan of puzzles and it never occurred to me to seek out vintage puzzles to get high quality! I'll definitely have to keep an eye out in secondhand stores.

Missing. Not attracted to doing solid colour puzzles much but enjoyed seeing you suffer through it - you keep taking these on for the team so we don't need to. :-) Great work Karen.

I learn so much about puzzle solving from just your sorting process alone. I love the tip about changing the color of the backdrop.

This is such a cool video. I love Simone’s reason on why she has a MISSING piece. Lol. Classic.

Love this video, especially the teal background! Great contrast and so colorful (even with the white puzzle!)

"because I thought it would be funny" is the best reason to do anything ever

I think the puzzle is really interesting! The *missing* puzzle piece does seem to add a challenge to the puzzle, and I am a huge fan of Simone's, so I would definitely do it just to support her.

Es la primera vez (creo) que veo tus videos, me gusta tu actitud y que no dejas mucho tiempo entre estar armando en silencio/con solo música y lo que hablas. Gran trabajo, excelente reseña!

Omg I laughed when you took out that Heinz puzzle and then you took it out again. Heinz is NEVER going to live that down.😂 I think that an intentional missing piece is kind of fun.

Honestly, missing pieces in puzzles only bother me because I am excited to see the finished product of it. In a puzzle like this, where it's missing on purpose, I love it because the missing piece is part of the art.

I think I've done one real jigsaw puzzle ever, but I bought this missing piece puzzle because I love Simon's work. I did not know what I was getting myself into. XD But hey, I found this channel I never would have thought to look for.

I don’t do puzzles and don’t plan too, but I can’t stop watching your videos. Your positive attitude and gentle speaking style is awesome. I fine your videos calming and entertaining. Thank you for the hard work you put into the videos.

I've never seen your videos but ur energy is positively infectious. Makes me feel all warm inside.

This puzzle would drive me crazy!! Love the puzzles! Keep up the good work❤

I love how you have become such a vintage Springbok fan. This puzzle also reminded me of the vintage Springbok shapes. Looks like good quality, too. Very satisfying video! (even despite the missing piece. ;) )

This is the crossover I have been waiting for.

This was the first video I've seen on your channel and I am now looking forward to picking up a puzzle again, it's been so long since I've done one! Thank you for the video! I'm excited to pick up my own MISSING puzzle piece puzzle one day haha

this is the collab I never expected but didn't know I NEEDED. always thought you should test out her cool jigsaw table!

I would definitely do a solid color puzzle 'missing' a piece, especially with random shapes. While I haven't done a completely solid Springbok yet I have definitely done some challenging ones where I relied more on piece shape than the image - "Furry" comes to mind with the baby seal. Happy to see you still have the Jellybean puzzle, love that one.

It was cool seeing your comment on their video whenever they posted. It's how I found you and binged so much puzzle stuff.

Love your channel. You make puzzling SO much fun!

I loved this review! I've been working on this puzzle for several months, finding about 3 pieces per attempt every so often. I'm about 1/4 of the way to completing the whole thing.

Love that I’ve found you through a Simone crossover! Love puzzles and am excited to watch more

i find ur videos so relaxing and chill x

I did not in fact send you a link to this puzzle, BUT. The entire time I was watching Simone’s video, I was constantly thinking KAREN SHOULD DO THID KAREN SHOULD DO THIS KAREN SHOULD DO THIS 😂😂😂😂

Quote of the Day: “Ok! So, update: This puzzle is no joke.”

This is the first puzzle of yours that I've found and I love you you're adorabllleeee!!!

Haha, the reason I started watching your videos was because when your video was recommended, I wondered how it was possible for someone to talk so much about puzzles XD How can one make a video about puzzles??? Now, not only am I a constant viewer, I've subscribed, and you've also reminded me how much I loved puzzling ;) But I don't have the courage to do a solid color puzzle let alone one with a MISSING piece :O

It’s a matter of consent. Going into it knowing that it is supposed to be missing a piece makes it ok. To me, nothing is more frustrating than putting together a puzzle, especially brand new from the box, and having it missing a piece.

This is amazing. I just recently found your channel and i had that puzzle in mind and was secret wishing this video would happen! hahah Good job! haha

this is the puzzle that should be framed... and then hanging next to it a mini frame with the missing piece

I think I definitely enjoyed watching you complete this puzzle more than I would ever enjoy doing it. The missing piece isn’t bothersome, it’s the single color concept. I had a hard enough time doing the 1000 Colours puzzle after I watched you do it!

This hits me hard. I use to watch your videos all the time with my mom in law while I took care of her and she loved listening to you! She passed away a couple months ago!

I love the addition of the little clock during the timelapses💕

After seeing your comment on her video I've been waiting for this. So excited!

Love your commentary as always! Hope your neck’s alright, I don’t think mine would hold up sitting and looking at something for that long

I never knew watching someone do a puzzle could be so much fun lol. Thanks!

MISSING. First, this is the first time I've watched someone actually put a puzzle together for a living. And I am stuck watching you, as you know. Yes, I buy puzzles for a reason, I see it and I just HAVE to do it. I have been told that my puzzles tend to match the books I read! I looked at the boxes and they are right! In other words, I get it so I can do it in PUZZLE form, too! I have never sorted pieces except for pulling out the edges first. Yes, at some point I might glance at the picture and then put aside the 'rest of the green ones' for instance. Sorting blew my mind! I would never time myself. Just today, I tried a new game on my tablet and aced it right away because it is timed! I hate being timed. However, I wouldn't get in a car just see how fast it can go, either (can you say NASCAR?). One time, my father and I were on a vacation and driving through Canada in the middle of the day. The highway was empty. The car was new. Father said, "Go ahead and speed until it shakes (that means if you go faster you will blow out the engine)." So, I did! Finally, I said, "Okay, it's not shaking but I just can't go any faster because I'M starting to shake!" It was 125 mph. My father said it was fine to slack off as he was very proud of 125! Loved seeing that green Springbok back. Memories... I did a Glass Apple on a Red Background and a piece was missing. I wrote Springbok. They answered, "We can't send you the piece because all our puzzles are cut differently, so here is a free puzzle." IT WAS THE SAME PUZZLE! I put the puzzle with the missing piece on the wall and gave the other one away because I don't want to do the same puzzle again. Okay, here is my thought. If Samantha has the missing pieces, buyers should get them. Send a SASE to a PO Box with a picture of the finished puzzle and something sitting on it to prove you did it and you get the piece. Happy New Year 2024! (I did a solid red round one so been there, did that.)

I love your Passion For puzzles Bravo Looked like a Tough Puzzle

Ok, Karen, your outfits are always so dang cute. I sort my pieces exactly the same way, and always have done it like. Thanks for giving me the confidence that I do in fact know what I'm doing in puzzling.

True story: I once got a puzzle that had an extra piece. I'm sorry, whomever was ahead of me in the assembly line.

Just wanted to stop by and say my mother and I love you! We started doing puzzles together years ago, and your videos seem to be the ONE thing we can agree on watching together😂 Thanks for being awesome

I just recently did the black krypt puzzle from ravensburger. Was my first solid color puzzle. Was inspired by you 🙂 But it was a bit of a challenge... And no piece was missing 😉

The hardest puzzle I've ever done was titled The Wave. It's only completely interlocking pieces were the edge. All others had at least 1 curvy side, some with more than one. It was my mom's. She worked on it in the 60's when I was just a little guy and she gave up on it as too hard and put in away. I found it in the mid 70's as a teen and tried doing it two or three times but gave up also. Fast forward to my 20's and mom moving found it in the closet again. Dogged determination I tried again and finally finished it. Son of a gun, darn thing had one piece missing!

This puzzle reminds me of a 1000 piece puzzle I did, the first puzzle I tackled during quarantine, where myself and later my mother (after she got kind of jealous and started working on the puzzle too) looked for AGES for this one piece only for it to be gone in the end. That was in like april of 2020. We moved in May of 2022 and the piece finally resurfaced during the last parts of the move. I almost threw the puzzle away but the miraculous little guy showed up to be saved for a future attempt

When I saw Simone released a jigsaw puzzle with a missing piece, this was added to my list of future puzzles to buy! Also I really loved the video she made of the puzzle table and wish I had one too!

I just saw your most recent Patron only video. First i want to say that you looked particularly lovely. Second, thank you so much for the tour of your apartment! It fills in just a little more of that part of you that you share with the world. I really appreciate it. I can imagine you now moving around like all of us from project to project finishing the most important ones and doing a little everyday on all the others. Fascinating. and Thank you once again! We love you! Please tell me, how many hours do you spend on puzzles every day on average!?!

I love that you are learning to sew! Way to go! A very important and underused skills these days

I don't mind if a puzzle is missing "a" piece especially if second hand. I do object when it is new and missing pieces or missing 3 or more pieces without warning lol. I often borrow puzzles from the library so missing pieces comes with the territory 😂 Solid colour puzzles aren't my thing though. The quality of this one does look great. And I'm quite happy to watch you complete any type of puzzle even if not my style 👍

You are so my puzzle queen! I have now taken on a puzzle from an impressionist painter. I bet you could have finished it in hours, I am on day 10 lol. Love from Finland!

I love the clock up in the corner! I think that is a brilliant idea :)

Did anyone else realize her mic falling off at 12:35??😂 I loved the video!!