Increasingly Difficult "Where's Waldo?" Jigsaw Puzzles!

Increasingly Difficult "Where's Waldo?" Jigsaw Puzzles! | Part 2 of 2

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Жыл бұрын

The exciting conclusion to my 2-part "Where's Waldo?" jigsaw puzzle series. With the 100-, 550-, and 1000-piece Waldos under my belt, it's time to take on The Beast -- the 3000-piece Where's Waldo puzzle from Aquarius!
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@leahsdreams Жыл бұрын

There is no way I'd continue on the 3000 piece with all those issues... you really are a trooper for getting it done & giving it a passing mark!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

It was still fun! And they’ve got the market cornered for giant Where’s Waldo puzzles, so it’s not like I can recommend a different one 😆

@rosiesprinkles8965 Жыл бұрын

You are so brave! I would have quit when I saw only one puzzle shape.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

😆 Believe me, I wanted to

@starbyray7828 4 ай бұрын

Wow you must have an amazing amount of patience and stamina to tackle that puzzle!!!

@danielsociety9234 Жыл бұрын

Missed opportunity to show us the piece with Waldo on it! Did you find him? Lol

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Oh gosh, I totally forgot to do that! I did it on the first three puzzles. Well, I showed you where Odlaw was at least!😆

@anyoneofus9948 7 ай бұрын

He's at 7:47 just under the ship.

@rustleosilk 8 ай бұрын

Wow - good job. I did a 500 piece "Where's Waldo" I found it fun but a lot of my friends said they would never tackle it. 3000 pieces is a monster.

@sandrasvri9286 Жыл бұрын

This puzzle looks so discouraging but it's so satisfying as it's put together!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

It felt like I was getting nowhere until around 17 hours in, that part was rough

@persnicketypuzzler Жыл бұрын

Dan, you deserve a medal for doing all those Waldo puzzles! Glad you muscled your way through it! Great job! :0)

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think I deserve a medal too 🏅😆

@nanschafer9999 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the Waldos! I always enjoy your critiques of the puzzles and manufacturers too. 👍

@anselimnida Жыл бұрын

Another awesome video! Loved the whole Waldo project and all your thoughts about puzzling. Bravo on finishing all of them and thank you for sharing the experience with us!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@joaniemeow Жыл бұрын

Wow that was something 😂. I admire your patience! Also, Odlaw in French is "Pouah" which is kind of weird now that I think about it lol. When I was young, Pouah was my favorite for some reason 🤷🏼‍♀️😂 I did a 500 piece Star Trek puzzle from Aquarius and I had so many false fits and I could also see a lot of pixels. It sucks because they have so many cool images but the quality is not great.

@franka99ytube 11 ай бұрын

At about 8:00 you nailed all the issues I had when I worked this puzzle. I took photos of the box on my iPad and zoomed in. I only worked it to completion because I didn’t want it to beat me; I wanted the win!

@puzzlephile 11 ай бұрын

That iPad trick is a good idea, I’ll have to remember that!

@bebespeaks7827 8 ай бұрын

I’ve noticed that Aquarius puzzles don’t come with posters. I’ve done 2 Aq puzzles, a little 100pc that just came with a 2x4” baseball card sized mini pic, the other just relied on the box image for a 1000pc Nickelodeon Characters Collage. I don’t plan on buying Aq puzzles again due to lack to poster, overly glossy texture, and 2x2 in/out single cut piece size bugging the hell out of me. There were a lot of repetitive colors, poor outlines, colors that didn’t quite match the box art but was still same placement. Aquarius puzzles to me are just inadequate and untrustworthy.

@tinaolesen1136 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan.. For mention "Holger" from Denmark ❤ 👍 Tina, Denmark 🇩🇰😊

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I hope my pronunciation was okay!

@donnapalmer1727 Жыл бұрын

I give you major props for doing all the puzzles!!! I like how real you keep it about the piece quality!!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I try to show you the good, the bad, and the ugly (like that wonky edge piece!)

@kathylynn1375 Жыл бұрын

always entertaining..... you are a brave man..... I would not attempted to do the 500- 1000 or the 3000... of wheres waldo..... but was happy to go on the adventure with you......loved the math segment.. tooo funny....

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I have plans for some more Puzzle Math coming soon (geometry!)

@victory6924 Жыл бұрын

Your resilience is admirable. Well done👏

@carriemummy 7 ай бұрын

Its almost as if they created a novelty puzzle that they didn't actually expect anyone to try to complete.

@booklover6963 Жыл бұрын

Well done !

@lisasnyder2811 11 ай бұрын

Ours has the same issues with the bottom piece with the purple and green

@sigalmeir Жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm new subscriber and I love your channel. Can you please do a tour of the puzzles on the shelves behind you? The Galison Rainbow Crystals on the middle shelf in particular? Have you done it already? Can you please show some footage?

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I have done the Crystals puzzle and it was really fun! The pics are in my Instagram, but I didn’t do any video of that one unfortunately

@scientistforscience Жыл бұрын

Another wonderful presentation. Love the segments like Puzzle Math. Camera work is so good. The story of the puzzle and the technical details are enjoyable. I agree about how puzzles make one slow down and appreciate the details of the artwork. 👩‍🎨

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I’m planning to bring back Puzzle Math soon 👍

@siliril Жыл бұрын

That single edge piece not properly fitting would have ruined this puzzle for me. Kudos on actually finishing it!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

One of the weirdest things I’ve encountered

@thepuppygoesup Жыл бұрын

Absolute madman for finishing this one. I would have stopped once I saw every piece was 2 in 2 out 😂 i recently finished the 2000 piece buffalo pokemon stained glass puzzle and my piece management consisted of just sifting through the box and grabbing certain colors. Would not reccommend. Thats a great term for it! Thanks for the video!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I’ve never been able to do the box sifting thing, but lots of people swear by it

@zvjezdanapuljanic8891 7 ай бұрын

Congratulations

@susannelson5441 Жыл бұрын

Dan, you are such a puzzle nerd! I love your channel and I learn something new from every video. Congrats on finishing the all the W puzzles. Did you find Waldo in the 3000 piece?

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I did find him (this one was easy) but I guess I had too many other thoughts about this puzzle, because I totally forgot to show him!

@auntyjulez9819 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I did the 3000 piece Aquarius "Peanuts" puzzle and I loved it. Varied piece cut and it came with a poster. No fit issues at all. Kudos for finishing this. I'm not sure I would have!

@annesnyder3909 Жыл бұрын

Nice to hear about the quality. I have considered that one many times but after the Waldo one I keep passing it up.

@auntyjulez9819 Жыл бұрын

@@annesnyder3909 It was an impulse buy at TJ Maxx last December. I couldn't pass it up for $14.99! The nice thing about the Peanuts one is the background. Since it's all comic strips there are no big solid areas to deal with.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I guess I’m learning that you never know what you’re going to get from Aquarius!

@andromeda156 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Amazing effort, I would have given up :) About that one edge piece not fitting, that piece was probably from the puzzle that was cut just before yours. That piece got unjammed, and the piece of your puzzle stayed in the cutting frame.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Oh I hadn’t thought of that! Thank you, I hated not having any reasonable explanation for it

@courtneykappel370 Жыл бұрын

You are a champion! I did the 550 and that was enough Waldo for me!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

The Land of Waldos or another one?

@courtneykappel370 Жыл бұрын

@@puzzlephile Yes, the Land of Waldos. Then after that I did a Ravensburger Challenge Smurf puzzle and that was even harder for me. I’m really enjoying your channel. Thanks for the fun content.

@johnmarshall9065 Жыл бұрын

Same size pieces - put me in a straight jacket with a helmet and off I go to my rubber room. Good job finishing and maintaining your sanity.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

It should be illegal

@annesnyder3909 Жыл бұрын

Great job on the 3000 pc Waldo. I bought that one and didn't get past the boarder. I emailed Aquarius asking about a printed poster. They sent me a picture via email in return so I could enlarge areas to see better. I definitely had trouble with that beige/yellow top edge. You have inspired me and someday I will pull it out again!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Yay, give it another shot! I didn’t feel like I was getting anywhere until about 17 hours in, but the second half was very rewarding

@zvjezdanapuljanic8891 7 ай бұрын

It's time to put it together now

@ammalyrical5646 Жыл бұрын

These kinds of busy images aren't my thing. This reminds me a lot of the puzzles made from the art pieces from Jan van Haasteren (a Dutch artist). I did a 500 piece one of those my grandma lend me and was like: never again. Give me all the Josephine Wall art pieces with whimsical art and weird textures or a good set of rainbow gradients or even a starry night sky, but not this. This was satisfying to see come together. What did you end up doing? Finish the gradient or get a new board?

@ashleyjohnson9651 Жыл бұрын

i love doing the vintage seed catalogue puzzles, i just wish there were more. especially the floral ones. so pretty to look at that i glue them and turn them into posters to hang on my walls (im quite into florals and my walls are bright salmon so the flowers look very cute with the theme)

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I bought a new board 😆 I did finish Drops of Color later, but I didn’t want it to slow me down with the 3000

@jamondbillyard390 Жыл бұрын

I found this very interesting. I have done this exact same Waldo puzzle. Mine came with a poster and the pieces were different shapes with no false fits. Not just two ins and two outs. The quality was good.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

How bizarre! Did the box look the same as mine?

@jamondbillyard390 Жыл бұрын

@@puzzlephile yes. The exact same box as well

@jamondbillyard390 Жыл бұрын

Same brand as well.

@FoxDragon Жыл бұрын

Mental note - avoid Aquarius. I HATE identical piece cut puzzles XP

@puzzlepiece9509 Жыл бұрын

Well done for getting this jigsaw done, even if it was a slog at times. A shame that some of the pieces didn't fit properly. One way to get a larger image would be to either scan it or take a photo and then print it so that it comes out a bigger size than on the box. Can be helpful with a busy image like the Waldo ones. My jigsaw size limit is 1000 pieces as I just don't have the room to do anything bigger.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Now why didn’t I think of that! Good tip for the future 👍

@Darknienna08 Жыл бұрын

Im working on a 3000 aquarius puzzle also rn. Its nickelodeon characters, which is super busy but luckily each character is very distinct. But like this one, only 1 piece shape and the sorting is exhausting. I'm calling it my summer project lol

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

Ooh I’m curious to hear how you enjoy it

@netherfugitive838 Жыл бұрын

damn good job! I get so discouraged just sorting out a 1000 piece puzzle and you're over here solving a 3000 piece one, kudos to you man. (also did you find Waldo on the 3000 one?)

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I did! I forgot to show it, but I swear I did 😆

@milenabusch8862 11 ай бұрын

In Brazil is Wally

@victoriapaine8831 Жыл бұрын

Wow! What a puzzle! For me, it’s a shame it was lacking in quality in the cut and a good poster for reference would have been nice. I appreciate when a puzzle company has good clarity in image for large piece counts.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I still enjoyed it, but when you’re putting in such a big time investment, you definitely wish the manufacturer had put in some effort as well

@marcialanger7244 Жыл бұрын

Dan, I just recently subscribed to your channel a couple of days ago. Never, would i ever… make this puzzle! Kudos to you for choosing this image and completing it. I am really enjoying your style and personality. I was so happy to see you hold the box of Buffalo Games “Bubbles of Color”. I just bought that a couple weeks ago and haven’t made it yet. Now I’m wondering why you haven’t finished it. I’m hoping I won’t be disappointed with my purchase. I know others have commented that you didn’t show us where Waldo was. I’m hoping you remembered to look!! Aargh!! 😅

@sigalmeir Жыл бұрын

I also bought it recently.

@auntyjulez9819 Жыл бұрын

I did the 1000 piece version and loved it.

@marcialanger7244 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for letting me know. 1000 piece puzzles are my usual go to but I want to push myself out of my comfort zone and try the 2000. I think it’s very beautiful 😊

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I just let myself get distracted by other puzzles (mostly Waldos 😆) I have finished it now and I enjoyed it a lot. The water drops add an interesting element to the gradient. Tip: you can use the shadows and highlights on the drops to figure out which way is up! I was way too far into the puzzle by the time I realized that

@marcialanger7244 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip!!

@mojo0risin Жыл бұрын

i am really on the fence to biy this one, I like Waldo but I have read bad review about this one, do you recommend?

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I did enjoy it, and I’m glad I finished it, but there were a lot of quality issues so you have to go into it knowing that the puzzle may not be perfect.

@stacyssassystyles Жыл бұрын

ugh, I would have tossed this seeing 2x2 ha!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

You know I wanted to 😆

@ksandquist1 Жыл бұрын

This puzzle would annoy me with the pieces being similar and the outside piece that doesn’t fit!

@Lyntintin1 Жыл бұрын

The quality of that 3000 pc puzzle is just wrong. Large piece puzzles are not cheap to begin with, then to have all those quality issues?!?! I give you lots of credit to not just continue that puzzle but to FINISH IT!!! Great job!!! Yes it's time for a break from Waldo!!!

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

This one is actually not all that expensive, which should have tipped me off as to what I was in for!

@zombiedude245 Жыл бұрын

You didn’t show where Waldo was in this one

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I totally forgot this time! He was easy to find in this one, too

@suebrown3194 Жыл бұрын

Dude! You couldn't PAY me to do that 3,000 piece puzzle! Did you end up buying another board to build it on or scrap the color bubbles puzzle?

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

I bought another foam board 😆 I did finish Drops of Color later, after this video was finished

@Pupkiwi Жыл бұрын

Aquarius puzzles have garbage quality control. Last one I did was 1k pieces and it still had ones that didn't align correctly.

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

So hit-and-miss, it’s crazy!

@amandaegeskovhald8222 Жыл бұрын

*Removes from wishlist * This puzzle is viciously disappointing! And it looked like so much fun before I saw this video, it's been on my wishlist for months ;.;

@puzzlephile Жыл бұрын

It WAS fun, I’m glad I did it… and I wish everything about it was better 😆

@vincentbanksjr.7509 5 ай бұрын

All the same shape back 8n box

@HenriettaBiggle 9 ай бұрын

I would have nope-d out of this puzzle after seeing only 1 shape, and Im not one who relies too heavily on piece shape. Also, Im not a fan of this puzzle brand.

@watchman9198 4 ай бұрын

Your channel name scares me just a little

@dario-viva 23 күн бұрын

17:37 you are rounding both the piece counts and the time spent. but in math you should not round intermediate numbers. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rL6HqdOl3NWnnGw.html or if you do that, at least display the end result with only one digit after the decimal point