8 votes

The biggest smallest puzzle in the world

5 comments

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    Carighan
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    Interesting, but sadly these are pre-order only it seems. Would make for a pretty damn amazing gift if they were readily available but I understand production on these must be quite specific. Does...

    Interesting, but sadly these are pre-order only it seems. Would make for a pretty damn amazing gift if they were readily available but I understand production on these must be quite specific. Does anyone know whether any store stocks these?

    Look fantastic, if I'm honest. And I'm not at all into puzzles.

    1 vote
    1. cfabbro
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      It's not available for pre-order. From the Lazels site: https://www.lazels.com/pages/available Karen talked about it in the middle of the video too:...

      It's not available for pre-order. From the Lazels site:

      Each puzzle design is a limited release and is sold during a one hour, password protected drop. After the hour is over, that design will never be sold again.

      https://www.lazels.com/pages/available

      Karen talked about it in the middle of the video too:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht0cl21Evsk#t=10m40s

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    Algernon_Asimov
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    There is so much "nope" about this video! Oh. My. Gosh. (said with vocal grill, because... of course...) A tiny jigsaw puzzle with pieces you can only handle with tweezers? Nope! That's just...

    There is so much "nope" about this video! Oh. My. Gosh. (said with vocal grill, because... of course...)

    A tiny jigsaw puzzle with pieces you can only handle with tweezers? Nope! That's just ridiculous.

    A jigsaw puzzle that costs about USD550 (≈AUD800)? Nope! Who can afford that just for a hobby?

    Not one, but two, ads in the video (food and dolls). Plus the fact that she was given a free copy of an expensive jigsaw to show on her channel, made the whole video itself feel like an advertisement. Nope!

    And, then, finally... that voice. Sooo muuuch vooocal grrrill. Nope!

    But, it was a fascinating jigsaw puzzle, and I had to watch the video the whole way through to see the prettiness at the end. It might be expensive and fiddly, but it is a work of art, like the lady said.

    I took up jigsaw puzzles during our lockdowns. The minute that lockdowns finished, so did my interest in jigsaws. But this was still an obnoxiously interesting video to watch. :)

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      cfabbro
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      Do you mean vocal fry? That's hardly a fair thing to criticize someone about. It's not like they are making a conscious decision to talk like that. That's just how she talks. If it annoys you that...

      Do you mean vocal fry? That's hardly a fair thing to criticize someone about. It's not like they are making a conscious decision to talk like that. That's just how she talks. If it annoys you that much just mute the video and read the subtitles instead.

      Not one, but two, ads in the video

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      1 vote
      1. Algernon_Asimov
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        That's the phrase! Some voices just aren't meant for narrating. But if I muted the video, I wouldn't have heard her talk about the puzzle! I just skip over the bits which are ads. :) But I...

        Do you mean vocal fry?

        That's the phrase!

        Some voices just aren't meant for narrating. But if I muted the video, I wouldn't have heard her talk about the puzzle!

        Sponsorblock

        I just skip over the bits which are ads. :)

        But I couldn't very well skip over the whole video, even though it was obviously an ad for the puzzle-making company that gave the presenter free stock for her to demonstrate.

        Mind you, despite the flaws, I still watched the whole damn thing. They weren't bad enough to outweigh the attraction of watching this admittedly beautiful jigsaw coming together.

        2 votes