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| "Winter Riding School of the Vienna HOF,' F.X. Schmid, 2000 pieces, 36 x 25 inches |
It was another good day at the Goodwill Store. I wandered in today (because the store is right down the block from the high school I pick up my grandson at every afternoon) not expecting to find anything new on the toy shelf, and almost missed these two puzzles because the boxes are so large that I at first thought I was looking at games rather than at puzzles. I was charged $2.09 for each of these even though one has 2000 pieces and the other has only 1000. Pricing at a Goodwill Store is, if anything, predictably inconsistent - you just never know what the price sticker is going to show.
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| "Dear Faces," F.X. Schmid, 1000 pieces, 27 x 17 inches |
You will note that both puzzles are by the F.X. Schmid puzzle company, a company that I know was purchased by Ravensburger in 1998. It appears that these two were produced sometime between 1991 and 1994. As far as I can tell, Ravensburger does not use the Schmid name anymore, but I could be wrong - if so, please let me know in a quick comment.
The boxes remind me of the ones being used by White Mountain these days. They have about the same depth, but are noticeably larger than the White Mountain boxes. Interestingly, the boxes are of identical size and depth, meaning that the 2000-piece puzzle feels "stuffed" into the box, and the 1000-piece one rattles around like half its pieces are missing...sure hope that's not the case.
And my To-Do puzzle pile grows higher and higher...but who could leave these behind?
