Forbidden Planet Jigsaw Puzzle | $16.95

Putting together this 1,000 piece Forbidden Planet Jigsaw Puzzle from the NeatoShop brings the reward of seeing the movie poster from the 1956 science fiction classic -and the reward of having a good time with your family and friends! The final size is 20″x27″. It makes a great gift, too! Check it out, as well as the other neat jigsaw puzzles available at the NeatoShop.

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Doctor Who Jigsaw Puzzle – $16.95

Attention Doctor Who fans! Do you feel that you are misunderstood by your family? Maybe you need to share your love of all things Doctor who with the 1,000 piece Doctor Who Jigsaw Puzzle from the NeatoShop. This puzzle is a great way to spend quality time with the family. It will also give you the opportunity to drone on and on about all your favorite characters and episodes.

Be sure to check out the NeatoShop for more Puzzles and fantastic Doctor Who items.

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Gerhard Mayer makes enormous mosaics using old jigsaw puzzle pieces as his building material. Some are abstract and fanciful — fairytale castles and space epic scenes — but I found this skyscape to be especially captivating.

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This clock would be really neat for a puzzle enthusiast or anyone who wants a one-of-a-kind item on their walls. The clockworks come with five puzzle pieces attached and twelve more that you add in your own design. Link

Angus Hines cut plywood into jigsaw puzzles pieces, coated them with polyurethane, and made them the floor of his Carrollton, Virginia home. The Flickr set at the link shows the progression of his work.

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I *love* jigsaw puzzles but haven’t had the time to put one together since I have kids. Who has the time? (Plus, I’m sure that if I even try now pieces would be eaten forthwith by said kids). So, when Smart-Kit asked me to do a review of their online puzzles, I jumped at the opportunity.

First of all, there are limitations to a Flash-based online jigsaw puzzle: the workspace is limited and the pieces are already rightside up. But the benefits far outweigh the limitations for a casual gamer like me. For one, you’d never lose a piece! Pieces virtually snap together when you get the right ones next to each other – and no rotating necessary (so I guess that rightside up pieces is actually a benefit after all).

You can select how complicated you’d like the puzzle dimensions to be: 4×3, 8×6 (the one above), 12×9 or if you like a challenge, 16×12. See the pic above? It took me about 8 minutes to complete – just the right amount of time for a little fun break at work.

We’ve covered Smart-Kit before on Neatorama (they also have many more non-jigsaw puzzles – like the SwizzlePop! and the Hidden Object Puzzle: Find the Bear, for instance), so for a quick online fun, give ‘em a try!

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