Framed Jigsaw by Hajime Katsumoto

A 16 piece jigsaw and the designer has even put 15 of the 16 pieces in place for you. Made harder because you can turn the pieces over too.

The puzzle is high quality and made in Germany by Jean Claude Constantin

This puzzle is new and packaged as it was originally sold. Since retirement I’ve had some unsold stock of puzzles listed on eBay. I’m listing these items at lower prices than eBay in case you win an auction item and want to take the opportunity to combine ship other items. The photo is the standard one we used on our website.

Original text describing the puzzle from our website is below.  And general information about payment and shipping below that.

Original Text from Mr Puzzle website:

This puzzle looks quite innocuous at first glance. 

A 16 piece jigsaw and the designer has even put 15 of the 16 pieces in place for you.

Being able to solve the puzzle in any pattern will be a challenge. But you can make the puzzle with a checkered pattern too.  Some of the pieces have a different colour on each side. And it is possible to turn them over. 

Think again.

The first clue is that the designer is the amazing Japanese designer Hajime Katsumoto.

Then there’s the clear acrylic covering over all but 4 pieces in the centre of the puzzle. So how are you supposed to get the last piece in the top right corner? For that matter how are you supposed to move any of the others around so you can make space to slide that last piece in?

And when you study the puzzle it seems like there are more than 4 corner pieces. So where can they all fit in the puzzle?

So many questions.

On the other hand, it is one of those puzzles you can leave on your coffee and without any description or instructions, people will instinctively know exactly what they should do. 

And because it doesn’t have that many pieces it really shouldn’t be that hard.

Hajime Katsumoto is an incredible puzzle designer and consistently wins awards for his puzzles at the annual International Puzzle Design Competition. In 2018 he won the Jury Grand Prize for his 5L Box, narrowly beating two other entries that were jigsaw puzzle themed; the 29 piece jigsaw by Yuu Asaka and the 9 piece Nosey Puzzle by Alexander Holroyd. We think Hajime Katsumoto’s Framed Jigsaw is good enough to be his next award winner!

The puzzle is made in Germany by Jean Claude Constantin

The puzzle has a Blonde wood frame . The pieces are mixed darker colours and some even have different colours on one side to the other.

Size: 136mm x 136mm x 12mm 

No solution is provided for this puzzle but that just means there’ll be no chance of cheating!

General Information

We much prefer payment via Wise or other bank transfer. PayPal is also possible.
After the sale please message me to let me know if you would like standard or express postage. Rates below. Do not pay until I send you the invoice for the full amount

The puzzles will be shipped from us here in Australia by Australia Post
Cost to ship this puzzle Standard:  Australia AU$15 - NZ AU$28 - US/Canada/Asia  AU$35 - UK/EU/Scandinavia AU$40
Cost to ship this puzzle Express:  Australia AU$18 - NZ AU$45 - US/Canada/Asia AU$53 - UK/EU/Scandinavia AU$58
Other countries please request a quote.

Import duties/tariffs are not included in the final price.  The import duty or tariff rate may be different for every country so please check the rate that applies to your own country.  It is usual practice that import duties or tariffs are paid by the buyer at the point of import or delivery in your own country. 
USA is the exception. The USA government has mandated that the tariff be paid to them from Australia before we can send the parcel. The tariff percentage for puzzles made in Germany is currently set at 10% + Customs clearance fee.