This is the hardest puzzle I've done yet (Patreon)

I honestly don’t know what I was thinking for this video. Originally I was going to do the Contour puzzle that I showed in a previous haul video, but then I thought it might be too similar to the puzzle I’m doing in next week’s video. Then I was thinking of doing a 3D puzzle that’s not really 3D (more on that in a video next year), but I want to get a second example of that type of puzzle off of ebay, and the timing wouldn’t have worked out for when I needed to shoot this video. Then I was thinking of doing the color-changing puzzle, but when I have a sponsorship clip like this, I like to pair that with a vintage puzzle rather than something that’s currently on the market, so that the sponsored product isn’t competing with anything else in the video.

So I landed on pairing these two “puzzles of puzzles.” The first one went totally fine, but the second one ended up being WAY harder than I expected. When you watch the video, you’ll see if I ended up going through with finishing it.

https://youtu.be/_jIYeqrsGts

Speaking of puzzles of puzzles, I know that my Ravensburger puzzle has been unavailable on Amazon again. The first printing sold out, and the second printing has already been ordered, but it’ll take a little time for the inventory to arrive at Amazon. But Ravensburger told me they think it’ll be available again before Christmas, so hang tight!

In other news, my channel passed 200,000 subscribers this week! This is extra meaningful to me because my old DIY channel never quite hit that mark. It was stuck at about 195,000 for ages, and then I stopped posting there so obviously it hasn’t grown any further. A huge thank you to every single one of you for subscribing.

I know that this video was a very dramatic one, but I promise you that I’m totally fine and excited to keep making puzzle videos. I have two more videos to make this year (which will hopefully be simpler than this week’s video!), and then I’ll be taking a few weeks off for Christmas to fully recharge. I’m definitely looking forward to taking a break!

Thank you for watching and being a patron. I’ve really loved having this smaller community to talk to more directly, and I hope you’re all having a great start to the holiday season!