Lions & Tigers & Bears OH MY by Dean MacAdam – Ravensburger – 1000 pieces
FANTASTIC puzzle from beginning to end! The image, the colors, the contrast between bright colors and dark shades – I loved it all. Dean MacAdam, please give us many more images like these, I can’t get enough of them. 💛
Great quality as usual, there were a couple of bent pieces but that happens with every brand once in a while. Great matte finish, excellent fit, and beautiful reproduction. Well done Ravensburger, puzzles like this one are why you have such a stellar reputation for quality puzzles.
I love the silly faces of the munchkins, whatever those things with blue hair are, and that in the trees there are evil bees. So fun!
Scariest flying monkey I’ve seen – much more evil looking than the movie monkeys in my opinion.
It seems that because I’ve never actually read the books I have no idea who these two characters are. The wizard is in the hot air balloon – so who is this guy? And what about the royal rat? Anyone? (I could look these things up online but I’d much rather talk to you guys about it. 😊)
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I’m not that familiar with the characters but so glad you introduced us to this artist! Love his work!
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I highly recommend his images, they’re such fun!
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Unfortunately I don’t know the answers to your questions but I can tell you that it’s a real treat to read the Wizard of Oz Book. It’s quite different from the movie. If you have an e-reader you can download it for free using Project Gutenberg. If you aren’t familiar with PG, it’s a safe and 100% legitimate site to download free ebooks whose copyrights have expired.
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Thanks for the tip!
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Have you done any googling to figure out who those 2 characters are? I’m curious too! I wonder if maybe they are characters from the book?! I also see a terrifying looking cat in one of the trees!! Have you thought about googling to see if the artist has a website and then reaching out to ask him your question?
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I haven’t googled anything I’m afraid. Spending most of my time in bed these days. Perhaps one day.
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I know you are going through a dark patch right now with your physical and emotional health. But I did the googling for you and I’m going to enable you reach out to Dean. You can fill out the contact form or email him directly. Wouldn’t it be such fun if he emailed you back?
https://www.deanmacadam.com/contact
Dean@DeanMacAdam.com
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It would be, thanks!
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I have read the book, but it was a long time ago. Pretty sure at least some of these characters are not in there 🙂
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At least that makes me feel a little less uncultured.
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