The holographic puzzle is hiding a big secret

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Things are made to be used! I'm so happy you did this puzzle instead of just letting it languish, unpuzzled!

The close-up rainbow shots of the holo reflecting off the light reminds me so much of Simplynailogical. The music, the angles, the holo. It was so perfect. Made me smile and gave me a nice feeling of nostalgia. Thank you for showing off all the rainbows!

To answer your question at the end of the video: I’m deeply invested in Sudoku puzzles, and the Sudoku community definitely has and there’s one Sudoku app that’s infamous for all of their “evil” difficulty puzzles actually being the exact same puzzle! The grids on each puzzle are the same grid but flipped/rotated and with the numbers swapped. These are called “validity preserving transformations,” meaning that the actual solve path for all these “different” puzzles is the exact same — the same techniques can be used. For this reason, most people who are also deeply invested in Sudoku puzzles also ultimately avoid the app!

Ultimate…… when I was a child in the 70’s I remembered doing a puzzle called the compass. For some reason it fascinated me. When I left home, I took it with me. Over the years of moving I lost it somehow and was devastated. About 10 years ago, I decided to look online and found another copy. I bought it and had happy memories solving it. It only took about half an hour for 500 pieces as like you, I am a quick puzzler, but it was very nostalgic. We moved again two years ago, and in a long forgotten box I found my original copy.::::exactly the same picture, but slightly different cut pieces. One was a British release and one was Irish. I made them up side by side for fun and would probably never have noticed. Anyway, sorry for the long comment but the back story was relevant. Side note, my original came with an extra piece that never fit in anywhere, it is not an exact replica of any other piece, it also doesn’t match a single piece shape in the newer one ( it’s a round irregular cut puzzle) I’m wondering how many different versions or cuts of this puzzle there are? Thanks for reading to the end 🧩🧩

Here's my ultimate take on a hobby dupe: I like to sew and am fascinated by vintage sewing machines. Long story short, after WWII, Singer (a major sewing machine manufacturer) granted Japanese manufacturers the patent for their popular Singer 15 model; the goal was to help the country get back on its feet economically after the war. The result were hundreds, if not thousands of "Singer 15 clones," many of which are still around today and all can use the Singer 15 machine manual.

puzzles are meant to be solved. don't feel bad about opening it!

I feel like if cristine were to do a puzzle this would have to be it. Someone should show simply this puzzle

There's nothing sadder than a puzzle 🧩 that has never been solved or a toy that has never been played with. Glad you opened it.

Kudos to you Karen for having the 'Ultimate' cheat sheet and not actually using it to solve the puzzle.

Not knitting needles but yarn - the same yarn can be sold under different labels for different prices. Love watching this Ultimate puzzle solve!

18:12 - Am I the only one who saw the shape of an Among Us figure made by the empty space on the right side? LOL! That was some 'Ultimate' shine on that puzzle, love the way it looks, and I'm glad you were able to show it to us, Karen!!!

The sparkle in the dark was the ultimate. Remember filling a page with rainbow colors then covering with black and etching a drawing? I was imagining removing pieces to make a silhouette "drawing" on the black background

ULTIMATE: The puzzle pieces are celebrating that they finally achieved their destiny as a solved puzzle and a source of enjoyment. They all went to the disco and got down, got funky. They also are beyond thrilled that Karen is the one who freed them from their endless prison inside the box. Karens reputation is well known among puzzle pieces. 😊

In my Lego hobby, there are many off-brand building block sets that make exact copies of official Lego sets (Lego has actually sued some of them over this), and while the piece fitment isn't as perfect as Lego, unless you were a hobbyist, you wouldn't know the difference. Also, Lego has re-released some of the exact same sets from years ago with only slight modifications (ex. the Taj Majal).

While I don’t knit (I crochet) and therefore cannot say anything about knitting needles, yarn companies actually do this kind of thing all the time! Most of the big brand names like Michael’s and Joann’s have their yarns made in other countries (especially Turkey) at factories. This means that the factories, while they are making the yarn for the name brands, will also sell this yarn or the mill ends to other parties for them to market to consumers. This brings in more profit for the factories overseas and is how you end up with a yarn that costs $11.99 per ball from a name brand and only $3.99 from a third party or lesser known company.

You can buy a poster tube in stationary stores for about $10. But go into an archery shop and they'll charge you $30 for the exact same thing but call it an arrow tube.

You’re like the Investigative Journalist but for Jigsaw Puzzles. We Stan!

Yaaay! Karen's back with another puzzle that would melt my brain 😂❤

What do you think? Should I have opened the puzzle or should I have held onto it sealed as a historic artifact?