I attempted Simone Giertz’s Solid White Puzzle (with one piece missing!)

What do you think? Would you ever take this beast of a puzzle on? Make sure to head to the description for links to where you can get it and everything else I talked about in the video!

I don’t know why but it is cracking me up to think that an “error” for this puzzle could be not missing pieces but actually having all the pieces. Imagine putting it together and there’s no missing piece 😂😂😂

My five year old watched this with me and then wanted to do her own puzzle with one piece missing. she got a puzzle out, took it apart, hid one piece, and then sat down and said "Okay, so this is Peppa Pig and Rebecca Rabbit with one piece missing" like she was doing her own video intro. Consider the next generation inspired!

No false fits seems like a VERY important metric for solid color puzzles.

Karen: "It doesn't bug me that a piece is missing." Also Karen: "I'm going to ask her if I can have the missing piece!" 🤣

Really living for the shade being thrown for that Heinz puzzle 😆 (as it deserves!! Truly missing the mark as a puzzle)

I think it would be cute to have the "missing" piece but have it framed separately :)

I loved this video so much! Sometimes it’s hard for me to feel proud of the things I do, but watching this gave me one of those rare moments 🥹 With that said: ALL THE MISSING PIECES ARE MINE AND ONLY MINE. Because… fairness? You know. 😂

Next up: a puzzle that has no solid edge, extra pieces AND missing pieces - Karen's nightmare?!

Definitely not a “collab” I expected, but when Simone announced her puzzle, I should have expected you’d review it

I actually think the missing piece is aesthetically pleasing, so even if you were someone who did puzzles more for the end result than the process, I think that end result would still be satisfying, at least visually. To me knowing the piece is supposed to missing is enough. The puzzle looking good with a missing piece is also enough. It's a solid colour puzzle anyway, so it's not like there's an image that is being obstructed or that remains unfinished because there's a piece missing. I think the missing piece would only really be irritating if you specifcally hate missing pieces in any context (intentional or not), and in that case, you wouldn't buy this puzzle. The packaging and branding make it SUPER clear that there is supposed to be a missing piece, so I can't imagine anyone's going to get caught off guard by that!

“Missing” I hate missing pieces. I’m really trying to get over that pet peeve because it’s bound to happen when you do a lot of puzzles. That being said, this is really cool. Because the piece is intentionally missing, you’ve actually completed the puzzle, even with the one piece being omitted. Something about that makes it OK.

I bought this puzzle after seeing Simone's video because I knew you'd get it eventually. I finished mine last week, took me 30 hours. I liked the random cut and piece quality, it's better than others I've done recently. I also kind of like that it's the same piece missing because you can't buy two puzzles and get one that's complete.

I really like "castle" for the piece shape with three knobs! Now we just need names for the other types. What about "cheese" for the piece with four inlets?

It would be really funny if people followed your guide to create a "replacement" piece for this one. Alternatively you could make a black piece to fit the space and "complete" it while still keeping the fact it's missing

I think something to consider that Karen didn’t mention is even though it’s slightly expensive, supporting a small female-owned business (and Simone does a lot for inspiring young people to get into the sciences and engineering) makes it more worth it

I think Simone should give you the piece but make it unusable like in a block of epoxy 🤣

I think it would be really funny if Simone did send you one of the pieces, but like encased it in a resin disc or shape of some sort so it's not actually placeable in the puzzle. But you would still have all 500 pieces!

Karen really said: “I will LITERALLY raise the bar in making the puzzle setup look aesthetically appealing MAX PRO!”

I actually love the idea of an intentionally missing piece and... I think that the aesthetic of the final puzzle is gorgeous, in particular if you frame it and glue it against a dark or colourful background. I am happy to know that it's also a good quality product. I like Simone and all her crazy inventions a lot, so I am happy for her. :)