Jan van Haasteren 'Crazy Casino' 1000 pieces

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Jan van Haasteren Puzzle 'Crazy Casino'

I created the puzzle "Crazy Casino." It's puzzle number 17082, released in 2011. This puzzle was designed by Jan van Haasteren Studio Jan van Haasteren. It's this can:

and this is the puzzle that goes with it:

This is a Limited Edition - 3 puzzles in a tin

This Crazy Casino puzzle came in a tin, and the tin features a shark fin with a "1" on it. There are two other puzzles in the "Limited Edition" series. For a complete overview, see all three Limited Edition puzzles in tins:

Name and Number	Image Can
CrazyCasino - 17082
Carnival - 17083
Billiards - 17211

What else stands out?
The box says 'Special certificate included, signed by Jan'. However, very often it happens that this certificate is not included in the tin. Even if you buy the puzzle new in the store.

What does the special certificate look like?

It is a beautiful certificate signed by Jan van Haasteren with JOH (more explanation about JOH) and it has a nice red Jumbo stamp on it and looks like this:

The text on the certificate reads, "Dear puzzler, congratulations on your purchase of the very first special limited edition of the Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino'. This beautiful puzzle was produced in a limited edition. Each Limited Edition includes this certificate of authenticity, signed by Jan van Haasteren himself. Collect all the new special limited edition deluxe versions of the most beautiful Jan van Haasteren puzzles. Have fun puzzling."
Do you want to see the Certificate in a large version, click here

What does this puzzle in a tin look like?

Since it's a Limited Edition in a can, I made a separate video about it:

In video: an overview of all three puzzles in can - Limited Edition

I also made a video in which you have an overview of the entire series of the Limited Editions in cans:

The puzzle 'Crazy Casino' is also available in other variations

Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
17082	Crazy Casino (Canned)	1000	2011	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
100-2300-N-02	Casino a la Cartoon - Green Box (PTZ issue)	1000	1983	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
100-2300-2	Casino a la Cartoon - Blue Box (PTZ issue)	1000	1983	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
1788	Crazy Casino	1500	1994	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
80105	500-750-1000 The Plasboom | Crazy Casino | The Fire Brigade (Intertoys edition)	750	2002	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
80861	500-750-1000 Moving fever | Crazy Casino | Hockey (Intertoys edition)	750	2006	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
81258	3 x 1000 The Park | Crazy Casino | Billiards (Intertoys edition)	1000	2014	Jan van Haasteren

This puzzle has also appeared as a Scandinavia puzzle

This puzzle has also appeared in a so-called Scandinavia variant. You can read what a Scandinavian Jan van Haasteren puzzle is and which Scandinavian puzzles are from Jan van Haasteren via:
Jan van Haasteren Scandinavia puzzles
– view the overview with all Jan van Haasteren Scandinavia puzzles

General review of the 'Crazy Casino' puzzle

I made a general review about this puzzle:

The nice thing about this casino is that there is a lot going on. This is actually the case with every Jan van Haasteren puzzle. In the video above you have seen a lot of nice items. I will describe them again with the accompanying photos:
1. The tennis ball in the casino
A tennis ball is also rotated at the roulette table and if you look closely, you will see that a gentleman from the tennis court is also walking around somewhere, who has lost his tennis ball:

2. Man playing billiards
Besides someone from the tennis court, there is also someone on the wrong green table, because there is a gentleman playing billiards on the roulette table. Wonderful fantasy by Jan van Haasteren:

3. Angry little monster
Not very clear, but you see a green little monster under the table:

4. Man with very special glasses
Was also a very difficult puzzle piece, but afterwards I discovered that they were someone's glasses, but so unrecognizable and well thought out that I didn't know where that puzzle piece should be. These kinds of puzzle pieces really make you laugh while putting a puzzle together:

5. Dirty Casino – Part 1: Doctor and the Breasts
Okay, the Dirty Casino series. Did Jan's mind wander a bit with this puzzle? There are several of them. The name would have been better "Dirty Casino" instead of "Crazy Casino." A doctor is listening to this in the wrong place...

6. Dirty casino – part 2: man grabs woman by the breasts
This man who grabs a woman from behind by the breasts!

7. Dirty casino – part 3: man naked in casino!
And then suddenly a naked man walks into the casino?? Oops how did it get in?

8. Dirty casino – part 4: nipplegate!
And yes, if you pay close attention and look at the puzzle for a long time, you will see a nipplegate:

Laying this puzzle

I put this puzzle at ease on a green felt puzzle mat. It's fun to lay there and a lot of weird things happen in the casino, or almost better you call it a dirty casino! Why? you can read that further down this page. As you can see I always start with laying the edges. But that's always difficult. I understand that people like to know how many side pieces does a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle have, so they always know if they've collected all the side pieces for their puzzle. As you can see, I'm missing a few side pieces again:

And another close-up of the puzzle – I'm missing some edge pieces on both the left and right sides:

And the overview. The iron tin, the edge pieces laid out, and all the pieces that fit on the puzzle mat (handy a large puzzle mat!):

Here you can see how I start puzzling. I always start by sorting pieces by color (that seems to solve the puzzle the fastest)

Where the pieces with the bright red colors (from the casino lamps) are the easy list to start with. Still figuring out which pieces belong to which lamp in which place. Those right edges still not fixed by the way 🙁

And then this is the result after about 2 hours of puzzling. Doesn't seem very far yet, but it's already been 2 hours:

After about 4 hours of puzzling. Doesn't seem much further than after those 2 hours 🙁 But it must be right.

Here I am about 85% done with the puzzle. The tops (walls) and the pillar of the casino are done. The pillar was difficult, because many pieces resemble each other. I had the most trouble with the green roulette tables. Which pieces of green belong to which table.

Finally I finished the puzzle! Really fun to do, not too difficult you keep on puzzling.

Jan van Haasteren 'Crazy Casino' 1000 pieces - Recurring elements

The nice thing about this puzzle is that after puzzling there is still a kind of search puzzle. You are looking for the fixed recurring elements of Jan van Haasteren. Can you find them all, or are they just not there?? The crab, the teeth, the shark fin, the Tax Official, the arrows, the hands, the eyes, etc etc. There are many in this puzzle, and I have made videos and photos of them below. Try looking for them yourself before viewing them below.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 1: Glasses, 2x

The glasses appear 2x on this puzzle, where 1 glasses are very high on top of a pillar:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 2: Bandages 4x

I always look up all the plasters and I would have found 3 in the video, but there are 4!:

Although I searched really hard I thought there would be 3 patches and yet later there were 4! The patches are always in surprising places, can you see them all?

This last one – in the neck of this gentleman – I hadn't seen it before, so I forgot 1 again in the video:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 3: Cat or Cat

The cat is alone this time, you don't see a bird, fish or mouse that he often hunts:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 4: Sinterklaas

Sinterklaas is present, nice to see him again. The favorite character of Jan van Haasteren himself:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 5: Self-portrait Jan van Haasteren

And at the bottom right, Jan has drawn himself with a sketchbook in his hands and a pencil behind his ear. By the way this is the first drawing by Jan van Haasteren made in 1986 in which he draws himself (Jan van Haasteren self-portrait) – drawing is already from 1986 and the puzzles were released later:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 6: Black Spider on a thread

The black spider on a thread was very difficult to find, I only saw it later:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 7: 3 Peepholes or Bullet Holes

Also the 3 peepholes were very hidden on a machine in the casino:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 8: Baron van Tast tot Zeveren

Yes, I always like Baron van tast and it seems like he is winning the jackpot in a slot machine here:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 9: Hands

There are several hands, I don't always look them all up, but as an example:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 10: Indian

Apparently the Indian also likes to gamble in the casino:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 11: Squid

You see squid like I've never seen it before, namely gray! What's wrong with him?

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 12: Eyes

Just like the hands, you often see eyes a lot and in strange places:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 13: Paper Airplane

The paper airplane is back, but who always throws it anyway?

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 14: Arrow

The arrow, regularly present:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 15: Ghost

The ghost is there and the lady next to him/her is quite startled by the ghost:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 16: Toilet Puller or Toilet Roll

Here are actually two recurring elements, namely the toilet trigger/string and the toilet roll:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Crazy Casino' - recurring element 17: Saw

Saw:

This puzzle is in 1 or more search books

This puzzle is in 1 or more search books by Jan van Haasteren. These are not only fun search books to search for recurring elements, you can also ideally use the image of this puzzle as an 'extra' large poster while puzzling! View the overview with our 'Jan van Haasteren search books'

How long will it take you to complete this 1000 piece puzzle?

I took my time completing the puzzle "Crazy Casino (Dirty Casino)" and it took me several days. It was perfect on a puzzle mat on the living room floor. I do time it, but not meticulously; puzzling is still a hobby! To give you an idea of ​​how long this 1000-piece JvH puzzle took me:

• Explaining the pieces: 25 minutes
• Laying the edges = 40 minutes
• Laying the rest of the pieces = 8 hours and 15 minutes
• So it took me a total of 9 hours and 15 minutes to complete this puzzle. That is a bit longer than it takes me on average for a JvH jigsaw puzzle, namely about 8 hours. I must admit that I forgot to take the time. But I have experienced that especially at the straight pieces I left some time

I also have to say that my 9 year old daughter helped with laying the last pieces!

About Jumbo puzzles

Jumbo (not to be confused with our supermarket Jumbo!) makes toys, games and puzzles. Jumbo, for example, has made the very well-known games such as “Human don't get annoyed” and “Stratego” and “PimPamPet”. Games that have been around for generations and are still widely played by both young and old. Jumbo has been making and developing toys since about 1900. In the early years of the company, only toys from other countries were imported to the Netherlands. However, since about 1930 it was decided to also make their own toys, at the time manufacturing wooden toys, which was very popular at the time. Almost all toys in those years were made of wood. An important spearhead was that the toys made by Jumbo had to be of very good quality; it had to be as strong as an Elephant. An elephant had to stand on it! The red elephant has been the hallmark of Jumbo's games and puzzles for years. The name Jumbo and the red elephant together form the logo from about 1935. The Jumbo elephant is drawn by Mr. Möhr. He worked at an advertising agency and regularly signed for Hausemann & Hötte. Mr Möhr was at one point commissioned to design a beautiful new elephant logo for the Hausemann & Hötte toys. The logo has changed a bit since then. For example, the eye has grown over the years and has dropped slightly more, resulting in a friendlier elephant.

In the past, the elephant was not only used in the color red, but in all kinds of colors such as blue, yellow, black, white and green. All those colors were cozy and playful. For example, one time there was a yellow elephant on the box and the other time a red one. It was usually looked at which color best matched the color of the box. It was not until the end of the 60s that the red elephant was definitively chosen. Red is a color that stands out and attracts attention.

From 1945 Jumbo also started to focus on games made of cardboard. Jumbo has therefore been a guarantee for strong quality for years! Jumbo is a unique Dutch company with a rich history, with its head office in Zaandam. About 130 employees work for Jumbo. With a turnover of €75 million, Jumbo is a medium-sized European player in toys. Jumbo has sales offices in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. They export to more than 25 countries around the world.

In 1980 Jumbo starts the production of Jan van Haasteren Puzzles.

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