Jan van Haasteren 'On smooth Ice' 1000 pieces

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Jan van Haasteren 'On Slippery Ice' 1000 pieces

I recently made this puzzle (September 2020). This is Jan van Haasteren's puzzle about 'On thin Ice', 1000 pieces, with number 01618. This puzzle was published in 2007 and the artist is Jan van Haasteren. The box as you see above is the very first box that belongs to this puzzle. A new box has been released for this puzzle since 2014, but the number is still the same (01618). 'On thin ice' is this puzzle:

The puzzle 'On Thin Ice' is also available in other variants

Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
02049	On Smooth ICE	3000	2007	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
08809	On Slippery Ice (HFW Edition)	1000	Unknown	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
01618	On Smooth Ice	1000	2007	Jan van Haasteren
Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
3342-3	On Thin Ice	1000	2008	Jan van Haasteren

What do you encounter when you have made this Jan van Haasteren jigsaw puzzle?

Before I even started puzzling, I noticed the following about the box, it said in large 'DCM 2.0'. I was very curious what that meant, I had never seen it on a Jan van Haasteren puzzle box before. So I did some searching on the internet. You see that here:

So what does DCM 2.0 mean on this Jan van Haasteren puzzle?

This is a new way of die-cutting. Extensive research in the years 2004-2007 has led to the development of a new way of cutting puzzle pieces, called DCM 2.0. This creates a smoother surface on the puzzle pieces, more grip between the pieces and therefore a better fit.
Yes, a better puzzle experience!

I bought this puzzle second hand via facebook. Since I only put a puzzle 1x, I'm always looking for a second-hand and Jan van Haasteren offer. I then buy them for 10-15 euros each, which is slightly cheaper than buying completely new. Apart from the fact that they are often sold out in the store today (September 2020 - Corona time!). However, I had not asked if all the pieces were present and when I took the box from the puzzle box, I saw the top left of the following written '1 piece near the cars is missing'. Grr…that's always disappointing! But to my surprise, when I finished the puzzle, I saw that not a piece was missing. Weird, but true, but very nice:

Then I always start sorting the pieces and find the straight edges out. Usually you can't wait to start the puzzle, but figuring out pieces is of course part of it:

Then I will lay the edges, and as is often the case, I still miss 1 piece. You don't know in advance whether that piece is missing, or whether you will find it later. Usually the latter is the case, and so it was again this time:

I then started looking for the most striking colors together, and those were the colors of the eating tent next to the ice cream. And the two cars behind it. The Sinterklaas pieces were also easy, which really always make a difference fixed recurring element inside a Jan van Haasteren puzzle. The result after 1 hour and 45 minutes of puzzling:

As you can see in the next image, I haven't progressed much further. I really didn't like the puzzle pieces. The disadvantage was that the puzzle pieces did not hook together properly. I couldn't put a few pieces together anywhere outside the puzzle, because if I wanted to put a block of 4 pieces in the right place, all the pieces would fall apart. Very annoying, despite the fact that this was a puzzle with improved punches etc, the so-called 'DCM 2.0' technique. I notice that the current Jan van Haasteren puzzles are of very fine quality, and the pieces always stay together and are also beautifully shiny.

As you can see I have a slightly different technique, which is to put all the pieces in place directly within the puzzle, because they fall apart. Don't spoil the fun. The most difficult thing for me was all those skaters on the puzzle, and I had especially saved the puzzle pieces with a skate on them until the last.

As you can see, I have hardly made the top of the puzzle yet, those were the trees with the sky in it, because that was also very difficult and didn't explain so quickly:

Phew, almost done with the puzzle, that's always a fun moment! But often the most difficult parts remain:

And Yes, puzzle finished, always a beautiful moment. I have to say when I finish a puzzle, I run my hand over it a few times. The puzzles of Jan van Haasteren from Jumbo are also so beautifully smooth and shiny. And it gives a kind of satisfied feeling:

And you see the finished puzzle with the box on my puzzle mat. Oh yes, it was quite difficult to puzzle, because I didn't have a poster or large image with it. AND so a tricky puzzle AND no image, my puzzle talent was really put to the test! Usually you have a poster with it, on which you can find the pieces. By the way, I have heard that if you want a poster, you can email Jumbo's Customer Service with a request for this, it seems that you will have it the next day.

More about JvH's jigsaw puzzle 'On Slippery Ice'

I made this puzzle in early autumn (September 2020), not really the skating season yet. I also have to say that tap doesn't make puzzles that fit a season, but just which one passes by and which one seems fun to make.

A real winter puzzle

I really think this is a puzzle that you can make in the winter months. Fits the times nicely, and it's a very tricky one! What you see are a lot of skaters, a Sinterklaas playing ice hockey, a food stall with tasty snacks. A delicious warm snack after a long skating party.
There is a lot of snow everywhere and almost everyone has earmuffs on, so it is apparently quite cold outside. Because of the different colors of earmuffs you can lay pieces well, check the color of the earmuffs. For me this was quite tricky, given the very small image on the box as the only clue. You see the amateurs and competition skaters skating together, some are wearing professional skating suits and others are really amateurs. You even see a professional skating competition with a reporter, albeit that it is the police and the crook. And you see that there is another competition, where the person who gives the starting gun shoots one of the participants in the buttocks. OW!
Furthermore, a wonderful Dutch scene in winter, with a windmill in the background.

Overall nice elements in this puzzle

I made another general review about this puzzle with some nice elements:

This puzzle is also published by HFW (Holdson Funny World)

This puzzle was also published by HFW (Holdson Funny World):

Explained the HFW variants - 4 puzzles with the same number

As you can see on the back of this puzzle from HFW, there are 4 puzzles published by HFW in this 'series', and these 4 puzzles all have the same number (08809):

The issuance by HFW is a rare puzzle

This is a rare puzzle.

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Name Puzzle	On Smooth Ice
Price	€70 - €90 (Estimate)
Number of Pieces	1000 Pieces
Number	08809
Year of Issue	2008
Issue by	Holdson Funny World (HFW)
draftsman	Jan van Haasteren
Description	This puzzle is part of a set of four puzzles published by the New Zealand puzzle manufacturer Holdson Funny World (HFW)This puzzle is numbered 08809, as are three other puzzles in this set. For more information about this entire set, please visit the "Holdson's Funny World puzzles 08809This puzzle is rare because all of them were released in New Zealand. It's also more of a collector's item, as all the plates/drawings from these puzzles were also released in a Jumbo version in the Netherlands. There's a set of older puzzles published by Holdson Funny World—and these boxes all look different from the current, recognizable blue Jumbo puzzle boxes. Many of these boxes have multiple bright colors. A total of 48 of these older puzzles were published by Holdson Funny World (HFW), and these are therefore the rarer ones. You hardly ever see these puzzles on marketplaces like Marktplaats. You really have to look on second-hand puzzle trading platforms near New Zealand and Australia. The downside: if you want to buy one, you have to pay a lot of import duties, and the puzzle often takes a long time to arrive. To this day, Jan van Haasteren puzzles are still published in the familiar blue puzzle box. These puzzles in the familiar blue boxes are NOT rare; you can easily order them from an online store in New Zealand. This puzzle, "On Thin Ice," numbered 08809, is rare. However, the illustration is not, as "On Thin Ice" was also released by other brands, such as Jumbo. Its release by HFW makes it rare and often an instant collector's item. It comes in a beautiful, colorful box with these four colors on the four sides: blue, green, red, and pink. The back of the box shows which four puzzles belong to the "set" numbered 08809.
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The publication by Ceaco - Crowd Pleasers is a rare publication

This is a rare puzzle.

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Name Puzzle	On Thin Ice
Price	€ 40 - € 55
Number of Pieces	1000 Pieces
Number	3342-3
Year of Issue	2008
Issue by	Ceaco - Crowd Pleasers
draftsman	Jan van Haasteren
Description	This is a rare puzzle and that is because this is a publication by the American puzzle manufacturer Ceaco. Within Ceaco you have various puzzle series and this is the edition that falls within the 'Crowd Pleasers' series. Within the 1000 piece puzzles, the Crowd Pleasers Ceaco's series has a unique numbering system, running from 3342-01 to 3342-24. That's 24 puzzles. There's also a set of three puzzles within the "Crowd Pleasers" series, numbered from 3337-01 to 3337-03. That's three puzzles. A total of 27 1000-piece puzzles are included in this Crowd Pleasers series. For die-hard puzzle collectors, the challenge is to acquire this entire series. This drawing isn't unique, of course, as "On Thin Ice (or Op Glad IJs)" has also appeared in other puzzles with different piece counts. But Ceaco's work makes this puzzle unique, rarer, and therefore more expensive. As you can see in the images above, there are two "On Thin Ice" puzzles, both 1000-piece and both within the "Crowd Pleasers" series. However, they have different numbers: 3337-03 and 3342-03. The first, numbered 3337-03, is harder to find than the one with 3342-03. So pay close attention to the numbers! This puzzle belongs to the Crowd Pleasers series. to the set with the Crowd Pleasers numbers 3371-01 through 3342-03.
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The publication by Ceaco - Crowd Pleasers is a rare publication

This is a rare puzzle.

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Name Puzzle	On Thin Ice
Price	€ 40 - € 55
Number of Pieces	1000 Pieces
Number	3337-03
Year of Issue	2008
Issue by	Ceaco - Crowd Pleasers
draftsman	Jan van Haasteren
Description	This is a rare puzzle and that is because this is a publication by the American puzzle manufacturer Ceaco. Within Ceaco you have various puzzle series and this is the edition that falls within the 'Crowd Pleasers' series. Within the 1000 piece puzzles, the Crowd Pleasers Ceaco's series has a unique numbering system, running from 3342-01 to 3342-24. That's 24 puzzles. There's also a set of three puzzles within the "Crowd Pleasers" series, numbered from 3337-01 to 3337-03. That's three puzzles. A total of 27 1000-piece puzzles are included in this Crowd Pleasers series. For die-hard puzzle collectors, the challenge is to acquire this entire series. This drawing isn't unique, of course, as "On Thin Ice (or Op Glad IJs)" has also appeared in other puzzles with different piece counts. But Ceaco's work makes this puzzle unique, rarer, and therefore more expensive. As you can see in the images above, there are two "On Thin Ice" puzzles, both 1000-piece and both within the "Crowd Pleasers" series. However, they have different numbers: 3337-03 and 3342-03. The first, numbered 3337-03, is harder to find than the one with 3342-03. So pay close attention to the numbers! This puzzle belongs to the Crowd Pleasers series. to the set with the Crowd Pleasers numbers 3371-01 through 3342-03.
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Jan van Haasteren 'On Slippery Ice' 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 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 'On thin ice' - recurring element 1: Baron van Tast tot Zeveren

Baron van Tast tot Zeveren (the cartoon character that Jan van Haasteren used to draw) also returns in this puzzle by Jan van Haasteren. Often hard to find, but recognizable by his blue jacket and black pants and black hair and sideburns:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 2: De Bril

The glasses also always appear in Jan van Haasteren's jigsaw puzzles. Often difficult to find, but I was able to find 2 glasses this time:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 3: The Shark's Fin

The Shark Fin is the mark of JvH, you will definitely see it all the time. And easy to find, because it's quite big:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On thin ice' - recurring element 4: The Periscope

You always see the Periscope as a recurring element, often easy to find:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On thin ice' - recurring element 5: The Arrow

The arrow is common, sometimes several arrows, and often in the most special places. In a wall (or something similar), for example, you can also:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 6: The Cat or Cat

You almost always see the Cat or the Cat. Usually he wants to grab a mouse or bird and in this case he is hunting for a bird:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 7: The Cigar

You can almost always see the cigar, but very difficult to find, because it is very small and can be well hidden on the puzzle:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 8: The WC

You don't always see the toilet, but very often you see a toilet sign somewhere in the puzzle, usually still with a thread, so that you can pull it through. We do not see the pull-through thread this time, only the sign:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 9: The Saw

The Saw is also almost always included in JvH's puzzles, but often difficult to find, and often nice to see what he saws away, this time he saws away a kind of bench?:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Slippery Ice' - recurring element 10: The Hands

The Hands often come back a lot on the JvH puzzles, often too many to look up all, I looked up a few in the video, but there may be more:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 11: The Indian

You almost always see the Indian in the puzzles. This time too, he happily skates along on the ice (by the way, sometimes you also see De Eskimo – you see him in this puzzle too):

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 12: The Squid

Like the Shark Fin, the Squid is also so characteristic of the Jan van Haasteren puzzles. This time, however, you don't see the well-known pink squid, but a green (??):

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 13: Plasters

You often see plasters in the puzzles. I like to look for them all, because they are very difficult to find. I was able to find 7:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On thin ice' - recurring element 14: Police and Boef

Police and Crook are often super easy to find, but together they make a very nice combination. De Boef seems unconcerned and seems to be happy skating, just like all other skaters:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Slippery Ice' - recurring element 15: Sinterklaas

Sinterklaas is also so characteristic of Jan van Haasteren. Fits in with De Haaienvin and De Intkvis. Sinterklaas is busy with ice hockey, and some skaters seem very surprised about this:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 16: Ghost

You also often see the Ghost, sometimes several ghosts. This time only 1 ghost, but with the earmuffs on with this cold winter weather:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 17: Super Snail

Super snail is often a fun element, usually he competes in speed with his friend turtle. But turtle is not there this time:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'On Thin Ice' - recurring element 18: Self-portrait Jan van Haasteren

Sometimes you also see that Jan van Haasteren has drawn himself in the puzzle. This time too, although he has trouble skating, he still practices on two pairs of skates as it seems. If you can't recognize him, he's on the box with his picture:

How big is the puzzle Jan van Haasteren 'On Slippery Ice' 1000 pieces?

This puzzle also has dimensions of 68 (width) by 49 (height). I made the puzzle on a puzzle mat of 1 meter 60 wide and 90 centimeters high.

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

I made this puzzle at my leisure, and it was a lot of fun. Still, this puzzle was more difficult than the other JvH puzzles I normally make. In particular, laying the edges took me more time, perhaps that was already a harbinger 🙂
I've done my time on this puzzle as follows:

• Explaining the puzzle pieces on the puzzle mat: 30 minutes
• Putting the edges of the puzzle together: 40 minutes
• Laying the rest of the puzzle: 8,5 hours
• Total time done on the puzzle: just under 9 hours and 40 minutes

This is significantly longer than other puzzles, normally it takes me about 8 hours on average

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'

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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