Jan van Haasteren 'Some Like It Hot' 1000 pieces

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Jan van Haasteren Puzzle 'Some Like It Hot'

I made the puzzle 'Some Like It Hot' – this is number 81432, issue in 2015. The special thing about this variant is that it is published by Bart Smit. That's why the number starts with an '8'. All puzzles (however, as of 2023, the numbering has changed dramatically) published by parties other than Jumbo start with an 8. This puzzle is drawn by an artist Jan van Haasteren Studio Jan van Haasteren. It's this puzzle:

and this is the box:

This puzzle 'Some like it Hot' is also available in other variants

This puzzle is also available in other variants:

Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
80110	500-750-1000 On the assembly line | United Europe | Some like it Hot (Intertoys edition)	1000	2003	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

The Holdson Funny World edition is a rare edition

This is a rare puzzle.

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Name Puzzle	Some like it hot
Price	€70 - €90 (Estimate)
Number of Pieces	1000 Pieces
Number	08126
Year of Issue	2002
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 08126, as are three other puzzles in this set. For more information about this entire set, please visit the "Holdson's Funny World puzzles 08126This 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, "Some Like it Hot," numbered 08126, is rare. However, the illustration isn't, as "Some Like it Hot" 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 08126.
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Unboxing video of this puzzle

I made an unboxing video of the puzzle with number 81432 - that is an issue of this puzzle by Bart Smit. That's why the number starts with an '8':

Review of this puzzle

I made a review video of this puzzle with all fixed recurring elements:

Jan van Haasteren and 'Colt'

In this puzzle you see 'Colt' twice, namely here:

What does 'Colt' actually mean and why do you see it on this puzzle?
The story behind this is that this puzzle was made by Jumbo from an advertising poster that Jan van Haasteren had already made in 1982 for the company 'Colt' (see this date signed at the bottom right by Jan van Haasteren). jan van Haasteren had drawn a total of 4 advertising posters for 'Colt'. And some puzzles were made years later. Colt determined the content of the advertising posters.
All puzzles in which you see 'Colt' are:

• Some like it hot
• Constantly
• The Fire Department (barracks)
• Cars in the Make

What kind of company is 'Colt'

Colt is a Climate Control company. For example, they supply air conditioners, fire safety systems, sun blinds and more. The company has been around since 1931. Their website is www.coltinfo.nl. the company is located in Katwijk, North Brabant. They operate all over the world and have offices all over the world. This is their logo, which you will often see in Jan van Haasteren's puzzles:

Small differences in this puzzle

It seems that there are two variants of this puzzle in circulation. Namely 1 puzzle where the sign says nothing AND 1 puzzle where the sign says 'I Love Colt'. See these two:

Laying the puzzle

I always start by laying the puzzle on a puzzle mat, and I like to do that on one puzzle mat of 3000 pieces. Over there because all the puzzle pieces fit (tip!):

Then I sort out all the straight pieces (it has to be 126!) and then I put the edges of the puzzle together. Argggg – for the good viewer, 1 edge piece is missing at the bottom left of the puzzle. That happens often and I only came across this piece after a few hours of puzzling:

I then always try to find all puzzle pieces with the same colors together. The cars I made first. Everything that is or happens in this room is very hot or has it very hot. It is also a bit of a naughty puzzle from Jan with the various naked people on it (look carefully at all the details 🙂 ):

Here I am already quite advanced and you can already see the red carpet for the account manager or director of Colt (?):

What remained were all the people in the puzzle, which was really difficult. Puzzling on details as it is called. I often take each puzzle piece separately and look very precisely at each piece to see where that ion fits the puzzle. You will no longer encounter making fast strokes in this process:

And finally I finished the puzzle, a very nice puzzle, made for Colt. Everything to do with heating and air conditioning and air conditioning and that kind of product – Colt has it:

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

I made the puzzle 'Some Like it Hot' in peace and it also took me several days. Beautiful on a puzzle mat made on the floor in the living room. I do take the time, but not very precisely, it remains a hobby that puzzling! But to give you an idea how long it took me to complete this JvH puzzle of 1000 pieces:

• Explaining the pieces: 20 minutes
• Laying the edges = 35 minutes
• Laying the rest of the pieces = 5 hours and 45 minutes
• So it took me a total of 6 hours and 40 minutes to complete this puzzle. That is faster than it takes me on average over a JvH jigsaw puzzle, namely about 8 hours

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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