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Jan van Haasteren 'Take Tournament' 1000 pieces - where to buy?

Jan van Haasteren 'Cakes Tournament' 1000 pieces - Specifications

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Jan van Haasteren 'Take Tournament' 1000 pieces

So the puzzle I made was in a 2-in-1 box and has the number 19083, made in 2018 by artist Rob Derks of the Jan van Haasteren Studio:

This box also contains the puzzle 'seafood'. This box also contains a very small poster with the size 29 centimeters wide and 21 centimeters high. That's really small and doesn't help you much. However, on the box (since it's a 2-in-1), the image isn't very big either. Some puzzle boxes contain a poster that is the same size as the puzzle itself, and that helps you a lot with the puzzle. This puzzle 'Take tournament' is also available in

• 2×1000 pieces, number 19083, that is the 2×1000 pieces but without the small poster.
• 1000 pieces, number 09662, drawn by Rob Derks
• 1000 pieces, number 3342-21, drawn by Rob Derks
• 1500 pieces, number 19077, from 2018, drawn by Rob Derks

The 'Take Tournament' puzzle is also available in other variants

Number	Name	Number of pieces	years	draftsman
19077	cake tournament	1500	2018	Robert Derks

Jan van Haasteren The whole of Holland bakes!

Yes, you would almost think so! They could very well have called this puzzle 'Heel Holland bakt'. In any case, there is a lot of baking. But this name was only made up since the program 'Heel Holland bakt' was on TV. Before that time, that name was not associated with the 'Take Tournament' puzzle. But: it is a very appropriate one!

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

The Jan van Haasteren puzzle The cake tournament is again a very nice puzzle with many funny and surprising elements in it. What you mainly see are a lot of judges. You also see the police officers who are looking for a crook. And crook he runs off with a cake.

You will of course also see the well-known fixed recurring elements, but more about that later. You can also clearly see that it is a tournament because at every table there are all people to make cakes and there are numbers on the tables and in the end there will have to be a winner of this cake tournament. But it seems quite strange to me when she comes in, because you also see someone walking around with turds, for example. That doesn't seem very nice to me. What else you see is a robot making cakes. What you also see coming back here is the Boy Scouts that you often see in a Jan van Haasteren puzzle. Another funny element in this puzzle is the fire brigade who comes in to put out a burning cake and also the hair of the gentleman that is also on fire.

I made this jigsaw puzzle in several days and I put it all by myself. I made the puzzle on a puzzle mat because I always find it useful to move the puzzle if necessary. Then I always start by laying out all the pieces on the puzzle mat. I did all this at my leisure, but did take the time. Experience shows that it usually takes me 30 minutes to lay out the pieces on the puzzle mat, and to match the edges together:

As you can see in the picture above, there was even a very small piece of paper with the name of the puzzle and the number. This piece of paper sat in the puzzle bag.

Then it takes me about 30 minutes to lay the edges. And then the result looks like this:

This puzzle also includes a small poster. It has the size of 29 centimeters wide and 21 centimeters high. While the puzzle is 68 centimeters wide and 49 centimeters high. The poster is really small, but even better than the picture on the box, which is much smaller. Makes that sometimes you can't even find pieces on the small poster.
The poster looks beautiful, this is it:

Other Jan van Haasteren boxes sometimes contain posters that are just as big as the puzzle itself, which is really ideal. In the next photo you can see how big the poster is compared to the puzzle:

Or with an even better image and proportion:

I started by laying out the Boy Scouts or Scouting (which can also be seen very often on JvH puzzles), and by collecting all the pieces with red / white and blue, which are the flags that hang at the top of the covered tent. Quite spicy and difficult, I've been working on it for a long time. I had also collected the crook pieces, which were laid fairly quickly, with all those red and white stripes. I also collected the pieces of the delivery man who will deliver a cake on the far left of the puzzle (apparently this man thinks he will win the cake tournament this way!). The intermediate result then looks like this:

Then I laid all the windows with the greenery (trees/bushes) behind them. Tough job, I couldn't finish it right away. Another standings, now also with the poster:

Finally being able to finish the puzzle completely, quite a job, especially because there are also many blue cabinets, and you don't know which blue piece belongs to which cabinet. But, succeeded, the end result:

And again the end result of the puzzle with the box and the small poster:

Also about the Jan van Haasteren Cakes tournament 1000 pieces

Yet another fun element in this cake tournament jigsaw puzzle are the pretzels lying on the floor. I ended up counting 7 pretzels that appear in this puzzle. When you are putting this puzzle together it makes it quite difficult to see where to put these puzzle pieces. Because all those Pretzel pieces are very similar.

The Holdson Funny World 1000-piece edition is a rare edition.

This is a rare puzzle.

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Name Puzzle	Clash of the Bakers
Price	€70 - €90 (Estimate)
Number of Pieces	1000 Pieces
Number	09662
Year of Issue	2015
Issue by	Holdson Funny World (HFW)
draftsman	Robert Derks
Description	De Holdson Funny World – Clash of The Bakers is a special and relatively rare puzzle from the New Zealand puzzle manufacturer Holdson. This edition was published in 2015 and is particularly popular among collectors, because it is offered only sporadically outside Australia and New Zealand. A set of four puzzles, anniversary edition This puzzle is part of a unique series of four Funny World puzzles that all feature the number 09662 to wear. Illustration by Rob Derks The image was designed by Robert Derks, whose humorous and busy drawing style is known worldwide among puzzle enthusiasts. Although the image is also known from other editions, such as a Jumbo version, the Holdson edition has its own collector's value due to its limited availability. Hard to obtain For collectors in Europe, this puzzle is often difficult to obtain. Copies usually have to be imported from New Zealand or Australia, meaning shipping costs, import duties, and longer delivery times often play a role. Precisely because of this, this edition is not often offered on the second-hand market in the Netherlands. Part of the blue Holdson Funny World series The puzzle belongs to the well-known blue boxes of the Holdson Funny World series. Between 2014 and 2026, a total of 40 puzzles. In all years, four new puzzles were released; however, only in the years 2019 and 2025 was no set of four puzzles (of 1000 pieces) released. Features Released in 2015 Illustration of Robert Derks Belongs to the Holdson Funny World series Rare edition outside Australia and New Zealand Standard puzzle pieces form A sought-after collector's item For collectors of Jan van Haasteren puzzles and international editions, is Clash of The Bakers An interesting collector's item that does not often turn up. The limited availability and the popular illustration by Jan van Haasteren make this puzzle a special addition to any collector's collection.
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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	Clash of The Bakers
Price	€ 40 - € 55
Number of Pieces	1000 Pieces
Number	3342-21
Year of Issue	2015
Issue by	Ceaco - Crowd Pleasers
draftsman	Robert Derks
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 "Clash of the Bakers (or Cake Tournament)" has also appeared in other puzzles with different piece counts. But Ceaco makes this puzzle unique, rarer, and therefore more expensive. This puzzle belongs to the Crowd Pleasers series. to the set with the Crowd Pleasers numbers 3342-19 through 3342-21.
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Jan van Haasteren Cake tournament 1000 pieces - Recurring elements

You can also see a lot in this Jan van Haasteren puzzle of the cake tournament fixed recurring elements in the puzzle. For example Supersnail, the shark fin, the hands, the eyes, the three holes in a cupboard, the periscope that comes out of the ground that you often see in submarines, the cats, the teeth, Sinterklaas, the glasses. These fixed or recurring elements will show again below with a video.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 1: The shark fin

The shark fin is of course the most famous element in a Jan van Haasteren puzzle and it can also be found in this puzzle. The shark fin is often quite easy to find in a puzzle. In the next video you can see where he is.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 2: Sinterklaas

Sinterklaas is of course also indispensable in a Jan van Haasteren puzzle. Sinterklaas is also clearly visible in the cake tournament puzzle. However, Sinterklaas seems to have gotten a bit dirty because it seems as if there is whipped cream in his beard or on his face.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 3: The 'hands'

The hands also come back in this puzzle in different places. The dogs that appear in all and weird and surprising places in the puzzle. In the next video you can see a few examples of the dogs that appear in the puzzle.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 4: The dentures

The teeth also appear in almost every Jan van Haasteren puzzle, as well as in the cake tournament. The teeth are often quite difficult to find in a puzzle. Because he can often be quite small. In this puzzle he was really the best easiest to find.See in the next video where to find the teeth.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 5: De Bril

You can also see the glasses in these puzzles by Jan van Haasteren at the cake tournament. The glasses are quite easy to find here and we only found one.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 5: The Eyes

The eyes or eyes are also always recurring elements in a Jan van Haasteren puzzle. In this puzzle the cake tournament we were able to find the eyes twice. In the next video you can see where these eyes appear in the puzzle.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 6: The peepholes

What you often see in a Jan van Haasteren puzzles are peepholes. They are then in a cupboard or in the ground. Those are often three holes that you see. In the next video you can see where we were able to find these peepholes.

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Take tournament' - recurring element 7: Super Snail

Super snail that is also very common in a Jan van Haasteren puzzle. In these puzzles you can also clearly see him coming back and he is running very fast which is actually very strange for a snail. It really looks like he's afraid of the eyes coming from under a tile. In our video you can see where super snail is located.

How big is the puzzle Jan van Haasteren 'Take tournament' 1000 pieces?

The puzzle has a size of 68 centimeters (width) by 49 centimeters (height). This is a standard size for the Jan van Haasteren of 1000 pieces.

Puzzle drawn by Rob Derks

This puzzle is drawn by Rob Derks. Rob Derks is part of the Jan van Haasteren Studio. He has already drawn quite a few puzzles for the Jan van Haasteren Studio. In addition to the drawings he makes for the Jan van Haasteren Studio, Rob also makes his own puzzles for Jumbo, called “pieces of History”. As the name suggests, you can see elements from history in those puzzles.

Characteristic elements by Rob Derks

In Rob Derks' puzzles you always see a number of characteristic elements, just like you see with puzzles drawn by Jan van Haasteren. Rob Derks therefore returns the characteristic elements in the puzzles of Jan van Haasteren (squid, shark fin, Sinterklaas, super snail, the eyes, etc), but also draws his own characteristic elements in the puzzles he draws.

What are the characteristic elements of Rob Derks?

The characteristic elements that you almost always see coming back are:

• the blue pen
• the ZZ top guys (yes, that band from the 1970s-1980s)
• a blue trunk
• many figures in the puzzle squint or squint
• a fat boy eating
• the letters AC/DC (yes, from another band from the 1970s-1980s)

Which characteristic elements of Rob Derks do we see in this puzzle?

We can't find all the characteristic elements of Rob Derks, but we were able to find the following in the puzzle.

The AC/DC band

We see this on the hand blender, very small:

The fat boy who eats

Clearly visible, and fits well in this puzzle, does not stand out 🙂

The blue pen

I see this twice on the puzzle, but at least here:

People who squint or squint

There are plenty of them, for example this one:

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 does it take you to complete the puzzle Jan van Haasteren 'Take tournament' 1000 pieces?

I put the Jan van Haasteren puzzle the cake tournament all by myself. I made the puzzle on a puzzle mat. I find that useful because then you can always move it if necessary. In the end I spent 5,5 hours on this puzzle. I always start by explaining the pieces, this time it took me half an hour. Then I laid the edges of the jigsaw puzzle and that also took me half an hour. In the end I completed the rest of the puzzle in 4,5 hours. Which makes my total time at 5,5 hours. This Jan van Haasteren puzzle seemed to make it a bit easier and it also took me less time than a normal Jan van Haasteren puzzle. It usually takes me about 8 hours to complete a Jan van Haasteren puzzle. But this jigsaw puzzle was that simpler and the drawings were a bit bigger with less detailed elements in the puzzle. Ultimately, this is a fun puzzle to make, but it's not too complicated and you go pretty fast.

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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