Jan van Haasteren 'Winter fair' 1000 pieces

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Jan van Haasteren Puzzle 'The Winter Fair'

I made the puzzle 'The Winterfair', this is number 17453. That is this puzzle:

and this is the box:

Explanation of this puzzle

General review about the 'Winterfair' puzzle

It is a very fun puzzle to put together, not very difficult. Also nice again 🙂 A very nice representation is made of what the Margriet Winterfair really is in Utrecht, with workshops, performances, music, food, drinks, etc. A beautiful happening where many activities take place. Rob Derks has clearly studied this event well. Because I didn't know it existed myself, but after some research, it turns out that this fair still exists in 2021. I made a general review about this jigsaw puzzle, in which you see some nice elements of this puzzle:

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

This is a rare puzzle.

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Name Puzzle	The Winterfair
Price	€70 - €90 (Estimate)
Number of Pieces	1000 Pieces
Number	09488
Year of Issue	2014
Issue by	Holdson Funny World (HFW)
draftsman	Robert Derks
Description	De Holdson Funny World – The Winter Fair is a special and relatively rare puzzle from the New Zealand puzzle manufacturer Holdson. This edition was published in 2014 and is particularly popular among collectors, because it is offered only sporadically outside Australia and New Zealand. A special anniversary edition This puzzle is part of a unique series of four Funny World puzzles that all feature the number 09488 wear. The series was released on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Holdson, which was founded in 1939. Therefore, many copies feature a special 75th Anniversary logo to be found, making this edition immediately recognizable as an anniversary puzzle. 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 thanks to its limited availability and the anniversary background. 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. Part of the blue Funny World series The puzzle belongs to the well-known blue boxes of the 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 2014 Part of it Holdson's 75th anniversary Illustration of Robert Derks Belongs to the Funny World series Rare edition outside Australia and New Zealand Standard puzzle piece shapes Often featuring a special anniversary logo on sealed copies A sought-after collector's item For collectors of Jan van Haasteren puzzles and international editions, is The Winterfair An interesting collector's item that does not often turn up. The combination of the anniversary edition, limited availability, and the popular illustration by Jan van Haasteren makes this puzzle a special addition to any collection. Note - this puzzle was drawn by Rob Derks and this was the first puzzle he drew for the 'Jan van Haasteren Studio'!
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Laying this puzzle

I made this puzzle at ease on a puzzle mat. And as you can see I always start by sorting out the puzzle pieces, I collect all the straight pieces or edge pieces. As you can see, I like to use a very large puzzle mat, which is for max 3000 pieces, so that I can 'store' all the pieces in the puzzle mat:

Then I will lay the edges of the puzzle and then it is always useful to know how many side pieces does a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle have. Many puzzlers count the straight pieces to see if they have found them all. I had found them all this time, but usually I miss 1 or 2:

I don't really have a puzzle strategy, but I did start with the large areas with the same color. Quite a difficult piece to lay, those beams are very similar. I already put the pieces with the same color in the right place inside the puzzle. My result after about 2 hours of puzzling:

And I've already put a piece of the fashion show ladies below. That was difficult, especially because one of those ladies falls and the pieces do not fit logically. There were also a lot of direction signs on the Winterfair, which I had all set aside outside the puzzle. The result after about 1 hours of puzzling:

And a lot further! It is nice that you also see recent social media items such as Facebook and Twitter and on someone's computer you see margriet.nl. All very nice details drawn by Rob Derks:

And yes, the puzzle is finished! Always a nice moment and usually I run my hands over the puzzle. By the way very good quality puzzles from Jumbo, that Jan van Haasteren. I like to puzzle with it.

This puzzle and the magazine Margriet

The first puzzle that Rob Derks for Studio Jan van Haasteren could start drawing was the Winter Fair. So this is the first puzzle released under the then established 'Jan van Haasteren studio'. This puzzle is based on a collaboration between Jumbo and Margriet magazine. And Rob Derks was asked to make a nice viewing plate about the Winter Fair, Margriet's annual event. Perhaps this is not really an anniversary, but it is a kind of celebration of a collaboration between Jumbo and Margriet magazine. However, it was not linked to a specific number of years. But: I googled further myself and I was able to find that De Margriet existed 2013 years in 75! That can't be a coincidence because: the puzzle was made in 2013 AND you see on the puzzle that many folders / magazines are handed out that say 'Margriet 75 years'. You can see that here – note the hand with the text 'Margriet 75 J' on it:

That 75th anniversary was celebrated in a big way in 2013 in the Jaarbeurs in Utrecht. In particular, an event that attracted a lot of women, and that is reflected in the puzzle. There is even a Youtube video made of the fair in 2013, and nice to compare this with the puzzle:

Jumbo has linked a promotion to it, because whoever buys Winter Fair will receive a birthday calendar as a gift (with one page per month). For the subscribers of the magazine Margriet Margriet is holding a promotion: in Margriet no. 37 (which falls in the letterbox of subscribers on September 5, 2013) is the frame puzzle with 108 pieces. This is a puzzle in a cardboard flat box. That's this puzzle:

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'

This puzzle falls into the Category 'Anniversary' puzzles

This puzzle falls in the category 'Jubilee puzzles' by Jan van Haasteren. These puzzles have all come out in honor of the existence of an organization or collaboration for x number of years. Do you want to know exactly which anniversary puzzles are available?
View all anniversary puzzles in 1 overview
View a description of all anniversary puzzles in 1 overview

Jan van Haasteren 'Winterfair' 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 'Winterfair' - recurring element 1:1 Milk

The note with '1 Milk' on it is not very common:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 2: 3 Peepholes or Bullet holes

You almost always see the 3 peepholes or bullet holes in the JvH puzzles and they are not difficult to find:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 3: Fat woman or Mother-in-law

The fat woman (= the mother-in-law) together with the small, neatly dressed man (= father-in-law). Especially the father-in-law is beautifully dressed in a real winter outfit! Well done Rob Derks!

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 4: Shark fin

The shark fin really scares 1 participant who is participating in the fashion show, beware a shark is coming:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 5: Hands

The hands are also there, I'm not looking for them all:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 6: Gnome

The gnome is definitely a recurring element, you don't see it that often - but very nice:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 7: Santa Claus

Santa Claus (also cross-eyed) gets a ticket, it seems, that's not so nice and his rope also seems broken:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 8: Dentures

The dentures appear twice in this puzzle, difficult to find both:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 9: Eyes

The eyes appear, not so much:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 10: Paper airplane

The paper airplane is here again:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 11: Periscope

The Periscope is present, this time again in the red color:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 12: Arrow

The arrow is sometimes very difficult to find, there is 1 in this puzzle:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 13: Plasters

Unfortunately, only 1 patch can be found, usually there are an x ​​number:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 14: Cat or cat

The cat is playing with a ball of wool and this time is not hunting a bird, mouse or fish. The mouse is somewhere else entirely, have you been able to find it yet?

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 15: Police and Boef

Haha, the police are a bit confused there are several people in red and white striped clothes. They grab a visitor to the Winter Fair, and the crook is laughing elsewhere:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 16: Rob Derks - AC/DC

Special feature of Rob Derks is AC/DC (more about recurring elements Rob Derks):

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 17: Rob Derks - Blue pens

One the blue pens drawn by Rob Derks (more about recurring elements Rob Derks):

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 18: Rob Derks - Cross-eyed people

The cross-eyed people (more about recurring elements Rob Derks):

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 19: Red white striped cat

Red and white striped cat, occurs regularly:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 20: Sinterklaas

Yes, Sinterklaas, not very happy, seems like he is not allowed in, what??

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 21: Super snail

Supersnail is running fast again, but why this time?

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 22: Toothbrush

The toothbrush can be found:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 23: WC

Sign WC, and if you happen to see someone running into WC – you just see a foot:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 24: Saw

And the saw:

Jan van Haasteren puzzle 'Winterfair' - recurring element 25: Self-portrait Jan van Haasteren

Super fun when Jan van Haasteren himself is drawn in the puzzle and this time by Rob Derks. You always see him drawing a very simple puppet. His puzzles are also sold:

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

I made this puzzle at my leisure and I made it on a puzzle mat. Summarized:
Explaining the whole puzzle and laying the edges:
50 minutes. This is a little longer than normal, quite difficult around the edges because many pieces look alike, for example you don't have air pieces that should be on top anyway.
Laying out the rest of the puzzle:
7 hours and 15 minutes
Total time spent on this puzzle:
About 8 hours.
This is an average time it takes me on a Jan van Haasteren puzzle.

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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