Flipsi Puzzles have a Christmas series! You may remember our review of Flipsi Puzzles’s Enchanted Places series, but for first time readers, I’ll describe them here briefly and in more detail at the end of this post. Flipsi puzzles are double-sided, so you build the image on the box cover and then flip it over to reveal the surprise image on the back. Flipsi Puzzles has engineered a Flipsi Board that helps you flip the puzzle easily without worrying about the pieces breaking off or the puzzle falling apart.
Flipsi Puzzles come in themed series. The puzzles can be purchased singly, in sets (all three puzzles in the series); and in Flipsi bundles: Flipsi Complete, which includes one puzzle and the Flipsi Board; and Flipsi Plus, which includes all three puzzles in a series, plus the Flipsi Board. The Flipsi Board can also be bought on its own. The Flipsi Board is red velvet with white corners, which show exactly where the puzzle fits. It also is marked “Portrait” and “Landscape” to help you orient the pieces in the board.
TOP TIP: Whichever series you buy first, buy the Flipsi Plus bundle, so you have the Flipsi Board, which can then be used with all of the other Flipsi puzzle series.
What’s in the box?
The Naughty Nice boxes include the double-sided puzzle pieces and a frameable mini poster of the image on the box. If you buy the series with the Flipsi Board, the box also includes two clips to clamp the board closed when flipping.
The Naughty Nice images are gorgeous! The Nice puzzle is a sweet Christmas scene in a lovely village square with children playing, lots of winter details, like snowmen and Christmas trees, bunting and decorations. The colors are vibrant, mainly bright reds, and the scene really draws you in. As always this is a spoiler-free review, so I won’t tell you what’s on the flip side, but the image draws you in closer to the village scene with characters and images that show how the night before Christmas is for the children in the Nice village.
The Naughty puzzle is the same village, but seen through a naughty mirror. The children are there, but they’re naughty. The snowman has been vandalized and the tree decorations are evocative of darker themes than the Nice image. The color scheme is darker (not just because it’s green). It’s got a completely different appeal than the Nice one, and is just as gorgeously detailed. As you can imagine (and you’ll have to until you flip it yourself), the flip side of the image is also in keeping with the Naughty village, but you’re drawn into a different sort of night before Christmas than the Nice one.
How to solve a Flipsi Puzzle:
First, put the jigsaw puzzle together. The distinction between the sides of the pieces is textural. Both sides are colorful, so you really need to pay attention to make sure you have the right side facing up. The side of the pieces that form the image on the box is sort of bubbled, while the reveal side is completely flat. When you hold the pieces in your hand, you can feel the difference. The color might be slightly muted on the back side, but it’s not easily detectable and certainly not as easy as feeling the pieces with your fingertips. The pieces are standard puzzles pieces, with no weird/thematic shapes.
Second, after you’ve spent time admiring the completed puzzle, flip it. If you’ve got the puzzle board, close the board, clamp the sides to prevent the puzzle from sliding out, then flip it over and open the reverse. If you don’t have the Flipsi Board, be very careful when you lift the puzzle and flip it.
TOP TIP: If you’re the type of puzzler who builds the puzzle, then passes it on, hold onto the Flipsi Board, because you’re definitely going to want to use it on the other puzzle series.
Flipi Puzzles are a great addition to any puzzle library. And, after you’ve built the puzzle and flipped it, you then have two different building options, if you want to rebuild. If you love a jigsaw challenge, you can try building the reverse image first, but the reveal is so worth it that I would build the image first and then flip it. Add the Naughty Nice series to your Christmas traditions. The puzzles are 500 pieces, so can be done in a few hours or over a few days, and the images are just stunning. There’s something for everyone’s Christmas with Flipsi’s Naught Nice series.
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