Ravensburger’s New Assortment of Puzzles

Ravensburger announced several new puzzles to their line up at the Toy Fair in 2013.

The Kinder Collection
For the younger set, Ravensburger broadens its puzzle offerings to provide more ways to engage children’s imaginations while sharpening their hand-eye coordination and color matching and sequencing skills. Ravensburger’s debut Kinder Collection features whimsical images of a princess, robots, cats, farm and vehicles. The contemporary and brightly-colored puzzles, available in a range of piece counts and gift-ready packages that include fully-illustrated gift and suitcase boxes perfect for everyday and special occasions, include:

• Princess and Vehicles – 24-pc puzzles, each presented in a suitcase-style box with easy-to- grip handle for convenient toting. Ages 3+, SRP $13.99

• Farm, Robots and Cats – 80-pc puzzles, each packaged in an easy-seal pouch for convenient storage and travel. Ages 4+, SRP $6.99

• Transportation, Monkey & Giraffe, and Cinderella – 100-pc puzzles, each showcased in a fully-illustrated gift box for additional gift-giving magic. Ages 6+, SRP $6.99

Complete Puzzle Set
Ravensburger debuts its first all-in-one puzzle and display collection with six different beautiful styles (SRP $25.99 each). The “picture-perfect” gift, each unique set features a puzzle box that transforms into an integrated frame when folded according to easy-to-follow directions. The box also doubles as an assembly surface. Once they complete their project, puzzlers can glue together the finished work and proudly display it! The new lineup of 500-pc puzzles, each equipped with puzzle glue and picture hangers, includes:

•  South Seas Flair – A tropical ocean scene filled with palm trees, blue sky, sandy beach and clear ocean water in a blue-green frame.

• African Giants – A family of African elephants set in golden hues and framed in orange and gold.

• Time for Cappuccino – Two inviting cups of froth-topped cappuccino in lovely red cups and saucers and framed in serene shades of brown and beige.

• Inseparable Friends – Sleepy tawny-colored puppy and bunny relaxing on green grass against a blue sky with fluffy white clouds with a wood-grain frame.

• New York Colors – Color-enhanced NYC skyline in bright red frame.

• Colorful Ocean – Picturesque underwater scene with multi-colored swimming fish in a frame that matches the sea.

Thomas & Friends 2D and 3D Puzzles
This year promises to be a big one for Thomas & Friends, and Ravensburger “builds out” its offerings with nearly a dozen fresh designs certain to delight fans all the way down the line. Among
them are:

• Thomas & Friends™ Birthday Surprise – A 72-pc 3D Puzzle featuring curved plastic pieces that click perfectly into place without glue to form a 5” sphere. Includes images of Thomas and Sir Topham Hat. Ages 6+, SRP $15.99

• Thomas & Friends™ Right On Time – A 60-pc puzzle with movable clock hands that showcases the Islands of Sodor clock tower surrounded by images of eight other “timely”scenes with clocks showing their local time. Ages 4+, SRP $10.99

• Thomas & Friends™ Farm Days – An 80-pc puzzle packaged in an easy-seal pouch, depicting Thomas on a farm surrounded by animals. Ages 4+, SRP $6.99

• Thomas & Friends™ Circus Fun – A 24-pc floor puzzle of Thomas pulling into the circus, presented in a suitcase box. Also available in the same packaging is Thomas & Friends™ At the Airport. Ages 4+, SRP $15.99 each

• Thomas & Friends™ Quarry Time – A 35-pc puzzle featuring Thomas “making tracks” out of a rock quarry, packaged in a tin with red handle for easy clean-up and toting. Also available is Thomas & Friends™ Thomas at the Windmill. Ages 4+, SRP $14.99 each

3D Buildings and Augmented Reality Puzzles

Also new in Ravensburger’s multi-award-winning 3D Buildings puzzle line for kids ages 10 and up are three 216-pc puzzles, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Taipei 101 Tower and Windmill (SRP $27.99 each). Giving enthusiasts the chance to erect some of the world’s most famous structures, the three new awe-inspiring and easy-to-assemble vertical puzzles join the company’s popular
Empire State Building, Eiffel Tower, Big Ben and iconic New England Lighthouse as well as its recently introduced Tower Bridge (SRP $59.99), a larger-scale puzzle.

Ravensburger’s 3D Puzzles feature precision-cut flat, hinged and rounded pieces that click perfectly into place.  The buildings can be constructed by the building’s exterior, the numbers located on the inside of each piece or both. Once complete, the display-worthy structures stand up to 18” tall and feature exacting details.