Like bringing a frustrating dream to life, Heinz has developed a 570-piece, all-red Ketchup puzzle-and every single tiny piece looks the same. The condiment giant is giving away 57 of the puzzles in 17 countries (excluding the U.S., unfortunately for American ketchup fans in lockdown) and is promoting the competition on its social channels in...
I’ve really mixed myself into an omelette on this project, which promises to be my longest trail to date, with more and more discoveries hatching. Yet the studios’ creativity kept finding new garnishment to vary the flavor for even the most discerning palate – suitable to grace the table of even their newest stars. The Egg Cracker Suite (Lantz/Universal, Oswald Rabbit, 3/22/43 – Ben Hardaway/Emery Hawkins, dir.) marks Oswald’s final appearance in a starring role – now redesigned as a gray rabbit much in the manner of his last previous appearance, Happy Scouts, and in the form we would most frequently know him in comic book appearances in “Walter Lantz’s New Funnies”. (For the record, this was not his last...
Stuck in quarantine for weeks on end and hoarding necessities, consumers have made their Covid-19 buying preferences extremely clear: toilet paper, frozen pizza, jigsaw puzzles and hand sanitizer. For certain consumers, cannabis-once likely considered a discretionary purchase--has fast been added to that list, fueling an unprecedented green rush with record-breaking sales since lockdown went into...
Puzzles sure have changed since childhood. These days, it seems less often that you get animals or buildings to serve as helpful guides as you're putting one together. Nope, now there are clear jigsaw puzzles and ones with all-black pieces for those really looking for a challenge. Though slightly easier, a gradient puzzle is serving as another recent example. The soothing-looking Areaware Gradient Puzzle consists of 500 pieces in various pretty color combinations: yellow and green; pink and blue; black and white; and red and yellow. Priced at $27, the puzzle is so chic, it also works as coffee-table decor. If anything, it's a solid conversation starter. (Admittedly, said conversation might go, "Oh, wow, so you have a lot of...
Image by TBWA\Belgium via Ads of the World One of the ways people have been keeping themselves occupied during self-quarantine is by turning their attention to jigsaw puzzles—the more frustrating, the better. McDonald’s Belgium, which is now partially reopening, is hoping to keep fans entertained and satiated by letting them piece together their own burgers in a unique way. The chain teamed up with ad agency TBWA\Belgium to roll out a ‘Burger Puzzle’. The limited-edition puzzle endeavors to take away the “puzzling” aspect of Belgium’s lockdown by having customers focus on the 500 pieces they’ll have to construct together to form a giant burger. The Burger Puzzle is “the first McDonald’s burger with not one or two, but hundreds of...
