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Appleone is a young company, founded in 1989. It offers a medium-sized range, and features a number of interesting Japanese artists and the photographer Mizuno Katsuhiko's images of Kyoto.
- Missing a piece from an Appleone puzzle? Help here
Box contents
In days gone by you opened a jigsaw puzzle box, and inside were just the pieces! But Japanese puzzles come with various extra bits and pieces. The assumption is that you will only do the puzzle once, then glue it together for wall mounting, to impress your friends.
1 Most important - the pieces
2 Postcard: instructions, and how to get a replacement for a missing piece. (Details on request)
3 Sachet of jigsaw puzzle glue
4 Sponge for spreading glue
Doing the puzzle
Ignore the strict instructions to do the edge pieces first: put the bits together in any order you like. If you want to display the puzzle, you can use the glue to stick it together. Spread a sheet of clean but unwanted paper under the completed puzzle, with the puzzle the right way up. Then pour the glue over the front of the puzzle: spread it out with the sponge, so all the joints get neatly filled with glue. It should dry with a nice glossy finish.
Disclaimer: I have very limited experience of gluing puzzles - I usually break them up to do again some day. But I have had some success with trompe l'oeil murals!
Please note: Actual box contents may vary. If you find any discrepancies, please let us know.
Website
The Appleone website is here: www.appleone.co.jp. Check for updates: Latest puzzles
It's probably best to start at the puzzle index, which includes some thumbnail links. The following links show genres or artists, with ten puzzles on each page. Use the '0|1|2' links at the bottom of each page to see more.
Japanese art: Ozuma Kaname - Ogasawara Etsuko - Yoshida Hatsusaburô - Tale of Genji - Jizô-san (Buddha) - Other traditional
Illustration: Shu (Mizoguchi Shûichi) - Iwasaki Chihiro - Fujishiro Seiji - Fantastic collection (glowing cottages) - Liliana Frasca - Nagaoka Taku - Shoji Kazunobu - Tanikawa Hiroyuki - MAYA MAXX (designer) - Nakayama Jun'ichi - Stars - Western art - Other art
Scenic: Mt. Fuji - Kyoto - Rest of Japan - World scenery - Pets
Flowers: Flowers - Flower and colour therapy - Feng shui
The Appleone site uses the following icons for puzzle features:
 | Glow-in-the-dark puzzle |
 | Puzzle includes "Apple" piece |
 | Pieces are numbered on the back |
 | Hexachrome printing |
 | Diamond screen super-high quality printing |
 | Compact box |
Please note: Manufacturers tend to rearrange their websites from time to time, so I cannot guarantee that the above links will work. Please let me know if you find them broken.
Identifying Appleone puzzles
The Appleone product codes all start with the piece count, then a hyphen, then a code number: e.g., 1000-366 is a 1000-piece puzzle. Imaginatorium Shop item codes for Appleone all begin with 'A' followed by a condensed version, with the first two digits indicating the number of pieces. So A03___ is 300 pieces, A05___ is 500 pieces, A10___ is 1000 pieces, and A20___ is 2000 pieces.
