Ross Andru's Amazing Spider-Man Club 9 9

[Spider-Variant]

48 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Good man Gaz! I recognise the fourth as another Andru swipe too. 

 

From the same issue as your puzzle.  Cant link the panel at the moment.

Edited April 14, 2021 by Spider-Variant

[Spider-Variant]

53 minutes ago, Garystar said:

These are the four Spider-Man ones;

there are also 4 hulks(Sal buscema) and 4 FFs (Kirby) in the series. 

I haven’t specifically looked in years but I think they turn up on eBay uk quite frequently. 
 I do like the tinned puzzles, unfortunately none in my collection. 

Good stuff.Garystar!

[Get Marwood & I]

4 minutes ago, Spider-Variant said:

 

From the same issue as your puzzle.  Cant link the panel at the moment.

           

 

 

[Garystar]

10 hours ago, Spider-Variant said:

Nice Steve.  I've never seen that puzzle.  I love stuff like this.  Does it have a year when it was produced on the box?

As Marwood says no date on the box however the hulk, ref 7826 and FF  ref 7827, are copyright 1977. Spider-Man is reference 7718, a lower reference, so wouldn’t that indicate an earlier release?

[Spider-Variant]

1 hour ago, Get Marwood & I said:

           

 

 

That's it.  Looks like the head is slightly different, but that maybe just me.

Anyone else think those two thugs look beefier in the puzzle picture?  Look like a couple of defensive linemen tackling our favorite Spider-Man.

[Spider-Variant]

1 hour ago, Garystar said:

As Marwood says no date on the box however the hulk, ref 7826 and FF  ref 7827, are copyright 1977. Spider-Man is reference 7718, a lower reference, so wouldn’t that indicate an earlier release?

Could be, ASM 158 hit the stands on April 13, 1976  (damn 45 years ago yesterday, I remember buying that bad boy off the stands).  So, probably 1977 or 1978 could be correct.

[HighVoltage]

5 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Ta-dah! 

My sister (The Jigsaw Queen) challenged me to do it in an hour. I took two, but in my defence I did spend half an hour in the middle chasing a dementia patient down the road 

Now I must have one!

[Winterboy]

Best thread ever.

[Get Marwood & I]

7 hours ago, Spider-Variant said:

That's it.  Looks like the head is slightly different, but that maybe just me.

Anyone else think those two thugs look beefier in the puzzle picture?  Look like a couple of defensive linemen tackling our favorite Spider-Man.

Pair of fatties aren't they. Put me in mind of Razorback for some reason. 

It's a curious choice for a jigsaw image isn't it. In fact, the one I got seems to be the only satisfying image - the rest are a bit random aren't they. Odd choices when you consider the issues that they were working from, and all the classic Andru poses that were available to select.

[Get Marwood & I]

9 hours ago, Garystar said:

As Marwood says no date on the box however the hulk, ref 7826 and FF  ref 7827, are copyright 1977. Spider-Man is reference 7718, a lower reference, so wouldn’t that indicate an earlier release?

Depends which way they were working Gary - up or down!

Could the 77 be the year and the 18 the product number? Hard to imagine that there were 7717 other products preceding it?

[Garystar]

Could be and just because it was copyright in 1977 could have been released later but gives ball park and ties in with your google search. 

[Get Marwood & I]

Who's up for a Spidey competition then, with this jigsaw?

Once I've got it back from my sister who's dying to give it a go (seeing her tomorrow, then again the following Friday) I'll do it again, time myself and post the results here. I'll then post it to the next volunteer who can do the same and so on. I'll include a results sheet in with it so each successive player can record their scores and add any notes before passing it on to the next player. It'll be a bit of fun and something to look forward in the thread - each players attempts as the parcel travels around the world and seeing their pictures here of the completed puzzle.

Anyone like to do that, and add themselves to the player list? Obviously there will be a cost involved for each player, the posting on to the next player. If we run out of players, the winner gets to keep it. 

I'll give Reggie @Spider-Variant first refusal seeing as he more or less keeps the thread alive - post here if you'd like to play 

[Spider-Variant]

3 hours ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Who's up for a Spidey competition then, with this jigsaw?

Once I've got it back from my sister who's dying to give it a go (seeing her tomorrow, then again the following Friday) I'll do it again, time myself and post the results here. I'll then post it to the next volunteer who can do the same and so on. I'll include a results sheet in with it so each successive player can record their scores and add any notes before passing it on to the next player. It'll be a bit of fun and something to look forward in the thread - each players attempts as the parcel travels around the world and seeing their pictures here of the completed puzzle.

Anyone like to do that, and add themselves to the player list? Obviously there will be a cost involved for each player, the posting on to the next player. If we run out of players, the winner gets to keep it. 

I'll give Reggie @Spider-Variant first refusal seeing as he more or less keeps the thread alive - post here if you'd like to play 

I'm in Steve.  I'm probably the furthest distance from you, so perhaps you can solicit who wants to play, and put together a rough mailing plan.  Don't think it would need to be elaborate.  Like if some of the folks are from the UK, you could send it to them first, then to the next closest country, etc.   Then perhaps the last person can mail it on to the person with the fastest time as the trophy.

Just some suggestions, but I'm definitely in.  

[Get Marwood & I]

1 hour ago, Spider-Variant said:

Just some suggestions, but I'm definitely in.

Goodie, let's see who else bites...

@Garystar Gary - you a jigsaw man? 

[Garystar]

1 hour ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Gary - you a jigsaw man?

Why would I want a jigsaw - they’re for kids!

 

I think there is some more Ross Andru Spider-Man in with this lot. 
The third eye ones are spectacular and you would measure time to do these in days, unfortunately I only have the three. 
I already have the swinging Spider-Man one - I’ll time myself and post the results. 

[Get Marwood & I]

@Garystar 

From now on, this will be in my mind when I think of you Gary: 

Come to think of it, there's got to be a jigsaw of Jigsaw, surely 

 

[Get Marwood & I]

Oh, look at them 

The one on the left looks familiar but I've no idea about the image sources for the other two 

Even jigsaws were better back in the day. Modern life is indeed rubbish, isn't it. If only comparatively.  

[Garystar]

5 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

The one on the left looks familiar but I've no idea about the image sources for the other two 

The one in middle is reworking cover #137, one on right cover #130. 

[Get Marwood & I]

Just now, Garystar said:

The one in middle is reworking cover #137, one on right cover #130. 

Really Gary? I never knew.

[Spider-Variant]

15 minutes ago, Get Marwood & I said:

Really Gary? I never knew.

Ah, sarcasm is wasted on youth, lol.