Figure=It=Out

The puzzles in this range are true gems in the World of jigsaws, sometimes mimicked but rarely surpassed.
Starting with fascinating, excellent quality artistic prints, many of which emanated as promotional film & theatre posters, they were firstly line-cut around the main subject outline before then being intricately cut, generally in semi-interlocking style and often featuring drop-outs, or small sections taken out, such as spaces between chair legs to increase the overall effect and add extra interest to the puzzle. The brand name for these very challenging puzzles is doubly suitable. On the one hand it perfectly describes the way the figures have been cut from their surroundings, but even more aptly, on more than one occasion, even with all of the pieces assembled into their own coloured sections, I have still been at a loss to know where they all go, or what the final picture will show. Wonderful every time!
Examples are extremely scarce, as well as highly-prized so some of those shown here are examples from private collections.
A price list for the company, found in the literature section features examples from the Figure=It=Out series on Page 5.
I am hugely indebted to collectors who have allowed examples from their personal collections to be shown here for all to enjoy.