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DS21mo loves jigsaw puzzles, and he has been doing wooden jigsaw puzzles.

His latest favorite is the US map puzzle: http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-Wooden-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B00000JBLI

He has a couple of Melissa and Doug 24-piece ones that are no longer challenging for him, so I bought some 48-piece ones. But he is not interested in them because they are not themes that he cares for.

He loves cars and trains. Any ideas for car or train jigsaw puzzles that are either wooden or printed on thick cardboard? I prefer something more than 24 pieces if possible.

P.S. I think we have owned all the Melissa and Doug car/train puzzles. LOL.

Thanks!

I am not associated with Amazon. Shop around for the best deal. Here are a few ideas:

Transportation thick cardboard 48-piece floor:
http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870124&sr=1-50

"Going Places" 48-piece floor:
http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870152&sr=1-63

Classic cars 100-piece:
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Cars-...mp;ie=UTF8&qid=1285869539&sr=1-5

Some Pixar Cars 48-piece puzzles:
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-6663-P...mp;ie=UTF8&qid=1285869539&sr=1-9

Disney Pixar Cars Lightning McQueen 60-piece plastic puzzle sphere:
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Lightn...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285869709&sr=1-40

3-D motorcycle sidecar wooden puzzle:
http://www.amazon.com/3-D-Wooden-Pu...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285869539&sr=1-24

American Express Train 114-piece wooden:
http://www.amazon.com/American-Expr...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285871057&sr=1-21

Trains 100-piece (weight of 2 pounds indicates it must be big or substantial IMHO):
http://www.amazon.com/Trains-Piece-...mp;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870666&sr=1-8

Eagle Canyone Railway 200-piece:
http://www.amazon.com/Melissa-Doug-...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870923&sr=1-46

Thomas glow-in-the-dark thick cardboard 100-piece (plenty of other train ones are linked starting from that page):
http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Carnival-glow-dark-puzzle/dp/B000B8THDC/ref=pd_sim_t_1

Thomas thick cardboard 60-piece: http://www.amazon.com/Thomas-Friends-Goes-Piece-Puzzle/dp/B00005CESR/ref=pd_sim_t_2

Ravensburger construction 60-piece:
http://www.amazon.com/Ravensburger-Construction-Crowd-Piece-Puzzle/dp/B000NYPDIC/ref=pd_sim_t_9

Ravensburger fire department 100-piece:
http://www.amazon.com/Ravensburger-Fire-Department-Piece-Puzzle/dp/B002EZZ6N0/ref=pd_sim_t_10

Fire engine 67-piece construction kit (maybe you can find similar kits along the line of trains or cars):
http://www.amazon.com/Fire-Engine-W...mp;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870218&sr=1-1

Ah, here's one (steam train wooden puzzle/kit):
http://www.amazon.com/Steam-Train-W...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870334&sr=1-29

Matchitecture antique car (I know this is more than 48 pieces, but looks interesting and I'd give it a go, personally):
http://www.amazon.com/Bojeux-b6616-...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870411&sr=1-30

Antique car wooden kit:
http://www.amazon.com/CE-made-in-Ta...p;ie=UTF8&qid=1285870411&sr=1-46

Thank you, Iucounu. You rock!

For some strange reasons, I am having a hard time with floor puzzles on the carpet.

You're quite welcome. My son loves trains, too, and I also got something out of it. I wound up buying that big 1000-piece one, the side view of the train-yard-- he's never tried a 1000-piece before, but that one seems to have a series of well-defined small areas that are like small self-contained puzzles. I am trying to teach him that he has no boundaries, so I plan to have him work on this, even if it takes a while, and I know his train mania will keep him at it. I think some of those kits look really neat, too.

I know what you mean about the floor puzzles on carpet. He generally has commandeered a section of the kitchen when he has worked on those.

Let us know how your son does with his 1000-piece puzzle.

The construction kits look cool. I might just buy some for myself.