Help me find a Playboy jigsaw puzzle from the 70s

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I’m not sure this is the right board for such a request. Mods, feel free to move.

Hugh Hefner’s death has made me think about how Playboy was part of my adolescence (I’m a straight male). Of course there were the magazines, but somehow I also came into possession of a jigsaw puzzle, which I’ve been trying to find ever since.

It was in a box, not in a can like many Playboy puzzles were (for some reason). It showed a person in a rabbit suit, in Hef’s signature silk robe. Behind him were three framed photos of Playmates: A white woman, twins, and a black woman. Based on the hairstyles, it had to be from the 70s.

I’ve searched every iteration of “Playboy jigsaw puzzle” online and scanned through hundreds of images, but I can’t find this puzzle. I don’t even want the puzzle itself; I just want to see the box again – I imagine it will take me back to being 14.

Does anyone know where I could find this puzzle? Or a photo? Or search through all puzzles made by Playboy? I’m open to anything, if it doesn’t cost much.

Thanks for your help.

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It may have been based on a magazine cover.

These two sound similar to what you described:


Minor female nudity warning
January 1970
January 1971

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1971! That’s it!

I had no idea it was a cover; thought there were too many women.

Trip down memory lane begins…

Thanks, Little Nemo!

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Covers used to show nips?

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Yes, indeed, and spectacular nips they were, too. Check out the ones on Lorrie Menconi, the redhead on the 1970 cover. Simply magnificent! :o

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I’d forgotten about the rabbit-man. He’s even more pathetically creepy than ol Hef himself!

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Oh, wow! There *is *a little rabbit-man on those covers! I, uh, hadn’t noticed. :o

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For a time, Playboy’s Rabbit logo was featured on every cover. Sometimes it would be out in the open but other times, it would be subtly hidden so you’d have to closely look at the cover a few times to spot it.

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This should be of interest. Every single cover, naughty bits are covered so it’s SFW. Unless your W has a problem with Rubenesque artwork.

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sigh Brings me back. I had one of the playmate puzzles in the can, did it, puzzle glued it, and hung it on a closet in my dorm.
But the thrift stores I go to are unlikely to have such puzzles.

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I recognize most of them, but I would love to know who the model on the November 1971 cover is. She absolutely blows me away (so to speak).

I wonder of she was ever featured inside the magazine? I’m pretty sure she wasn’t a Playmate.

**EDIT: **Never mind, it says right below the picture. Debbie Hanlon. I guess I just wasn’t … uhm, paying attention. :o

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This is what an article in The New York Times had to say about Debbie:

*Occasionally Playboy encounters a case like that of Debbie Hanlon of Royal Oak, Mich., who had already been photographed as April’s Playmate when she backed out because her parents, both Jehovah’s Witnesses, objected. (“A beautiful girl like her portrayed in the nude would be bound to give men unchristian thoughts,” her mother explained.) *

Rats! :mad:

I wonder if I can order copies of that shoot? :dubious:

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I wonder if this is Debbie today. If so, she’s aged remarkably well!

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The Debbie Hanlon cover was one of the ones used for a jigsaw puzzle.

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It’s more likely that this is her.

The Debbie Hanlon you found lives in Florida. The Deborah Hanlon I linked to works at a school in <…>, a small community near the Playboy Debbie Hanlon’s hometown of Royal Oak, Michigan.

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I hope not. :frowning: Maybe they’re cousins.

Comparing the two faces, I honestly don’t see any resemblance.

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Hmm, Various body parts on jigsaw puzzle pieces. Sounds interesting. :smiley:

I remember the Playboy puzzles from college. They were around the dorm.

These days you can use an App to create a puzzle from any photo.

Lots of possibilities.

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There’s also Jigidi. I’ve created a few from Playboy images but one needs to sign in there to see 'em.

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Can you find the one in the Pointillist cover for May 1976? I used to know where it was, but I’d forgotten. Just now, it took me over an hour of staring at the picture to find it again!

Once you know where it is, you can’t help but see it.

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How come they can show bare bottoms and most of every boob, but have to cover up nipples? :dubious: :mad: :confused: