Image-based puzzle and a method of making thereof

A puzzle comprising:

• (a) a sheet of puzzle pieces comprising a release sheet and a face stock detachably coupled thereto, a front surface of said face stock has at least one extended piece image provided thereon covering at least one sector of said front surface, said at least one extended piece image corresponds to at least one region of a source image, at least one closed-shape cut laying inside said at least one sector cuts through said face stock so forming at least one puzzle piece having at least one puzzle piece image provided thereon;
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• (b) a puzzle assembly surface having a puzzle assembly image provided thereon, said puzzle assembly image including:
• (i) blank areas corresponding to non-overlapping sections of said source image, said blank areas each having an image therein blanked out;
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• (ii) a background puzzle image corresponding to complementary sections of said source image which are complementary to said non-overlapping sections of said source image;
• wherein shape and size of said at least one puzzle piece and said at least one puzzle piece image provided thereon are such that, when said at least one puzzle piece is placed upon said puzzle assembly surface in a particular position with a particular orientation, said at least one puzzle piece covers a region of said puzzle assembly image including a particular blank area of said blank areas and a portion of said background puzzle image directly adjoining said particular blank area such that said at least one puzzle piece image is complementary to a portion of said background puzzle image that is left uncovered by said at least one puzzle piece;
• thereby, when said at least one puzzle piece is placed on said puzzle assembly surface in said particular position with said particular orientation, said at least one puzzle piece image together with regions of said background puzzle image that are uncovered by said at least one puzzle piece, collectively form an image that is generally identical to said source image.