2001 puzzle releases

The year 2001 brought a bounty of new releases, and a few reissues. There were 12 total puzzle releases this year.

Here is the list:

Bird in Hand Quilts-previously released
Candlelight Inn
Chester County Fair-previously released
Cider Time
Great Balloon Race
Harvest Moon Dance
Matties' Tavern aka Mattei's Tavern-previously released
Maple Sugaring-this is an interesting release. It is a different design but the same name
Morning in Maine
Mushroom Farm
Point Bonita-previously released
Seattle- is it just Seattle or Seattle, Washington, I don't know the answer to this one, anyone know?




Bird in Hand Quilts

Candlelight Inn

Chester County Fair

Cider Time

















Great Balloon Race

Harvest Moon Dance



















Matties' Tavern aka Mattei's Tavern
















Maple Sugaring

Morning in Maine

Mushroom Farm

Point Bonita

Seattle

2000 releases

Next up in the design release is for the year 2000. It appears that there were 6 Hometown Collection puzzle designs released in 2000.

The titles are:

Port City
Pumpkin Picking
Rampart Street Parade
Skater's Waltz
Swan Boats in Boston Park
Valentine's Day aka Be Mine


Port City

Pumpkin Picking

Rampart Street Parade

Skater's Waltz

Swan Boats in Boston Park

Valentine's Day aka Be Mine

1999 Puzzle releases

Now for some reason, I cannot find any record of Hometown Collection Heronim puzzles for the years 1997-1998. So the next year for puzzle releases is 1999.

There were six different designs released in 1999:

Bayberry Junction
Delta Queen
Kite Flying at Recess
Ladies of Lancaster
Los Altos Mail Train
Sixteenth at Cypress

Bayberry Junction

Delta Queen

Kite Flying at Recess

Ladies of Lancaster

Los Altos Mail Train

Sixteenth at Cypress

You will notice the Kite Flying at Recess and the Ladies of Lancaster boxes are different. That is because the pictures are of the boxes that were reissued in 2010. The puzzle however, is the same. If anyone has pictures of the original boxes and would like to share them, please let me know.

1996 Puzzle releases

Mega Puzzles, the (current) manufacturer of Hometown Collection Puzzles, releases approximately 6-12 new puzzle designs each year.

The first year I can find a record of Heronim puzzles would be 1996. Here are the puzzles released in 1996:
Bird in Hand Quilts
Chester County Fair
Cider Time
Maple Sugaring-there was also another Maple Sugaring released years later with a totally different    design
Mattie's Tavern -aka Mattei's Tavern
Point Bonita


Bird in Hand Quilts

Chester County Fair

Cider Time

Maple Sugaring

Mattie's Tavern

Point Bonita

Hometown Collection Puzzle Blog

This is the first post of my new puzzle blog. I am obsessed with puzzles, specifically Hometown Collection Puzzles by Heronim.

Heronim Wysocki is the brother of the famous painter, Charles Wysocki. Not wanting to capitalize on his brother's fame, he chose to release his paintings under his first name alone and signs them all Heronim. His subjects are real places with a touch of Americana. All of his paintings contain a black cat somewhere within the picture. Hence the logo for Hometown Collection puzzles features the black cat. The original set of puzzles was released by RoseArt, but they are currently manufactured by MegaPuzzles.

I will post the list of puzzles released with pictures of all the covers and the pictures of the completed puzzle, if I have it. Hopefully, others will be able to use this as a reference site to their own Heronim puzzle hobby.

This is just my personal list of puzzles. I don't represent nor am I affiliated with Mega Puzzles or Heronim. My posts represent only my own opinion and I am confident they reserve all the rights and trademarks, etc.