Brand Catalogues

Those of you who have been puzzling since pre-internet days will recall that many brands used to include a printed catalogue in their puzzle boxes; catalogues that were often discarded as junk mail. Sadly, they are now very scarce and most vintage puzzle lovers are excited to see one turn up in a box!

Modern-day brands are now often released online digital PDF catalogues, but these still require doing a lot of research online to find them.

This is why IPDb has added a dedicated catalogue upload area, where members can add any catalogues they may have, to share with the puzzle community. 

The catalogue area can be found in the burger menu in the top left corner of the screen.

A window will appear listing any catalogue already uploaded and ready for viewing. You can select a catalog and hit view to see the catalog. You can filter the list by brand and or year, to make it easier to find a specific catalog.

If you want to upload a catalog, click the Upload button and select the PDF (see below) file from your device and fill out this form

You need to specify the brand of the catalog and the year, and you can add additional information that may be of general interest.

We hope to see many more interesting catalogues appear in this area, in time to come.

1. Open the image
2. Go to File > Print
3. When your printer window appears, from the printer dropdown, select Print to PDF
4. A window will appear asking you where to save the PDF.  Navigate to where you want to save the PDF on your device or network and give it a name before pressing the print button.

This will generate a PDF file of the image you want to convert to the nominated spot.

You can then retrieve this PDF file when navigating to it via the IPDB catalogue Upload button, or drag and drop it onto the catalogue upload screen.