1000 pieces – published 1984
The Flying Dutchman is a legendary ghost ship that can never make port and is doomed to sail the oceans forever.   Ryba has his Flying Dutchman literally flying through clouds of angels in his first cartoon puzzle for Heye.

500 pieces – published 1984
Santa’s sleigh is being held up by angel-burglars in the sky who are having a lot of fun opening the presents.

1000 pieces – published 1985
This whimsical scene shows the workshop of the Creator, where stars are being made from molten gold and fixed in the heavens by angels.

1500 pieces – published 1985
This wonderful Bavarian-style town could not be any charming in design but it is peopled with sloshed policemen, bank robbers, panicked milkmaids, and other questionable characters.  A part of this puzzle was released under the name “Nocturno“.  The puzzle was also re-released in 2006

1000 pieces – published 1986
“Gloria Porci” is the “commercial title” for the puzzle that Michael chose. His complete, humorous title was “The Attempt to Introduce the Potato into Italy. Fresco in the Vatican’s central heating basement by a painter called Michelangelo”.

1500 pieces – published 1988
If pigs could be rock stars, their world would look something like this.  This detail scene includes long-haired pig rockers and a large audience of fans from all walks of life — including other animals.  A subsection of this puzzle was later released called “Pig Band”

1000 pieces – published 1992
This ‘for sale’ house is a real ‘fixer upper.’  It’s completely fallen down and chaos prevails.  Everything is broken — doors, window, etc.  The furniture is scattered all over and the entire place is overrun with mice.

1000 pieces – published 2000
Firemen drive into the sky to put out fireworks.

1000 pieces – published 2000
Outdoorsman Comic Paradise!  White Water Rafting, Hiking, Campfire and Bungee Jumping?! Lions and Bears too, oh my!

1500 pieces – published 1992
Ryba liked taking old masters and, shall we say, putting a new spin on them? In this scene, Rembrants chracters stand side-by-side with Ryba-style pigs, ducks and Deutchmen. Add in such conveniences as modern cameras and SUVs and you have an extremely unique puzzle.

1000 pieces – published 1995
Colorful characters and sight gags abound in this pool hall.

1500 pieces – published 1998
This image features a gigantic stage, on which quite a few television shows are being filmed. There’s a Blind Date show, a Sport Studio and so on.  Each has tons of cameramen and many crazy actors/contestants.

500 pieces – published 1999
Kitty dreams of delectable food dishes, a posh litter box, an amourous Tom and a dog-shaped punching bag.

500 pieces – published 2001
One of a set of six extremely colorful and funny food puzzles. In this scene, a drive in burger joint is filled with screaming kids, hungry dogs, skating waitresses and large Americans! Complete series: ‘Peking Duck’ (Ryba), ‘Wurst Mit Kraut’ (Jabo), ‘Paella Espanola’ (Prades), ‘Cuisine Francais’ (Ruyer) and ‘Pasta Italiana’ (Degano).

500 pieces – published 2001
One of a set of six extremely colorful and funny food puzzles. In this scene, the mysteries of the orient include Wok cooking, hungry Buddhas, temples, tigers, and kimono clad beauties.

Complete series: ‘Peking Duck’ (Ryba), ‘Wurst Mit Kraut’ (Jabo), ‘Paella Espanola’ (Prades), ‘Cuisine Francais’ (Ruyer) and ‘Pasta Italiana’ (Degano).

2000 pieces – published 1996
An example of the wonderfully clever and original themes found in Ryba’s puzzles. This large puzzle features the history of math, from counting cavemen to Egyptian hieroglyphics to Galileo and the Inquisition to space travel and the digital age. The entire puzzle looks like a Windows screen.

2000 pieces – published 1998
This masterpiece has a mystery-horror theme.  Five magnifying-glass inserts show various scenes of mayhem.  In one, Granny lies in bed oblivious while various attempts are made on her life.  In another, a band plays on while arrows and bullets whiz by.  In a third, dinner guests are blithely poisoned.  In a fourth, the detective arrives, escorted by Igor and a doctor checks a corpse under a fallen chandelier.  In a sixth, a maiden runs screaming from an ax-wielding ogre.  All of these are overlaid on a large landscape of a haunted English manor.  This puzzle was later re-released under the name “Crime Scene”

4000 pieces – published 1987
Hilarious riff on King Ludwig’s castle, Neuschwanstein, complete with Wagnerian opera singers and assorted other giggles.   Parts of this puzzle been made into smaller puzzles like ‘R. Wagner: Opera Bavaria’ and ’Blind Date Nathalie’.

4000 pieces – published 1991
Wonderful scene of life in the Wild West.  There are buffalo, wagon trains, attacking Indians, cavalry and the railroad…    One of the first really complex 4000 pieces by Ryba.  A part of this puzzle has been made into a smaller puzzle, ‘Blind Date Wanda‘.

4000 pieces – published 1997
This red and gold scene shows an opera house invaded by dragons.   Audience and cast members alike panic and a waterfall engulfs the stage.   This large puzzle is quite a challenge.  A subsection of this puzzle was later released as a smaller puzzle ‘Blind Date Olga’.

8000 pieces – published 2000
This is one of Heye’s amazingly huge puzzles — but if you love Ryba, this is the biggest, coolest puzzle imaginable.  Don’t let the piece count intimidate you.  The puzzle comes broken into four bags — each bag is one quarter of the puzzle.  So you are actually working four 2000 piece puzzles and then joining them together.  Very doable.  And the art is wonderful. The puzzle features a huge panorama of the New York skyline, featuring the Chrysler and Empire State Buildings.  There’s a street scene in a large border running the length of the puzzle at the bottom (Times Square) and insets of various other New York locations such as Central Park.