Classic Summer Night - Geno Peoples by Buffalo Games and Puzzles 500 pieces

 

This is the 25th puzzle we have completed from Buffalo Games and Puzzles and our 48th puzzle since 30 April.  Of the 25 Buffalo Games puzzles there were two with missing pieces (both purchased retail and not from Goodwill).  

This was a replacement puzzle I received for one of those puzzles (Butterfly Spectrum).  I have not received the other replacement yet (which was actually the first requested).

This puzzle was not as difficult as I expected, as we finished it on the same day we started.  The truck and the fireworks went together easily.  I did have a few false fits; they should have been obvious because the cut used by Buffalo has four adjacent pieces all meeting at a point making a cross, and none of the false fits satisficed that condition.

Also, this puzzle did not include the usual poster that Buffalo provides.  This was my first Buffalo puzzle missing the poster.

When we finished there seemed to be a piece missing, but we found it underneath one of our sorting trays.  This is the fourth time we have finished with a missing piece and then found it (once the missing piece was still in the bag, once on the floor, once under a couch cushion (?) and once underneath a sorting tray.