Grumpy's Jigsaw Puzzle Review

  Another Goodwill Charles Wysocki, unfortunately missing a piece.   This one had more than the usual false fits but eventually it worked out.  You have to look for cracks to find pieces put in the wrong place.  Finished last night on 8 April 2023.

  Another Charles Wysocki from Goodwill.  I thought this one had a missing piece for the longest time, but eventually found it.  This one had a lot of false fits, but eventually it worked out.  The first 3/4 was pretty easy, the rest was more difficult.

  Another Charles Wysocki from Goodwill which we assembled quickly.  While we were looking for the missing piece, we found a piece in the couch.  We were able to determine that it was one of the missing pieces from Grandma's Kitchen which we finished a few weeks ago.  At least we still have it and had not donated it yet.

  Another Goodwill find and Charles Wysocki with all the pieces!  We enjoyed this one a lot and finished it quickly.

  This is our first Charles Wysocki of 2023!  We enjoyed this a lot, and it was a nice break after doing the balloons.  We like the Wysocki puzzles very much.

  Another Buffalo Games and Puzzles by Charles Wysocki found at Goodwill.  This one had more false fits than usual.  I discovered that the right side was wrong when I could not connect it to the inside.  It took a bit of head scratching to figure it out.  This is our 31st puzzle from Goodwill our 31st from Buffalo Games and Puzzles, and our 14th Charles Wysocki. 

  Another fun one from Buffalo Games and Puzzles with artwork by Charles Wysocki.  This is the 13th Charles Wysocki puzzle we have done this year.  I enjoy doing these for some reason though they are simple and easy to do. This puzzle was also found at Goodwill (where we get most of our puzzles now).  This is the 27th Goodwill puzzle we have done this year; only 4 had missing pieces.

  Another fun puzzle by Charles Wysocki.  This was our 50th puzzle completed since we started on 30 April, our 26th from Buffalo Games and Puzzles, and our 12th by Charles Wysocki.  Two of the 26 have been missing pieces, both of which were purchased retail. I purchased this puzzle from Amazon a few weeks ago.  We enjoyed building this one; the wife did most of it.  It took us just under a day working on and off to finish it which is pretty good for us. There were a few false fits that slowed us up, but nothing unusual. This puzzle was a nice change after the Mega Puzzles one we just finished, which took 5 days.

  Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  Frederick the Literate Series:  The Cats of Charles Wysocki Artist:  Charles Wysocki Number of Pieces:  750 Size:  24" x 18" Poster included:  Yes Quality:  Very good   - Missing pieces:  None   - False Fits:  Only if you're not careful   - Sections stay together when moving:  Sometimes   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  None   - Uncut pieces:  None   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  Yes, if you're careful   - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  None What I liked:  I like cats and I like everything Charles Wysocki, so this was fun to put together What I didn't like:  Nothing This was a recent Goodwill find.  

  Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  Noah and Friends Series:  N/A Artist:  Charles Wysocki Number of Pieces:  1000 Size:  26.75" x 19.75" Poster included:  Yes Quality:  Excellent   - Missing pieces:  None   - False Fits:  Yes, there was one or two on the edge which held me up   - Sections stay together when moving:  Yes, generally   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  None   - Uncut pieces:  None   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  Yes   - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  None What I liked:  The price (only $4.99 at Goodwill!).  This was a fun image to assemble, especially the animals though the rhinos, elephants and hippos are quite similar in color.  The arc was more difficult. What I didn't like:  Not much. Our first 1000 piece puzzle since we restarted doing jigsaw puzzles in April.  

  Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  Fireside Companions Artist:  Charles Wysocki Number of Pieces:  300 Large pieces Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster included:  Yes Quality:  Excellent   - Missing pieces:  None   - False Fits:  None   - Sections stay together when moving:  Sometimes, but didn't really need to do that.   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  None   - Uncut pieces:  One pair was not completely cut, so I left them as is.   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  Yes, if you're careful.   - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  Didn't notice any. What I liked:  Another nice Charles Wysocki image.  Easy and relaxing fun to assemble. What I didn't like:  Nothing.

  Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  Lilac Point Glen Artist:  Charles Wysocki Number of Pieces:  300 Large Pieces Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster included:  Yes Quality:  Good   - Missing pieces:  None   - False Fits:  None   - Sections stay together when moving:  More or less, depending on the individual pieces.    - Bent or delaminated pieces:  One very slightly bent tab   - Uncut pieces:   None   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  If you are very careful, you can do it.     - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  None I noticed What I liked:  Another fun Charles Wysocki image, plenty to search and find and not difficult to complete.   Assembling this was a nice break after the hellacious Butterfly Spectrum and it's missing pieces. What I didn't like:  Nothing The fit of this puzzle was not as good as previo...

  Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles  Title:  Olde Buck's County Artist:  Charles Wysocki Number of Pieces:  300 Large Pieces Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster included:  Yes Quality:  Excellent   - Missing pieces:  None   - False Fits:  None   - Sections stay together when moving:  Yes, if larger enough (4 or more pieces generally).  Sometimes 2 piece sections can be moved, other times not depending on the shape of the join between pieces.   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  None   - Uncut pieces:  None   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  Yes, carefully   - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  I didn't notice any. What I liked:  Another wonderful Charles Wysocki image, with lots of different things to look at.  This was easy to put together. What I didn't like:  Nothing.

  Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  Bang, Boom, Bam & Pow Series:  Americana Artist:  Charles Wysocki Number of Pieces:  500 (actually 513) Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster included:  Yes Quality:   - Missing pieces:  None   - False Fits:  One or two on the edge, due to inattention   - Sections stay together when moving:  Yes, more or less.  Fit was generally good.   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  None   - Uncut pieces:  None   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  Yes, in either direction   - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  None that I noticed during unboxing and construction What I liked:  A fun image with lots of little details to search for, and not a huge amount of repetitive texture to slog through.  More fun than the 300 piece Wysocki puzzles, though I like them too.  We easily finished this in less than 5 hours work...

  Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  Old Martha's Vineyard Series:  N/A Artist:  Charles Wysocki Number of Pieces:  300 Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster included: Yes Quality:   - Missing pieces:  None.  This is my 11th Buffalo Games puzzle, with only 1 having a piece missing.   - False Fits:  None   - Sections stay together when moving:  Yes   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  None   - Uncut pieces:  None   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  Yes   - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  Not noticeable What I liked:  This was a typical Buffalo Games quality puzzle, which is very good to excellent.  This was a fun puzzle to do; it was a littler harder than the typical 300 piece puzzle, but we still finished easily in one morning.  The tree was more difficult than I expected.  I tried to do it first after completing the edge, which was ...

  Brand: Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  Hawkriver Hollow Artist:  Charles Wysocki Pieces:  300 Large pieces Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster:  Yes! What I liked:  I really like Charles Wysocki art.  Pieces fit well and I could easily pick up the final puzzle in one piece holding the edges.  Very easy to assemble, took less than 2 hours probably.  A bargain on sale at $4.95.  A nice, small Buffalo box. What I didn't like:  A few pieces were not cut completely, or had chads of carboard hanging off the back ripped off another piece.  I don't like the way Buffalo glues their boxes closed, but I have figured out how to deal with it. After doing the Elephant Family I decided to do something a lot easier, so I chose this from my recently delivered pile of puzzles from Buffalo Games and Puzzles.

Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Series:  Amazing Nature Title:  Jungle Discovery Artist:  Charles Wysocki Pieces:  300 Large pieces Size:  21.25" x 15" We are back from our trip, and arrived home to find 15 more puzzles ordered from my new account at Buffalo Games and Puzzles to put in the to-do pile.  I took advantage of their most recent sale and ordered enough puzzles to get free shipping.   This one is left over from my last Amazon purchase and is another 300 piece Charles Wysocki "puzzle snack" from Buffalo Games and Puzzles. This is the first puzzle I have done since I started this hobby anew to have a missing piece.  I was annoyed because I found it missing early on since it was on the edge.  I sent in their missing piece form and selected a puzzle from their offered list; we'll see if it arrives.  I have mixed feelings about doing this, though I am certain I did not lose the piece.  Regardless I enjoyed this puz...

Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles: Title:  Storin' Up Artist:  Charles Wysocki Pieces:  300 Large Format Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster:  Yes What I liked:  I like Charles Wysocki's artwork.   This was fun to do and went together easily with no missing pieces.  I anticipate puzzles like this will be good for my geriatric years. What I didn't like:  Nothing Another 300 piece "puzzle snack" by Charles Wysocki from Buffalo Games and Puzzles.  We're leaving tomorrow to visit some of the grand kids, so there will be a break in puzzling until we get back.

Brand:  Buffalo Games and Puzzles Title:  The Haberdashery Artist:  Charles Wysocki Pieces:  300 Size:  21.25" x 15" Poster:  Yes What I liked:  I like this kind of folksy Americana artwork.  The puzzle was good quality with no missing pieces.   What I didn't like:  Nothing. I decided a few days ago to use up some of my Amazon Gift Card balance and order some more puzzles.  I had heard good things about Buffalo Games and Puzzles so I ordered some for my to-do pile.  I like these folk-art type paintings, so I picked up some more 300 piece "puzzle snacks" by Charles Wysocki.