Grumpy's Jigsaw Puzzle Review

  Another Goodwill White Mountain collage puzzle.  The box said there was a piece missing but it turned out there were two missing.  Overall a nice puzzle otherwise.

  Another White Mountain from Goodwill.  This one had a piece missing on the edge, but it was written on the box so we knew ahead of time.

  Another Goodwill puzzles.  This one was easier than I anticipated it would be.

  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.

  This was our first puzzle in almost a month, after we took some time have to both have covid.  We picked this up at Goodwill a while ago.  The person who donated it wrote on the bag that there were 2 pieces missing, but we came up with 3 missing.  Possibly someone else lost a piece after that note was written.  We looked pretty carefully and could not find it.  Otherwise we liked working on this one.

  This is a 1500 piece puzzle we found at Goodwill.  We had a good time putting it together, other than the 3 missing pieces.  But we expected that because there were 5 pieces in a small baggie separate from the others.  We figured they were extra and it turned out that 2 were extra and 1 was from some other puzzle. 

  This was our first Big Ben puzzle and probably will be the last.  It's a nice image, but the quality is not very good.  We found this at Goodwill.  This was our first Goodwill puzzle with a missing piece in a while.  We took over a week to finish this because it was difficult to get into working on it as I did not enjoy the thin pieces.  The fit was poor also.

  This was another Goodwill find.  My wife did most of the work on it.  I am still a little off my puzzle mojo after the Neuschwanstein Castle puzzle.  I did manage to do work on it towards the end and did a good bit of the green ceiling part.  I thought for a while there were going to be numerous missing pieces, but they all turned up except for the one.  Overall I think we enjoyed this one. Unfortunately there is a missing piece.  I could probably make one, but don't think I will bother.

  Brand:  Bits and Pieces Title:  Colors of the Season Series:  This is the third part of a 4-puzzle set called Scenic Beauty we bought at Goodwill. Artist:  Alan Giana Number of Pieces:  500 Size:  20" x 16" Poster included:  Yes Quality:  Fair   - Missing pieces:  This puzzle had 6 missing pieces originally.  I found two of them in the last puzzle in the series, leaving 4 missing pieces.    - False Fits:  No.    - Sections stay together when moving:  No, almost never.   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  No   - Uncut pieces:  No   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges: Nope.   - Image quality:  Very good.   - Puzzle dust:  Didn't notice any, but these have been assembled before, What I liked:  I like the random cut, and the image is very colorful.   What I didn't like:  Thin pieces, like the first puzzle, which are sligh...

Brand:  Bits and Pieces Title:  Heaven on Earth Series:  This is the second part of a 4-puzzle set called Scenic Beauty. Artist:  Alan Giana Number of Pieces:  500 Size:  20" x 16" Poster included:  Yes Quality:  Good   - Missing pieces:  Two missing originally, and there was an extra piece which was one of the missing pieces from the last puzzle we did from this series (Spring Light).  I found one of the missing pieces in the final puzzle, leaving 1 missing piece.  - False Fits:  No.    - Sections stay together when moving:  No.   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  No   - Uncut pieces:  No   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges: Nope.   - Image quality:  Very good.   - Puzzle dust:  Didn't notice any, but these have been assembled before, What I liked:  I like the random cut.  This is a nice image, and was not difficult. What I didn't like:...

  Brand: Kodak Title:  Variety of Colorful Ice Cream (Amazon sells this puzzle under this name, but it is  not on the box). Series:  N/A Artist:  N/A Number of Pieces: 1000 Size:  27" x 20" Poster included:  No Quality:  Good   - Missing pieces: 1 (this puzzle was not purchased new; I bought it at Goodwill)   - False Fits:  Yes   - Sections stay together when moving:  Generally not   - Bent or delaminated pieces:  None   - Uncut pieces:  None   - Finished puzzle can be picked up by edges:  No, the fit is not good enough,   - Image quality:  Excellent   - Puzzle dust:  Not much What I liked:  A very colorful image and a challenging puzzle to assemble.  There are many similar colors and textures in different places. What I didn't like:  A poster would have been nice, the photo on the box is not quite good enough to be useful without a magnifying glass. Some Ama...