Grumpy's Jigsaw Puzzle Review

  I think this puzzle was gifted to us, but am not sure.  We finished this last night; it took a while because we did not work on it as often as usual.

  Brand: Ravensburger Title:  Elephant Family Artist: Unknown Pieces:  500 Size:  19 1/3" x 14 1/4" Poster:  No What I liked:  High quality and no missing pieces.  The puzzle has more of a matte finish than the Buffalo Games puzzles I have done recently so there is less glare.  I was also pleased that the box this puzzle came in was considerably smaller than the 300 piece Ravensburger puzzle I did a few weeks ago.  The box is still bigger than the Buffalo Games boxes.  This is probably a good thing, because the only photo of the puzzle is the one on the box. What I didn't like:  This was difficult for me, I worked on it on and off for almost 2 days.  The main thing I disliked was the photo on the box lid is not larger enough to be very useful.  There are a lot of details that cannot be seen well in the photo, and part of the photo is covered up with a picture of a blue puzzle piece.  The lack of a good reference photo...

  Brand:  Ravensberger Title:  Unknown Artist:  Andy Russell Pieces:  300 Large Format Size:  27" x 20" Poster:  No What I liked:  Very high quality, perhaps the best I have done so far.  A fun image with vibrant colors. What I didn't like:  Nothing, other than the enormous box it came in. I was impressed by the quality of this Ravensberger puzzle and look forward to doing more of them.  This was another quick puzzle snack and was easy and fun to assemble.