This is a puzzle brand I hadn’t tried before, and I can see why people like it. The pieces are nice and thick, sturdy. They have a pleasant linen texture, only a tad glossy. Not much piece shape variety though- in fact for a long time working the puzzle I thought it was just two holes / two knobs every one, until I came across a four-wings piece, and had to look closer. There are other shapes, but they are very few among the two/two standard. This was okay for most of the puzzle- the fun parts- the owls and flowers for example. The areas of texture in the background were harder to do. And my favorite part to look at, what really caught my eye when I first picked up the box- all that pretty wavy reddish hair- was really hard. One of those places where it’s so dark on the actual puzzle, can’t really see the forms until it’s in place.
Two pieces missing, I made fairly decent replacements.
They don’t look so great here, but once in the puzzle, blend in at a distance (see last assembly pic).
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You certainly have more endurance and patience than the average person; I find myself getting really frustrated by puzzles like this one because I start feeling that it’s all very random and a matter of trial-and-error that begins to bore me. The finished product is really nice, though, on this one, and I congratulate you on sticking with it,
This one did not quite all feel like trial-and-error, but I have certainly done my share of puzzles like that and yes they got very frustrating! I try to avoid them now, the ones where there’s absolutely no variety of shape and colors are hard to discern. No fun.
Hilarious- my kid found one of the missing pieces. I searched extra hard for the second missing piece, but that one hasn’t shown up yet!