I really like this puzzle brand. Sturdy quality pieces, nice linen surface, interesting fun piece shapes. They’re very random. I’m not always super keen on the New Yorker images- they’re quirky and ironic and amusing, but sometimes have a lot of blank space and simplistic style. This one has nice visual texture where you can see the brushstrokes of paint. I liked it enough I planned to keep it, so a bit disappointed it was missing one piece. Tried to make a replacement. Very odd shape, took some patience to cut it out. The puzzle board is thicker than other puzzles- I should have put a fourth layer of cardboard into my piece. It has three and one layer of paper, blended all these colors.
Wasn’t until I had it fitted in again that I realized the blue color is not dark enough. See assembly:
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I have the same puzzle and I liked it though I swore it was supposed to be 1000 pieces when I make the purchase but it wasn’t.
New York Puzzle Company is a good brand but the pieces are sometimes a tight fit or sometimes too loose, so it’s inconsistant from puzzle to puzzle but still better quality than most puzzles.
Your makeup missing piece looks pretty good. If you haven’t said the blue was a bit light, I might not have noticed.
Have a lovely day
Thank you! This is the third or fourth New York Puzzle Co one I’ve done, and none of them had too-tight fits. I’ve really enjoyed every one. Mine have all been 500 pieces. I’d love to do a 1,000 of theirs, but never come across any yet.
I’ve done several of their puzzles, too, and have enjoyed all of them. Every so often I find a piece that is not as cleanly cut as the rest in the box, but there haven’t been enough of them to bother me. Doesn’t usually bother me if they fit a bit tightly, but a loose fit drives me absolutely nuts.
A snug fit is actually kind of fun, if you can lift the completed puzzle into the air! I don’t really use that to judge its quality, though. It just amuses me when I can do so.