Artist: Adrian Chesterman
Maker and Year: Ceaco, 2019
Count: 300 pieces
Final size: 24 x 18″
Piece Type/Variety: Ribbon cut, average
Piece quality: Average
Skin irritation: Yes, painful
This puzzle was something new to me. Not just the subject matter (dinosaurs), but also because it was in the wrong box! The box I picked up from the thrift store (and the pieces were in a ziploc bag, and looked like they’d match the picture so I never suspected) was this:
It’s the same brand, same series- in fact, the one I got is shown on the side of the box (very small), so I could get a general idea of where the main picture elements were. But far too small to see any detail. It’s a simple enough puzzle that it wasn’t too hard to do without a good visual guide, but that did make it more of a challenge for me. So an average puzzling experience, instead of super easy. I guessed that I had a mismatch when I started sorting out the edges and thought: there’s way too many sky pieces in here. And water, where’s all that water in the picture? Then I found pieces with cattails when I was expecting lots of ferns: wait, there’s not supposed to be cattails!
I’ve heard of this happening to other puzzlers, but first time for me. I don’t know if it came mixed up from the factory, or if some kid had two puzzles from the series, and they got boxed up wrong by mistake. I’ll never know.
Crappy pictures again (from my flip phone):
