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Witch’s Bay Puzzle from Buffalo Games

The Witch’s Bay puzzle from Buffalo Games is a favorite of ours. It’s another great example of Charles Wysocki’s artwork. This was one of the busiest puzzles from Mr. Wysocki that we’ve done. There’s a lot going on in it. And there were a lot of challenges, too. Sometimes we find ourselves completing a Wysocki puzzle in rather short order. Not this time. The trees and the buildings (in particular some of the windows) definitely tested us.

Same. And Different.

It seems that many of the Wysocki puzzles we do have similar elements in them. There’s always a heart. The chimneys and smoke on the buildings are often the same. The carriage wheels and horses are kinda the same. We often find things that are common between the puzzles. This Witch’s Bay puzzle from Buffalo Games has those common things but I assure you that doesn’t mean the puzzles are all the same. Each has its challenges. And all are rewarding in the end.

Buffalo Games – Charles Wysocki – Witch’s Bay – 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults -Challenging Puzzle Perfect for Game Nights – Finished Size is 26.75 x 19.75

The Last Piece

This is a 1000 piece puzzle. It includes a very colorful, large poster. The assembled puzzle is about 30″ wide and 24″ high. The pieces fit well and the image quality on the pieces is good. The colors were great and bright. This puzzle was fun to assemble and even more fun to sit back and enjoy. This is another great puzzle of Charles Wysocki’s artwork.

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Winter Reading Nook Puzzle from Buffalo Games

The Winter Reading Nook Puzzle from Buffalo Games is a great example of Aimee Stewart’s amazing artwork. Fantastic scenes. Bright colors. And wonderful detail. Although at first glance this looks like it might be a terribly challenging puzzle, it actually ended up being completely frustration-free and a true joy to complete. That’s not to say there weren’t spots that made us go ‘hmmmm’, but there is still lots of fun to go around.

Stop And Look

It pays to take some time after you complete this Winter Reading Nook Puzzle from Buffalo Games and just enjoy the many great objects you will find. A genie lamp. An Alice in Wonderland book. A snow globe. The northern lights. So many, many things. And of course, there’s Ms. Stewart’s signature fox. This puzzle is why we are big fans of her work. We know that we are always going to have a puzzle that makes us happy, from the first piece to the last!

Buffalo Games – 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle – Aimee Stewart – Northern Lights Cats – Winter Scene – Challenging Puzzles for Adults and Families

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 1000 pieces. There is a poster included in the box. The final puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. The pieces fit well and it was difficult to get a piece wrong, which is always a ‘whew’ thing. The artwork is amazing and the colors are fantastic.

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Charleston Puzzle from Dowdle

This was our first puzzle from artist Eric Dowdle. We have been attracted to his works from the moment we first saw them. This Charleston puzzle from Dowdle did not disappoint. The colors are amazing. The image is amazing. And oh, was it ever a challenging puzzle to complete! This is one of the most enjoyable final results we’ve done. It took us a while, but it was oh so fun! We are looking forward to more puzzles from Mr. Dowdle!

Fun Cuts

The pieces in this Charleston puzzle from Dowdle are cut fairly ‘weird.’ They’re all sorts of shapes and sizes. They really threw us for a loop at first. But then we realized that those random cuts are a lot more fun than ‘ribbon cuts’, where all of the pieces are similar if not the same. You can see a few of them in the close-up picture, below.

Dowdle Jigsaw Puzzle – Charleston – 1000 Piece

The Last Piece

This 1000 piece puzzle included a wonderful, large poster. The puzzle is very frameable. For that matter, the poster is too! The assembled puzzle is about 20″ wide and 27″ high. The pieces are random-cut and fit really well, although we did encounter a few pieces that weren’t completely cut. The puzzle picture is amazingly bright and colorful. This is a tremendously fun puzzle!

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Turkey In The Straw Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We needed a break. A break from the huge, tougher puzzles we’d been doing. Oh don’t get me wrong, we love doing puzzles that takes us several days. We love the challenge. But we just wanted something smaller and quicker. But still nice. So we put together this Turkey In The Straw puzzle from Buffalo Games. Another work by Charles Wysocki, and we so enjoyed this puzzle. We’ve found ourselves loving Mr. Wysocki’s art more and more.

The Right Size For A Few Hours Of Fun

This wasn’t a huge puzzle. It was the perfect puzzle for a Saturday afternoon. Sorting the pieces was pretty straightforward. The colors were great. We loved the picture in this Turkey In The Straw puzzle from Buffalo Games. It’s one of those puzzles you just feel warm looking at. From start to finish.

Buffalo Games – Charles Wysocki – Turkey in The Straw – 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults -Challenging Puzzle Perfect for Game Nights – Finished Size is 21.25 x 15.00

The Last Piece

This puzzle includes a poster that is frameable by itself. There are 500 pieces in this puzzle. The assembled puzzle is about 21″ wide and 15″ high. The pieces fit very well and the image quality on the pieces is fantastic. The colors were great and the pieces are thick and cut perfectly. This is a quality puzzle that brings a few hours of enjoyment.

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Treasures Puzzle from We Care

We picked up this Treasures Puzzle from We Care in an antique mall in Kokomo, Indiana. It’s an older puzzle but it had never been opened. The artwork was appealing. From the box we could tell it was originally sold to support a local charity, We Care. The artwork was done by Mike Sears, a prolific artist that started in Kokomo and later ended up in Silver Dollar City. He has done a number of charity pieces, like this one. His story is fascinating and worth the read.

A Challenging Joy

This Treasures Puzzle from We Care was definitely not without its challenges. To begin with, the pieces are thick and fit pretty tightly. That’s not a bad thing, but when you get one wrong, you’re going to work for it. It takes a bit of finagling to get that piece back out. The trees and parts of the grassy areas were definitely more difficult. But, boy, was it great to put in that last piece and enjoy the final result!

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One Kind of Piece

Once you’re past the edges, there’s actually only one shape of piece in this puzzle from LEGO. Each piece has two tabs on the ends, and two sockets (blanks or holes, whatever you like to call them!) in the middle. They are either placed vertically or horizontally. But don’t think that makes it easier. Get that thought out of your head right now. Some of the colors are very similar. It’s a challenge!

The Last Piece

This 1000 piece puzzle did not include a poster, however this puzzle is quite old so it’s not surprising. The assembled puzzle is about 25″ wide and 20″ high. The pieces are thick. And they’re even more stubborn to take apart if you have a piece wrong.

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Confection Street Puzzle from Buffalo Games

We can always count on a Charles Wysocki puzzle to cheer us up and provide us with hours of fun. And to challenge us, too. The Confection Street puzzle from Buffalo Games was another real joy to assemble. The storefronts, the wagons, the people and balloons were great fun. And really fairly easy to put together. Then came the trees and the sky. I think if this had been a 500 piece puzzle the trees wouldn’t have posed such a challenge. But at 1000 pieces, the details are smaller and it took a bit of time to complete them. That’s okay. We’re not in a race here.

Thoughts On Used Puzzles

We got this Confection Street puzzle from Buffalo Games at an antique mall south of Indianapolis for $1. It had definitely been assembled before. The box was worn and the folds in the poster showed age. We’ve had great ‘luck’ buying used puzzles. So far I think we’ve only run into one that had a missing piece where it wasn’t indicated on the box that it was gone. One thing that we always look for is that the pieces be in a sealed bag. Hopefully, that means it’s less likely that someone opened the box and a piece fell out only to not be replaced. It also means someone spent the time (and money) getting a bag out, taking the puzzle apart, and putting the pieces into a bag and sealing it. I wouldn’t think you’d go through all that trouble normally for a puzzle if it was missing pieces. At least I hope you wouldn’t!

Buffalo Games – Silver Select – Charles Wysocki – Charles Wysocki – Confection Street – 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle For Adults -Challenging Puzzle Perfect for Game Nights – Finished Size is 26.75 x 19.75

The Last Piece

This is a 1000 piece puzzle. It includes a very colorful poster that is nice and large. The assembled puzzle is about 27″ wide and 20″ high. The pieces are fairly thick and fit fairly well. The image quality on the pieces is very good. The colors were great and bright. This puzzle was fun to assemble and even more fun to sit back and enjoy.

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Virginia’s Nest Puzzle from Buffalo Games

It’s not that the Virginia’s Nest puzzle from Buffalo Games was super-easy. Not at all. But it was a whole heck of a lot easier than the puzzle we’d just completed. We needed a little break, a little peaceful puzzling time. Less stress. The artwork on this puzzle is by Charles Wysocki, who has quickly become one of our favorites. This is a very enjoyable puzzle, like all of the others we’ve done from this artist.

It’s Not All Happy Chickens

Now, as much as the Virginia’s Nest puzzle from Buffalo Games is great to sit back and enjoy, there were a few difficult spots in this puzzle. Many of the buildings were the same colors. There’s plenty of similarly-colored grass around to challenge you a bit. Along with the water. But the buildings were the most challenging, and in a good way.

There are also many great images in the puzzle, from the dog in its house to the people and horses to the fun chickens everywhere!

Buffalo Games – Charles Wysocki – Virginias Nest – 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults Challenging Puzzle Perfect for Game Nights – Finished Size is 26.75 x 19.75

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 1000 pieces. The final puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. The pieces are large and thick and fit really well. The image is crisp and bright and the colors are fantastic. There is a poster included that is clear and easy to work from. This is a great, quality puzzle!

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Andy Warhol Flowers Puzzle from Galison

This Andy Warhol Flowers puzzle from Galison was kind of a departure from our usual puzzles. It’s definitely not a picture of an old grocery store. Nor is it a peaceful 1800s countryside. And with only five different colors, it’s certainly one of the less colorful puzzles. But that in no way means it’s not awesome. In fact, I have to say its easily one of our favorites. Andy Warhol of course was a very famous artist. He did a number of paintings of flowers. This puzzle is of one of his paintings that was first displayed in the 1970s. Each painting was of the same flowers, but using different colors. They’re all quite amazing, as is the one in this puzzle!

An Enjoyable Challenge

Although this Andy Warhol Flowers puzzle from Galison didn’t take us too long to assemble, it was one that we found ourselves stopping to enjoy as we went. I think this puzzle opened our eyes to doing more puzzles containing famous artwork in the very near future.

There are some challenging spots in this puzzle for sure. The same colors are found throughout.

Galison Andy Warhol 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle with Flowers, Andy Warhol Art Foil Jigsaw Puzzle with Vibrant Flowers – Fun Indoor Activity, Multicolor (0735357838)

The Last Piece

This is a 500 piece puzzle. It includes a poster that is the same size as the picture on the box. The assembled puzzle is about 20″ wide and 20″ high. The pieces are thick, fit well and the image quality on the pieces is very good. The colors were great and bright. This puzzle is definitely frameable and is quite worthy of display.

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Cabin Porch Puzzle from Cobble Hill

It was a long, hard road for us. Getting to the end of this Cabin Porch puzzle from Cobble Hill was challenging. We got this puzzle from a neighbor in a trade for some of our completed puzzles. The picture got our attention so we had to get it. Right out of the gate, just sorting the pieces had its moments.

Does This Go There?

Some of the pieces in this Cabin Porch puzzle from Cobble Hill like to fit in more than one place. Right off the bat, I got the border wrong in several places. Things went downhill from there. The chair was tough. The floor was tough. But the dark cabin ceiling was the hardest part. The colors are barely discernable. There was a lot of “try this” going on. But we got there. Well sorta…

Cobblehill Puzzles 1000 pc Cabin Porch

The Dreaded Missing Piece

This puzzle ended up minus one piece. Right in the middle of the dog, too! Doesn’t it figure? We actually had two missing pieces for a while. We looked and we looked. All over the room. Under everything. Then finally… there it was! At the other end of the dining room table. So, just one missing piece in the end.

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 1000 pieces. The final puzzle is about 19″ wide and 27″ high (the image is portrait oriented). There was no poster included, but our puzzle was used so perhaps a new one includes a poster. The pieces are fairly big and thick and fit really well. They are cut in many different ways, making it even more challenging.

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Sunday Morning Stroll Puzzle from Buffalo Games

This Sunday Morning Stroll puzzle from Buffalo Games is another great Charles Wysocki work. His paintings translate well into puzzles. The imagery is always fantastic. Almost transporting. All of our Wysocki puzzles prior to this one were more rural American scenes. This one is a more south-of-the-border painting. Oh, but don’t get fooled by the wonderful picture. Difficult challenges await.

Great Pieces. Tough Puzzle.

All is not burros, geese and flowers at the cantina. Tough times lurk in the trees above. Although we found most of this puzzle to be a pretty average challenge, the trees (particularly on the upper left) were a real test for us. Because of the painting quality (and that’s not a negative, just a note) it’s hard to tell which pieces fit in where. It took us a while. That’s ok because oh did we ever enjoy the time and the final result of this Sunday Morning Stroll puzzle from Buffalo Games.

Buffalo Games – Charles Wysocki – Sunday Morning Stroll – 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults -Challenging Puzzle Perfect for Game Nights – Finished Size is 26.75 x 19.75

The Last Piece

This puzzle contains 1000 pieces. The final puzzle is about 20″ high and 27″ wide. The pieces are thick and fit really well. The painting is fantastic. There is a poster included. This is a great, quality challenging puzzle!

Got questions about puzzling? Are you new to this great hobby? Check out our FAQ and guide to puzzling!