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It’s happened to us often. Maybe to you, too. You’re perusing the puzzles at a store. Seeing what’s new or what might catch your eye. Then a puzzle jumps out at you and you think “oh wow, what a pretty picture”. So you buy it, take it home, and jump it with both feet. Or hands. Minutes turn into hours. Hours turn into days… and before you know it, that pretty puzzle has taken a lot longer than you expected! That’s not a bad thing. You have to power through it. Because in the end you’ll be rewarded with that pretty picture that sold you on the puzzle to begin with. Like this Puzzler’s Retreat Puzzle from MasterPieces.
Those Windows
Oddly, much of this Puzzler’s Retreat Puzzle from MasterPieces was pretty easy. Despite the many, many colors and objects. But then along came the windows. Or more accurately, the frames around the windows. For some reason those really gave us a fit. We ended up doing the glass portions first. That made the frames a bit easier to do.
The Last Piece
This puzzle did not include a poster. It would’ve helped if it did! The image on the front of the box is obscured in the upper right corner so it is difficult to know what that area was supposed to look like. There are 1500 pieces in this puzzle. The pieces were thick, and fit very well. This puzzle was a great challenge that took us hours to complete. The colors were fantastic and the final result was great!
This puzzle includes a small easel for placing the box cover. This makes it easy to prop up alongside your work area.
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