Puzzles, Books and More!: Puzzle #42 - MindBogglers

Saturday, September 2, 2023

Puzzle #42 - MindBogglers - Colmar France, 1000 pieces

Puzzle #42 of 2023

Finished September 2, 2023

MindBogglers - Colmar, France - 1000 pieces

Jury is out on this one so far in the process... Not even going to number it just yet... Not completely sure I will go much further with this one... some real questions about this brand. Including these 4 edge pieces that I don't think go anywhere. At least 2 look like duplicates. Can't figure out what is the story with the other two... Hmmmm....

Well, I am changing my tune, I guess. This has been kind of fun so far! I am a bit worried that this will be the last of the fun parts, though... The rest could be really tough, especially if there are duplicate or missing pieces. Not sure I trust them yet. But overall the quality is decent. Not much puzzle dust, pieces go together pretty well. Average but not bad. And I do love all the pictures of the Mindbogglers puzzles. So we will see how this plays out. Clearly a weak link is no poster. Just the box - and the picture is dark and so hard to make out detail. I just wish all puzzle companies would include a poster. Such a good will inducer that would be...

I finally got the border figured out! All pieces finally fit together but wow, it was super tricky. Still not 100% sure they are all in the right places. Time will tell.

Okay, so this was a better puzzle than I thought at first, but the end was excruciating. I truly enjoyed this puzzle until the last parts of sky and (worse) that middle ¼ . Once I got through the obvious plants, blue water, it was just all the same color. I ended up having to take one piece at a time and just try to fit it in. ugh. I don't enjoy that at all. However, I will do another of these puzzles because this wasn't the worst puzzle I have ever done. :) I do love so many of their puzzle images. Sure did miss having a poster, though!