Buffalo GamesCharles Wysocki - The Nantucket - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

I really enjoy putting puzzles together, especially when they area images by Charles Wysocki. His paintings are just, plain fun! I get caught up in all the activity going on, all the detail and the wonderful colors. I'm always a little sad when I put the last piece in. But of course, the great thing is, I can take it apart, and put it back together again, sometime! Also, I've never been disappointed with the quality of a Buffalo Games puzzle. Sturdy cardboard, clean cut puzzle pieces, and well printed images make putting these together a pleasure.

We knew within 20 minutes of opening the box that there was a piece missing.The first thing my husband and I do is separate all of the straight-edge (border) pieces. Just the two of us on a table that seats eight; meaning, plenty of room. No pets, no kids, no grands. After separating the border pieces, we assemble the border. Within minutes, we thought we were missing one piece BUT, sometimes, the piece is there; it's just hard to see. As we progress on the puzzle, one of us will finally see the piece. Not this time. It's missing.We started the puzzle around noon on Sunday and finished it Monday afternoon. Like I said, just the two of us in the house. The piece is missing; therefore, instead of re-working the puzzle and then donating it to the Senior Center, we will throw it away. A little frustrating.

Always enjoy Charles Wysocki images, however, sincerely, disappointed in Buffalo Games. I’ve probably spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on buffalo games puzzles This is my first experience where multiple pieces fit numerous ways? Piece shape too universal? Quite a bit of time was spent reconfiguring pieces that seem to fit, but turns out they did not? The die cut for this puzzle needs to be more precise.Ends up being frustrating rather than fun. Lots of other options within the brand, look elsewhere..

I have purchased this brand of puzzle before and have found them pretty good. This one however was terrible. The layers were not glued properly and the tabs were bent. I am not sure if this was a manufacturing defect or the company that provided it was negligent in its production.

We have enjoyed the Buffalo puzzles because they include a poster to use as reference that's larger than the image on the box. This puzzle, as delivered to us, did not include the poster as described in the product literature. I hope this is a QA defect and not a change by the Buffalo folks to stop including the poster.