Buffalo Games 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle - Olde Buck's County by Charles Wysocki for Home Decor & Family Fun

good value for the moneySelfI am in the midst of a severe jigsaw puzzle addiction. This means ordering multiple puzzles from multiple places, though Amazon is still leading the pack.It also means occasionally picking up puzzles outside my normal interest areas. Most of these tend to be "on sale" items and thus hard for my mania to resist.Generally, placid scenes such as this puzzle and oil paintings overall are not on my desired list of jigsaws to work. Given that, this is still a solid jigsaw with the usual great Buffalo Games features: - It has very low puzzle dust content. Even more remarkable when you consider the pieces are loose in the box. - The full-size poster. Oh, for my beady little eyes, such a thing is so needed after all those hours staring at those tiny pieces - The pieces are nicely snug. I can pick up small areas of the puzzle and move them without it crumbling in my hands. - No tricks. This is a strong advantage of the "standard" Buffalo puzzles - no odd piece sizes to confound you. - Superb machining. No excess backing, no pieces stuck together. A nice clean puzzle.As I like to do in my reviews, a little primer on how I "solved" this jigsaw. After the obligatory border, I went for the water first (that includes the water wheel). Then I went for the white areas (sky and homes). Then it was just futzing around with items (signs, pumpkins, etc.) and finally, fill in the blanks. Done and done. A easy-to-medium level puzzle.Buffalo Games continues to be my favorite puzzle maker. They do so many things right and the only thing I could possibly quibble with has pros to it, too: the little box. Those monster Ravensburger boxes leave a lot of room to sift. The little Buffalo boxes are more problematical. On the other hand, they also take up less space for storage, so...Either way, even with a "less desired" puzzle like this one, it's an enjoyable and satisfying time.This is a really good puzzle with an amazing design, and with the usual good Buffalo quality, poster, etc.But the price is out of line with other puzzles. Yes, I bought it anyway because the picture was so intriguing.Reminds me of my days roaming around Amish country and old Pennsylvania. Brought back lots of fond memories. Great picture, great colors, great price.Thicker pieces are more durable. This was the most challenging Wysocki puzzle for me of the dozen or so from Buffalo I have purchased. Got bogged down in all the oranges and browns.The puzzle was fun to do but the print on the pieces are not as sturdy as some other puzzles i've done in the past. The most frustrating thing about any puzzle is finding out the kit is missing a piece which was the case with this set.6/27/2020Contacted the maker of the puzzles, do send out replacement puzzles if their kits are missing any pieces.This was a great and extremely challenging puzzle. My girlfriend and I do puzzles occasionally instead of watching TV on nights we don't feel like going out. It keeps the mind sharp and lets us engage in conversation.This puzzle is gorgeous, but it was so challenging. That is not a drawback, just know what you are getting into before you buy.The pieces fit together very loosely allowing misplacement of pieces and requiring resetting of pieces over and over again. Also set sections pretty much cannot be moved without dislodging entire sections and scattering pieces everywhere. That was pretty inconvenient to deal with as we went along.Overall it was a nice puzzle that was very challenging. I just wish the pieces stayed in place when set and that pieces that weren't supposed to fit together didn't fit together.Beautiful picture, but this is my second Buffalo puzzle and like the first one, I find it very frustrating to complete. Many of the pieces fit into one another so it's hard to determine if a piece is in the correct spot. It's not always obvious if you're piecing together a roof or body of water.As usual, with Buffalo puzzles, great fun and great quality. Love that they include the poster, makes it so much more enjoyable to do. I just haven't found another brand of jigsaw that I prefer.Usually a good brand but this one had two pieves missing. Very disappointed. See picture.Luv the challenge of Wysocki puzzles. We’ve been doing these for years, always thru winter months and never tire of them. They go together well and stay put. Appreciate the included poster. You can’t go wrong with these puzzles.Charles Wysocki and Buffalo picture puzzles are our favorite Unfortunately an outside piece was missing .We would appreciate a replacement of the same puzzle .Gerry Turk