Buffalo Games - James Mertke - Simple Succulent - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle For Adults - Challenging Puzzle Perfect for Game Nights - Finished Puzzle Size is 26.75 x 19.75

Love the picture and am enjoying building it - slowly. It is challenging! So far all the pieces are intact and hopefully none are missing. Am enjoying it!

Let me start by saying I haven’t completed a puzzle in about 20 years. I would consider myself a beginner in the world of complex puzzles. Don’t overestimate yourself with 1000 pieces like my husband and I did. He is not the kind of person that likes walking away from projects unfinished and is easily overstimulated. If you’re that kind of person as well, this might not be the puzzle to start off with. My husband did not end up finishing the puzzle with me😂On to the review!Very pretty puzzle once complete. I worked on it about an hour a night (missing a couple of nights because life) over the course of 3 weeks, and definitely can say it was well worth it. I don’t like how therapy is structured, so this was a great way for me to self reflect while feeling like I was accomplishing something.Was super sad to see that I am missing a single piece, and Buffalo Games website seemed pretty inconvenienced about requesting a replacement piece. I’ll take the time to create a new one myself for sake of time, as we hope to do a glue up for display.Overall, very happy with this purchase!

My grandma is a big puzzle fan, so I purchased this as a gift for her. She loved all the colors and had a lot of fun putting it together.

Here are the pros and cons of this succulent puzzle:The pros— it’s beautiful and the piece sizes are perfect for the color gradients in the puzzle. And if you like a challenge, this is perfect! It was the hardest puzzle I’ve ever done.The cons— I had a missing piece. There were also at least a half dozen or more pieces in which the image was lifting from the cardboard. And it was hard, so if you don’t like a challenge, this would be a con.

A friend got me started doing puzzles last year and I got hooked. Because of arthritis, she can only manage to do 300 pc puzzles. She passes them on to me if I’m interested in a particular picture, which I do after a difficult one of my own. Unless it’s a really complicated picture, I can usually complete in a couple hours. I quickly outgrew 300 pcs and now stick to 1,000, will try 2,000 soon.Buffalo Games’ puzzle quality is mostly very good. Every once in a while you may find a bent piece but that’s rare. And I’ve never had a missing piece (knock on wood). This particular puzzle is the hardest I’ve done so far. It took 13 days working 2 to 2.5 to 3.0 hours per day. When starting a puzzle, I first sort by color and border pieces into trays. I had to start this puzzle from the outside and work in by color. When only purple and green were left, I further arranged the pieces by shape. One tray each of 4, 3, 2 on opposite ends, 2 next to each other, 1 and zero knobs. That makes it much less frustrating searching for a particular shape. So, if it looks like you need a 2 knob side by side piece, you need only look at the tray with that shape OR it could also be the 3 knob tray. The colors are vibrant. And thankfully they are not blurry or dotted, which are extremely hard on my eyes. I avoid those and only buy pictures that appear clear. It was a little frustrating at first but overall enjoyable.

It's a beautiful puzzle with nice thick pieces. Impressed with the quality at this price point.

This was definitely not an easy puzzle but i enjoyed the challenge and it was so pretty when done!!

Super challenging and I would set up in a spot you'll be able to leave and come back too. Took me three solid days on and off over christmas break to finish. Unfortunately 5 pieces were missing :( I guess thats what you get for the price. I do wish there was a way to get the missing pieces.