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Drops of Color Puzzle
by Guest Writer Roberta Shore
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Drops of Colour Puzzle - Roberta's Review
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My ( not so ) Confident Newbie Difficulty Rating: Easy
Just call me chicken! I love gradient puzzles. If I do say so myself, I’m really good at them; blessed with excellent color vision, apparently. This puzzle comes in a 2000 piece version. But, I tried this one first to see if the water droplets would complicate things. They did not, in some instances they were actually helpful. So now what? Should this really be my first 2000 piece puzzle? Almost 7 times the number of pieces, so much sorting, obviously way more time consuming, not a lovely frame worthy illustration. Excuses, excuses . . .
Quality: This puzzle has one problem . . . the box. The top and bottom sides are glued shut. Some cardboard is torn splitting the sides apart. When closed the damage does not show, but if a pristine box is important, that is the one and only flaw. The box is study and small, and shows only a portion of the image. But, inside the box there is a full sized poster. The pieces are not bagged. Color match poster to pieces is perfect.
There was virtually no puzzle dust. The vibrant pieces are thick and sturdy, they have some sheen. None were together, uncut or otherwise, none were damaged in any way, and none were missing. Piece fit was pick up off the table tight. So, near perfect? No. I can overlook the box. In my estimation, it’s as perfect as it gets!
Getting started: Find the edge pieces and sort by color. Did that thoughtfully, sorting lights, darks and transitions separately. No sub sorting necessary.
Construction: Built the frame which obviously offers a lot of color information. I laid out each color by hue and shape as I went along. I started from the lower right and worked clockwise to the largest section - pink. That took the longest amount of time. For the most part I do the piecing by looking for color first, shape second. With only 300 pieces, this puzzle went quickly piece by piece; I did not build sections.
Conclusion: Absolutely so much relaxing fun! There is nothing else I can say. This little gem is a great puzzle pick me up when you only have a small amount of down time. Speaking of time, here is info from the Buffalo Games website:
"On average, standard 300-piece puzzles can take two to three hours for a person to complete. They go on to say 500-piece puzzles: 2-7 hours, with an average of 4 hours, 1,000-piece puzzles: 5-12 hours, with an average of 9 hours, and 2,000- piece puzzles: 11-24 hours, with an average of 17 hours."
Well, that proves it - I am slow, I do not watch the clock, I take breaks. I would guess that, with the sorting, this puzzle took me at least 3 hours to complete.
Finally, no more excuses. I am going to buy the 2000 piece version (Art of Play Aimee Stewart Drops of Color). Last week I completed my first 1500 piece puzzle - a colorful illustration featuring my ultimate puzzle love — large areas of color. I worked on it in increments of time over 6 days. Honestly, I don’t mind being slow. There is something to be said for getting a lot of play time for the purchase price. If fast is the measure for accomplished puzzler, I may never earn that title, but I think I can go back to Confident Newbie status now!
My Grades: Quality A+, Fun Factor A++
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