As soon as I saw the Love Bug puzzle it reminded me of the Bug that my Mom used to drive during my childhood. The overall image is very vintage looking and the dark colours around the tires and the windshield were quite tricky.
The Gearheads company do not appear to be operating any longer but they sure put out some pretty cool puzzle images while they were. I was offered to review one of their first titled Chevy Gold and it was quite tricky to assemble too however it was at 1000 pieces.
Overall Experience: Good Cut Quality: Good Board Quality: firm Shape Cut: Grid-Ribbon Image Quality: good Hardest Area: The black color Puzzle Dust? yes |
Finish Quality: Smooth no shine Box Quality: Good and solid Sealed Pieces Inside Box: yes Was this purchased new? no Price: Sent for review Recommend Level: Tricky areas Time: 7.5 hours |
I did my usual sorting routine.
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For some reason I must have been so enthusiastic to get started on the Love Bug Puzzle one I totally forgot to take a picture with the border completed but it went very well. It was easy enough to pick out the greens, blue and lettering so they were assembled first. Then I worked my way down the side of the vehicle leaving mainly the black (dark) and white (shades) left.
The shades of white/greys went together much quicker than the blacks and darks. This being a ribbon-grid cut it is possible that pieces 'appear' to fit in more than one place which was trickiest in the black/dark areas.
It should be noted that their puzzles are supplied with a resealable bag which is especially appreciated by us Puzzlers!
The following image shares the information on the back of the box which is about the company and the artist. It's quite interesting how the Veterans have joined together to bring on a venture of producing jigsaw puzzles of the vintage vehicle images. Below that is a couple of closeup photos of the Love Bug puzzle sharing the nice smooth finish to the pieces.
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Gearheads also has a Facebook page to contact them or leave comments. Gearheads Puzzles, LLC
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