White Mountain Puzzles Pencil Collage - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

This puzzle was really fun to put together. It was very challenging but not so much that you didnt want to work on it.We did have to refer to the picture on the cover a lot!!! Pieces are thicker and sturdy, but come apart easily if bumped. I would like them to fit a little tighter. I would recommend this if you like puzzles that take a little time.

Received it in record time and well packaged. This is a gift but Im sure theyll love it.

This puzzle is very well made. The pieces are thick and hold together well. Its challenging because of the odd shapes of the pieces. We even had a hard time identifying some of the edges. It was fun to do, and easily sharable with friends and family due to the puzzles durability.

This was my first puzzle (as an adult), and I am so pleased with it! I wanted a puzzle that was super challenging, as I love solving puzzles and I knew Id need something a bit over the top to really challenge me, and I wanted a puzzle that visually I could see myself engaged with. I loved the intricacies of the various pencil types. This puzzle only took me a week to complete-- probably around 18-24 hours total. Im on the hunt for my next puzzle, and I want one even more challenging this time ;) Would definitely recommend this!

Fun and challenging

Short backstory: Im getting back into jigsaw puzzles after a long time away. This is the first White Mountain puzzle Ive tried. I dont want to make generalities until I try another, but I may be hesitant before the next purchase. First, the good: - Its an attractive puzzle with great finished looking value - The pieces all come in a plastic bag, so theres no oopsie opening the box - Many of the pieces are delightfully odd-fitting, making the actual puzzle more challenging than it first appears - The puzzle box stand is a cute idea. At least for the border. Now, the not so happy: - Way too many machining errors. I had a lot (and I mean a LOT) of pieces that had to be torn apart, versus just separated - To that point, also way too many pieces stuck together, rather than fully separate - The torn apart pieces left flaps of material that then needed to be ripped off before the piece would fit together (try getting into those tiny puzzle piece gaps to grab that flap of paper) - The puzzle box stand is a nice idea, but becomes mostly useless when you need to do detail work on the puzzle and have to bring the box cover in close. - Tons of puzzle dust. Maybe Ive been spoiled by Buffalo Games puzzles, but this was an awful lot of dust The puzzle was fun and a little more challenging than I expected. As I always do in my puzzle reviews, I like to offer up my puzzle strategy (I always like seeing how others tackle their puzzle solving). For this one, I decided to work all the white pencils first. This turned out to be fortuitous, as most all of the white pencils were right side up. A good puzzle, but for me, that constant stopping and trimming was excruciating. Hopefully, thats not a White Mountain constant and I was just unlucky.

I really love this brand of puzzle. This was a tougher one for sure but loved the colors and the concept.