This was great - you can't be a good Wasgij. Clear colours, interesting characters and little details all in keeping with the theme. Add to this the quality cut of a Ravensburger and you are left with an incredibly satisfying puzzling experience. I liked the central characters and how they appeared as I got going. The castle walls provided the necessary frame to get my bearings and the sky was filled with little extras.
Time taken: afternoon and evening
Not my normal type, but I actually enjoyed this one. The past providing a nice central division and then it was easy to build up blocks on flowers as you went along. The tree line wasn't too difficult and the only tricky bit was the tulips in the foreground as they were slightly out of focus causing definite lines to be blurred.
Time taken: evening
A nice big chunk of sky to get started with, and sky with plenty of shade variation so it proved to be manageable. Add to that the different boats, buildings and smaller splashes of colour for the cars and this had the makings of a good puzzle. The downsize - the pieces were very thin and did not sit together well meaning at times one small nudge could cause a lot of damage and hours of frustration.
Time taken: day
What's not to like about a traditional English country scene? Beautiful blue sky, grass in the foreground and once they were in place the cottages and church followed with no real problems. A slightly older puzzle so the pieces didn't click beautifully, but the overall experience was pure jigging at a simple level - even the trees didn't spoil things. A lovely way to spend an afternoon.
Time taken: afternoon
I love a good Wasgij. I know that not having a picture is too difficult for some people but I really enjoy seeing how the image develops. Those moments of 'ah, so that's where that goes', or 'oh, now I get it' really do fit with this style of puzzle. The images are always, bright, well cut and great to assemble. As for this pictures - amusing and I didn't see it coming until quite far in. Thank you Wasgij.
Time taken: 2 evenings
Having learnt my lesson from the first one I was much more methodical with how I approached this jigsaw. I developed a system of placing the pieces into little rows and once I had built up some easy sections took a row of pieces at a time to try and slot in. Any that didn't fit were turned over and placed to one side for a return attempt. I still worked with areas of interest, but the new technique made for a much quicker turn around.
Time taken: day
Now, let's clear one thing up - there are numerous jigsaws of this ilk, all claiming to be the most difficult jigsaw....and quite frankly....it's a bit of false advertising. However, there are ways they can make them trickier and this one certainly managed that. The image was printed on both sides and rotated 45* into the bargain. Normally they don't do this very well and the cut of the jigsaw gives away which side is which - you can feel it. This time, they got it right and so it did prove quite tricky....and I enjoyed it.
Time taken: spread over a course of weekday evenings (1 week)
This was great - you can't be a good Wasgij. Clear colours, interesting characters and little details all in keeping with the theme. Add to this the quality cut of a Ravensburger and you are left with an incredibly satisfying puzzling experience. I liked the central characters and how they appeared as I got going. The castle walls provided the necessary frame to get my bearings and the sky was filled with little extras. 
Not my normal type, but I actually enjoyed this one. The past providing a nice central division and then it was easy to build up blocks on flowers as you went along. The tree line wasn't too difficult and the only tricky bit was the tulips in the foreground as they were slightly out of focus causing definite lines to be blurred. 
A nice big chunk of sky to get started with, and sky with plenty of shade variation so it proved to be manageable. Add to that the different boats, buildings and smaller splashes of colour for the cars and this had the makings of a good puzzle. The downsize - the pieces were very thin and did not sit together well meaning at times one small nudge could cause a lot of damage and hours of frustration. 
What's not to like about a traditional English country scene? Beautiful blue sky, grass in the foreground and once they were in place the cottages and church followed with no real problems. A slightly older puzzle so the pieces didn't click beautifully, but the overall experience was pure jigging at a simple level - even the trees didn't spoil things. A lovely way to spend an afternoon.
I love a good Wasgij. I know that not having a picture is too difficult for some people but I really enjoy seeing how the image develops. Those moments of 'ah, so that's where that goes', or 'oh, now I get it' really do fit with this style of puzzle. The images are always, bright, well cut and great to assemble. As for this pictures - amusing and I didn't see it coming until quite far in. Thank you Wasgij. 
Having learnt my lesson from the first one I was much more methodical with how I approached this jigsaw. I developed a system of placing the pieces into little rows and once I had built up some easy sections took a row of pieces at a time to try and slot in. Any that didn't fit were turned over and placed to one side for a return attempt. I still worked with areas of interest, but the new technique made for a much quicker turn around. 
Now, let's clear one thing up - there are numerous jigsaws of this ilk, all claiming to be the most difficult jigsaw....and quite frankly....it's a bit of false advertising. However, there are ways they can make them trickier and this one certainly managed that. The image was printed on both sides and rotated 45* into the bargain. Normally they don't do this very well and the cut of the jigsaw gives away which side is which - you can feel it. This time, they got it right and so it did prove quite tricky....and I enjoyed it. 
