My first new puzzle purchase of 2018, and it was absolutely as much fun as I’d hoped. Collages are my favorite kind of puzzle, I love being able to assemble one small section at a time, and it’s satisfying to connect the sections together.

This Re-marks puzzle was very good quality; although they are shiny the pieces are thick and they connect together very well. The piece shape is quite obvious in the finished image, but for me that doesn’t really detract from the enjoyment of the assembly. The shine was a little annoying under the lights – even though the image isn’t dark it was still difficult at times to see the pieces properly.

I feel a little bit better now that I’ve successfully completed a 500 piece puzzle, and after a couple more I hope to get back to doing 1000 piece puzzles and maybe even higher piece counts.

Details:

• Title:                  Vintage Signs
• Artist:                Re-marks
• Brand:               Re-marks
• Piece count:     500 pieces
• Size:                  Approx. 16 x 20 in. (40 x 50 cm)
• Purchased:      New

Quality:

• Board:               Very good
• Cutting:             Very good
• Image:               Very good
• Box:                   Average
• Fit:                     Very good
• Puzzle Dust:     Moderate amount
• Piece cut:          Grid cut
• Piece shapes:   All 2 prong 2 hole pieces, but good variety within that shape
• Finish:               Shiny finish, lays flat

Overall Rating:      Very good, recommended