California Jigsaw Puzzle
1000 piece 19.25" x 26.75" jigsaw puzzle on 70pt. blue chipboard. Made in the U.S.A.
Everything America Is Only More So
Did you first see California when you got off the train from Minnesota in November of 1942 and smelled orange blossoms? Was it through the window a rusty Karmann Ghia with the Grateful Dead playing on the radio? Or were you born at the beach after generations of your ancestors marched west? It doesn’t take long to become a native Californian, but your pretty much need to have a car. You can get away with not knowing where Coalinga or maybe even Fremont are, but you better have at least a general idea of where Fresno is. We surrounded our California Map with lots of pretty pictures so that even if your geography skills are limited and you haven’t had a car overheat in King City you will enjoy putting it together. We limited our images to things you can find in California, but that wasn’t much of a limit.
"My first reaction when I saw the pieces is that there are some weird shapes and that it would take me days to put it together. I became obsessed with it and made it by myself in two nights! I've made puzzles with less pieces that took me days to finish, so maybe this one was a little easy for me, but I had a lot of fun. The pieces are sturdy and stay together nicely. It's really frustrating when you have a few pieced together and go to move them into place and they fall apart. I love the pictures and don't want to take it apart just yet. It came with a separate picture to use instead of the box, the only problem is that the left edge is cutoff, so I was a little confused until I looked at the box. I would purchase another puzzle from this brand, most likely the Vintage Retro Trailers."
"Just finished this, my second Hennessy Puzzle. What a fun challenge! Love the bright colors. As always, looking for a certain puzzle piece I become convinced that it must be missing - and, of course, it's ME that is just 'missing' it, usually finding it as I start working on another section but sometimes not till the final pieces are put in place. The puzzle pieces are sturdy, and there's enough variation in the shades and textures to provide clues to where a particular piece fits. Some of the pieces are very imaginatively shaped, so they may form only one part of that open spot with a standard shape. Really challenging, which makes solving it all that more satisfying."
BRAGGING
"I haven't bought a puzzle in years, but this one is hands-down the best one I've ever assembled. Not only are the odd-shaped pieces fun, the artwork never gets boring because the artist has been meticulous in keeping the textures just different enough between scenes that it's easy to tell when you're trying to put a piece in the wrong section altogether. Very addictive and enjoyable; we put it together over the course of the first four days we had it. I'll definitely be looking at Hennessy puzzles and this artist for my next puzzle purchase."
"This was a fun puzzle to complete. The design was interesting and the very unusual shaped pieces definitely added to the challenge. We rarely do the same puzzle twice, but I can definitely see this one coming up again in the rotation. Checking out what other designs they have."