About my ratings

Perhaps because of my day job, I'm a tough rater. Everything 3/5 and above I consider worth the time and money. If I purchase on Etsy or a similar platform and the puzzle is as expected, I will give a top rating on the platform because of how seller ratings work, but here "as expected" is probably a 3/5 in most cases.

Monday, December 26, 2022

David, Coronation of Napoleon

 Elms, 1004 pieces, marked as difficulty 9 in their old scale. I think that's mostly from the size, which leads to large areas of highly similar color, though as is standard with good-quality puzzles, the colors start to show distinguishable variations as you work through the puzzle, leaving more manageable areas for assembly. Four pieces have been replaced, with some related dulling of the pieces around to make the replacement less noticeable. So there are some color variations that weren't there originally, but it only occasionally was noticeable to me. Lots of internal false edges as well as some color line cutting around the figures. 7/10

two-piece whimsy





replaced piece, multipiece horse and rider

replaced piece, single horse and rider

replaced piece, interacting flowers

replaced piece

another horse and rider, some internal edges

shoe and starburst

shield

nearly interacting figures (up top), three fleurs-de-lis, horseshoe/horsehead


doggo

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