Customer Reviews

White Mountain Puzzles Yard Sale

5 star:		(9)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

I bought 5 or 6 puzzles from Amazon in the last month, all more expensive than I would normally pay, completed 4 of them, and so far this one is the one I enjoyed most and felt was a better quality puzzle and worth the price. This one by White Mountain Puzzles and artist Lorie Schory was so well made, interesting, and great fun to work that I took note of both the puzzle manufacturer and the artist and kept notes so that I could try to get more of this series. This is certainly a "feel good" puzzle that will bring a smile to your face as you go along!

The puzzle has slightly larger "fully interlocking pieces", ( which I much prefer to odd shaped pieces ) and is of nice heavy weight stock, presenting a snug fit. There is a clear variance and individuality in the puzzle die cut pieces, along with the great array of colors, to keep you from mixing up where a piece goes, which I have found I hate about some other puzzles with pieces that are easily "tradeable" by mistake. Besides being made so well, this puzzle is chock full of amusing things one might see at a really huge yard sale. Lots of funny, colorful, and bright or nostalgic 50's 60's things can be seen, as well as memorabilia of many other eras, lively junk a big family would collect over the years if they were all a little bit of a packrat!

My opinion is that if you catch yourself working a jigsaw puzzle and leaving it partly assembled for a week or more on a table, only going back once in awhile to add 20 or so pieces, then the puzzle isn't worth what you paid for it. Whether it's just either incredibly boring, dull looking, or too lame and easy, or too annoyingly impossible due to crazy shaped pointy pieces that don't really fit well, or a field of green grass all the same shade and a mile of blue blue sky......... then phooey on it!

But this isn't any of those things. This puzzle is the kind that makes you not want to go to bed at one a.m. even though you have to work the next day, because you want to work some more of it!!

A simply wonderful "medium" ( difficulty level ) puzzle for adults of any age, or even teens, and I recommend it highly. Hoping to find more White Mountain/Lorie Schory puzzles to look forward to working!

I loved this puzzle! The pieces were larger than average, especially for a 1,000 piece, so there wasn't any squinting to see what was on each piece. There is a lot going on in the picture, so it was fairly easy to tell which part of the puzzle each piece went to. The variety also kept the puzzle interesting (can you find the head in the jar?!). It was a fun puzzle to do and I highly recommend it!

I used to do puzzles and liked them very well - 'hadn't in a long time - my college roommate from WAY back was doing them, so I bought this one - LOVED it! Not sure I would call it a toy for children - maybe teens, I guess.
It was very fun for me - I will buy more puzzles!
Supplies needed: magnifying glass, card table for puzzle, another table for pieces, probably good to glue onto something after finished; 'haven't gotten that far yet (glue, etc). Corners and edges first!

This review isn't so much about "Yard Sale" as it is about White Mountain puzzles in general. I bought one a year ago because I liked the scene, and I fell in love with the quality of the puzzle- vibrant colors, pieces that fit well, and I like the sturdy quality of the pieces. Since then I have bought three other White Mountain puzzles, and I look for just this brand. As for "Yard Sale," I did not find it to be as challenging as the other puzzles I did (which is why I gave it four stars and not five), but it was still a lot of fun and relaxing to do. It provided hours of enjoyment - which, after all,is what assembling puzzles is all about! (It would have provided even more hours of fun, except my son-in-law did a lot of work on it when he was here one night. I thought he'd never go home and leave some for me!)

I purchased a White Mountain puzzle a couple of years ago at a local discount store. It is titled 'Coral Fish' and has 550 pieces. I was so taken with the bright colors, the size of the pieces and the high quality of this 2008 puzzle - all of which make assemblying it a delightful experience - I recently bought two more through Amazon. One, Autumn Quilts, was manufactured in 2007 and retained the high quality as did my 2008. BUT the second one, Yard Sale, manufactured in 2010, is of a much lower quality. Apparently between 2008 and 2010, White Mountain found someone else to produce their puzzles.
Yard Sale is a delightful picture to piece together and the size of the pieces are good. However, there were seven sets of two pieces stuck together and although I acted as carefully as I could the bottom paper layer tore when I separated them. Besides the ones I had to separate there were several with torn bottom layers and two pieces were bend. The early puzzles were almost totally lacking with that'paper dust/particles' that used to accompany all puzzles. Yard Sale had a lot of that and even the box the puzzle came in lacked the standard of quality found in the pre-2010 boxes! If I were to purchase another white Mountain I would want to know its date of manufacture.White Mountain Puzzles Autumn Quilts

This puzzle is very well made, thick pieces that fit together well. The image is a great one, not frustrating like puzzles with a lot of the same blue sky. Great centerpiece to a family gathering!

I loved this puzzle. It was fun to put together. I pieces where well made and big enough but not too big. They where well shaped, nothing odd or out of the ordinary. I would recommend these puzzles to anyone who loves beautiful fun well made puzzles. They are well worth the money.

White Mountain puzzles are a favorite. They are always interesting and a challenge. I would recommend them for adults who love jigsaws!

Although this is a fun puzzle with all of the different items for the yard sale, I found that many of the pieces are not interlocking on all sides which means that you have to "lean" pieces against matching pieces until you find more to complete an area. I've never seen this on the wonderfully high-quality Ravensberger puzzles; all their pieces lock on all sides. Also, the pieces are thin and flimsy; some of the top layer peels back easily. Otherwise a fun puzzle.

This is a great puzzle - I love the different shape cuts and challenge of the design. White Mountain consistenly has good quality.