Have driven Route 66 so was so excited to do this, although it is 1000 pieces. I worked on it at our vacation house on and off for six months. The only frustrating part was the sky, which took 6 months to figure out. I am in my 80’s and have done lots of Dowdle puzzles and Boardwalk so am usually not stumped. Finally my 28 year old grandnephew saved me from never finishing the sky! He worked one whole day Thanksgiving weekend probably and figured it out. It does work and pieces fit. Beware of it unless you have my nephew to conquer Route 66.
Puzzles should be made so that each piece has only ONE possible fit. ONE! This puzzle is causing me to go back and refit multiple parts of the puzzle, particularly the sky pieces and border. I like to alternate between a super fun puzzle and a crazy challenge. This was supposed to be the fun one, not the “pull my hair out in frustration” puzzle. Never a problem with a Dowdle; this is my first Boardwalk. Super fun design so I was really looking forward to it. You crushed me. Hard.
I've put together about 100 Dowdle traditional puzzles. I enjoyed each and every one of them. I tried this Boardwalk Puzzle because I've run out of Dowdle titles to get. The Route 66 Boardwalk Puzzle was extremely frustrating. So much that I quit doing it and donated the whole thing to charity (although I felt guilty in doing so). As others have said. The pieces were too similar, particularly in the sky section. Too many false fits and do overs. I do puzzles to relax and ease tension. This puzzle caused quite the opposite.
Way too many false fits. Frustrating and unsatisfying.
Very frustrating & disappointing- there are about 24 missing pieces randomly though out the more colorful part of the puzzle. It is quite obvious since I only have blue sky pieces left. Also agree with the other one star comments regarding the cuts being the same or too similar in the sky section as well as the quality. I've bought several Dowdle puzzles in the past and never had issues. I'll pass on this brand of puzzle.
Maria,
We apologize you have experienced a missing piece or pieces/or damage to your Dowdle/Boardwalk puzzle and for any frustration or inconveniences this may have caused. Thank you for reaching out so we can make things right! Please simply fill out this form on our website: https://dowdlefolkart.com/pages/no-missing-pieces
Let me know if you have any questions. Have a great day!
Maddie
Customer Service