SOMETHING'S MISSING

TITLE: COBH HARBOR, IRELAND
MANUFACTURER:  KODACOLOR
PIECES: 1000
MOVIES: TOY STORY, THE ROYAL TENANBAUMS

November 29th, 2016

Hmm, feeling a little cheated here, honestly.  Like I said before, missing pieces is just part of the game when getting 99¢ puzzle at Value Village, but this is just disappointing.  A couple of pieces are understandable but this shouldn't be in circulation anymore.  I think there will be worse examples to come, but this is one of the worst examples.

This is also another harbor puzzle.  That makes 3 out of 9, and I wouldn't be surprised if it comes out to 33% on the final tally.  Hope you like boats!

DEALING WITH FREAKS

TITLE: MEERSBURG, GERMANY
MANUFACTURER:  UNKNOWN
PIECES:  1000
MOVIE:  THE ELEPHANT MAN

NOVEMBER 23rd, 2016

This was the first time, but not the last time, that I had to deal with a puzzle that was in the vertical orientation.  When I started working on it, my plan was to just do the puzzle sideways, which seems like a good idea but it turns out it feels very awkward kinda drives your brain a little crazy.  So I decided to just work on an upper half and next to it the lower half, and then turn them sideways at the end and stitch them together.

Title for the puzzle is approximate.  I was never able to find the same puzzle in person on online, but I did stumble across a picture of that same clock tower and apparently its in Meersburg, Germany.