Back to the duck puzzles, and I really enjoyed this. I started with the sky and the dark green trees, then moved on to the grass, and the road was the last thing I did. Usually, I do the duck(s) pretty early, but this time, the pieces were somehow not that easy to find.

I had to look up the word drophead, and apparently, it means convertible, which makes sense, for once. I wish I could say the same about the Finnish title, “Hyvissä merkeissä”, which might be translated as “in good faith, in a good spirit”.

Another duck on a bed. The cut was not quite as good as with the previous one, it’s not bad, but a bit off. Some of the duck puzzles are like that, unfortunately, and I’m doing the newest puzzles last, so it’s likely to become worse. Despite the less than excellent cut, I enjoyed the puzzle a lot.

The Finnish title contains a non-censored swear word (Helvetin hyvää huomenta), and I might translate it as “Bloody good morning”.

For the puzzle challenge, #28-29 is two puzzles from the same series, and this is #29.

Back to the Stenvall duck puzzles. I hope to have them all finished this year. This was actually a really entertaining puzzle. Doing these duck puzzles, I’ve come to realize how much I enjoy puzzles with large areas of similar colour, where there is a gradual change in colour tone, like the wall (and some other parts as well) that goes from very light on the left to quite dark on the right. The quality was also excellent, and the puzzle was factory sealed.

For the puzzle challenge, #28-29 is two puzzles from the same series, and this is #28.

Back to the Stenvall ducks. This was number 21/30, and I hope to be able to finish the rest of them this year. Puzzle quality was nice, although with a very loose fit. Only the dark area on top was a bit challenging.

Another Stenvall duck puzzle, another very strange title. This time the duck is clearly meeting someone, probably for a date if the flowers are anything to go by. I really enjoyed the sky and the volcano, but a bit less grass would have been nice. As usual with these puzzles, it wasn’t as difficult as it looks.

Back to the Stenvall ducks. This time, a duck walks on water. Fortunately, this was an excellent quality puzzle, otherwise it would have been really hard. I did the yellow bits first, then the rocks and the white in the foreground. After that it became difficult, and at first, I wasn’t even able to tell which pieces were water and which sky, but as usual, after a while it started to make sense. I ended up doing the water first, and finally the sky. Not easy, but very satisfying.

A duck is sleeping under a duvet with the Finnish flag. As usual, I have no idea what this is in reference of. I know the painting is from 2004, and I had a look at things that happened in Finland in 2004 and late 2003, but nothing stood out. Anyway, the puzzle was moderately challenging, but not too bad. I did the blue bits first, then the white, and finally the green grass.

Back to the Stenvall duck puzzles. The sky took quite some time to finish, but the rest was easy. No cranky ducks this time, this one looks pretty happy.

This is part of Tactic Vintage Posters-series, and unfortunately not one of the better ones in this series. All the pieces are of the basic shape, which I find boring, and the pieces are fairly thin. You also have to look out for false fits. Not all Tactic puzzles are like this, but unfortunately, you never know what you’re getting with Tactic, even within the same series.

I was, of course, expecting this to be a bit of a chore, but against the odds, I really enjoyed it. It was also a lot easier than it looks. I worked the puzzle from the bottom up, and only the text “New York” and the black pieces around it was difficult. I ended up enjoying this a lot more than expected.

Here it’s pretty clear what is happening: the duck wants a bath, but there is no water. The title in Finnish is “Ei pisaraakaan”, which (for once) has exactly the same meaning as the English title.

There are no dates on the puzzles, I only know what year the paintings are from, but the older puzzles have normal sized boxes, and the newer smaller boxes. This was one of the newer ones (just so we’re clear, they have all been out of print for years), and unfortunately, the quality is not as good as with the older puzzles. I’m pretty sure that there is still an error in the white wall, because I had to use force to get the last piece in. I did try to find the wrongly placed piece, but couldn’t see it, so I’m calling it done. I had a few other problems with false fits, but managed to sort them out. This was the worst quality duck puzzle so far.