Tropical Impressions (18,000)
Another puzzle that I had on my wish list is crossed off, and I realized that I never added it to the blog…shame, shame, shame! I got this beauty from someone on Craigslist. She had done the puzzle herself and was looking to pass it on to another enthusiast – enter, me. I got it for a great price ($50 including shipping), and am quite happy about it. It will be quite some time before I get to this one as I have lots of others ahead of it on my ever growing “To Do” list.
I will post pictures soon.
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After owning Tropical Impressions for 12 years I’ve finally begun putting it together. I’ve completed one quadrant except for the green border. Question…how many rows of green are there to the edge and between the quadrants? Thanks for any tips.
Hi Martha, that is a great question, and congrats on starting the puzzle! It is a beautiful one.
From the left edge there is the outer border pieces, then 1 solid green “column” vertically and then 1 vertical column of mostly green but right edge of those pieces will also have a small part of the image in them as well. This is also the same number of green columns that are between the two left images, top and bottom and the two right images top and bottom. The only difference being the first vertical column between thenleft half and the right half do not have the border edge.
For the rows horizontally, you have the outer border edge, followed by two rows of solid green and then a 4th row of mostly green with the beginnings of the image on the bottom of those pieces. This is how it looks on the top two panels – right and left side. Then, between the top two images and the bottom two images you have: one row of green pieces which also have some of the image on the top half of that first row which ultimately connects to the bottom of the top two images. Then you have two rows of solid green and then lastly you have the mostly green pieces that will have the start of the images for the bottom two panels right and left.
Then finally on the bottom two images you will have the green row that has part of the images on the top half of the.pieces where they connect to the image….then two solid rows of green pieces and then the final row of green with the bottom border edge.
Whew! Hopefully that answered your question and wasn’t too confusing.
Thanks for the help. Now I just have to tackle the green. Some of the pieces feel and look like they fit, but very subtle size variance throws it all off.
Down to 3 remaining green pieces on this quadrant and of course they don’t match the 3 open spots. Argh! I need to set it aside and move to another quadrant and hope to figure it out since they’re cut the same.
May email you pics of the sections and see if you have any insights or close ups of your finished piece.
Sure, definitely do that. Happy to help if I can and you still haven’t figured it out yet.