Home on the Range, Miguel Pichardo

 Victory (new), 414 pieces. The image was a fun one because although the bison is clear once it's together, color line cutting around the animal combined with patterned chunks in the image to make it more difficult. 3/5

Odd Man Out, Michele Amatrula

 Victory, 545 pieces. Another Mark Capitella cut, with his distinctive curves, which allow for ready color line cutting given the image. Because of the concentrated areas of color, this was mostly easier than the previous 2, but still quite pleasant to do. 3/5

Eyes Full of Stars, Marie-Claude Fournier

 Victory, 548 pieces. I've had this queued for a while but there was a missing piece; fortunately, the folks at Victory worked very hard to get a replacement piece. Unfortunately, it broke during transit--might need bubble wrap next time!--but wood glue works well. Anyway, this is a Mark Capitella cut which manages to get a fair amount of color-line cutting and tricky split connectors. 4/5

very recognizable piece style

split connector

picture taken when missing piece not yet replaced

Lost Flamingo, Fiona Smith/Mark Capitella

 Victory, 477 pieces. This is an extremely successful attempt to use a distinctive hand-cut style in a laser-cut puzzle. It features Capitella's signature split connectors, along with color line cutting (which I rarely love, but like more when there are connectors; here the color line cutting is well integrated into Capitella's general curvy style, so it's not frustrating to me). Is it as satisfying as hand-cut? No, but it's still very good. 5/5

color line cutting, but completely integrated with piece style

Vintage Poster Bournemouth, Adrian Allinson

 Victory (new), 250 pieces. A nice image; lots of similar whimsies to the other Victory in the pack. 3/5

The Beach at Sables D'Olonne, Albert Marguet, 1933

 Victory, 250 pieces. (New Victory.) This style works for me at the 250-piece level, where it is a fast build with highly engraved whimsies. 3/5

tent in a tent

two-piece sandcastle

wine on the beach

The Flapper -- Life, 1922

 Victory (new), 250 pieces. Another highly engraved, highly geometric cut. 3/5

Vintage Poster San Francisco

 Victory (Modern), 250 pieces. This laser-cut puzzle is very Wentworth in style, with heavy engraving. 3/5

Tea at Five

Victory, 800 pieces.  A nice large Victory, with muted colors and one replaced piece. The shape of the replacement is not great (not that I could do better!) but the coloring is actually pretty good from an ordinary distance.  3/5

replaced piece under the wrist of the lady in pink on the right

Mill picture, Victory

800 pieces.  A nice Victory, would be useful for a group because there are defined areas that different people could work on.  3/5

Vintage Victory Artistic Jungle puzzle

About 100 pieces, inherited from my husband's mother.  Intended for children; put together to ensure that it was complete.  Nice hand feel, with thick pieces.

Box

Completed puzzle

Whimsies, standing up