About my ratings

Perhaps because of my day job, I'm a tough rater. Everything 3/5 and above I consider worth the time and money. If I purchase on Etsy or a similar platform and the puzzle is as expected, I will give a top rating on the platform because of how seller ratings work, but here "as expected" is probably a 3/5 in most cases.

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Spooktober

 Anthology, approx 200 pieces. Cute and small--very small pieces! But nice holiday themed image. 3/5





Lady Liberty

 Enigma, 502 pieces. New seller of hand-cut puzzles on eBay; not clear whether puzzles are used but this one arrived in good condition. Very difficult because of minimal color variations across wide swathes as well as a lot of irregular edges. Still not sure where the boy in the baseball cap was supposed to go. 4/5



King Kong on the Empire State Building

Mini Lady Liberty



Friday, October 8, 2021

Baby

 A.J. Crippen, 100 pieces. Somewhat unusual cut shapes, interlocking, fading on the image--medium quality vintage. 3/5




Tropical Fish

 F.A. Bourke, 22 pieces. Colorful and well-cut.




Bill Carman, Golden Whistle

 Artifact, 318 pieces. This one is pretty dark visually, with some whimsies that pick up on the image. 3/5


penguin-esque figures

hippo



Monday, October 4, 2021

Vikram Madan, Physical Impossibility

 Artifact, 292 pieces. I can't say I get the title--is it about an alien abduction of an alien?--but it's a cute image (or images within image, including at least one from another Artifact puzzle). 3/5





Melodramas in the Mist

 Stave, 650 pieces. Americana and mist (which helps disguise the variations from modern perspectival illustration). Some cute interacting whimsies and a coach-and-horse combo drawn from but not color line cut along the images (along with a bit of color line cutting for some of the smaller figures). 7/10




well met?

spider 1

interacting birds

a house

interacting boots

dragonflies, another house

spider 2

interacting trees

carriage and horse

cow+N+tree chair+M = country charm