Boardwalk, 311 pieces. Another cute Wentworth-ish puzzle, though I think art lovers might be appalled at the Girl with a Pearl Earring whimsy. 3/5
| she's judging you |
| multipiece building |
| cow, cap, windmill |
Secretbase, 300 pieces. Objectively speaking this puzzle is not great. It's got scorch marks on the white parts that make it look kind of grubby; it is too push-fitty for my taste; and it has a lot of size divergence among the pieces--the biggest pieces are multiple times the size of the smallest, which are fingertip sized.
But: It is a play on the X-Files, with X-Files themed whimsies, including Morley cigarettes and TRUST NO ONE. So I can't help having an affection spillover. 3/5
| the UFO stealing a cow is funny, I have to admit |
| TRUST NO ONE along the edge |
Boardwalk, 327 pieces. Charming image; I prefer Liberty's thicker wood to engraved whimsies, but if you like Wentworth then this could be a good American version. 3/5
Hartmaze, 199 pieces. Another new design, with some challenge as the colors subtly change through the puzzle. 3/5
Unidragon, 200 pieces. Unidragon isn't one of my favorites, but I do like a good mandala, and this one was complex even at 200 pieces. At the upper left of the finished picture is a mirrored dragon whimsy, but there is also a standard dragon/puzzle piece whimsy in the puzzle itself. 3/5
Hartmaze, 178 pieces. One of two new Hartmaze releases, with their standard random/jagged piece style, a few pieces that arrived still stuck together, and a complex image. Good value for money. 3/5