I wanna talk about jigsaw puzzles because why not.

So I have enjoyed doing jigsaw puzzles for a LONG time. But I wasn't quite as into them as I have been over the past few years.

Where it really started, I was browsing FA one day and came across this image:
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/39404117/

Now I haven't personally watched Helluva Boss however I do like Angel Dust's design and I like the art on this puzzle.
So I found the site that sold it, Sharkrobot, and bought it.

After assembling this puzzle I got bit by the puzzle bug if you will and wanted to do more puzzles.

So I started looking in places like Dollar Tree, thrift stores and various other places for puzzles to do. I cannot begin to guess how many puzzles I have done since I really started doing a lot as of late.

Now one thing worth mentioning about jigsaw puzzles is how they vary not only in terms of quality but how the pieces are made.

The worst kind of puzzles will have all the same type of piece, 2 peg and 2 hole:
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I.....1Mp0lO992L.jpg

When puzzles are like that it becomes a chore if there is a solid section of color. The Hazbin Hotel puzzle above had those types of pieces and with several sections of solid blue it made finishing the puzzle annoying.

Some puzzles have different styled pieces. As an example circle or shaped puzzles can have wacky shaped pieces. But even a standard rectangle puzzle can have some very odd pieces.
The brands "Cobble Hill" and "Springbok" are two such brands.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0.....g?v=1730733586
Look around the pumpkins to see some of the odd pieces.
https://mypuzzleday.com/wp-content/.....ted-Mews-A.jpg
The pieces on the cat are especially wacky.

That said I do like doing Cobble Hill puzzles as they are of good quality over all. Springbok has fallen out of favor for me personally though.

But for what I consider my favorite type of pieces in regards to puzzles is a nice mix of all the peg and hole configurations:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe.....Puzzle.svg.png

4 pegs 0 holes
3 pegs 1 hole
2 pegs 2 holes right angled
2 pegs two holes opposite one another
1 peg 3 holes
0 pegs 4 holes

Some puzzle brands will still have a bad average of those 6 piece types and you may get an overwhelming amount of pieces that are the traditional 2 peg 2 hole style. Or in the case of a brand called "Ceaco" they have a bad habit of having too many 4 pegs 0 hole and 4 holes 0 pegs pieces. These I would argue are worse if you have a large block of solid color as there are now four different ways a singular piece can go.

However in all of my puzzle assembling I have come across 3 brands that if you too like puzzles I would recommend looking out for.

Buffalo

Ravensburger

Clementoni

You CANNOT go wrong with any of those puzzles. Buffalo puzzles are the easiest to find as they are sold in most stores that sell toys and games.

Ravensburger is a little less common, but they make a very good puzzle.

Clementoni is my personal favorite, unfortunately though they are the hardest to find. Only place I have seen them brand new are Barnes and Noble stores, and a puzzle store in a mall the next State over.

Celmentoni was the first brand that I did a 6,000 piece puzzle from. That puzzle was one of the best puzzles in terms of the quality of the product I have ever done. The image was well printed, the pieces fit together nice and tightly, it was 17 days of work that was very satisfying to finish~

Anyway, just felt like talking about puzzles. And maybe mention some good brands for those who may be interested.