I reviewed Madd Capp’s “I AM WOLF” puzzle and added the brand to our brand comparson. Check out the new brand comparison page to see how they did! JJRead more
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UPDATED: Cobble Hill Brand Comparison
Cobble Hill has had some changes and improvements to their boxes and puzzle pieces, and they asked me to reassess them for the brand comparison. Take a look at the new, updated page with a brand new puzzle “Dog Gallery” reviewed. CHECK IT OUT HERERead more
New Brand Added: EEBOO!
It took a little longer than I’d planned to get this feature together, but I’m happy to present to you– eeboo! This exciting new brand out of New York City has been added to Puzzle Warehouse and to our brand comparison section. Check out the brand comparison feature and let me know what you think! Read more
New D-Toys Brand Comparison added
We’ve done a new Brand Comparison page for D-Toys puzzles that have the “wide variety of shapes” sticker (these are higher quality than their 2-shapes puzzles). Check out the new evaluation. The good news is: if you like their cartoon and folk art images, you can order them without worry. JaneRead more
Vermont Christmas Company added to our brand comparison
We did a full analysis on the Vermont Christmas Company brand. It did quite well for such a young puzzle manufacturer! Check out the deets here. Read more
Heye Brand Comparison Page updated
I’ve updated the Heye Brand Comparison page to bring it up to date with our more formal review criteria. Guess how it did? In a word: awesome. JJRead more
Schmidt Premium added to our Brand Comparison!
A few weeks ago, a blog reader named Ginny contacted me with a question about Schmidt quality. She’d done a recent Schmidt puzzle and loved the quality, but then tried an older Schmidt puzzle and was disappointed. She found out via another website that Schmidt has recently introduced (2015) a new line called “Premium Quality”, which really is an overhaul of their puzzle quality. It turned out I had purchased one of these with my January Heye order, so I decidedRead more
New York Puzzle Company added to Brand Comparison
It’s been awhile since I’ve done a full review of a new brand, but here we are. Wow! It’s a lot of detail work. 🙂 If you like vintage magazine covers, you’ll like this brand. See how they did by clicking on the image or link below. Read our review of New York Puzzle Company’s brand here. JJRead more
Eurographics Added to our Brand Comparison!
I have a new brand analysis for you. This one is for Canadian company Eurographics, purveyor of collage and educational puzzles extraordinaire, and a brand with a rapidly growing image line-up. See how they did here. JJRead more
Puzzle Brand Comparison — Eurographics
This page is part of our Puzzle Brand Comparison. You can find the overview page here. SUMMARY: 63 points Eurographics is a very solid puzzle brand from Canada. They have a not-quite standard grid puzzle cut with a wide variety of piece shapes, nice thick pieces, good boxes, and a large variety of available images. They were dinged a bit for some moderate puzzle dust, glossy piece finish/light glare, and including nothing but the puzzle bag in the box. If you enjoyRead more
Updated Brand Comparison Criteria
Comparison Sheet Above: A glimpse at the new brand comparison criteria sheet from Jigsaw Junkie. When I first began doing a brand comparison back in September of 2014, I was flying by the seat of my pants. I was frustrated that I wasn’t able to find much on the web about what a puzzle brand REALLY looked like, inside the box and assembled, before purchasing that brand. What was unique about a brand? Good or bad about it? How wereRead more
Brand Comparison: Castorland Added!
Castorland has been added to our brand comparison. How’d they do? See it here. JJRead more