This was a really fun image with a banana rocket about to launch and lots of interesting details.
Kirk is canoodling with an alien as Uhura looks on in disgust. Scotty has forgotten to plug in the transporter.
Yarn ninjas armed with knitting needles.
Darth Vader is on babysitting duty.
Yikes, looks like Lisa Simpson took some steroids and got into pro wrestling!
And now for the bad news. The pieces were far too thin, so thin that the puzzle didn’t lie entirely flat. I tried to get a photo where you can see it, but this is the best I could do.
The lesser quality was especially noticeable because I did the Funky Zoo puzzle right before, and that was fine. Below on the left a piece from the Funky Zoo puzzle and on the right a piece from this one. The difference is clear.
It’s not yet bad enough to go on my do-not-buy-list, but it’s really annoying. The thing is, it doesn’t seem to affect all Heye puzzles. Rocket Launch is from 2016 and Australian Habitat (the Funky Zoo puzzle) is from 2018. Rocket Launch came in a triangular box and the Funky Zoo series comes in regular boxes. Not sure if that’s relevant here, but I will keep an eye on this situation.
Puzzler1909 
That’s disappointing. I haven’t done a Heye in a while, but I have several here to be done. I hope they’re the usual good quality I’ve come to expect and not the thinner more disappointing quality you’ve found in this one.
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Yes, let’s hope this is a blip!
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I did this one recently and it didn’t have this issue (presumably a different print run). I’m currently doing a new round of fly with me that has the nicest cut and handling I’ve had with a Heye puzzle- more matt that usual too.
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Yes, this must have been a bad print run. I’ve happily had only really good Heyes after this. In fact, I think the quality is better now than it was 15-20 years ago.
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