This was nice! An installment in the Hey Take a Trip-series done in the style of Hieronymus Bosch. It doesn’t actually say on the box who did this, but I’m pretty sure it’s Marino Degano.
Take a Trip! With Hieronymus Bosch, 2025-07-27
Category: Heye
Superhero Movie, 2025-05-08
Very entertaining cartoon style puzzle where a movie is being shot.
The hero is apparently called Lizzard Girl.
There was a bit of a snafu with the cut, the right edge was far too thin, and the left edge too broad.
Part of the right edge:
Part of the left edge:
You can see that the left edge doesn’t lie flat, because the cut is quite rough. It was only the left edge though, the rest of the puzzle was fine.
For the puzzle challenge, this is #20, (Cartoon) Hero.
Junk Food, 2025-04-14
Another installment in the Zozoville series. This was great fun, as usual, although the yellow background wasn’t all that easy. I did most of the monster almost in one sitting, then I did the edges. Filling in the background was, of course, the slowest part.
For the puzzle challenge, this will be #30, a puzzle published in 2025.
Broken Worlds, 2025-01-10
Another new Heye puzzle, from the Inner Mystic series. I loved it, except for the top 6-7 rows, they were pretty hard.
For the puzzle challenge this is No. 3, upside down/reflection.
Take a Trip! With Marino Degano, 2025-01-06
Take a Trip! is a new series by Heye where you can place the completed puzzles in a row and they will fit (the road and river will always be in the same place). There is a similar series called Funky Zoo, but in that series all of the entries are by Marino Degano. In this series, the different segments will be done by different artists, but so far I only have this one.
For my puzzle challenge, this will be No. 14, “frog”:
Heye 2025 Catalogue
The Heye catalogue for 2025 is out, and you can download it here! Looks like it might be an expensive year… There’s a new Funky Zoo puzzle (Desert Habitat), and also a new similar series of a street where the different puzzles fit together. The concept is by Marino Degano, but the puzzles are by different artists. I’m definitely getting the Degano section:
There are some nice new puzzles in the Home series by Norman O’Flynn, and a new puzzle in the Inner Mystic series by Andy Kehoe, and I will probably have to get all of these.
I also like the look of the new series Fly High! by Nathalie Bräutigam:
There are also a few new Zozoville puzzles, and the Wanted series has been resurrected (you are supposed to locate a criminal in the puzzle, missing on the box, of course; I wrote about it here).
All in all a very impressive line-up!
Yogaland, 2024-11-06
After many years of intensive puzzling, I’ve now eased up a bit, and spent more time watching movies. I still puzzle, and whatever I do put together will end up here eventually.
This is one of the 2024 Heye puzzles by my favourite artist Marino Degano.
No phones allowed in Yogaland:
There’s a very qualified instructor for the cobra pose:
As usual, there’s a puzzle, but I can’t make out which one this time:
Even in Yogaland there are murders, it seems:
There is a performance by Lady Yogaga to look forward to:
Unsurprisingly, I loved this puzzle and all the funny details!
Peking Duck, 2024-10-30
Another older Heye. I was very happy to find this for a reasonable price, and it’s also complete and in good condition. Loved it!
The Show Must Go On, 2024-10-15
This is an older Heye by Loup, and even though the orchestra is rather difficult, I was again impressed by how each figure has their own unique character. Still, I don’t think I would like to do the 2000-piece version, where there’s a lot more orchestra… I have done the 1000-piece version called Score, where there’s a large scoresheet on top that helps a lot. No photo of that, unfortunately.
Monkey Habitat, 2024-08-03
Another installment in the Funky Zoo series, I only have two left that I’ve not done yet. Unsurprisingly, I loved it!
The movie of the evening is, of course, Planet of the Apes:
There is some conflict, with some people wanting to put up luxury apartments, and the monkeys defending their current habitat:
In the Banana Bar, some monkeys start on a new puzzle, and I can tell that it’s Dog’s Life (by Marino Degano, of course), and beside the table, there are some Funky Zoo puzzles – I think I can make out Nile Habitat (I’ve not done that one yet), and Black Forest Habitat (which I have done, but I have no photo of it).
Here are some old acquaintances, the cleaning lady and the woman who has dropped her baby:
I did this puzzle for the monthly puzzle challenge for August, which is:
(The monthly challenges are communicated only as images.)
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