Blast Off Review

Puzzle	Blast Off
Artist	Dee Rogers
Type	Teaser
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This is a "classic" Teaser puzzle with a space theme with excellent and whimsical artwork by Dee Rogers. Further there's definitely an element to which the whimsy carries over into the overall way the pieces fit together. I was lucky to get to puzzle this one in late 2008 and enjoyed it very much. For 80 pieces it packs a nice punch of having multiple cavities for the pieces as well as a relatively unusual thems (as Stave teaser themes go) of space.

Multiple cavities is a nice difficulty enhance for a teaser puzzle and it is well done here. Additionally, the frame and surround is a bit more elaborate than a number of the puzzles and to me contributes a lot to the space-theme in a way that other puzzles (say What a Gem (Rev)) where the frame while important is very much just there if you will?

Anyhow, a great puzzle.