Puzzle: Eurographics Egypt

 Finished yesterday:  Eurographics, 1000-piece variable-grid cut.  This one was pretty easy, thanks to all the words.  

I believe I bought this one at the Kansas City Union Station Science Center, when the King Tut exhibit was touring about 5 years ago. 

Star Trek Voyager rewatch - Season 3, episode 1

 I've subscribed to my first Patreon, after learning that Robert Duncan McNeill (Robbie) and Garrett Wang are doing a podcast as they re-watch the series.  It's fun.  I do need to go back and listen to the first season again, so I can hear the bonus material. 

Season 3, episode 1 - Basics, Part II

What was Neelix intending to do with those bones? 

Another puzzle - Euorgraphics' vintage Canada series

 Finished this one over last week.  From the Eurographics "Vintage Canada" collection, a collage of travel posters in 1,000 pieces. 

This one is very new, just bought from Amazon.  Euro has apparently switched from random cut to grid cut, and the finish is more satin-matte than glossy now.  I've heard that the switch to grid cut is because of the increased demand for puzzles, so they're using whatever cutting dies are available.  I hope if this is true, that they switch back to random cut pieces soon.  

Notice the grid layout.

Here's the thing with a good grid-cut puzzle - all the pieces are still different.  This shows the possible piece shapes, roughly speaking.  You can have anywhere from 0 to 4 "nubs" on a piece, and a piece with 0 or 1 nub can have 2 or 4 of what I call "spades" - the little triangular bits.  

Some grid-cut puzzles have only the 2-nub shape, and hopefully there's some variation.  I've got one puzzle that I need to check, because I'm pretty sure that the pieces are all identical.  

Next puzzle:  Egyptian Treasures, another 1,000 piece Eurographics.  This is one I bought a few years ago, so it's a random cut.