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Pete, the resident feline critic
The Pete Gazette
The Masterpieces Puzzle Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
Lead Review · From: Masterpieces
Pantry Puzzle Promises Much, Delivers Only Recycled Paper
Our critic mounts the table to investigate a pantry-themed jigsaw and discovers it smells only of soy ink, exacting one olive-jar piece as protest before allowing it a grudging half-paw.

My human seems to have acquired what can only be described as a box of deliberately shattered art. They call it a "puzzle," a product from a company named "MasterPieces"—a rather bold claim for something that arrives in a thousand tiny, disappointingly flat pieces. The goal, apparently, is to reassemble a picture of a pantry, a place I am intimately familia…

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Image of MasterPieces - 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle, Mom’s Pantry, Fun for Adults, Family, Kids, Non-Glare Finish, 19.25" x 26.75"
Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★☆☆☆
A masterpiece of disappointment.
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