08/28/2026
Hello, Edges, my old enemy. This is the second Edge puzzle by .studio (officially titled Birthday Heist on the Hillside). It's one of those puzzles that I picked up because I knew I wanted at least the opportunity to put it together. Except, the first version was really spicy and I wasn't really sure if I ever wanted to do another edge puzzle. I shared about this puzzle when I bought it and reached out and said she had a copy too and we should do it together. She reached out at the end of last week and mentioned she was going to tackle hers and I grabbed my copy to put it together too. PS. Happy Birthday, yesterday Mel!
The one thing about that first puzzle is that it prepared me for future edge puzzles. I went into this one with a plan. 💪To start, I did a big sort of all the obvious parts: the grassy top, the big window section, the gems, the party supplies, the kitchen area, the security area, the gold pile, bookshelves, pipes. I also had two important piles, the completely useless pile (which had pieces that were almost exclusively reddish-brown) and the mostly useless pile (which was mostly reddish-brown but also had parts of rocks and maybe the generic body of an ant). In general, this puzzle has a lot more going for it compared to the first version. First off, there is way more going on. That green upper portion alone was such a relief to put together on this one after the struggle of the first puzzle.
Y'all. I finished this thing in one day, in just a few hours! 🎉I think I finished this probably 75% faster than the first puzzle. 😅The organizing worked great. Yes, I did eventually end up with a table covered with pieces, but I also had multiple large sections finished that just needed connecting. Big difference from that first version when 90% of the puzzle was just chaos assembling. This puzzle was, dare I say it, fun. 10/10 recommend being organized if you go at this one.
I was chatting with Mel about this puzzle and she told me there is actually a third Yetch Studio edge puzzle out now. Somehow in my social media detox, I managed to miss that announcement. I really want to do that one now. 😅🌳