Three puzzles were released. That’s three too many. Hire an artist, cheapskates! The blur effect isn’t fooling anyone. Someone took a picture of some action figures and slapped it on a box.
American Publishing Corp. published a ton of puzzles well into the ’80s, including a series of D&D puzzles starting in 1983.
(Images via eBay)
2 Warps to Neptune 
I think they sold these at Walgreens in Illinois. They sure have that sad pharmacy toy isle look to them.
Hey, I had no trouble figure out which characters were depicted in each puzzle, at least…
Yeah, no need to worry about artistic license here.
Well, in their defense, that “blurred” look is in keeping with the box art on the toys themselves.
I love the blur effects on the old Micronaut packaging. It added to the very weird futuristic feel of the toys. Those things nail a vibe that’s hard to put into words… The movie “Beyond the Black Rainbow” reminds me of that vibe: retro-high tech and techno-New Agey.
(If I’m rambling please forgive me, not feeling too good right now, LOL)
The effect on the toy packaging is more like a lighting effect: light emanating from behind, shooting out of hands. APC’s version is sad. It just looks like a bad photo. No doubt they were trying to capture Mego’s designs…