That detailed presentation of your process, prototype-to-product, is what makes you the top puzzle duck on this list (puzzling, I know)!
With some help from AI, you could greatly expand the Raya collection and not have to worry about the limited parts count you now face.
In all seriousness, some very clever work!
We don't have any MDF trees locally, but the MDF cacti are plentiful. Usually just painted up as-harvested with a clear coat finish, I can see them being used in parts as a ready source for puzzle parts.
