WREBBIT 3D Empire State Building 3D jigsaw puzzle (975-pieces)

It was not crazy-difficult; it took just the right amount of mental concentration and finger dexterity. For me, it was a pleasant project across 2 weeks in February (39 hours total). If you have not worked on a Wrebbit 3D puzzle before, get Notre Dame first; Neuschwanstein overall was a bit more complicated, yet very satisfying to complete it.

Products like this have kept me in the good graces of my Anglophile wife for 30 years. She was so happy with the detail and overall look of the finished puzzle that she immediately added it to her collection of all things British. She is living proof that even ungrateful colonials appreciate where they came from.

I liked that it's a puzzle that I can set up on a shelf if I want to. It is a little challenging but in a good way. The puzzle pieces fit snug together and don't fall apart and they are the thick sponge kind. The only thing I don't like is that I can't see the other side of the what the puzzle looks like on the box, and that's what helps me know what I'm looking for. But overall I'm very happy with this purchase. It's going to be a lot of fun.

Pretty much the most difficult puzzle I have ever done! Got into 3D puzzles, and was doing the little ones that only took a few hours. This one took much longer. But having gotten through it and now having it as a display piece, I can offer tips to make it easier. Sort, sort, sort.1. Get all "scrap" pieces out. Go through "scrap" pieces again as 1 or 2 was probably missed.2. Get approx. 10-15 bags and start separating pieces (greenery, crown molding, red brick, yellow brick, cobblestones). I sorted all the grey ones, then went through and sorted them again to more specific types. This will take some time.3. Once sorted you can start piecing things together! Work one bag at a time. Use the map to figure out what shapes go where. The puzzle "clue map" has the individual shapes of what each "wall" looks like along with how the pieces are shaped exactly. I does not, however, show you what graphics are on each piece. I had to go from looking at the box pictures to the instructions back and forth to figure some things out. Bring a colored pencil with you when doing this so you can color in what you have put together BIG HELP! HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOING THIS.4 Once you have put every thing together (pieces will all still be flat) LAY ON GROUND AS LAYOUT APPEARS IN ILLUSTRATIONS. Then simply follow directions of how to put together, laying them out on ground makes the directions easier to follow.5. This puzzle gives you enough direction to get through, but you will need to possess critical thinking skills to "fill in the blanks".Was a good challenge, some times throughout it I thought it might have been a larger project than I can handle, but 2 weeks later (as I gave up several times for a day or two) it was finished and felt very accomplished. :)

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I held off on buying this one for the longest time because I thought the curved roofs would give me a hard time. Much to my surprise they were a breeze! Still challenging but not frustrating like I had been anticipating. The finished puzzle is quite nice, holds together well and has an elegant look to it. I agree with another reviewer who spoke in favor of the company using foam supports on the inside as opposed to the older cardboard versions. I don't have issues with the inner supports slipping out of place with the foam. Makes the whole thing much stronger. Instructions were included and the box was pristine.Could have sworn mine was missing a piece, I contacted the company online using the info on the instruction sheet and sent the box info in. Got a reply immediately and they shipped the missing piece out very quickly (took about a week to get to me since I live in the US and they are based in Canada). Then a few weeks after I found the original piece under my couch (likely thanks to my cat). Sorry about that, Wrebbit. But the customer service was great! :)FYI for the newbies you will need to sort out the pieces with red dots or lines on them prior to assembly (trash pieces). DON'T TOSS THEM UNTIL YOU'RE COMPLETELY DONE. Just in case you mixed a normal piece in.

I purchased this to build with my sons. The first step for completing this puzzle is sorting through, and throwing away, pieces that don't need to be in there. My kids completely lost interest during this step. I included a picture of a pile of pieces needing to be tossed, right off the bat. That's not even all of them! It seems like a missed opportunity for the company to both hire an unskilled laborer in need of a job and send out a finished product to consumers. Once I was finally finished trashing pieces, I realized the directions for completing the puzzle were trash, as well. They are in black and white- not helpful AT ALL. I tried putting it together, without instructions, for a few days but there was no way I would be able to finish it that way. I had to find color instructions on the internet and print them (after I found a printer). The entire process was so frustrating, and my kids wanted nothing to do with it. It felt more like a chore, in the end, than a fun project. I gave this 3 stars still, because I'm sure there are people who would enjoy putting together a 3D puzzle without instructions. My brain just doesn't work that way.

Great Christmas or Birthday gift.

I was ironically able to finish this puzzle within a couple days. It was much better looking than the older Camelot castle I had over fifteen years ago that eventually died and had missing pieces. So I came across Webbit 3D Puzzles. This is the first one I did.The only challenge I came across was during the assembly of the large tower in the back corner of the castle. After assembly as it is one of the last sections to install the bottom of the tower I could not get straight and bulged out. This is because I could not get under neath the puzzle to help support the pressure when connecting the base of the tower. It made the puzzle look bulgy on the bottom of the tower but over all the castle is great for display.I also did not install the cardboard flags or decorative pieces as looked well done. I am keeping this castle assembled on display.Yes the instructions are black and white and cannot follow those. Used a laptop to view the color instructions from the webbit3d website. Would have been awesome to have color instruction booklet like lego does with their products.And there are a lot of red dot pieces to dispose of as well that I do first before separating the pieces by color.I then print off the few pages to show the flat sections in color when I do the puzzle so I can see what puzzle section I am working on which helps.

July 15 I opened box. Seperated the red dot pieces to discard. Sorted all the pieces by color and shape. Printed off the four pages of the color instruction booklet online to show what the pieces look like together in sections before assembly. Worked all day with companion and had all pieces together the same day.July 16 first thing in morning hooked up my laptop, brought up the colored instruction booklet, and started to assemble. Few things noticed during assembly:- at the very start when doing the front middle rounded windows it would have been much better to use the square edges around each window instead of standard puzzle pieces. This is because when it curves around the puzzle pieces space out and was a bit tricky to get the windows around before the flat curved base gets installed.- when installing the decorative cardboard tower arms there was a step that calls for 8 of the smaller ones to be installed with the larger ones. I can only install 6 small ones. Not enough slits for them to clip into. I left them out but still looks good- instead of using a paperclip I use a very small flat blade end to slit the slots for where the decorations go. This is easier to do before assembling into 3D. I waited too late to punch those out at the start and had to be very delicate to puncture to prevent pieces from being pushed in.- when doing the 24 windows together there was some pieces that looked like they fit when didnt. I had two small pieces of the roof top triangles above the windows that didn't fit. My companion spent a few minutes and was able to shift the pieces around so all the pieces fit properly.- Lastly the top cardboard tower with cone just sits in the middle of the roof crossing. It falls off and would have been nice if could clip in somehow.Over all I enjoyed this puzzle and found it much easier to assemble then the Camelot puzzle. This is the second one I finished and have five more coming!

Amazing and very fun 3d puzzle.

Está muy bonito y se ve de calidad el material pero el problema es que muchas piezas llegan rotas de la parte que encaja con la siguiente pieza o algunas vienen pegadas

Pas simple à monter....!!! Pas à mettre dans toutes mains ...!!!