3D Spherical Puzzle - World Globe

by Buffalo Games

Product Features

• 3-D globe stands on its own with no internal support
• Unlike most other 3-D globes, this one is made from actual jigsaw puzzle pieces
• 100% made in the United States
• Bonus poster inside
• Includes collar stand for display

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 8 x 3.1 x 8 inches ; 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00000JL5T
• Item model number: 151
• Our recommended age: 10 years and up
• Manufacturer recommended age: 14 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #69,569 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

This 530 piece jigsaw puzzle assembles into a free standing sphere. Unique to 3D puzzles, these are made with traditional jigsaw pieces and require no internal support. World Globe - The one that started it all richly detailed topographical artwork and a unique cut combine to create the ultimate jigsaw puzzle.

Product Description

The world is at your fingertips! Here's a gravity-defying jigsaw puzzle that shows the world really isn't flat! This amazing puzzle actually forms a free standing, three-dimensional sphere, detailing the earth as it actually is! The pieces are specially designed to create an actual sphere. The last piece - the North Pole piece - has a trap door that snaps into place when you're done! Puzzle includes 530 pieces, a display stand, and piece by piece instructions. Make the world yours! Finished puzzle is 9.5 in diameter.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't buy this or other spherical puzzles by this manufactur, October 22, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 3D Spherical Puzzle - World Globe (Toy)

I bought a spherical puzzle of the moon. The problem is that the pieces intentionally don't fit together perfectly to get the puzzle to hold the spherical shape. Consequently, you'll find two pieces that you think will fit. When you turn them over, where each piece has a number encoding its order, you'll discover you were wrong. Basically, you can't tell if you've assembled the thing correctly unless you cheat.

Second, even when you find two that are sequenced together, you have to pound -- and pound hard -- to get them to fit. After one attempt to get ten pieces to go together, my fingertips were so sore that I had to give up for the rest of the night.

I'm an idiot savant at assembling jigsaw puzzles, but I gave up on this one. It wasn't worth the literal pain to put it together.

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pieces dont fit together!, October 22, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 3D Spherical Puzzle - World Globe (Toy)

This is a nifty idea for a puzzle, but it needs some work. The pieces don't fit together! I couldn't even get the base of mine to fit together perfectly (or even close to perfectly) and that part is flat! After a few tries, I finally gave up out of frustration at the pieces falling apart so often!

26 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Spherical Puzzle a Conversation Piece, December 13, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: 3D Spherical Puzzle - World Globe (Toy)

This puzzle has been sitting on my coffee table for a year. I can't put it away because people find it so interesting. They can't seem to resist picking it up and trying to figure out why it doesn't fall apart! It was a challenge to assemble because it is very different from the conventional flat jigsaw puzzle, and the pieces fit together snugly. I thought I would have to glue it to keep in on display, but a year's worth of handling and inspection have not caused it to "go to pieces."