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Customers like the quality and appearance of the puzzle. They mention it's a fun and challenging puzzle to put together, and it looks amazing in their collection. However, some customers report missing pieces.
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212 customers mention182 positive30 negative
Customers like the quality of the puzzle. They say it's a great, challenging, and fun puzzle to put together. They also say it is educational, and would be awesome for a school project.
"Tough, but not too tough. Very entertaining with beautiful design." Read more
"This puzzle was so much fun. I did it slowly over the time of like a month. There were some challenges...." Read more
"This was a fun and challenging puzzle to put together. Nice, high quality pieces." Read more
"Very cool puzzle once assembled. Took almost three months. Had to build a table just to do it on (2 saw horses and a piece of plywood)...." Read more
79 customers mention79 positive0 negative
Customers are satisfied with the appearance of the puzzle. For example, they mention it looks amazing in their collection, the art is great, and the map itself looks very good. Some appreciate the high-quality graphics and antique look. Overall, most are happy with the puzzle's quality and the pieces stay together great.
"Tough, but not too tough. Very entertaining with beautiful design." Read more
"This was a fun and challenging puzzle to put together. Nice, high quality pieces." Read more
"I am a long time puzzler, and when I tell you this puzzle is gorgeous, I mean it...." Read more
"This puzzle is incredible to look at at but quite sadly, once we finished assembling it we realized 4 pieces were missing...." Read more
54 customers mention11 positive43 negative
Customers are disappointed with the missing pieces in the puzzle. They mention that it's missing one piece, six edge pieces, and part of the picture.
"...a "lost pieces service" which I needed since it arrived with one piece missing..." Read more
"...Got over half way through the puzzle and realized there was a missing piece! Put together anyway...." Read more
"...at but quite sadly, once we finished assembling it we realized 4 pieces were missing...." Read more
"...Overall loved it. No missing or messed up pieces" Read more
This puzzle was so much fun. I did it slowly over the time of like a month. There were some challenges. I suggest buying a puzzle roll up mat unless you’re planning on having it on an un-used table. I used a roll up mat cause I have a cat. And I didn’t want to get to the end with a piece missing. Some of the pieces are connect by curves and they don’t lock together until after you get more of the surrounding pieces.
The frame isn’t a perfect match but it works since the background is brown. The frame I found that was a best fit was a 20x18 It was weird because I measured it prior to going to the store and my measurement were 27x19 but looking at those they were WAY too big.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful Finish Product
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2019
This puzzle was so much fun. I did it slowly over the time of like a month. There were some challenges. I suggest buying a puzzle roll up mat unless you’re planning on having it on an un-used table. I used a roll up mat cause I have a cat. And I didn’t want to get to the end with a piece missing. Some of the pieces are connect by curves and they don’t lock together until after you get more of the surrounding pieces.
The frame isn’t a perfect match but it works since the background is brown. The frame I found that was a best fit was a 20x18 It was weird because I measured it prior to going to the store and my measurement were 27x19 but looking at those they were WAY too big.
Very cool puzzle once assembled. Took almost three months. Had to build a table just to do it on (2 saw horses and a piece of plywood). Assembly is hard because the pieces do fit in more than once place. Especially the boarder. The entire top and bottom are mirrors of each other. Same goes with left and right sides. We actually had both in the wrong place and had to switch them. Same goes with the interior of the puzzle. The piece that fits in the top left will also fit in the bottom right. So be aware of the small details and you should be ok unlike us who had to do a lot of piece switching. Also the puzzle had all 4000 pieces. None were missing.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Cool Puzzle
Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2019
Very cool puzzle once assembled. Took almost three months. Had to build a table just to do it on (2 saw horses and a piece of plywood). Assembly is hard because the pieces do fit in more than once place. Especially the boarder. The entire top and bottom are mirrors of each other. Same goes with left and right sides. We actually had both in the wrong place and had to switch them. Same goes with the interior of the puzzle. The piece that fits in the top left will also fit in the bottom right. So be aware of the small details and you should be ok unlike us who had to do a lot of piece switching. Also the puzzle had all 4000 pieces. None were missing.
This puzzle is very nicely made. Pieces fit very nicely together. The only thing negative is it would be nice if a poster was included as it's very hard to read the words on the front of the box as it's not super clear. You will need a magnifying glass. I will be framing this puzzle and hanging it on the wall in my office.
Finished in two days, really enjoyed it. There was one moment where I thought I couldn't go on, but I managed. My suggestion is to sort the pieces as best you can because once you get to land, it can become very overwhelming.
I, of course, started with the boarder and the flags. Then I put together all of the drawn ships and any circular images. And placed them all where I thought they belonged.
But that's when I got stuck. I started running my fingers through all of the land and water pieces, hopelessly trying to figure out where to start. Right when I was considering giving up, I noticed two very thin latitude and longitude lines across the puzzle. I sorted those pieces out and placed them together. After that, I finally had a solid foundation to work with and it was all really easy from there.
Definitely recommend to people who love 1000+ piece puzzles. Good challenge. I'm going to put it together again in a few years and hang it up in a frame.
The puzzle comes with glue useful to hang the completed puzzle if desired and a "lost pieces service" which I needed since it arrived with one piece missing (which is very frustrating since I am very careful handling puzzles). The previous puzzle from another company came with an extra piece so I have to wonder if quality control is a general problem. The puzzle itself is clearly printed which is important to be able to read the tiny letters on some pieces. The colors are faithful to the picture on the box cover. I followed the instructions to get the "lost piece" on January 20 and the website reports that the piece was sent on February 7. When I reported the missing piece, I learned that it takes about 4 weeks for the replacement to arrive. I hope it does arrive because there are other puzzles of interest from Educa.
This was a very challenging but rewarding puzzle to do. Before your purchase be aware of a few details:
-The wording on the pieces (cities and other details) is very small, almost unintelligible without a magnifying glass or very good eyesight. This will make a large majority of the pieces hard to differentiate based on the similar color scheme.
-There was puzzle glue included with the puzzle, which is something most puzzles do not provide.
-I did this on a puzzle mat I bought from Jo-Anns or Michaels craft store. While it wasn't just falling apart, it took a lot of the puzzle to be done before it started to hold together better.
As with all puzzles its all about the end game, sure the process can be rewarding but, this is what made it 5 stars for me. I plan on framing this for an office/den area. Hope I could help.
No se me ocurre un regalo-pasatiempo con una mayor relación calidad-precio que éste. Los diez euros mejor invertidos en mucho tiempo. La calidad de las piezas y el acabado de sus bordes y las muescas de ensamblado son magníficas. Hacía años que no montaba un puzzle de esta marca y no recordaba este nivel de calidad. Aunque el puzzle es de formato medio-pequeño (68 cm x 48 cm) los textos del mapa en las piezas reales se leen perfectamente, con impresión de muy buena resolución y colorido. Es un puzzle muy didáctico y me gusta muchísimo la idea de un mapa-mundi de estilo antiguo (como clásicos de los siglos XVIII-XIX) pero actualizado al reparto político actual.