WREBBIT 3D Taj Mahal 3D Jigsaw Puzzle (950-Pieces)

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.

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. :)

Pro's: Beautiful artwork with lots of fun details. Substantial size.Con's: I'm a life-long regular jigsaw puzzler, but I had trouble with this. Many pieces look almost identical and seem to fit, but actually do not. You need to follow the instructions to make sure that you have the exact right piece for each panel, but the instructions are in black and white! The photo is of step one. How am I supposed to find the right pieces for step one among the hundreds of pieces, many with similar shapes, without a clue as to the color of these pieces??? You also need the instructions so that you attach the panels in the correct order. As you build it, you need to be able to have access to the panels you are adding so that you can push the panels together. One part tends to collapse as you push to attach another part. I finally resorted to glueing it together as I will never build it again!. The photos included in the box do not show every part of the castle.I loved doing a 3-D puzzle, but I will not buy this brand again.

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.

I've been a long-time fan of Puzz-3D. They're like an addiction of sorts - once you start collecting them you can't stop. I was saddened to see Puzz-3D come to a close, but was excited to recently find that some of the original company started making 3D puzzles again.Anyway, this is a fantastic puzzle, as are all of the Wrebbit puzzles. This is the 2nd "redesigned" puzzle I've done, the first being the Sydney Opera House. The puzzles are better than ever. They've been redesigned with much better artwork and to be much more robust. This one was quite challenging, and as such I wouldn't recommend this particular model for a newbie to 3D puzzles (Lady Victoria and Lady Jane would be perfect beginner's models) but this would be suited for an intermediate and up experience level.I also have the original Puzz-3D version of this puzzle, so I can do some comparison. This one obviously isn't nearly as large (the original version was nearly four feet tall!) but the addition of the House of Parliament takes it to a new level.If you're a fan of the old Puzz-3D line, you're sure to love the new Wrebbit puzzles!

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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

Und leicht auf und abzubauen

Recipient enjoyed building this and seemed good quality