Keith Haring: Double Retrospect - 32000 Pieces Puzzle

I'd like to address some comments that have been made about the puzzle pieces not fitting right. So far, I have found that the pieces fit just fine, if you have the patience to make sure that you genuinely have the right piece in the right place.I bought this puzzle a few days ago, along with a bunch of foam core board. When it is complete, I will be storing it in pieces until I have the space to assemble and hang it. As with all Ravensburger puzzles, I have not been disappointed with the quality. The pieces are solid and well-cut. There is almost never a doubt in my mind as to whether a fit is correct, but I am very meticulous. Of course, given the size and color challenge of this puzzle, I would imagine that if you are not meticulous, you'd be crazy to attempt this endeavor.All said and done, I'm looking forward to the next few months. I have almost completed one fourth of a bag (of which there are eight in the box).If you love puzzles, want a challenge, and would enjoy having some bright artwork as a prominent art feature in your home, definitely buy this puzzle.As a side note, Amazon.com's customer service is absolutely phenomenal. I very rarely have anything to call them about, but this was one of the rare occasions I had to contact them. I noticed the price dropped significantly on this item the day after I placed my order. They gave me a price adjustment with no hassle whatsoever. This is the reason I have continued to shop with them for... geez, 15 years now!

Puzzle came very well packaged. It was inside two boxes. Very hard puzzle because of the size and the amount of solid color pieces. I'm glad the broke the puzzle into 8 bags so you only have to work with 4000 pieces at a time and not the whole 32,000.

This is amazing!!! Love the quality of this puzzle. This is really really hard. usually I can finish a 5000 puzzle in a week, but I am not even close to finishing 1/8 of this puzzle in almost 3 months.....

I love the colors in this piece. In addition, cartoonish figures make it very cheerful. No doubt it is a great challenge to put together this puzzle and especially find a space to display it

This puzzle came out right before I finished the puzzle, "Life: The Great Challenge" which at the time was the world's largest jiggsaw puzzle. While I'm excited about having another large puzzle to complete, I wasn't thrilled at having the bragging rights pulled out from under me on the previous puzzle!So far I've found this puzzle to be much more difficult than the, "Life" puzzle. The colors are solid with very few patterns to go by. This can be frustrating but for me, worth it. I think anyone willing to tackle a 32,000 piece puzzle won't let the additional challenge deter them.The most frustrating thing for me is that the pieces don't fit together very well. Combine this with the fact that most pieces are solid colored, and you're bound to get annoyed. Even after finishing the first bag and having all pieces "fit" together, I'm not confident that all the pieces are in the right spots and you can easily exchange them with other pieces and not know which is the better fit. That really bothers me. At first I spent a lot of time trying to line up edges but after a while I realized that even if the piece was in the right spot, the edges don't typically line up.Regardless, given the chance I would purchase this puzzle again.

Ok perfect, fast shipping

One of the best puzzle ever, it's going to take ages to complete it but it will be one of my best experience ever.I love puzzle!

I bought this as a gift for a friend. It was the perfect item for his 40th! The box is used as a coffee table and makes a great conversation piece. Great quality puzzle and I would buy again.

Before you even think about starting to put this together, make sure your calender is empty for the next few weeks, as you will find it hard to stop! This puzzle is good quality. Out of the 32 000 pieces only 1 was damaged a little (nothing a bit of glue couldn't fix), the other 31 999 where in perfect condition.This Puzzle is packed in 8 bags of 4000 pieces each. When I got to the 4th bag I noticed some of the colors in this bag (green and blue) didn't have the same shade on all the pieces. Once put together It showed that there was a shade gradient from left to right, going from blue and green to a more purple blue and a more yellowish green. Depending on the lighting it would be more or less noticable, and it wasn't someting I couldn't have lived with. However, I contacted Ravensburger anyway, explaining my observations, and two days later ups dropped of a brand new bag with 4000 pieces to replace this part of the puzzle! Great service from Ravensburger!Packaging of this rather heavy puzzle is very good! The white ravensburger puzzle box was packed together with a trolley in a very sturdy cardboard outer box and made its way to Belgium in perfect condition.Just a hint, be carefull if a piece doen't fit very well. The puzzle contains a repetitive pattern of 1000 pieces, which means every piece will appear 4 times in each bag. Thanks to the pattern being flipped upside down on the lower half of each part and a slight shift in placement of the illustrations, this will mostly not cause any problems. However, most white pieces will appear twice in each bag, almost identical, if not identical. Even some coloured piece will be identical. If a piece doesn't seem to fit perfectly, don't push it in but but start looking for its identical twin (which if already placed will be found at the exact same position of the side-neighbouring illustration, or in the lower/upper neighbouring illustrations at +/- the same location if you flip it 180° and shift it up/down a couple of lines. Luckely there are 2 very strange pieces in every illustration, which makes it easier to orientate yourself and locate the twin.

An impulse buy and now wondering where i can find the room to piece it together. i now own the world's largeat and smallest jigsaws.

Fantastic package and looking forward to doing it.

Queria probar un puzzle grande y este ha cumplido mis expectativas. Por supuesto (que mas quisiera yo) el puzzle es tan grande que no me cabe en ningún sitio completo (ni para hacerlo ni para colgarlo), pero gracias a que viene dividido en "porciones de 4.000 piezas puedo hacerlo trozo a trozo y despues ensamblarlo, o no. Digo lo de que no por dos razones: una es el hecho del costo de enmarcarlo, ponerle una trasera y un cristal delantero etc...; si en un puzzle de 9.000 se va facilmente el costo por encima de los 400 € no quiero ni pensar lo que podria costar hacerlo esto en una pieza. La otra es que no tengo una pared de 6 metros de largo. De todas formas la intención es que es posible hacer varios cuadros con el puzzle cogiendo viñetas de 2x2, 3x2, 3x3, 4x1, etc.. y colocarlos en varios sitios a la vez. Aunque no lo haré ya que el coste será prohibitivo. Pero bueno, el reto principal es hacerlo; después ya se verá.Respecto a la calidad del puzzle: al ser una imagen de colores básicos (sobre todo el blanco) es diferente a los que habitualmente se hacen, ni más fácil ni más difícil: diferente.En la compra he echado en falta que vieniera con el el pegamento necesario, o por lo menos un vale para el pegamento si es que no sse quería poner en el puzzle por si caducaba antes de vender el puzzle.

Soy una gran aficionada a los puzzles de gran formato: y este es espectacular!Un puzzle con sólo 8 colores, y lisos: un buen reto. Aunque parezca complejo, debo decir que resulta muy relajante su montaje, una vez le pillas el truco y aceptas que la fuerza bruta no vale... Tienes que ser muy metódico y ordenado.Es un reto diferente: no hay matices de color que te guíen acerca de dónde puede ir una pieza. Sólo puedes guiarte por la propia forma de la pieza y las proporciones de colores (normalmente negro y otro más) del mismo. En cuanto a la entrega y precio de Amazon: como siempre. Impecable!Ahora a por el de Educa de 32800 piezas...