Solar System

For Solar System choice. We do a lot of puzzles. This one is a great buy -- especially as is priced under $10. The manufacturer knows how to create a well-designed puzzle! For the price, the pieces are properly thick and well-cut. Only had one that was a tiny bit bent. Pieces fit together without being too loose. Pieces come sealed in a clear plastic bag, so aren't unsecured in the box. The colors are vibrant but not childish. Sharp image. This manufacturer puts a printed grid on the back side of the puzzle pieces. So pieces can be, if wanted, sorted out into 6 equal-sized portions (pieces are marked on the back with A, B, C, D, E, or F). Also is great for a quick check of mismatched puzzle pieces. We got the 1000 piece and it had a FULL-sized, sharp image, paper sheet clone to use as a guide. That's an excellent added bonus. The puzzle can actually be created on top of the image sheet. The sheet comes folded but the folds look like they can be pressed out. We did decide to go for pure "challenge" -- and made the puzzle without using any of the added help. Not even the box cover for hints. We turned our finished puzzle into a glue-mounted wall hanging. Love it! Planning on getting more to use for gifts. A person has the option of making it a difficult puzzle or can use the included help and turn the puzzle into an easily made one. This is truly a fun puzzle for anyone.

Very pretty puzzle, colors are vibrant, picture is clear. Puzzle pieces are of a good quality, no bent pieces, descent variety of shapes and good thickness. This puzzle is nice enough to seal and display if you enjoy doing that, we just break ours back down. We are new to puzzling so we found this to be of a medium skill level of difficulty for beginners like us. First puzzle we have ordered from Amazon that doesn't have any damaged pieces in it so we will be looking to order more of this brand in the future. Comes with a full size poster of the picture which is nice since it looks like the picture on the box front is cropped. The only "Con" we had was the box it came in looked like someone played soccer with it. Don't know if this happened when it was packed at the Amazon warehouse or if the delivery person did it. The box is still usable but it would have been nice if it had arrived in better shape.

The first thing I loved about this puzzle was realizing that every section of the puzzle is labeled with a letter on the back! (A, B, C, D, E, F) As an avid puzzler, one of the most time consuming--and sometimes frustrating--parts of putting a puzzle together is sorting the pieces. Once I sorted all these pieces according to their section I could concentrate on actually putting it together. This puzzle comes with a full-size poster of the puzzle, making it much easier to look at placement of pieces than just looking at a box cover. However, I only used this poster a couple of times when working on section A where the sun is. I found it much more challenging and rewarding to complete the puzzle without looking at the picture. The pieces fit together well, and they are sturdy. The completed puzzle is so beautiful it's worth gluing and framing. I highly recommend this puzzle.

We just finished the border around the outside. Not easy! So much fun and challenging. Looking forward to the rest. No dust, and the pieces are cut perfectly. Great quality at a tremendous price point. Just buy it!!

Update: The seller saw my complaints and offered a full refund, which I appreciate. But that’s not why I’m editing my review, because customer service really doesn’t have anything to do with the product review itself. I am updating my review because I did continue to work on the puzzle and found that even though the pieces are pretty much all the same shape and size, once I worked at it awhile, I was able to discern the slight differences in the pieces shapes, and it got easier to fit them together with practice. I would still say it’s okay as a $10 puzzle, not at the supposed actual regular price of $20. I was probably hasty in my initial review, but the facts stated remain the same. The letters on the backs are missing off of a lot of the pieces, which just makes things confusing. (Which would be irrelevant if you’re not someone who uses the letters as a guide.). And the poster is way too huge- bigger than the puzzle itself, and cumbersome. (Some might like that, as you could actually frame the poster itself if you wanted to.) and the pieces are fairy thin. Below is my initial review. I’m fairly new to doing jigsaw puzzles, so have been using the ones with the letter grids on the back, when it comes to 1,000 piece puzzles. This one is by far the worst of the ones I’ve tried so far. There are many pieces where the letters on the back aren’t showing. The pic shows only the ones I absolutely could not decipher- there were twice as many where just a small bit of the letters are showing, so I had to guess what they were. (Which is fine for those of you who don’t plan on using the letters, anyway. But if you’re intending on using the letters, look elsewhere!) But also, all of the pieces are the same shape and size! I like to be able to fit the pieces together without necessarily having to look at the pic for every one. And speaking of the pic- the included reference pic is HUGE! It’s bigger than the completed puzzle will be. Cumbersome to work with. And if you want to use the pic on the box cover, the margins don’t match up. The pieces are fairly thin, not nice and thick, and you don’t get that “click” when you get the right fit. (Of course why would you when they’re all the same shape and size.). I gave it 3 stars because it’s adequate. It’s listed at 50% off, at 9.99. I would be returning it if I’d paid $20 for it, because it’s certainly not a premium puzzle.

I will try to be as honest as possible because I depend on other people's reviews and feel I want to help the best I can: Item arrived just as described. This appears to be a well-made and quality item. I know we buy puzzles for the quality of the pieces, but I also get satisfaction of buying a puzzle that is inside a colorful and strong well made cardboard box. This puzzle arrived in a strong and colorful box, starting the puzzle fun out correctly for my enjoyment. I enjoyed building this puzzle. I Recommend. Good Luck.

This puzzle was so much fun, and very challenging! It is one with letters on the back which (unbeknownst to me at the time) helps you separate the pieces into specific "zones." I was upset to get it done and find one piece missing. (Imagine me, tearing my hair out!). Fortunately, when I contacted the company, and sent them a photo of the puzzle with the missing piece, they mailed me the piece I needed! Is that excellent customer service, or what?

It arrived with all of the pieces! Holds together nicely once put together. There were no lumps and the pieces fit together nicely.

This is absolutely perfect. It has a good difficulty level without being over the top and when finished the picture is great to look at.mpieces all fit together well and the size means that it's not too big for a table etc

Such a cool puzzel the picture is beautiful. My kids(teenagers )have got into doing puzzles now which is great not on electronics.I picked this one for them thinking it was hard and keep them busy. Nope done is 4 days now asking for another one lol.

A lovely puzzle that kept me engrossed over a few evenings. The pieces do fit perfectly as per the description. While the pieces are full size, it comes in a slightly smaller than expected box, for economy of shipping I'm sure. This puzzle comes with lettering printed on the back of the pieces to denote which of six different areas of the puzzle the piece belongs to. While this may be useful to some, I felt as if I was more or less cheating as I could always turn the piece over for an immediate clue as to what area of the puzzle it belonged, so I felt as if I was doing six small, relatively easy puzzles instead of a more challenging 1000 piece puzzle. Its still a well made, attractive puzzle, in a quality, compact box.

Stunning and really great quality, but it was missing a piece.

Muy bueno