Clementoni36524 - Collection Puzzle for Adults and Children - Venice at Sunset - 6000 Pieces

A bit challenging but doable.

1000 piece puzzles are generally easy. I prefer the challenge of the larger format, 5000-6000. I am sad that I can't do the really large, 9,000 and above because of space constraints. I make my puzzles on a felt mat on the floor that I roll up when not working. This puzzle was very enjoyable. There were enough straight forward sections to get started, the water was somewhat challenging and the various pinks of the walls were the most challenging section. I was pleased with the results. As with many puzzles of this format, the piece shapes do repeat, but fortunately there were only a few cases where color + shape didn't rule out a wrong placement. I like Clementoni as a puzzle company. The puzzle dust was not too bad. My only complaint was that there were a large number of pieces already assembled (i.e. two pieces that hadn't come apart in the packaging). Since I prefer not to start with pieces together, it did take a while to find all of those, and a few of them had to be carefully separated in order to avoid tearing as they were miss-cut.

This was a very enjoyable puzzle. I received it as a gift and loved the challenge of putting it together. I typically do Ravensburger puzzles, but this one was 6000 pieces versus 5000 pieces. A couple of things.Pros:- Large piece count (6000 vs 5000)- Unique pictures- Not too easy, not too hard, just the correct amount of challengingCons:- No poster of the picture- Pieces can occasionally fit in the wrong places. I feel like Ravensburger puzzles have pieces that fit more precisely, and are slightly thicker.

There was one missing piece. Clementoni claims to have a missing piece service, but don't you believe it.