Aquarius Harry Potter Puzzle Hogwarts Castle (3000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle) - Officially Licensed Harry Potter Merchandise & Collectibles - Glare Free - Precision Fit - 32x45in

Purchased this puzzle as a Christmas gift for my fiancé. We started it on Christmas morning and just finished it on February 3rd. It was so big that we had to use our kitchen counter for roughly 6 weeks! It was challenging but enjoyable!

Such a challenging puzzle but so fun. Took me about 4 to 5 months off and on to complete. The picture is great quality. Absolutely love it.

Excelent

Not to throw shade on any of the 1 star reviews, but I've completed this puzzle and several of the complaints I've seen are exactly why I almost loved this puzzle. The cons below are what kept me from giving it 5 stars.PROS:* Attractive puzzle with several sections that are fun to work on.* the difference of the cut on multiple pieces of this puzzle is so slim that there are multiple instances (couple dozen) where you can be tricked that pieces fit together when in actuality they do not. This adds to the already formidable challenge of doing a 3,000 piece puzzle itself.* Size. This puzzle is massive. You'll need a big area (a pool table or dining room table should do).CONS:* the difference of the cut on multiple pieces of this puzzle is so slim that there are multiple instances (couple dozen) where you can be tricked that pieces fit together when in actuality they do not. Note that I've also listed this as a pro.* piece quality is average. Given that there are many opportunities to put the wrong pieces together (see above) this means you will start to have a number of frayed/damaged pieces.* No poster. The picture of the puzzle is already reduced on the box so if you like to cheat (that's what we call it in my house but hey! no judgement) you'll have to squint a bit.* Yes, the image is blurry. This is a blown up version - probably the 1,000 piece version is much clearer. On the other hand, once done it looks like the picture.In summary, after having done ten 1,000 piece puzzles this year (each in less than 3 days) the fact that this puzzle was challenging, had me convinced it had many many missing or incorrect pieces, and yet I still completed it makes this a winner. (A bit embarrassed to admit, this took about 3 weeks). If this sounds too challenging to you, get the 1,000 piece version of this puzzle also on Amazon.

We tackled the sky first what can only be described as a grind. We are missing one piece and the bag was sealed and nowhere for it to go. You can see it missing in the Harry Potter name which is frustrating. This was five days worth of puzzle solving mostly from me.What a challenging puzzle that it is…so much that it can be overwhelming. Just set a goal daily to work on it. Now that the holidays are over…I will do it when I can.

You need to keep telling yourself it’s not a Marathon… not a race with this one. It took me exactly a month to finish this. It definitely got glued lol. I did it sections so that it would be just small enough to store back inside the box when I wanted to redecorate, instead of gluing it all together. All in all, it was a lot of grueling work but it was worth it in my opinion. Especially if you’re a big Harry Potter fan.Pros:• this puzzle absolutely stunning when finished and hung on the wall. Definitely would be a conversation piece if you wanted it to be lol.• a challenge(if that’s what you’re looking for)• the size of it, this is my first time doing a 3000p puzzle, but I absolutely appreciate how big it is• the pieces all fit together perfectly, they lock together very wellCons:• low res/low quality puzzle in regards to the image. While you’re doing it you can tell it was probably a blown up small image, because it’s fairly blurry.• the picture on the cover barely helped, I barely referenced it.***here’s tip: use the image on Amazon, there’s an image on here that helped a lot more and I was able to zoom in as well.My best advice is to sort all of the pieces as you go through looking for edge pieces. From the sky pieces, to what looks like rocks, and what looks like what might be part of the castle. Then just store them away in ziploc bags and work on the puzzle in sections. I worked on the castle first, the rocks, then the sky, and just slowly opened the bags of separated pieces as I went along.For the sky, I started with the darker right corner first and separated all the orange/white pieces out and did as much of the blue parts before I did the rest. The sky was actually the easiest part. It’s the rocks that will drive you nuts in my opinion.

Excelente producto de muy buena calidad

The quality and picture is AMAZING!! Great challenging puzzle!