WREBBIT 3D Sydney Opera House 3D jigsaw puzzle (925-piece)

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.

This was a cool puzzle. I was worried that the price wouldn't equal the value. The price still feels high, but the puzzle was of very high value. It took a while to put this puzzle together and there is definite complexity. I could see where it may be easy to give up. Accomplishing this puzzle feels great. One of the other appeals for me was the number of pieces -- it's hard to find a 3-D puzzle with this many pieces.As a note, one of the first steps is that you need to sort out a number of pieces that aren't used in the puzzle. A bit of a nuisance step, but I suspect that having the buyer do this sorting keeps the price down.

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!

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.

I told my husband I wanted to do a puzzle. He grudgingly got out the Christmas themed puzzles we had sitting nearby. Then I went up and brought this down to surprise him. He was delighted! He's very into it! We spent the last two days watching movies and putting this together and we still have another two days to go probably. It's huge too! We've got boxes and trays of different parts all sorted and spread around the living room. It's such a glorious mess that it looks like Christmas has already happened. This was worth every penny. Really a great puzzle and loads of fun. It's well made. No corners cut. There seems to even be pieces that you assemble that end up INSIDE the structure that you don't see once it's finished... can't be sure since we're not done, but that would be some level of detail if it's true!