Awesome puzzle but needs instructions
588995
This is a pretty neat 3D puzzle, my only complaint is that it came with more instructions. It says it comes with a manual but the manual they are referring to is a piece of paper showing all the different parts and since all the pieces are clear it takes a little while to figure out and put together.. Kids love it though..
2084810
I absolutely love these puzzles, and the added challenge of multiple colors make it that much better. My only complaint is that some of the numbers for the darker colors can be difficult to read.
1919099
I quite enjoy this puzzle; it can be solved via normal 3x3 algorithms (I'd recommend using beginner algorithms for the last layer; they help alleviate the issue of the centers needing to be oriented properly), but still manages to be pretty challenging. But because this is a review for the cube and not the actual puzzle, I'll move onto that.

The cube itself turns wonderfully, to the point where it can be somewhat difficult to turn because other sides may slip if you don't hold it a specific way. The stickers are somewhat shoddy, though; the smaller ones started to come off as soon as within the first five minutes. I would recommend getting better stickers, unless you're cool with that sort of thing.
2033843
My daughter loves this puzzle. It is just difficult enough to make her work on placement and matching but continues to keep her interested! At 20 months she has it down enough to impress her grandparents and still challenges her to keep trying.
2415453
Really beautiful high quality puzzle. My family enjoyed putting this together over the holiday. It was a little too challenging for my 11 year olds. My husband & I did the majority of it.
3805466
Ravensburger makes some of the best puzzles and this one does not disappoint.  It is 1000 pieces and very difficult but the reward is worth all the hard work.  The pieces are all cut cleanly with very few still connected.  They are also each unique so you can easily tell if a piece "fits".  I recently helped with a cheap child's puzzle where all the pieces were identical.  Ugh!  That was not the case with this puzzle.  The picture has a lot of objects in it that are the same or similar colors which adds to the degree of difficulty.  It took several days for two adults to put this together and the finished product is very pretty.  We downloaded the app to try out the interactive part.  The app is VERY large and took quite a while to download.  However, it was fun to play with and could be great if you have small children.  It shows a fish and then you point to the fish on the puzzle with your finger.  One complaint about this puzzle - the picture on the front of the box is blocked by the advertisement about the app.  This made that corner of the puzzle even more difficult than it already was.
4634142
This puzzle is really fun. Just difficult enough to make it a challenge. Love the picture.
1223154
This puzzle was a joy to assemble - the pieces feel nice in your hand, fit together perfectly, have virtually no dust, rarely stick together in the box, and rarely lift up when you've been lying across the semi-completed sections to reach a different part.

- This is not a technically difficult puzzle. The only thing that makes it hard is the number of pieces. The pieces are almost all the standard "two ins and two outs" shape, with a few internal pieces that are concave or convex on one side. There's so much detail in the map that almost every piece can be placed by logic, rather than brute force trial and error.

- This puzzle has multiple identically-cut pieces. We found about 10 (including, as another review mentioned, some edge pieces) close enough in color that they were initially incorrectly placed. But we were never able to identify a pattern to the placement of paired pieces.

- Geographical knowledge helps immensely, but working the puzzle without outside resources doesn't necessarily increase your geographical knowledge. I found I knew far more about where in the world things were after I used Google Maps to place things (particularly islands) than when I used pattern / color / shape matching standard puzzle techniques. Also, particularly for islands, Google makes things go a lot faster.

- Also helpful: shallow stacking plastic food storage containers to hold various groups of sorted pieces. My dining room table was big enough for the puzzle, but not big enough for a piece boneyard also.

- It took us not more than 100 person hours, but definitely not fewer than 80 person hours, over 9 days to finish. This is one where working it in big chunks of time is much more efficient.
3510544
I got this for my 8 and 10 year old to play with and they were fascinated by it. Such a simple looking puzzle, surely it should be easy to solve! But it's pretty tricky even after you have learned the trick. They spent quite a while trying to figure it out on their own, and even after they figured it out, they'd go back to it to make sure they still remembered how it was done.
2321722
No instructions to the puzzle.  It claims that instructions will be sent by email, but was never received.  Contacting the manufacturer yielded no result.
300885
I love these puzzle so much! My only issue is that it does not come with a big set of pictures for my 4 year old to look at. He struggles with putting it together without a picture. He does eventually figure it out if I help him set the corners so maybe it is good and is building tenacity, but I do still wish it came with big pictures for him to look at.
3725861
Deceptively difficult!!! You need to rely almost completely on the shape of the puzzle pieces without clues from the color/design of the picture. Fun and frustrating -- and a sense of accomplishment when completed. Beautiful image, solid pieces, good quality.
3547810
This is the first puzzle I've done in a really long time. I got it because I love the look of it and am a big Zelda fan. I love how it contains elements from multiple Zelda games. The sepia coloring made the puzzle challenging, with me needing to rely on the lines and different shades of brown/yellow to assemble it. As soon as I finished it, I framed it and hung it up, and it looks really well, especially next to my Twilight Princess puzzle. As far as difficulty goes, I'd say this one is medium; I've done a harder Zelda puzzle, and I've done an easier Zelda puzzle. My only complaint was that one of the pieces had the corner ripped off, so there's a small white piece, but I don't notice it unless I'm looking closely.
4973789
What a nice puzzle!  The pieces are very large and easy to handle.  They are thin, but sturdy and the materials are of a good quality.
The colors and images on the colored side are great.
The glow is a nice soft glow, enough that you can see images, but not brite enough to cast much illumination into the room. Nice night light quality.
I love the idea of the coloring book reverse side, but the mfg used glossy paper instead of matte so it's almost impossible to get crayons to transfer color.  This image is far too difficult for a young child to do alone, but older will enjoy the challenge.
4333503
My 3-year-old has a great time with this puzzle. It is the right degree of fun and challenge for him. I only wish these Melissa & Doug puzzles would come in boxes that are easier to open -- perhaps a top-open with a cloth tab. The boxes are now difficult for both me and my child to open. We also have Farm Animals and Solar System floor puzzles. He is able to do them virtually on his own! And learn a lot from the pictures as well.
3280986
This puzzle was wonderful I truly enjoyed  working  on it.  Some of it was challenging like the side pieces because they all have the same design.  Once that was complete it was pretty easy  it took a total of about 29 hours .
2219803
A great image and the puzzle went together very easily but offers plenty of challenge. Pieces fit together perfectly and it has a great finish.