Wrebbit3d Hogwarts Castle 3D Puzzle for Teens and Adults | Great Hall Astronomy Tower Bundle | 1725 Jigsaw Puzzle Pieces | Not Just an Ordinary Model Kit for Adults | Great Gift for Harry Potter Fans

These are actual jigsaw puzzles where you assemble a dozen or so small assemblies that then get mounted together into the final building. Most of your time is spent doing the puzzle -- sorting pieces and putting them together just like you would a regular jigsaw puzzle. You then use the instructions to do the 3D assembly and that actually ends up being not that difficult. Some recommendations: 1) Buy one of the smaller sets from the series and try it out and see if its really your bag before you commit to one of the monster sets. 2) First step is to go through the pieces and remove the "chads" (pieces that are attached to the real pieces in manufacturing that are to be discarded). DO NOT THROW THE CHADS AWAY but put them back in the box or in some other storage container for later (step 5). 3) Sort the pieces by color or subject, etc. I sorted basically into three major groups: walls, ground and roof. Then the walls and roof i sorted even further by window-type and so on. 4) Decide how much you want to be challenged: if you are a jigsaw "nut" and want the biggest challenge ever, start looking at the photos of the finished product on the box and start putting your puzzles together. If you want to make things a little bit easier, tackle each mini-puzzle one at a time by looking at the instructions which show you an outline of what the mini-puzzle should look like. It even has outlines of all the pieces (but not the colors of the piece itself) to help. If you want things to be even a bit more easy, then go to the Wrebbit website and download their pdf of the instructions. These instructions have photos of each assembly including full color and the piece outlines. 5) When are finished jigsawing you probably are going to determine that you have a couple of missing pieces like others have mentioned in the reviews. I put three of these together and each time i had two or three of the smaller pieces missing. But i went back through my box of "chad" and found each of the pieces. So don't throw your chads away until you are finished 6) When doing your puzzles be very careful about parts that are very similar to the part you need. The pieces are foam so you can inadvertently force two pieces together that don't quite fit and it will look OK but be wrong. After finishing each puzzle, I would recommend comparing it to the photo in the pdf to make sure you didn't swap two similar pieces. 7) Once you have all the puzzles finished, assemble per the instructions. It goes very quickly at that point.

The media could not be loaded. My daughter and I bought this as a something to do together when she is visiting. We both love puzzles and Harry Potter (Gryffindor for the win) and wanted to try a 3d puzzle. We bought the astronomy tower first. A few hours here and there throughout the week and it was completed. A bit of Mod Podge to protect and make the panels stronger and it is finished. Bigger than we thought it would be. Soooooooo much fun! Next is the Treat Hall! Do not throw away the pieces with dots, we found a few pieces still mixed in with them half way through putting it together

We purchased this puzzle at the beginning of July and THEN looked at the reviews -- And I got a little apprehensive. However, a little over a month later and I have completed the Astronomy Tower portion of it, and I am really impressed!! For anyone who might be worried about missing pieces, I do want to clear that concern up to counter some of the reviews I have seen -- The directions do recommend that you to save *every* throwaway piece until the puzzle is completed. They also have contact information/instructions on how to go about replacing missing pieces. I saved the throwaway pieces in a tupperware container, and as I progressed through the puzzle I found that I was most definitely missing a couple pieces. I went back through the container of throwaways and found all of them. I cannot speak on how the company handles missing pieces (because I imagine it COULD happen) to have this review touch on that, but be rest assured that the company has a resolution for that problem -- So sit back and enjoy your puzzle with peace of mind :)As I said, it took me about a month to finish the Astronomy Tower. I found the puzzle to be just challenging enough, but still very enjoyable and satisfying as you complete each portion. Another reviewer on here stated that some pieces seem to fit in several places, and I did find that it was sort of possible, but the directions show you black/white images of the puzzle shapes (not the image itself) for you to refer to to determine if the shape of the piece actually matches the final design. To tell you the truth, I enjoyed that part of the challenge as well.I am now working on the Great Hall portion now, but I highly recommend this to anyone who loves challenging puzzles, Harry Potter, and perhaps someone who is a tween and older. This is a great puzzle for families to work on together too!

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