Ravensburger Statue of Liberty 3D Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults and Kids Age 8 Years Up - Night Edition with LED Lighting - No Glue Required

Compared to the globe 3D puzzles we found this one a lot easier. It’s still a little fiddly and you need a bit of patience but it took about 3 hours for an adult to put together. All the pieces were there and there were plastic supports between tiers that locks that layer which makes it more sturdy. You can still crush it though if you lean on it but nowhere near as fragile as the world globe. It lights up beautifully and looks great. If you’re buying for children it will need supervision, a gentle hand and some organising (each piece is numbered and it helps to get them in order first). If you are used to 3D models this isn’t that hard, but if you haven’t done these before it’s definitely worth a go but take it slow.

My 18 year old son's face was noticeably underwhelmed when he opened this on Christmas morning. It wasn't a video gaming accessory or some virtual reality immersive face mask Twitterizer to add to his collection of god help us blinkering technology - it was a jigsaw puzzle for heavens sake.After weeks, literally weeks of encouragement and reminders from myself to actually remove the shrink-wrap and at least look inside the box, he finally did. "Fine. Fine dad, if it makes you happy I'll open the box". Grumble grumble (tap tap tap on phone) grumble grumble. Tap tap. Grumble. Etc. Such gratitude hey?After complaining that the instructions were not clear and the pieces "don't work properly", with my assistance we slowly began. I admit that bending the corner pieces to right angles took some learning and courage to avoid breaking them, but I needn't have worried. They are far sturdier than you may think.After an hour of 50% effort and 50% tap tapping on phone, he threw the towel in for the night and slunk away for more solitary phone tap tap. The next morning I was surprised to see him at the table fitting more pieces together, and even more surprised that when arriving home from work he went straight back to the puzzle. He was hooked in and spent the next 2 morning and nights determinedly building the structure until we had a 100% complete Empire State Building glowing away on the dining table. He thoroughly enjoyed building it, and the time spent together over doing so was a joy.

This small 3d jigsaw of the Empire State building looks superb. I chose product because I wanted to create some mood lighting around my bar area at home while keeping a jazz music American feel that compliments my decor. This model did not disappoint. It is made of durable plastic parts and looks really classy especially when lit during night time. It really compliments the other lighting I have. Its own distinctive lighting changes colour and only adds to its overall classy look. During the day it also looks superb as I found because of its night time theme you can hardly see the jigsaw joints, I found it incredibly easy to build with all the jig parts numbered on the back so had it ready in abou 2 hours. I would say If you are looking for mood lighting that fits a specific jazz New York theme, then you cannot go wrong with this product, and especially for the price, it looks superb. Well done Ravensburger.

…what is this, the Nineteen Seventies? To sell something that requires batteries but not to include them isn’t really on these days. Pity because it’s a terrific looking model when completed. Surely it wouldn’t have killed them to include 3 AAAs, no matter how rubbish quality they are?Five stars as a model but 1 off for lack of batteries.

No problems

Really like this product. Good value for money

Bought for my 9 year old. He struggled a bit with some of the fiddly corner pieces but managed to make most of it by himself. As with all 3d jigsaws it needs to be handled carefully but pretty sturdy once finished. Lighting very effective. Only niggle would be the light switch is underneath the base so whole thing has to be moved to turn the light on/off; a switch on the side or top would have been more practical.

Unbelievably difficult to assemble; kept falling apart, so my 11 yr old daughter got into several massive tempers! My partner, who is a retired architect, and well used to building models in his profession, also found it very tricky to put together, and had to keep 'bending' parts, in order for them to fit together at all. Once he had sorted out the base, the upper parts were not too bad, but the building was in continual danger of collapsing, if too much 'pressure' was applied to fitting the upper parts. This is really a product for adults; I cannot see how a child can make this particular set without considerable adult intervention. Looks great when finally assembled, and the light is on at the top (battery operated), but none of us dare touch it much now for fear of having to re-build!