Ravensburger Oceanic Wonders 3000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle for Adults - 17027 - Handcrafted Tooling, Durable Blueboard, Every Piece Fits Together Perfectly

Before buying this puzzle, I read all the reviews. Some reported missing and a few damaged pieces, so I was a little concerned, having not purchased a Ravensburger puzzle before. While I don't doubt that some experienced these problems, my product arrived in perfect condition. And I cannot emphasize enough the high quality of this puzzle. The pieces are sturdy, compact, and hard to bend. There were ZERO warped, "unseparated", or worse--uncut--pieces. Even those pieces with the tiny, thin extensions that are easily broken or torn were pristine. There was also very little dust in the bag, especially considering the number of cuts in a 3000-piece jigsaw. Bottom line: If you are a puzzle enthusiast, you WILL enjoy this puzzle for its challenge, quality, and beauty. If you'd rather fit pieces rapidly while solving an easy puzzle or if you hope young children (and most teenagers) will embrace the slow progress, you will probably be frustrated. Of note, there was one curious issue when my wife and I assembled the edge pieces. There was a piece that SEEMED to fit in one place, but actually fit on the other side of the puzzle. It was a white coral piece, and it fit perfectly in two places, the color and shape were absolute matches. It took us about a half hour to locate and correct the mistake, and of course until we did the edging made no sense. Instead of being upset by this, we actually enjoyed the challenge. I suspect that some reviewers who mentioned "large sections of the edging were missing" had this same issue but may not have realized it right away. Be aware that pieces that seem to fit may not. Experienced puzzlers will understand my point about edging. Because the number of pieces that fit to an edge piece is 3, except for the corners (unlike most interior pieces, which fit to 4), the chance of wrongly fitting an edge piece to another edge piece is greater than for an interior piece. I suspect this happens more often with Ravensburger puzzles since the shape of each piece is "unique". Much more information about their production process is on their website, which you should also check out if you're considering this purchase.

Took me 15 days to complete this puzzle -- worked on it off and on, mostly alone, like 3 hours a day -- more on the weekends. It was not as challenging as I had hoped but the quality was exceptional. So I will have to get an 18000 piece Ravensburger or something. I could not find a table large enough and had to work on it in parts -- first splitting the edges/frame vertically then once pieces started to collide, I split into quarters/corners. Removed large contiguous finished sections as I went in order to get more space. There are some very difficult sections: the whales (all black/grey), the turtle (really confusing and many textures), and the large section of blue water in the middle. In the end I was missing a single piece which I eventually found by looking under all my furniture. Pro tips for myself next time to save time: - carefully sort out the edge and corner pieces in one pass, instead of 2 - initially bin the pieces out further, at least 10 bins based on possible sections of the image (I ended up doing a lot of sub-binning, which adds time) - If you are having trouble with the edge/frame, carefully go back through and check for incorrect pieces. I had this issue pop up a few times due to how close some of the colors/shapes are. CONS: - several pieces came stuck together already, they should scramble it up better - the back of the pieces are blue, which is not very convenient with all the blue in the image, but I guess you'd run into same problem no matter what the color... actually bright PINK would work - it should come with a sheet showing the image, the one on the box is not large enough and parts of their logo obstructs the view (although there are tiny images on the side to compensate) - from the way it was made, every piece has a twin which is identically-cut twin but fortunately the colors are very different... perhaps this is unavoidable as there's a finite of distinguishable piece shapes possible - I half-expected that it would come with a fold out board to work on which would extend normal table size, but it didn't - they could have done an even better job removing the particles of cardboard from the manufacturing process (still, it is way better than other brands I've tried) PROS: - image is beautiful - parts of the image are very challenging, without being frustrating - great experience overall Now I have to figure out to hang this up... plan is to laminate the back of it, and use heavy-duty 3M velcro hangers -- if that doesn't hold then resort to puzzle glue.

Just finished this great looking puzzle. Took about 3 weeks, about 4 hours a day. Compared to other puzzles, I say it was pretty easy except for the porpoises . There are a lot of different colors and patterns which make it easy and not boring. When one section got hard, I just moved to a different part of the puzzle. I calculated there are actually about 3168 pcs. The quality is great with each piece's picture firmly glued to the base. There were no missing pieces although at times I placed a piece in the wrong spot and it looked right until I placed the adjoining pieces. Then is was obvious it was wrong. Some people who think they have pieces missing may have just put a piece in the wrong spot. Only 2 negatives about the puzzle. One, the darker colors are slightly off. The dark grays in the photo on the box look more brownish in real life. Second, there is no fold out large photo to help you. All you have to go by is the photo on the box cover which with a puzzle this size is like 1/3 actual size and therefore hard to see detail. This puzzle is 48"x32" and easily fit on my kitchen table and was a lot of fun to do.

compre un puzle de esta marca, Ravensburger y cuando termine de hacerlo comprove que me faltaba una pieza. Busque su pagina para poder pedirla y te dicen que no envian piezas sueltas de puzle, por que, segun ellos, cada uno tiene su troquelado y la pieza nueva no podria encajar bien. Lo siento mucho, pero no volvere a comprar ningun puzle mas de esta marca. Tendrian que aprender de Educa. Su servicio de piezas extraviadas es muy bueno, y no se nota nada el troquel. Lo mas fuerte es que la pieza ya faltaba de un principio.

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My partner bought this for me as I do quite enjoy doing a jigsaw. I have never attempted a 3000 piece one though. Highest I did was a 1500 I believe. First of the quality of the puzzle is like most Ravensburger puzzles, excellent. Not just the puzzle pieces themselves but the actual puzzle image once completed is excellent. Needless to say I loved putting it together and her mother when visiting also joined in :) .. I do have to say though that the dolphins were a bit of a nightmare lol but I got there. In total I believe it took us roughly 3/4 days from start to finish and we almost didn't want to take it apart when we were finished but its huge so we had to Would definitely recommend this puzzle just make sure you have the spare room to do it in as it is very large when completed and difficult to move if you were / are like me and build it on-top of anything, in this case for this puzzle a large flattened box.

Nach fünf Wochen habe ich dieses wunderschöne Puzzle endlich fertig gestellt und muss sagen, dass es fantastisch aussieht. Aufgrund des abwechslungsreiches Motives konnte Frust nicht aufkommen, was ja bei schönen blauen Himmeln leicht passieren kannt - aber nicht bei dieser Unterwasserwelt. Den Entspannungsfaktor sollte man auch nicht außer Acht lassen. Sogar mein Mann, dieser Puzzle-Muffel, hat seinen Computer im Stich gelassen, um mir hier und da zur Hand zu gehen. Fürs Aufkleben und Rahmen hat er sich schon freiwillig gemeldet :o) Alles in Allem ist dies ein wunderbar entspannendes Puzzle mit einem sagenhaft schönen - und machbaren Motiv.

This is the 4th ravensburger puzzle and it looks lovely But the pieces weren't packed in ravensburger sealed packet ...they were packed in normal poly bags