Petra, March 8th 1839, plate 96 from Volume III of Jigsaw Puzzle

I'm torn on how I feel about these puzzles: 1st, they are extremely thin. The structural integrity during the building process is not very good. It doesn't take much to cause the puzzle to come apart by the brush of a hand. These puzzles are best served for the use of adults. 2nd, the puzzles arrive in small boxes that have (at best) a 3x5 image of the puzzle pasted on the box. We had to photocopy the box top and enlarge it so we could have a guide to work with. The boxes are nice and suitable for gift giving, just don't expect an insert with a photo of the puzzle. That being said, 3rd, the colors are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! BRILLIANT and BEAUTIFUL is the only word to describe them. The finished result is excellent when they are glued together with Modge Podge or a similar product. 4th, the choice of images and sizes and puzzle pieces make this a very desirable company to purchase from. The laser cuts are very precise. It is extremely rare to suit unmatching pieces together. I think it has only happened once or twice on each puzzle and that was in the border edges. If we had only ordered 1 puzzle from this company we would not have ordered more because of the thinness of the puzzle. But we purchased 4 and by the time we finished the last one, we had overcome all of our prejudices and will purchase again. We are new puzzlers (retirement...) and were not used to thin puzzles. On a scale of 1-5 we give it a 4 because of thinness and lack of picture for a guide. Brilliant, Beautiful, Exquisite.

I got this image in 110 pieces as I cannot commit to large puzzles. This one took me about an hour and was fairly easy. Perhaps 252 pieces would have better suited me for a little more complexity. This is not my favourite sugar skull as I prefer more girly colours like hot pink, reds and purples but I enjoyed doing this one. There is a lot of detail in the image and it was interesting to do. I don't think I will buy the larger puzzle count just because there are other sugar skull images that I much prefer. Again very good quality puzzle and durable storage box that fits very well on small bookcase. The image was well positioned on this one so who ever printed this one got it pretty bang on.

I like puzzles but can't commit to thousands of pieces. I chose this one in 110 pieces because I wanted a challenge that could be completed in a few hours. This one took approx 3.5 hours to complete. The image is pretty uniform throughout so may seem daunting but some of the jigsaw pieces are quite unique which helps. You definitely need a good eye for detail and this puzzle is challenging and engaging giving the satisfaction of completion after a relatively short commitment of time. I do not like thousands of pieces because I don't have the time or motivation to keep going back to a puzzle which needs to be stored and moved and this can result in a loss of pieces. The box the puzzle is supplied in is good quality and will store the puzzle safely for a long time. The box also fits on one of my small bookcase so storage is very easy. The puzzle print is slightly smaller than the image on the box and this makes orientation of the puzzle harder. The image is of really good quality though and I'm happy with the quality of this aspect.