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.

We are pleased with the jigsaw itself. However we are disappointed the box is far bigger than the jigsaw and not the kind of storage box we expected i.e. Ravensburger standard; rather it's a postage box and not very sturdy at that. Given it cost £18 + pp we did expect more. The image quality is good. The pieces are rather thin and flimsy.