This review is from: Ravensburger Beneath the Sea – 5000 Piece Puzzle (Toy)
I had a friend coming to stay with me for a few weeks, and we came up with the idea of doing a big puzzle, we looked through all the options on amazon and settled on this one.
– Shipping, as usual, is super fast! Received this within 2 days of the order. – The puzzle pieces are sealed in a bag inside the box. This is not “dust free,” as there was plenty of blue dust being sprinkled on the working surface while putting the puzzle together. – This puzzle is BIG, it measures 60″ x 40″, measure this out and you’ll be having second thoughts about buying this, but then you’ll start thinking you want it even more just for the challenge, 😀 – The pieces are very sturdy, only one was broken by my partner in a “freak accident.” 3 or 4 pieces were slightly damaged out of the bag, the printed side was “flaking” off the pieces a bit, however, this did not impact the final product at all. – This puzzle is hard, not because of the size, but because of so many similarly colored and shaped pieces, especially the water! – I confirm the “2 halves” thing mentioned in other reviews, you can even see the shift of the puzzle edges down the middle line if you look carefully. There were a few pieces that physically fit perfectly in place, but clearly did not belong because of the image/color difference, this made sense after I read about the “two halves” thing.
You probably will have to buy/build something to assemble this puzzle on, we had a table that was just too small, so we went to home depot and bought 3 2″ x 4″ boards, stuck rubber pads on the “bottoms” and placed them on top of the table, it worked very nicely.
I would not hesitate to recommend this to a friend who’s looking for a challenging puzzle.
*Spoiler: there is a youtube video of me and my partner completing this puzzle in timelapse if you want to check it out. The video is titled: “5,000 piece Ravensburger Puzzle ‘Beneath the Sea’ Time Lapse”
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As mentioned by Waterboy, there are some identical pieces, so you must pay close attention or risk putting pieces in the wrong place. I’m an avid puzzler and this one was definitely the largest and most challenging one I’ve tackled to date. Requires a lot of patience and perseverance, but well worth the resulting beautiful picture. A lot of fun!
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The Ravensburger 5000-piece puzzle was bigger than I expected. Measure out the 60″ x 40″ size to make sure you have a suitable place to assemble it. You definitely need a Puzzle Buddy felt mat to help the pieces stick. And additional felt or trays to organize the pieces for placement. Started December 1st and finished 52 days later on January 21st (with a couple weeks of vacation in between). Do the border first. Then organize the pieces by color-coding them. Put these different colors into large Ziploc bags. For example: a bag for white pieces, light blue pieces, dark blue pieces, brown pieces, yellow pieces, red pieces, etc. Then break down and organize the color coding of each bag. Leave the blue ‘ocean’ pieces for last as we found this the most challenging part of the puzzle, even with just a few hundred pieces left. The bottom of the puzzle was easiest to build, then building up each side, up to the turtles. The jelly fish was one of the easiest to assemble. The last creatures to assemble were the whales, dolphins, manta ray and shark. This is an incredibly addictive hobby. It’s a great feeling to complete. Now I’m going to frame it and hang it in my office. The only bummer is one missing puzzle piece.
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BIG and challenging, worth it!,
– Shipping, as usual, is super fast! Received this within 2 days of the order.
– The puzzle pieces are sealed in a bag inside the box. This is not “dust free,” as there was plenty of blue dust being sprinkled on the working surface while putting the puzzle together.
– This puzzle is BIG, it measures 60″ x 40″, measure this out and you’ll be having second thoughts about buying this, but then you’ll start thinking you want it even more just for the challenge, 😀
– The pieces are very sturdy, only one was broken by my partner in a “freak accident.” 3 or 4 pieces were slightly damaged out of the bag, the printed side was “flaking” off the pieces a bit, however, this did not impact the final product at all.
– This puzzle is hard, not because of the size, but because of so many similarly colored and shaped pieces, especially the water!
– I confirm the “2 halves” thing mentioned in other reviews, you can even see the shift of the puzzle edges down the middle line if you look carefully. There were a few pieces that physically fit perfectly in place, but clearly did not belong because of the image/color difference, this made sense after I read about the “two halves” thing.
You probably will have to buy/build something to assemble this puzzle on, we had a table that was just too small, so we went to home depot and bought 3 2″ x 4″ boards, stuck rubber pads on the “bottoms” and placed them on top of the table, it worked very nicely.
I would not hesitate to recommend this to a friend who’s looking for a challenging puzzle.
*Spoiler: there is a youtube video of me and my partner completing this puzzle in timelapse if you want to check it out.
The video is titled: “5,000 piece Ravensburger Puzzle ‘Beneath the Sea’ Time Lapse”
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|Funfilled, but not for the faint hearted,
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|Beware – Addictive Rating is High,
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