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I would definitely buy from him again. I told the seller about it and he quickly mailed me another one. This was a gift for my son in the military overseas. He received it, put it together and found that there were two pieces missing. I was really impressed.
It gets a little tricky at the end to get the last few pieces in, but it holds together well once finished. The backs of the pieces are numbered which came in handy for building. This was given to out 10 year old son and he loved putting it together. The pieces are made of a type of plastic and are curved so they don't get bent up like regular puzzle pieces. It is easy to display with the pedestal that came with it.
Ours has been used for several homework assignments. This puzzle was fun to put together and very useful too. It is very sturdy when the last piece is snapped into place. The names of places on the globe are easy to read. When put together, it is a real globe that can be used. I highly recommend this puzzle. I put this together with a 12 year old and we had hours of fun figuring it out. The globe can be set on a shelf and can be taken down and used as a real educational tool.
Her father and I sorted the pieces by number while she fit them together. It's a fairly hard puzzle, even with the numbers on the back of the pieces, so putting it together became a family event. It was a good investment. My 7-year-old daughter received this Christmas Eve, and couldn't stop putting it together. We finally had to make her go to bed and continue it Christmas morning. It's a very sturdy puzzle, allowing us to make mistakes and take it apart without damaging the pieces.
There is always that urge to "cheat" you have to fight off when you can't find that piece.My only complaint about this puzzle is the guide they give you to help you know how the final product looks. Every piece is numbered and you can assemble them round and round in order, or you can do it the hard way. They do give you a smaller flat plastic version of the puzzle, but it's rather tiny, and hard to really see detail that you normally would have with a rectangular puzzle box. Ever since I saw this puzzle in the big retail stores, I knew I wanted to try it out. Fortunately for me Amazon has really lowered the price from the $32 price tag I saw at Target.There are actually two ways you can solve this puzzle. Most puzzles you just use the box, but you can only see half of the puzzle from their box view.
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