Review on WREBBIT 3D Mahal Puzzle: 950 Piece Architectural Marvel to Inspire Your Mind by Josh Parson

So if you're an old Wrebbit Puzz-3D fan but are confused between Wrebbit 3D and Puzz-3D Puzzles from Winning Solutions, here's the story of how I found them understand. The original Puzz 3D foam puzzles were created by the Montreal company Wrebbit. They created many puzzles in the 90's and were eventually bought by Hasbro in 2005. Hasbro took over production and moved it to the US and in 2006 they discontinued the line. In 2011, Winning Solutions' Hasbro line was put back into production and they've been reprinting older models ever since. However. Back in Montreal, all the old staff and original Puzz 3D designers reformed Wrebbit Company in 2012 and these new Wrebbit 3D puzzles are theirs. Her focus is on larger, more complex puzzles. So if they seem too difficult for you, you might be better off with the old classic designs from Winning Solutions. :) I usually prefer 500-700 piece 3D puzzles as I prefer a puzzle that can be assembled and disassembled in one sitting. And when I opened the Taj Mahal's box, I wasn't sure I could assemble it as it's a significantly larger wrebbit than the one I've previously built on my own. But the well-known rite of pulling out all the red dot jewelry put my mind at ease. For those wondering what the complaints are about, Wrebbit doesn't separate all the "junk" from cutting as it would significantly increase the cost of production (and these aren't cheap puzzles to begin with). So you'll need to pull out some of the gaps between the dovetails, punch a few smaller holes (I missed quite a bit for the inner cardboard support tabs on the first pass), and remove the scrap that didn't come loose. When I was done I pretty much filled the entire 1 gallon. a Ziploc bag with "scrap" in it, and if you don't handle it carefully, you might accidentally toss a real piece along with the scrap. Took me about an hour but like I said I'm an experienced person and it's as calming as knitting; and the thought that this is a first use deal only makes it easier for me to complete it. YMMV. wild. Putting a puzzle together usually involves two steps: You put the pieces of the model together (boundaries are usually outlined with rectangular notches to connect edges, or with straight lines or curves without breaks). Then you take all the parts of the "model" and create a 3D structure. Wrebbit provides a printed "blueprint" that actually shows the location of each puzzle piece in the "model" pieces, as well as how the model pieces should fit together. Perhaps one of the more frustrating or rewarding features of these Wrebbit puzzles is that they are designed to only fit together one way. Despite the apparent symmetry of the elements, the dimensions of the projections and holes are chosen so that the assemblies can only be aligned or connected in one way. If the fit fails, you are probably trying to fit the wrong parts and need to replace a similar part or rotate something. Я считаю распечатанный план хорошей "шпаргалкой", чтобы не слишком расстраиваться — четыре угловые башни, в частности, могли бы занять у меня намного больше времени, если бы я просто не разложил все части так, как они были на план, а затем собрал их in this way. In fact, these damn towers took me the most time to solve the puzzle and they were the last ones I entered. The central dome, palace and courtyards were the easy part. :) When it comes to the fit, you have to pay attention to the details - the printed pattern always fits exactly. The edges of the styrofoam can be pushed into the wrong position very easily, but it's usually pretty obvious if you get it wrong. The dome was a bit confusing at first as I'm used to flat assembling "model" parts. These parts only interlock well if the surface is flexed appropriately. Once I figured out how to make the pieces bend, it was relatively easy to shape everything, but I also fold origami, so this kind of "sculpting" of flat surfaces into 3D shapes isn't particularly difficult. to me. My only real complaint about the puzzle is that it has some unavoidable points of brittleness. The small pointed parts of the tower in the main palace are particularly fragile - they are held in place by very small jigsaw joints, and the internal cardboard supports are relatively flimsy and will likely need to be carefully stored in a box for later reassembly. I would have preferred stiffer plastic parts but I can see that it increases the cost noticeably. All in all it took me about a dozen hours to solve this puzzle on my own and the frustration was bearable :). I only gave it 4 out of 5 because I was still frustrated enough to take it away from time to time and because I had to leave room for that fifth star in case Wrebbit ever recreate my old favorite puzzle 3D (or Winning Designs to reprint): the double-sided Sistine Chapel, where you could take off the roof and look up at the ceiling. :D More. It's very, very nice that Wrebbit is back and making new puzzles.