When you open the box for the first time, you should go through all the pieces and take out the ones marked in red. This is a waste from the manufacturing process that is unlikely to be disposed of due to the way the item was made. It takes a few minutes to sort these parts, and you can sort the real parts while you do it. I suggest by color to facilitate the assembly process. You should also keep the leftovers in case the real piece ends up in the container you put the leftovers in (which happened to me). The pieces are thicker than the puzzle pieces and are styrofoam pieces with a thin piece of cardboard on the front. They check incorrect combinations very reliably, even after ten to twenty attempts to put a part together. Putting the puzzle together can be intimidating at first. It is best to do each individual building. It was hard to figure out what the Weasley building looked like since the pictures on the box are pretty blurry and you have so many similar parts. Unless you're just doing this to yourself, you might want to take a picture of the box with your phone, as everyone has to look at it quite a bit. The parts for the back and front of the building can easily be swapped around, but there are no assembly problems. You can clearly tell when a part will fit, usually when it doesn't fit properly. The only exception is the floor, which you'll need to look closely at to make sure the pavement looks right to indicate you've put the right pieces together. Each side was built individually. So the front, the back, each section of the Weasley building, the left side, the roof pieces, and the floor. Once you have everything assembled it's time to make the 3D puzzle. Instructions on how to do this are included but they do not show what the pieces look like, only the general parts of the puzzle. They attach walls to the ground and then a roof with chimneys. Putting the puzzle together for the 3D part was the most frustrating part and doesn't appear to be 100% stable. They give you pieces (which you have no idea what they are for until it's time for the 3D part) to hold the Weasley building together and one for the middle of the buildings. The roofs look a bit crumbled. We put all the chimneys forward because we liked that it looked better than what the box said. Two people put it together, it took about four hours. The process was slow at first, but it got easier as we got used to the way the puzzle was put together. Although frustrating at first, it was a very fun project and I would recommend it to puzzle lovers even if they aren't really into Harry Potter.
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