Ravensburger - Zodiac - 3000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle - Fantastic, Beautifully Captivating Depiction of The Twelve Signs of The Zodiac - Frameable - Premium Quality - Puzzles for Adults

This is a great puzzle for those who like a challenge. The Zodiac panels themselves were pretty straightforward since each has a unique set of artwork and colors. The Sun, Pisces and Aquarius in particuar (see picture) really jumped out of the pile early on. The real difficulty came in when trying to do the concentric circles around the center panel and the edge. There is so much gold on black between the rings, the zodiac symbols, and the edge frame. The edge presented its own hurdles. There were several points where dealing with a set of entirely black pieces and occasional (and repeating) filligree details caused entire sections (especially near the corners) to be transposed. But once the misplaced blocks got to be 3x2 or bigger, it was obvious that they didn't belong and needed to be swapped. But other than that, this was a thoroughly enjoyable challenge. It took me just over a month, average 2 hours a day.

This was a great puzzle. 2 people working on it, took around 3 weeks to get it finished - total perhaps 100-120 hours combined. This was possibly the first puzzle I've ever done where we did the border last. Because it is black and mostly featureless, it made sense to separate the pieces out and leave it until the end. Attempts to build the border earlier lead to frustration and mistakes. Pieces fit together well and were unique enough to mostly prevent mismatching. A really fun and beautiful puzzle.

We purchased this puzzle for our astrology-loving girl who is turning 15 this summer. Lucky for us, she also loves puzzles! This is the first puzzle our family has purchased larger than 2000 pieces so we were a bit nervous about where she would have the space to put the puzzle together -- husband wound up buying a piece of plywood for her to put in the floor in her bedroom so she could have space for the puzzle and the pieces -- so far it's working great. We're lucky we had the space! The pieces are sturdy and easy to pull apart but not easy enough to pull apart as you're piecing the puzzle together -- a win, win! She wants to frame it in her room once she's done with it, the color quality (even thoughts is a relatively dark puzzle) is beautiful -- the colors are rich and vibrant and the detail is top notch. One thumbs down we have to give is this -- when we received the box appeared to have gotten wet. It was weird - the amazon packaging (for shipping purposes) was dry and didn't appear to be damaged but the puzzle box itself was warped a bit -- as if it had gotten wet and then maybe dried. It was delivered during a rain storm, but we made sure to not let it sit on the porch and grabbed it as soon as the delivery driver dropped it off. We contemplated returning it but decided it ultimately wasn't Amazon's fault that it was wet. The water damage didn't affect the puzzle itself or the picture on the box so we decided to keep it. I'm excited to see how big it turns out to be -- we're going to need a really big frame!

Love the quality of Ravensburger puzzle pieces. The colors are brilliant as advertised and the resolution of the picture is crisp. The puzzle itself was quite challenging and somewhat tricky. Enjoyed every moment of completing this puzzle.

Good quality and a beautiful puzzle to work on. Challenging enough but not frustrating and slow. Very nice.

3,000 pieces is really a challenge but the puzzle is really beautiful to complete. Very satisfying if you stick with it.

I got this puzzle for my birthday. I absolutely love the picture. But the quality of the pieces is poor. The pieces feel like a puzzle from the dollar store, this was the disappointing part. We just started the puzzle, so no pictures of the finished product. It is taking us longer to put together since some pieces look correct, but not sure - which is fine and not unusual, just with the poor quality of pieces, it makes it harder to know if you have the right pieces together. I'm still excited to put together and this won't keep me from finishing my puzzle and pasting together for all to see.

The image was gorgeous and the pieces were sturdy and fit very well as expected from all Ravensburger puzzles. Unfortunately the puzzle's pieces are duplicated in a rotationally symmetrical way, so you have two of each piece shape. It's not a problem in the center of the puzzle where the image can help distinguish which piece goes where, but it was frustrating for the edges and corners where the image is nearly identical and you're trying to tell the difference between the slightly bluish black and the slightly reddish black, or the dull yellow bronze vs the browned bronze. Just beware that the puzzle may not actually be done when you place the last piece.