The Noble Collection Harry Potter Marauder's Map Puzzle

while this is a really fun puzzle, don't start if you don't want to spend hours working on it. majority of the pieces are all the same color and the print can be very tiny. the worst thing is they don't give you a blown up image to use to work off of. so that makes it difficult.

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Pieces are on the smaller size and some were har to tell of they fit together or not. Puzzle was challenging and took a few months off and on to complete. Picture quality is great. The details of the puzzle are easy to read.

MAJOR TIP is EMAIL “[email protected]“ for the high res. Reference photo because the one that comes with the box is ridiculously small and don’t bother to try using it lol. It literally only takes them a day to get back to you with the photo.2ND MAJOR TIPPlease use my photos as a second reference to the high res photo from Noble. It will also help you tremendously in aiding you complete this faster.It took me 3 days to finish this puzzle which is what I normally would average on a 1000pc puzzle. I understand everyone’s frustration with this puzzle but as long as you email for the high res photo it’s not too difficult.Con#2 the similar shaped pieces.So yes there’s only like 2 different shaped pieces so multiple pieces will fit in the same spot which made it more difficult in the sense that you will have to look closely and rely on whether the image matches up or not. But it’s not a kill joy, it just depends on how you want to take it. It can either be annoying or you can see it as a challenge and take up on it.Con#3 Pieces don’t snap togetherThis was annoying because the puzzle came apart very easily. They do not hold together at all. So I definitely recommend you do this puzzle in an area where it will not be disturbed at all. If you accidentally brush on a piece it will come apart almost instantly. If you’re planning on flipping it over to glue it, definitely flip it over a section or a piece at a time lol.Pro#1 definitely a challenge if you’re looking for one. I came to do this puzzle after doing the 3000 piece hogwarts castle which took me a month to do. So this was an easier challenge because I prepped myself for it lol but it was fun. If you’re not patient, I wouldn’t recommend you do this, I definitely had my moments at times.Pro#2 premium quality images for sureThe small details on the map I really appreciated. It’s what kept me going to want to finish this puzzle. The image is very crisp and clear and it all looks very stunning once finished. Any Harry Potter fan would appreciate it. Also I liked the way the pieces felt, it almost felt like a nice hard plastic instead of cardboard.To sum it up: if you have a lot patience, you like doing puzzles, and you’re a Harry Potter fan, please do go for it. Please make sure to email for the high res photo because you will have a much more difficult time without it. Also, use my photos as well, hopefully it will be helpful as a reference as well to those who need a good second or third reference. It’s a beautiful puzzle, I love the size of it and it will go right below where my hogwarts castle puzzle hangs.Here’s some tips if anyone cares for it:1) pay attention to how the pieces fit, the right piece will fit perfectly that you can take it apart forwards and backwards without any kind of friction2) start the edges, then the black and white frame pieces, and then the font pieces that go right underneath the black and white frame pieces. I would say they’re the easiest pieces to spot.3) after the framework, start the middle section of the map first4) after the middle section, do the folded lines that go down the map. Once you have all those it makes doing the puzzle a lot easier5) definitely notice that the map on the right side will have pieces that have bold lines on the map drawing versus the left where there the map drawing is only made up of font and cursive writing. This will help a lot when sorting your pieces I hope.Good luck everyone, I hope you give this puzzle a chance :)

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Could have been a wonderful concept, but there are so many things wrong with this. 1. The reference photo you get is TINY. 2. The pieces are not unique, meaning, that it's very easy for other pieces to fit together that shouldn't. This is more frustrating because the reference photo is soooooooooooo small you have no idea what you're looking at most of the time. 3. The Latin Lorem Ipsum as my husband and I have taken to calling it was maddening. If you LOVE Harry Potter and YOU MUST frame this then I say get it, but if you're looking for a puzzle that's a good time, this is not it. We kept the puzzle and are framing it, but it's more a badge of honor for us not throwing the stupid thing away. The last piece we had technically was not the right piece for that spot, but we shoved it in there to "complete" the puzzle. Not a great design by any means. Quality of the material may be good, but the puzzle cut out, the reference photo and also arguably the design is frustrating. We were hoping the map would have more cool information on it then Ominbvs Maravdere bonvm avdere est mar blah blah blah blah blah. There should have been more info on the Marauders Map than there was. We just re-listened to the books with the release of Stephen Fry's narration (in the US) and are playing Hogwarts Legacy. The visual richness was severely lacking compared to the vast world-building the books, games, and movies provide. Granted, this is a small piece, but it's supposed to be a map of Hogwarts, for crying out loud. Maybe I just expected to much. Take this for what you will. For those that loved it, you're a much better puzzler than me. For transparency, we do about 10-15 1000-piece puzzles a year.

My daughter loves it