Sailing ship

This wood puzzle was fun to put together. Very small pieces and some are fragile but worth the finished product. I love the ship and how detailed it was. It was a lot of fun putting it together piece by piece just be gently with the smaller pieces. Did not need glue or tape. Just delicate hands and a little force. Highly recommend.

The model is very cool. Small as to be expected. Some of the pieces are extremely small, so even though I have done 20+ wooden puzzles of this type this was actually one of the more challenging due to the size of the pieces. Them being so small means they break easy with the force required to push some of the pieces together. Be creative with tools and hard surfaces to push some of them together. Pay particular attention to the flags and the cannons. I didn’t bother with the thread for the roping as I don’t have the patience to tie tiny thin thread through such small holes.

My daughter received the pumpkin ("Cinderella-style") cart/carriage puzzle for Christmas. This is a beautifully ornate tiny puzzle with real moving parts, and that alone makes it so cool and worth the trouble, though at many points throughout our attempt to piece it together and correct mistakes, I had my doubts. For people who like building models, working with their hands, or accomplishing the near-impossible... this one's a charmer. Feedback for the manufacturer: The directions would be better if they were black and white photographs of the parts involved in each step, rather than sketches of the parts. Words would also be helpful, but if you are sticking with picture-only instructions, photographs would be better. Here are some tips for builders: 1. The pegs that fit into the tiny holes like little nails are so, so tricky, but we found a way to work them into the holes. You press and twist them and once you twist it in like they are screws, then you can press them the rest of the way through the hole with your fingertip or the flat handle of a knife or something until they are level with the surface (like a nail). Don't bother trying to use toothpicks as substitute pegs; the toothpicks we had (standard round) were too narrow and fell right through the holes. 2. Also, I inadvertently broke off little curly-Q wood embellishments on parts of the carriage frame and was able to use a tiny drop of super-glue and hold it together for a minute and it stuck and was strong. Tape does not stick to this wood, but super-glue works great. 3. Another tip: when you are looking at the side of the carriage -- like the profile -- from back wheels, to carriage, to front wheels, there is a panel on either side of the carriage which is wider than all the other panels. Just as you might expect on a real carriage, because these wider panels are like the "doors" where someone would get into the carriage. (But they do not open on this puzzle.) I say this because when my kids first put the top of the carriage together, with the frame pieces, they did not have the wider pieces opposite each other, so things did not line up right. Once we realized the error and corrected it, things came together. 4. Also: the tiny pegs at the top of the frame pieces that plug into the very top of the carriage are quite fragile. We broke a few, and now have a hair band applying pressure to the top "ceiling" of the carriage, though super gluing the panels to the frames would permanently fix that so I may do that and apply pressure for a minute or two using my hand as a clamp. I am not a big person but felt like a clumsy giant trying to work on this; it takes patience, but my daughter was thrilled with the results, the wheels really turn, and she immediately made a tiny polymer clay princess for it, using tweezers to set the figurine on the nice seats inside the carriage. Some miniature 3.5" posable skeletons (Re-ment, amazon.com) are the driver and footman at either end of the carriage and fit perfectly on their seats. We have made homemade reins for a small hippo as a reluctant stand-in for a horse. It's really cool looking and very detailed. We also tried the ferris wheel and merry-go-round, but the pumpkin cart (carriage) was by far the most involved.

Grandson loves this - lots of detail and Beauty. Age 10 he likes leggos so this build took him to a different level with precision, texture, problem solving and fun!

Got this for Christmas and was very excited. Beautiful cutting and no splinters, however my finger tips where very sore from all the tiny parts. Took about 4-5 hours from start to finish. I’m the type to sit down and work on something until it’s done, so it wasn’t boring in the least. Not super complicated but instead intricate! Stands well on its own and isn’t wobbly or loose anywhere. Came with everything needed (except scissors ofc). That being said, I did snap two slimmer pieces, but had no issue gluing it back together. Individual pieces are sturdy but still delicate, would not recommend for anybody that doesn’t already enjoy this specific type of puzzle or for a beginner.

Excellent detail, pretty and fun for more advanced puzzle makers. My 16 year old loves it. It took half a day to complete.

Went together nicely

It was a Christmas gift for my grandchildren and they loved it