4D Cityscape Game of Thrones (GoT) 3D Time Puzzle of Essos (1400-Piece)

Definitely not as difficult as people make it out to be! I was worried before I got my hands on it.Bottom jigsaw layer: The pieces do not have the typical rounded puzzle edge that most are used to so you need to pay close attention to where things fit and make sure the patterns match before forcing a piece together. That said, work the border and then work with the colours you can see obviously before tackling the water. There are some very similar shapes and pieces that all look "black" like the water and they'll give you the most trouble. I was expecting the bottom layer to take months but it took about two weeks of 1-2 hour periods working on the layer to complete it. (I am not an avid puzzle-r so assume I am at a intermediate level of puzzle prowess)Layer 2: Putting the foam over the jigsaw layer was a bit of a shame since the map layer is really cool once you get it together but this is the beginning of 3D and looks interesting when you start to see mountains and forests rise up from the table. The foam didn't take long at all to complete and make sure as you pull pieces from the box out, that you disconnect them. A lot of the areas came out of the box already attached. (Frown) The foam is easily creased so be careful with it! The edges and pieces are not standard size so don't expect to know which shape fits where--all the shapes are strange sizes or have really odd angles that fit in places that they shouldn't. Suggest working with the pieces that have large letters on them first, then go colour block by colour block.Layer 3: This is like Lego. Really easy. I'm not going to bother with the rest of the layers. Have fun adding castles to your foam, signposts to the map layer to make it 3-D, and humming the theme song while you work. It's a pretty fun puzzle to do with another GoT fan and it's impressive once finished. Gl/hf.

LOVE this puzzle. I got it as a present to my boyfriend a year ago and finally put in the work to frame it (it had just been sitting on our TV stand) and it's gorgeous.There is another review here that I was heavily inspired by for how to put my frame together so I'm going to put what I did here for those wanting to do something similar.I first got a 24x36 frame and same size piece of plexiglass. I used mod podge and put a thin layer on both sides of the normal puzzle, a thin layer on top of the foam layer, and 2 heavier layers on the bottom of the foam layer. Once everything was dry, I glued magnets to the bottom of the foam (I used 7 on the mainland, 1 per island and 1 for the iron throne). The main puzzle was glued to the backing for my frame, and then magnets matching the foam were glued to the frame backing. (I matched the magnets by just setting the foam w/ magnets on top of the backing+puzzle, put a bit of super glue on the magnet and let it find its mate from under the puzzle). After magnets, in the frame I put in the plexiglass, then the puzzle with its backing. The foam just attaches to the puzzle through the plexiglass thanks to the magnets. My one concern -- my magnets may not be strong enough to hold the foam up indefinitely through plexiglass, puzzle, and backing. In this case, it may be better (and definitely cheaper) to use the plastic sheet that comes with the frame rather than the plexiglass since it will be thinner. I am moving in a couple weeks so am not bothering to hang up my frame yet in order to test.

I got this puzzle as a lightning deal for prime day and put it together a few months ago. So I would recommend if you can and want to wait for it to be less than $40.While putting the border together I was frustrated because I thought I was missing some pieces (usually a good first indicator on an incomplete puzzle, starting contacting amazon and everything) but it turned out there were just some similar pieces I had placed somewhere else. That is the most frustrating part of this puzzle: there are a lot of dark blue pieces that look like they fit in one place but end up being incorrect when you get to the end, then you have to CLOSELY inspect the entire puzzle to find the slightly off piece(s).All in all this puzzle is very difficult and fun! I think it took me 3-4 dedicated days to put it together, some perspective I can usually put a 500 or 1000 piece puzzle together in 3-5 or 10 hours respectively. So this takes a while. The finished product is spectacular! I haven't taped or glued anything together at this point even though it would be a cool display piece. This comes to my other "flaw": the 1st layer is very detailed with rivers, roads, and cities that are lost in the second layer to make room for terrain imaging (my assumption). Personally, I would have like to not lose so much detail in that layer, but the artwork and 3D structures you insert into the foam 2nd layer do kind of makeup for it.

First layer of 1000 pieces takes awhile because pieces are so tiny and similar, but finished product is awesome. You need a lot of time on your hands.