Educa 14827 - The World, Executive Map - 4000 pieces - Genuine Puzzle

Takes time and perseverance, but certainly doable. Looks amazing once finished. No pieces missing, however took extra care when sorting and building. I recommend also buying containers and a puzzle matt. Took me over 30 hours to complete. Mounting to a wall will be tricky, so any advice on this will certainly be helpful. My suggestion for anyone contemplating this?...DO IT!! Start by sorting the pieces by oceans, land, flags, compass etc. Some pieces can fit into multiple locations (especially the edges), attention to detail is key. My only criticism is like previous comments. There needs to be a large sized poster to help with orientation, especially the right side where the box is covered by logo's. Thank you Educa.

Love it, but hard going; addictive/compulsive. Bought as a present for my wife ... This journey required a cheap decorating table to hold four foam boards from de Hobby Shop (stuck together with Duct Tape). When this is finished (this year), we will "Mud Glue" & mount on the Lounge Wall .. This is a serious Jigsaw (not all pieces are traditionally cut (male/female: there are spoons fits - you will see) .. educational, fascinating & thank god for the internet ... a magnifying glass was essential (age related) .. No need to run/exercise when you're on this project'

Took us 12 days from start to finish during lockdown, a well made puzzle, very complex, no missing pieces. Would really recommend it, it’s challenging, fun and if you frame it, worth a look from time to time later on. Look forward to seeing it on the wall!

Very challenging but nice puzzle to do. Quality is pretty good. The only issue for me is that the picture on the box is small compared to the puzzle so you need a magnifying glass to see the detail. Also the name on the box obliterates part of the picture

Final piece going in after 3 months full time jigsawing!! An amazing puzzle. Hard enough to be interesting, but achievable enough if you take it area by area. A great family Activity, beautiful framed.

Having previously completed puzzles with over 9000 pieces , I assumed that this one would be a "doddle" in comparison - how wrong I was !!! As other reviewers have already said , the border , arctic regions , flags etc etc are relatively straight forward and progress can be achieved fairly quickly. However once those segments are out of the way you soon realise 2 very important facts . Firstly , the only reference picture supplied is the front face of the container box in which the puzzle is shipped and is far, far, far, too small a scale to be of any help whatsoever without the use of a magnifying glass . Come on EDUCA , surely it wouldn't be too much to ask for a bigger scale reference picture to be supplied with the puzzle ? Secondly , it soon becomes apparent just how much of the Earth's surface is covered with blue water !! I spent many long days making very slow progress , spending sometimes up to 10 hours laborious hours attempting to make some noticeable progress. After 4 weeks of almost non stop " puzzling " I managed to insert the final piece and have now sealed it with Contractors PVA , mounted it onto a board , inserted it into a purpose made frame and it now occupies pride of place on our lounge wall , and admired by all who see it.

Beautiful jigsaw, thoroughly enjoyed doing it. The quality of Educa puzzles is superb everybtine: the pieces, colours, finish. No missing pieces (but they offer a "missing pieces" service) and it's just all good. Thanks again, Educa, for another lovely jigsaw

very good quality and difficulty took a while to do, well worth the price.

Das Puzzle ist vollkommen in Ordnung. Alle Teile da. Farben knackig und keine Beschädigungen. Lediglich die teilweise fehlenden Nuten/Federn (im Stile eines Jig-saw) machen das Anlegen eher schwierig. Gefällt mir persönlich nicht so. Ihr solltet nur wissen, dass das Teil NICHTS für Anfänger ist und eventuell nicht mal was für fortgeschrittene. Das Puzzelerlebnis ist ganz anders als sonst. Man muss aktiv Ortschaften nach Kontinenten sortieren (zB über Google oder langem suchen auf der Karte), nicht wie üblich nach farbe. Außerdem kann man sich fast immer an der Schrift orientieren und weiß daher meist wie rum das Puzzleteil angelegt werden muss. Der Rand ist ein Albtraum. Ich habe mich sehr oft verpuzzelt (und es am Ende glaube ich immer noch nicht richtig). Die Zuordnung fällt aufgrund der mikroskopischen Unterschiede zwischen den Markierungen super schwer. Der Ozean ist dagegen eher das übliche. Wer gutes farbsehen hat und ein geübter Puzzler, sollte damit klar kommen. Hoffe das hilft bei der Kaufentscheidung :) Anmerkung: die fehlende Ecke auf den Fotos und die Schrauben sind ein Versehen meinerseits beim Aufkleben / Befestigen an der Wand und haben nichts mit dem Produkt zu tun ;-)

J'avais déja pris une mappemonde plus récente de 3000 piéces mais la une tres vieille carte du monde en 4000 piéces, je me régale, comme toujours la qualité est présente et je sais que j'en aurais pour un tres long moment, ( je le fais seul) , il est certain qu'il faut de la patience mais quel plaisir de chercher ,bléssé ,je me mettais a la télé, maintenant le fait de m'approcher de la planche faite exprés m'oblige a m'assoir et meme si je n'arrive qu'a mettre 1 a 5 piéces je suis content, , ce qui est appréciable, c'est la beauté et la qualité des piéces et du tableau a faire, ce n'est vraiment pas cher pour un plaisir extréme

Öncelikle kargoda paketi açıp içini incelemisler ve kutu yırtılmıştı. Ve 1200TL ye aldığım puzzle için 550TL civarında Türkiye vergisi ödedim. Puzzle muhteşemdi ilk başta bu nasıl bitecek dedim. Ama önce bazı çizgileri yerleştirdim ve kendime kılavuz belirledim. Sadece kutu üzerindeki yazılar çok küçük ve telefonumun kamerasını defalarca kullandım): ve puzzle in sağ tarafındaki büyük marka yazıları beni oldukça zorladı. Yaklaşık 1.5 ayda ortalama günlük 1-2 saat başında kalarak bitirdim. İnanılmaz motive edici ve her bulduğum parçada beni mutlu etti. En güzel dünya haritası puzzle bu olabilir. Satıcıya ve Educa ya teşekkür ederim.

Fantastic puzzle overall and definitely worth purchasing and doing! Took 14 days working every day and probably totaled close to ~70-80 hours of time. Piece quality is good, nice thickness, and no pieces were bent, torn, peeling, damaged, etc... Pieces fit together well and stay together, but moving pieces around will cause them to fall apart if you try to pick them up. Text on the pieces is clear and legible, allowing you to quickly place lots of places at least in the general area where they need to go, however the writing on the box is extremely small and very difficult to read even with great eyesight as others have mentioned, but it is possible. A poster would REALLY be helpful on this puzzle. Another thing to be very aware of is that the border pieces all contain a repeating pattern and border pieces will fit precisely with numerous other incorrect border pieces, so be extremely careful to make sure the pattern lines up perfectly or it will waste a lot of time and be frustrating at the end. Even paying attention I misplaced 4-5 border pieces and had to comb over the pattern to readjust them. This is the 1st puzzle I've not started with the border, and instead did the flags, and colored band just inside the border first, in order to have a 2nd point of reference to check that the border pieces are correctly placed and fit from multiple sides. After the flags and borders, I'd suggest sorting out the latitude and longitude lines with numbers as this will really help you place other pieces later by referencing them using them as an X & Y axis grid . Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn lines are also easy to sort out and give more reference points, as well as the mini globes and compass section, ship, and then I moved onto the land and finally the water. Definitely thought I was missing a few pieces that I struggled to find, but in the end every single one was there. Very rewarding puzzle and now the only question is whether to glue and keep it, or put it away to do again someday...

Las piezas son de buena calidad y al verlo armado los dibujos son iguales a lo mostrado en la caja. Lo más dificil de armar son los bordes, ya que si no prestas mucha atención las piezas son practicamente iguales y hay algunas que se pegan con más de una pieza, por lo que hay que revisar muy bien los diseños para corroborar que esta bien pegada. Al terminarlo me faltaron dos piezas, pero en la caja viene la información del fabricante, quien te manda las piezas por correo desde España. En terminos generales fue un rompecabezas dificil, pero muy entretenido