Springbok's 500 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle Icing on the Cake, Multi

Challenging puzzle but not to the level where you will get to frustrated. I normally donate puzzles after I finish them but I am keeping this one to do again someday. I really enjoyed this one. Picture quality is great. Go ahead and buy it and I hope you have as much fun as I did.

I bought this puzzle during Covid and loved it! A good challenge. Gave it to a friend and just re-purchased so I can annoy it again!

Fun design. Fun shaped pieces. Nice quality.

Gave this to mu brother and wife for their birthdays the same week..Then loved it but it was very hard.. a good 5 day working.. The colors are great and the pieces will made.

The pro: the pieces are unique.The con: the pieces are unique.I included pictures of the back so you can more easily see what I'm describing.Because the pieces are unique, it's not possible to put something in the wrong place. That's a plus. However, the flip side is: (1) not all pieces are fully interlocking, and (2) not all spaces take pieces as expected.For example, imagine you are holding a piece with an external/outside piece expecting it to go into another piece with a hole (inner). Forget it. Just as many pieces require 2, yes TWO, pieces to get around that outer piece. It makes it very hard to find the correct pieces.Since my eye sight isn't as good as it once was, and the high gloss causes a great deal of glare, I often find I have to resort to finding a particular shape in order to assemble the puzzle.Typically, my granddaughter and I finish a 1000 piece puzzle in a day or two. This one took us almost a week.On the one hand it's nice that we had more time. On the other, we both grew quite a bit frustrated with the pieces.The pieces range in size with many of them being quite small/narrow or large. Personally, we liked the larger sizes (overall). They are easier to handle with my arthritic hands and my granddaughter appreciated being able to more easily see what piece was and be able to identify it.One final plus: the pieces fit so well, when it was finished, that it was easy to flip and glue for hanging. It holds together rather well once complete assembled. Don't get me wrong, we still had to do sections, but it was quite manageable.One final con: there is no separate poster and this would be VERY helpful. At least for us.Stated finished dimensions : 24"x30".Actual dimensions: 24-1/4"x30-1/2".Only becomes an issue (for folks like us) who work our puzzles on foam core boards (24"x30") or similar.

I purchased the 500 piece version of this puzzle. I completed it with my 11 and 13 year old daughters. It gave us a pretty good challenge. Once you get going on a good chunk of the puzzle it gets easier. Made in the USA is my favorite part! I could see us doing this puzzle again in the future.

As a true lover of springbok puzzles the quality of this puzzle is highly disappointing. I don’t know if they switch manufacturers due to high demand with Covid but this puzzle definitely wasn’t machined correctly. When I unboxed it at least 20% of the pieces were uncut and still stuck together which took 30 minutes to cut and rip apart. Secondly the puzzle fits together extremely tight. So tight that you can lift the entire puzzle up by one corner. Doing this puzzle feels wrong because it takes so much pressure and energy to push one piece into place. It almost feels like the piece doesn’t go there but after jamming it in there it finally fits. As someone who solves puzzles many times a week this is definitely a quality issue and makes for an unsatisfactory solve.On the plus side I do enjoy the image, it’s not to glossy and the puzzle makes for fast sorting. You can sort the puzzle in less than 10 minutes into blues, pinks, browns and whites. This would of been one of my favorite puzzles if it wasn’t for the MAJOR issues with quality. Total solve took less than 2 hours and this puzzle is easy enough for children 7 and up. Pieces aren’t to small and its an easy design.

Great product. Looking forward to putting together.