I'd bought this for myself, but my adult son, who lives with me, beat me to it! He just finished it today & it is stunning,,,,& surprisingly "hefty", & solid as least for what it is. Usually we will share projects, in that after he finishes one, he will 'unbuild' it & then I take my turn. But today,
he said there is no way he will dismantle that project, as it would be way too easy to lose pieces, with them maybe popping off & flying away! I agree totally! The smallest pieces are incredibly small, requiring the use of tweezers & sometimes a magnifying glass. He has is set up next to our fish tank (not using the included background in this case), & it looks pretty cool butted up to it for an interesting effect! We also have a tiny led changing color 3-light, light strip behind it, so it shows nice different effects! He/we found the instructions to be pretty good, since already being so familiar with the picture type instructions from Lego. We thought it was quite similar to those. He likes to sort pieces from any project into storage box containers that have mulitple sectioned off parts. In this case he sorted a bag at a time, & assembling that, before going onto the next bag. This is not recommended for a beginner! But if you like challenges that result in a very neat final product, this one is highly recommended. We had no missing pieces & all pieces fit together nice & snugly. This particular subject is a very popular one, with several different mediums having been used to display it. Originally it was a wonderful painting done by an accomplished artist, of this actual tsunami event: "The Great Wave of Kawagawa" which devastated an area of Japan a long time ago. (I forget just when it happened.) I have it in 2 of many versions of Diamdond Dot art, as well as a couple different versions of machine enbroidery, which I have yet to accomplish. I'm also now working on a 20"x30" 1000 piece puzzle of it! I hope to put all versions into some type of display eventually!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2023 by sewin'sq