I bought two of these:
It’s a tiny red jigsaw! I was looking forward to making it and today is the day. Here’s the pieces laid out:
They’re small… very small. This small:
As usual, My first step was to sort out the edge pieces. This took longer than it should because of their size and the fact they’re shiny and reflective. Then it came time to assemble the border…
Time passed…
More time passed…
And then I realized the puzzle has a fatal flaw: the fronts of the pieces are slightly smaller than the back! This means – especially due to the size – it’s virtually actually impossible to pair them by sight:
Notice the pieces don’t quite look like a fit in the left (which is the front)? Every piece is like this. It’s a nightmare of trial-and-error, and I’d estimate with about 3x(150!) combinations the universe will end before I was done!
So yes, I gave up 🙂
Oh and the other one I bought? It was cardboard and apparently didn’t suffer from this flaw because Bernard already made it! Ask him and he’ll tweet a photo.
(Also the several other plastic Pintoo puzzles I have bought haven’t suffered from this weird issue. I blame the excessively tiny pieces.)