Aquarius DC Comics Puzzle Cast (3000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle) - Officially Licensed DC Comics Merchandise & Collectibles - Glare Free - Precision Fit - 32 x 45 Inches

Last summer we did the 3000-piece Marvel puzzle and was disappointed in the picture itself (which was a photoshopped collage done by different artists), the 99% similarity in puzzle piece shapes that made it almost impossible to reliably piece together large areas of the same color, by the disconnect of images between pieces here and there, and finally by a missing piece which was very irritating. Also, the box image is the only guide, which was difficult to work off of because of its small size.So it was with some trepidation that we proceeded to the 3000-piece DC puzzle. We found it much better than its Marvel cousin. The picture is a single image so there is better consistency in relative character size, style and appearance. The puzzle pieces were irregular enough in shape that there was no question they went together, or didn't go together as the case may be. The image on the puzzle pieces also aligned correctly 100% of the time and we didn't encounter any sort of "line" through or across the image as others have mentioned. Also, there were no missing pieces. We have two small complaints: As an artistic choice, the artist drew the characters in the foreground with very sharp detail, while the smaller background characters are drawn somewhat fuzzy. And again, you have to rely on the small box picture as a guide for constructing the puzzle (if that is a problem, I suggest finding a poster of this picture to help.)I've read a lot of negative reviews on this puzzle and I can only surmise that beyond personal expectations, sometimes one has to be just lucky in what they receive.

I'm so disappointed. I've bought and completed several of the Aquarius 3000 piece puzzles and except for a few problems I ran into on my TMNT puzzle (I left my issues in a review on that one as well), I've been loving all of them. But almost immediately, I could tell this one was different than the ones I had done in the past.When sorting through the box for the outside border pieces, I noticed right away that every puzzle piece was the same shape whereas my other Aquarius puzzles all had the variety of puzzle piece shapes. I thought this was strange because to my understanding, I thought that puzzle companies typically use the same cutter for all their puzzles of the same size. So if my other 3000 piece puzzles had the variety of shapes, why didn't this one?Anyway, that wasn't a problem, but more just an observation. What WAS a problem was that once I pulled all the border pieces and started putting it together, I could tell that the puzzle just felt a little off. Because the way it was cut, most pieces fit snug with each other so it was almost impossible to tell if a piece was in the right spot or not, especially with that light blue sky. My other Aquarius puzzles didn't have this problem! And then there's that cursed middle line....After completing the border, I realized that for some strange reason, at the top and bottom of the frame in the dead center, the pieces wouldn't interlock because they weren't cut properly. After seeing that, I immediately came onto here to check other user reviews and found that countless others have had this same misalignment problem that I have. Suffice to say, this is enough to make me not want to spend the next several weeks finishing it. I've enjoyed the Aquarius puzzles very much in the past, so I don't know what the heck happened here. Do yourselves a favor and don't buy this one.

Huge Puzzle! first attempt was on our standard puzzle board. We got halfway done with the frame when we realized that wasn't going to work. Second attempt was on mat for our dining room table, ended up needing two. We finally solved the problem with a half sheet of drywall that I had in the basement.Now that is resolved, loving the puzzle. We do 1000 pieces in a single sitting normally. This is taking days. Great diverse character selection with enough similar attributes that there is a real challenge. Puzzle picture is clear, pieces are sturdy.Only two criticisms are that the box is so small that the picture on the box is missing much of the detail, and I wash it had more unusually shaped pieces.

pieces don't fit together well. all pieces are cut the same shape. no poster. enjoyed but won't buy another 3000 piece puzzle from this company.

Contrary to reviews indicating they had missing pieces, mine had none missing. However, it is challenging so it appears as if I'm not missing pieces until the very end when the puzzle gets completed. Took 10 days to complete with two people working on it together.

I bought this puzzle 6 months ago, in April 2021, but only just put it together. It’s a cool image, and not terribly challenging for a 3000 piece puzzle. Or it wouldn’t have been…1) first thing I notice is that pieces are dirty, like they got wet and puzzle dust stuck to them;2) around the middle of the puzzle, there is an obvious seam where the pieces don’t line up and the puzzle is two completely different shades… this goes all the way down the puzzle, but is most obvious at the top of Batman’s cape;3) I’m missing 4 pieces, not a lot of chance for them to get lost while building and it would be a first in dozens of puzzles the last couple of years where I’ve lost not 1, but FOUR pieces in merely a week;4) the cut of the pieces is such that none really fit perfectly, so it’s easy to put the wrong pieces together which is exceptionally obnoxious, especially when there are 3000 pieces that could all theoretically fit together.I almost quit building this after I noticed the dirty pieces, then after the wrong colors… but I finished it just to write this review. And since I can’t return it now anyway. Trust the bad reviews. Something went wrong at the factory, or these are fakes, or the Aquarius company has just gone downhill into awfulness. I won’t be buying from them again, and certainly not at the premium I paid for this junk.