Beverly Micro Pure White Hell Jigsaw Puzzle (1000 Piece)

Very hard puzzle but fun to assemble and for gift.

I got this for my 8 year old Mensa grandson. He's loved puzzles since he could walk. The pieces are VERY tiny - smaller than an adult fingernail bed - but that didn't phase him one bit! There's a pattern on the back in black & gray and he immediately picked up on that, saying if the white was too hard he could match the pattern on the back. And he proceeded to do just that. The pieces are so tiny, I didn't even realize the pattern is of circles, squares and triangles! LOL He really likes it and also likes the glue that comes with it so you can save it forever. Now, if they'd just make a 2000 piece version! :D

This puzzle has very high quality pieces. If you feel any tightness or see 0.1mm misalignment when putting two pieces together, it means they don't match and you have picked wrong pieces. The picture on the box can give you some hints about the rough shape of each pieces (e.g., how many "u" and "n" edges a piece at the position has), but the shapes on the picture are very inaccurate. It was just a fantastic experience to finish this puzzle. I thought I would take years to finish it (well, without help from my computer). Finishing every piece was just a piece of joy. I believe no other puzzles can make more fun than this. I spent a few days to classify all pieces based on different shapes: (a) with straight edges (on the borders) (b) with all "n" edges (c) with all "u" edges (d) with a single "u" edge and three "n" edges (e) with a single "n" edge and three "u" edges (f) with top & left "n" edges and right & bottom "u" edges (g) with top & bottom "n" edges and left & right "u" edges and finished all borders and pieces in (a) to (f) connecting to borders but except any (g) pieces. There are 1562 (g) pieces! And they just look very similar to each other! At that time, I knew that I had to write some code to help me find all matches under such a difficult situation :) It turned out that it was still a non-trivial and time-consuming task even, with the help of my program. I spent the nights of almost three weeks, and finally I finished the last piece at the night when AlphaGo beat Lee Sedol in the third match :)

Bought this puzzle as a challenge for myself after having completed the 108 piece version. It should be known that the pieces (a) fit together very loosely and hence come apart very easily, (b) are rather small, and (c) only come in one shape (other than the edge pieces). What [may] save yourself from insanity is that each of the quadrants of this puzzle have different shapes printed on the back of the pieces so you can effectively divide this into four 250 piece puzzles. Additionally, you can use the printed shapes to help determine if two pieces actually go together. Pro-tips: Separate all pieces based on which quadrant they go into. Then sort them by edge, horizontal, and vertical pieces. You can tell if the pieces are "vertical" or "horizontal" based on the pattern on the back of the piece, so separate them accordingly. In the case of the circle pattern pieces, where the printed pattern doesn't give any clues, use the width of the skinniest part of the piece: thinner centers are vertical, wider centers are horizontal. Then, I suggest taking one side of the edge pieces and, while they are disconnected, brute force chains/rows of connected pieces until you have no pieces left and then assemble the entire quadrant based on the completed rows. The reason you want to do it this way is because the pieces come apart far too easily which is why making chains is easier. Rated 4 stars because it does seem like a quality puzzle and does live up to the name "White Hell". However, due to how loosely the pieces fit together, I am knocking off a star.

IT TAKES Freakin whole 2 days

I bought this for my dad, since he loves challenging puzzles. It definitely delivered on that front. It took my dad a little over a month and a half to finish chipping away at it. When he finished, a piece was missing. There’s a form in the box to send away for missing pieces, but it’s only valid for Japanese residents. I contacted the company through Amazon and they were quick to make everything right. If you’re looking for a challenge and a great company, this is the puzzle for you!

It gets 10 stars for the laughs it brings. It's really ridiculous to see these teeny tiny pieces that are the same color. However, the quality of the pieces and how small they are makes it almost impossible and not very much fun. I ended up doing the border and about 1/4 of the puzzle. However, I did it upside down with the pattern on the back of the pieces helping. So essentially you can do the puzzle successfully if you do it upside down, but then what's the point? Some of the pieces appeared to fit but the pattern told me they didn't. I just don't know how you could do it without that pattern. I ended up quitting after accidentally breaking a portion of the completed puzzle. It is just too fragile and easy to mess up and I wasn't interested in redoing my work.

great purchase puzzle is exactly what it says, hell.

War ein tolles Geschenk für gute Freunde die gerne Puzzeln, mal was anderes und auch eine neue Herausforderung!

Superbe puzzle, tant au niveau du package que de la finition des pièces. Attention pour les myopes puzzle mini pièces.

Fue un regalo está encantada necesitaba un reto y dice que este es el mejor

With a dad who loves puzzles but finds most not challenging enough this was the latest test for him and took a good while to complete. Durability is marked down a star as he noted that due to the complexity and a number of pieces being incredibly similar when placing and pulling apart he was concerned over damaging the pieces as they seemed fairly thin and flexible.

I bought this gift with next day delivery as I may have forgotten my friends birthday. You know it's going to be difficult when you open the box and every peice is unique. It's been sitting our office kitchen with about 2 weeks now and there's one quarter row of pieces put together. If you want a challenge or really want to annoy someone, get this puzzle.