A couple of months ago I learned that there was a new largest puzzle coming out by Ravensburger that is 32000 pieces. It's called Double Retrospect and you can check it out here.
As far as I know it is currently not available for purchase in the USA but is supposed to be available in Feb 2011. Instead of waiting I decided to order it and have it shipped here from Babylon Puzzles in Belgium. I ordered it on Dec 9th, 2010 and as of today, Dec 31st, it is still not here. Apparently major snow storms in Europe and the east coast of the US have caused huge delays in shipments. So I'm waiting patiently for it to arrive so I can start on it. I plan to document the build process on this blog so check back and see how we're doing.
In the mean time, I'll keep working on the 18000 piece Skylines puzzle I have going right now.
Happy New Year!!
Friday, December 31, 2010
LIFE: The Great Challenge - 24000 pieces
Hello, just wanted to write to say what a wonderful experience we had putting this puzzle together. My wife and I have done many large jigsaw puzzles over the years but this one was the most memorable. The puzzle measures 428cm x 157cm (4.28m x 1.57m) or 168.5in x 61.8in (14' .5" x 5' 1.8"). It comes in 4 separate bags of 6000 pieces each. We assembled it one section at a time but you can mix all the sections together if you want to. We received the puzzle in early May and started construction on Mother's Day (May 13th, 2007) and finished it on June 16th, 2007. It took us 34 days!! Working primarily after work and weekends, it took us approx 400 man hours to complete. That's 200 hours for each of us. According to the worldslargestpuzzle.com website we were the first to complete it. I highly recommend attempting this puzzle if you feel you are up to it. I have a website that documents the our construction with lots of pictures if your interested. www.aegroup.com/puzzle. Good Luck!
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