Aquarius Star Trek 50th Anniversary 3000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle

This is a beautiful graphic with vintage-looking design for the classic original series Star Trek fans. The image is really chock full of characters, aliens, and crewmembers that it is both wistfully nostalgic and fun. The finished size is an overwhelming 32 1/2" wide by 45 1/2" long. The puzzle arrived securely in a clear plastic bag within a graphic box shipped in a cardboard box. The individual puzzle pieces vary from 3/4" to about 1 1/4". All of the pieces in my set were cut cleanly and glued securely with no cracking, peeling, or separation between the top layer with the image and the bottom paperboard layer. There was a bit of dust in the bag, maybe a 1/4 teaspoon worth in total, but it is noticeable. I did have a problem with my puzzle as the finished article was missing three pieces. As the puzzle was started and finished in a room with the door closed at all times, this could only have been a packaging issue at the factory. I contacted NMR Distribution in order to replace the missing pieces. They in turn sent me a whole new puzzle. That seems over and beyond typical customer service (Quelle surprise!) but I did receive a whole new puzzle. The new puzzle arrived about five weeks after first contacting the company, but it was just as the holiday shopping season commenced and they did not have my correct mailing address, so it is understandable. Because of the wonderful customer service, the quality of the jigsaw, and the overall design of the graphic, I am giving this item a five star rating. Now, if only someone can mount it for me...

As a 59 year old life long Star Trek fan, I have to say this puzzle is EPIC. I think the beautiful drawing includes EVERY significant character/guest star/alien in TOS. Really fun to be reminded of all those stories and characters every time you add a piece. My puzzle was 100% complete with ALL pieces accounted for and beautifully cut. CAUTION: As someone mentioned in another review, there is a SLIGHT physical mismatch between two outside edge black border pieces, on the left side and right side, exactly halfway down the puzzle length. It’s nothing that impacts the final picture, as the actual image matches almost perfectly. But it WILL drive you crazy tying to understand why two pieces in the right and left black border don’t align perfectly, especially since they’re almost pure black. Just put them in place and you’ll be fine. GREAT PUZZLE and BEAUTIFUL ART. I plan to seal it with puzzle glue or mod podge, then frame and and mount it on the wall in my man cave. I just bought the 3,000 piece Star Trek: TNG puzzle by the same artist and made by Aquarius. Can’t wait to start it next. Highly Recommended. ----------- Feb 2024 follow-up: Puzzle is now sealed and hanging in the man cave next to the also completed TNG puzzle. See my photos. They are identical in size, and look GREAT together. If you love Star Trek, get them both!

Puzzle appears to be undamaged, however box will be useless - see picture Damage was not from delivery driver as that box was undamaged

First, the art that led me to buy this in the first place. It's totally amazing. All of the major characters and many of the ships and settings of some of the best episodes of STOS all in one image—mind-blowing! As my wife and I worked away on it, so many great memories returned of this iconic show. I was surprised how I still remembered episode and character names, triggered by seeing a face or setting. Brilliantly done, and available as a 27x40 print from the artist's website: dustyabell.com This puzzle is a beast! We had to put both extensions into our dining room table to handle this. The print quality is very good. The pieces fit well. We found very few in the all-black areas that we had trouble getting into the true location because they were "almost" fitting. I'd guess that piece size averages just under an inch. Quite a few pieces have thin areas, and maybe a dozen pieces have very thin sections that made taking it apart yesterday (just in time for Thanksgiving, ha!) very challenging. I think I managed to tear only one piece off. I was happy to find the artist website and order a few printed (one for me, and two for gifts), I think I might have been better off looking into preserving the assembled puzzle and mounting/framing it. It's challenging enough that I'm not going to want to put this together again for many years, and taking it apart was troubling, especially when I tore one of the thinnest pieces.

This was the best. Got it as a bday gift for my mom; spent from July til September working on this thing over the weekends. It is HUGE. Love the colors, love the detail. We ended up missing a single piece by the end, but as we have two cats, I suspect that one of them made off with it at some point during this venture. I highly recommend this puzzle, but be prepared to spend a good chunk of time with it.

Arrivato nel giorno previsto, bellissimo puzzle, poco importa se la scatola non è quella del 50° anniversario è praticamente lo stesso prodotto

Great puzzle. So many episodes revealed as you do it.

Perfecto

Very good customer service when a shipping problem arose, a beautiful puzzle to celebrate Star Trek TOS and I can't wait to finish it :)

Dommage que le produit soit livré sans colis ( enballage de la boite du puzzle dans un sachet et on un carton) , sinon beau puzzle de 3000 pièces