St. Patrick's Cathedral

I bought this for my son for a school project. It took us a couple of hours to assemble it, and we had a good time working on it together. He kept saying how cool it was and was excited to show it at school. It is made well and is pretty durable. If I was offering advice on improving it, I would say that I'd like to have a way included in the kit to make it permanently assembled...maybe glue or tape to attach to the tabs underneath once that section is assembled. This isn't really the kind of puzzle you'd want to take back apart and re-work because the paper/cardboard tabs could easily bend and/or break off when being disassembled and would then not be reusable. Also, the instructions are only pictures (no words), so it takes a minute to figure out the process. Once you have the hang of it, it's super easy and lots of fun. My advice: just leave all the pieces attached to the cards they come on to keep it organized. Each piece is labeled with a small letter that corresponds with the instruction booklet, so leaving the pieces attached to the sheets until you're ready to use them seems to make it easier than flipping through each piece every time you need one.There is also a high-quality, full color National Geographic magazine/book that comes with it. That came in super handy for when my son presented it in class, and was a great teaching & learning tool for us. This is a great price for this item.I highly recommend and would definitely purchase this again.

This is a great puzzle. The pieces go together tight. Instructions are clear and accurate

This is really cool, but difficult to put together

Easy to put together and the detail was beautiful. Pay attention to the directions and you should have no problems. I love that you can remove a section and see the inside. Great value for your money. I would definitely buy another model from them. I have received many compliments on the model.

My grandson loved this.

About 5 years ago and prior I had ordered and assembled altogether about 8 of St. Patrick's Cathedral from both "Daron" and "Cubic Fun" on a number of different occasions and was quite pleased with them. I received this current one recently from Cubic Fun and found it very much inferior to the former editions. The boards are thinner and not as sturdy and the images start to peal away from the boards, especially at ends that are pointed. Even more frustrating was the fact that pieces weren't lining up properly. This occurred at the early stage of my assembly and I was so disappointed when I recalled how much well-made the former kits were that I wound up throwing the whole kit in the trash.Although the former kits required patience and dexterity, as well as perseverance, the fact that they were so much sturdier and well-made, with time and careful attention one could fully assemble a nice completed showpiece. I'm sorry to say that this current 3-D puzzle from Cubic Fun is plain junk.I checked online to see if Daron still issued their version, but sadly no Daron versions appear to be available any longer.

My grandson loves this

Had constant problems with the tabs detaching from the foam background. This made it very difficult to insert into the tabs. If the foam detached, the paper left over would not work in the tabs as they are too weak. I could go on about this issue but let me address another problem. In total there are 50 spires. Good luck not accidently bumping the and/or bending them. The spires also had the delamination problem. As for instructions, worst I've ever seen, and I do a lot of puzzle building. Poor experience in general.