Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden 48-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle – Pirates
Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at
1:25 pm
Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden 48-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle – Pirates
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5
- Colorful and playful 48-piece jigsaws come in wooden storage trays
- Look like new even after extensive use
- Bright, colorful and dynamic
- Exceptional quality and value
- Recommended age range from 3 to 5 years
Product Description
Sailing over the bounding main comes the ship in this Pirate Adventure Jigsaw Puzzle, where even the mouse is ready for adventure! Discovering all the fun details in this picture will be an adventure for the assembler! This wooden, 48-piece jigsaw puzzle comes packaged in a sturdy, wooden tray for puzzle building and easy storage…. More >>
Melissa & Doug Deluxe Wooden 48-Piece Jigsaw Puzzle – Pirates
Tagged with: 48Piece • Deluxe • Doug • Jigsaw • Melissa • Pirates • Puzzle • Wooden
Filed under: Toys for Preschoolers
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My 4 year old son got this puzzle and another M&D puzzle last week for his birthday. The graphics are wonderful, but that’s all the good things I can say about them. The pictures are already starting to come off of the pieces, the pieces are really hard to get apart, and there are wood fragments coming off this puzzle like crazy. The ends of the pieces are sharp and it gives me the willies to touch them because of the wood shards that are sticking out of the pieces and board. I would have a cardboard puzzle over these any day.
Rating: 1 / 5
I purchased this puzzle for my 4 year old daughter 1 year ago. She has put it together many times first with assistance then on her own. My 9 year old also has enjoyed putting it together as fast as she can. My 2 year old likes to help Mommy & sister, and I enjoy working on this puzzle with them. It’s a very fun puzzle to put together.
The puzzle is very durable, keeping in mind that dogs may like to chew them (not durable for this use). Each piece has an identifying characteristic to it, which is helpful finding the right place for it. It’s a great puzzle! We love Melissa & Doug products!
Rating: 5 / 5
There’s nothing to dislike about this puzzle. As with many Melissa and Doug puzzles, thought has been given to everything, even the placement of lines within the image and how they bridge the edges of the puzzle pieces. Gorgeous colours, good construction, a cute design, and enough repetition of thematic elements to give young minds small problems to ponder. My 4-year-old has gone on to tougher puzzles, but still likes to put this one together on occasion.
Rating: 5 / 5
My son got this puzzle two weeks ago, and he still asks to put it together every day. It’s enough of a challenge for him (age 3) but still exciting, especially with the pirates! The colors are very nice and vibrant, and I like that it comes with a wooden “frame” in which to assemble the puzzle.
My only complaint is the quality of construction. When we first opened it, the pieces had to be taken apart. They were so tight-fitting that it was difficult even for me to separate the pieces. I got a splinter or two due to the way the many THIN layers of wood were glued together. After putting together the puzzle twice, we noticed that the tabs were flaking off the back of each piece, again due to the extremely thin nature of the bottom few pieces of wood. I’m just not used to this from M&D products, and frankly I’m disappointed. It was not a very costly puzzle for sure, but it would be nice to get something for my son that would last for more than a month.
So, fun – absolutely!! Durable – nope. Enjoy it while it lasts!
Rating: 3 / 5
i have the jungle version and this pirate puzzle for my twin 5yos boys. they can do the puzzle just fine (it’s a challenge but not impossible), however the problem here is that the reference picture is on the back side of the puzzle board. unless my kids assemble the puzzle on the table without using the board, they become very frustrated because there is no picture to look at. other reviewers said there were splinters and the pictures were coming off the pieces, i did not experience any of those problems – the pieces fit together snugly but not too tightly where they break. the puzzle itself is well-made, but i think the puzzle books (by anne sharp or others) work better for our family.
Rating: 3 / 5