How difficult is a 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle to put together?

[jtvang125]

Haven't done any since I was a kid but I've always enjoyed them. Many of them were just the 200-500 piece ones so I don't think I have ever tackled one in this amount of pieces. Is this something that'll prove too difficult and I'll just ditch half way? Its just a single sided puzzle of a night shot view of Vegas. I plan on hanging it if I ever get it done. Finished dimensions are 26" H x 38" W.

 

[2Xtreme21]

Puzzles frustrate the hell out of me, so I'd never be able to do a 500 piece one, let alone a 2000 piece one. It might be fun to do with a cute girl though.

 

[Eli]

Shouldn't be hard for anyone over the age of 6.

Just takes time.

Start with the outside pieces...

 

[sdifox]

depends on the picture on it

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Depends on the puzzle. Those with a lot of variation in the picture will be easy, those where most of the picture looks the same are tough. I've got a 1000 piece puzzle that's a glass of beer. It's a major bitch.

 

[looker001]

I used to do them for fun, if you're good at it you can do it in 4/5 hours depending what type of picture you're putting together.

 

[nonameo]

IT probably wasn't made with a jigsaw. You got pwned!

 

[shocksyde]

It's about 2,000 times as hard as a two piece jigsaw puzzle.

 

[shortylickens]

Whats that website which lets you upload any photo you want and makes a jigsaw out of it?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Originally posted by: shocksyde
It's about 2,000 times as hard as a two piece jigsaw puzzle.

Sure about that?

 

[Demo24]

heh, I looked at that one yesterday as I was buying a 2000 piece puzzle. I settled on Neuschwanstein castle instead.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Eli
Shouldn't be hard for anyone over the age of 6.

Just takes time.

Start with the outside pieces...

This.

I don't think a night shot of Vegas would be TOO hard, because there's probably a lot of variety in the picture. The difficulty depends entirely on the picture. A picture of a calm ocean is going to be a bit frustrating to put together, because every piece will look the same. A picture with a lot of variety allows you to break the pieces up in to smaller sets.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
heh, I looked at that one yesterday as I was buying a 2000 piece puzzle. I settled on Neuschwanstein castle instead.

Nice

 

[Arkaign]

I had an OCD friend that completed a 1000PC blank white puzzle. Took several weeks.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
I had an OCD friend that completed a 1000PC blank white puzzle. Took several weeks.

Damn, lol...

 

[keird]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
heh, I looked at that one yesterday as I was buying a 2000 piece puzzle. I settled on Neuschwanstein castle instead.

Hey, I went there a couple times!

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: Arkaign
I had an OCD friend that completed a 1000PC blank white puzzle. Took several weeks.

You sure he didn't accidentally have all the pieces wrong side up?

 

[jtvang125]

Originally posted by: DEMO24
heh, I looked at that one yesterday as I was buying a 2000 piece puzzle. I settled on Neuschwanstein castle instead.

Dude I had that same puzzle added to my cart but remove it at the last moment cause I didn't want to buy 2 puzzles when I wasn't sure I'll be able to finish even one. Awesome scenery but looks to be a good challenge though.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

depends on the image on the puzzle, but also the puzzle cut as well. some puzzles have pieces that are shaped in such ways as the be much more difficult.

 

[ManyBeers]

Originally posted by: Eli
Shouldn't be hard for anyone over the age of 6.

Just takes time.

Start with the outside pieces...

So if it was a square or a rectangle you would want to find the 4 corner pieces first? Is that right?

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: ManyBeers

Originally posted by: Eli
Shouldn't be hard for anyone over the age of 6.

Just takes time.

Start with the outside pieces...

So if it was a square or a rectangle you would want to find the 4 corner pieces first? Is that right?

I guess?

It doesn't matter what shape it is.

You could start from the center if you wanted I suppose, but identifying outside edge pieces is easy.

 

[aldamon]

We worked on a puzzle this summer and it was nuts. It was a murder-mystery puzzle and it was actually two (500-piece) puzzles mixed up in one bag with no picture to work from. It was actually a lot of fun but hard as hell to get the pieces sorted out.

http://www.amazon.com/Alphabet...Espresso/dp/B000BXJZ2A

 

[Arkaign]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: Arkaign
I had an OCD friend that completed a 1000PC blank white puzzle. Took several weeks.

You sure he didn't accidentally have all the pieces wrong side up?

No, it was a blank. It was one of the custom ones you can take and get printed with your favorite painting or whatnot, he just left it blank.

 

[CraKaJaX]

My GF and I actually started doing puzzles over Christmas break when we were home together. Was a good time consumer

 

[Tiamat]

Originally posted by: aldamon
We worked on a puzzle this summer and it was nuts. It was a murder-mystery puzzle and it was actually two (500-piece) puzzles mixed up in one bag with no picture to work from. It was actually a lot of fun but hard as hell to get the pieces sorted out.

http://www.amazon.com/Alphabet...Espresso/dp/B000BXJZ2A

LOL, that sounds like a nightmare to me!