Laurence King The Mythical World 1000 Piece Puzzle

First, the bad: Every single piece is the same standard two in, two out shape. Not the edges of course, but even they look like the standard cut, just trimmed. EXCEPT randomly two pieces near the middle. Legit thought they were from a different puzzle for a bit before I figured out where they went.The same-ness of all the pieces makes it harder to identify what piece you're looking for by shape and can feel a bit boring.Cardboard quality is decent. Little to no puzzle dust. Interlocks a little bit and you can pick up a couple of pieces together, though no large sections. Only had a couple of issues with pieces fitting together that did not belong.Still had a lot of fun. The art is gorgeous. As a big fan of mythology and folklore I was excited to see some more obscure or lesser known creatures on here that I don't see mentioned often. The illustration was unique and varied across the board making up for the sameness of the piece shapes. And even the ocean has a lot of texture and unique identifiers to keep you from every truly having to resort to brute forcing pieces once you get past the border edge.Includes a poster of the image, and on the back of the poster has a full breakdown and brief description of each creature which is a nice touch.

I love all of these "World of" puzzles from Laurence King. This was one of my favorites. The design is beautiful and interesting. It was alot of fun and excellent quality. This is one I've put aside that I might do again in the future. Highly recommend.

Beautiful puzzle even though the details do appear tiny in the completed picture. I enjoyed very much working on this puzzle. I’d say its level of difficulty is medium. The final result is beautiful and worthy the efforts.

I highly recommend this for teachers who were going to teach mythology

I have done a few of the Lawrence King puzzles and have noticed that their puzzles manufactured in China are of a lower quality than their others. This is a good example- lovely design but innumerable false fits. It comes with a poster but the poster is pretty big and hard to use.

I like several of the puzzles by this company. This one is easier than some due to the border, but it’s fun to complete.

A nice break from landscape puzzles.

We love this puzzle for many reasons, the artwork, colors, and quality of the puzzle pieces. However, there is nothing worse than doing a puzzle and missing a piece. The whole experience is a bummer. We bought this puzzle during the pandemic but only got around to doing it now so don't know if anyone can help me. We purchased several other Laurence King puzzles, but are hesitant about buying anymore. If it was not for the missing piece, this would definitely be a 5 star product. Any help would be appreciated.