An Open Letter to Puzz 3d

Dear Purveyors of Tri-Dimensional Puzzle Goodness,

Hello Puzz 3D. I am Jatser, a mid-twenties geek from Ohio (sorry about the election). Anyways, my fiancee Laura and I were watching an episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond", where Ray and his mother-in-law were bonding over a puzzle. Laura and I like to "bond", so we went out to get some of that puzzle goodness. Suffice to say, we ended up getting a Puzz 3D because, well, an extra dimension of puzzling must equal even more fun. We went with the model "Minas Tirith" from Lord of the Rings, because I am a huge dork.


Laura was sleeping, so I decided to dive in and see what this thing was all about (for all those dirty thinkers, I'm talking about the puzzle). So I open it up, and the first thing I notice is that it's all foam. Okay, I think, I see why, it needs to be cheap and be able to fit well together in 3 dimensions, so that's cool. Static electricity might be a problem, but whatever.

Then I read the directions. It turns out I have to remove all the "bad" pieces with red dots on them, that these are not real puzzle pieces but left-overs of the puzzle-making process. Not only that, but most of the good pieces have holes in them to fit in three dimensions, but most of these need punched out by yours truly. Thanks a lot Puzz 3D. Not only did I spend an hour and a half separating the good pieces from the bad like some evil puzzle segregationist, but I had to spend another hour punching holes out of the good pieces so they would fit. Thanks for taking the fun out of the whole puzzle process.

We paid $29.99 for a puzzle that wasn't even ready for putting together yet. I felt like I was the last worker on the assembly line. If you guys ever have any competition in the 3D puzzle market, be sure that I will choose your competitors over you any day of the week.

Your Disgruntled Puzzle Geek,
Jatser