Cubic Fun The Louvre 3D Puzzle, 137 Pieces

I am building a city with all world icon buildings and I am using it for the same.

Overall, I am happy with the way the Louvre I purchased turned out but there were some imperfections in the instructions, design, and pieces of the model. Concerning the instructions the diagram provided explaining where scotch tape needed to be added for the LED lights did not seem workable to me. Ultimately, I was able to find a way to use the tape in such a way to enable me to put the LED lights in the right position, or very close to the right position, but it was not based on the instructions in the diagram. Perhaps, my biggest concern is that the Louvre's pyramid, which is the final piece to put in, was very difficult to insert properly and to best effect. The inserts for the pyramid are much smaller than those for the regular pieces and I needed to use scotch tape to make everything stay. If you use the scotch tape on the interior of the pyramid you can do it so that it won't show from the outside.Otherwise, this set is different from the other cubicfun sets in that a great deal of taping was required using the double sided adhesive tape provided. The good news about the adhesive tape is that there is far more than enough of it to complete the work so if you make a mistake and have to discard some don't worry about it. The tricky thing about the tape is that after you apply it to the piece you have to pull the white part of the tape, on the opposite side of the sticky end, off to create the double sided tape effect. Pulling off the white part is a bit tricky as you sometimes don't pull off enough of the white to get to the sticky part on the first go but with patience I was able to get it done and none of the applicable pieces suffered from inability to stick property. Finally, when I put the three big sections of the Louvre together some of the pieces in the interior of the building, facing the pyramid, came undone. It took about 5 hours to complete.Despite, the issues noted above, the end product looks great.

Given as a gift to a stranger at the traditional Christmas gift exchange of my son's wife’s family, whom I had never met. It created a big splash of approval when the box was opened, but it looked flimsy to me. Cool idea, not so good in execution. To be fair to the seller and the product, I had never before bought an architectural model.

My kid (11) loved it! Wants another. Instructions were mostly pictures she was able to follow. Took her about 3 hours, with just a couple pieces needing reinforcement.

I liked the way the model was inspired by the real building (which I have seen); the instructions were easy to follow, and although I am not usually a quick study with most kinds of puzzles, this one was simpler than expected. A very pleasant task and a presentation-piece for the result.

CubicFun offers the best architectural models I know of. I will make as many as I can find room for. The Louvre model is beautiful.