Before purchasing anything that seems ‘gimmicky’, I always search high & low for blogs & reviews first. Usually this leads to a dim result & no purchase. It was very quickly determined that Flipsi Puzzles were all they claimed to be. In doing the checks this time, I had to ensure to quickly skip anything that contained spoilers because I genuinely wanted to go into it blind. I’m so glad I did!
I bought both Haunted series with boards. Have only completed the Carnival from Haunted Places 2 so far, and I don’t know what I thought would be on the reverse…but it wasn’t that! Was thrilled that it did hold the element of surprise very well.
The two sides are easy to determine what is front & back too, which was awesome because I didn’t want to risk being even remotely clued in to what was to come. It was easy to sort the pieces without looking at all.
The reason I chose to complete this one was because I could tell it had enough going on in the picture that it would be a shorter solution….and I could just get to the reverse quicker. It only took a couple hours each over two nights, perfect way to begin. I really actually started the Mansion first (HP2), but it was a lot more difficult & I was far too impatient to be waiting for my first flip….so I quit. Now I look forward to being more challenged on the 5 still left to do & more patiently waiting for the surprise.
I’ve been recommending these to all my friends, but to anyone with young children, have asked them if they wanted a spoiler photo of reverse so they could determine whether it was something their children would be comfortable with, or if they should flip when the kids were elsewhere. Given that it is a carnival, it may peak the young curiosities. If the other puzzles are of the same or higher result, I would definitely recommend flipping when they’re not home & making the decision on what’s ok for your child.
5 stars all the way…I don’t feel the current Enchanted Series is something that would hold my interest, so I can’t make comments on that…but I definitely look forward to buying more! Wishing the Flipsi team much success for creating something totally unique!