3 New Scramble Squares Puzzles Introduced by b. dazzle, inc.

b. dazzle, inc. of Redondo Beach, California, has announced this summer’s introduction of three (3) new Scramble Squares® 9-piece brain teaser puzzles: “American Revolution,” “Kites” and “Moose!”

Adults and seniors love made-in-America puzzles at least as much as do children, teenagers and college students. Although each Scramble Squares® puzzle has only nine 4″ x 4″ square pieces, Scramble Squares® puzzles are Perhaps the World’s Most Challenging Puzzle®! At under $10.00 each suggested retail, Scramble Squares® puzzles make inexpensive, but highly valued gifts for both men and women alike… for Father’s Day, Mother’s Day, Graduation, Travel, Get Well, Easter baskets and other baskets, Birthdays and for the Holidays. Scramble Squares® puzzles are Easy To Play, But Hard To Solve®! Over 125 exquisite styles of colorful original art are available on nature, sports, history, culture, geography, science, technology, gourmet, occupations, fantasy, hobbies and activities, and more new styles are added throughout each year.

Scramble Squares® puzzles are among the most honored products in the gift, games and educational products industries: Scramble Squares® were winners of the Dr. Toy Best Vacation Childrens’ products of 2008, awarded by The Institute for Childhood Resources in San Francisco. The National Parenting Publications Awards (NAPPA), a program sponsored by Dominion Parenting Media and promoted in association with parenting publishers across the United States, has named six Scramble Squares® puzzles as 2007 NAPPA HONOR AWARD winners: Noah’s Ark, Pirates, Planets, Puffins, Swimming Champions and Teachers. Our “Teachers” Scramble Squares® puzzle also was named among “Dr. Toy’s 10 BEST EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS 2007.” Our Swimming Champions Scramble Squares® puzzle was named as a Resource Program Summer 2007 Dr. Toy Best Product Award Winner, as among “Dr. Toy’s 10 BEST SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTS” FOR 2006 and as one of “Dr. Toy’s 100 BEST CHILDREN’S PRODUCTS” FOR 2006 by The Institute for Childhood Resources. Scramble Squares® puzzles received the maximum number of four “Dr. Toy’s Smart Play/Smart Toys Awards for 2006” from the Institute for Childhood Resources. Five more Scramble Squares® puzzles were also honored by the Institute for Childhood Resources as “Dr. Toy’s BEST VACATION Children’s Products 2006.” Ten Scramble Squares® puzzles were honored as “Dr. Toy’s Smart Play/Smart Toys in 2005.” Our Insects Scramble Squares® puzzle was named an “HONOR AWARD” winner by the 2005 National Parenting Publications Awards. In 2004, ten Scramble Squares® puzzles were honored as “Dr. Toy’s SMART PLAY/SMART TOYS,” and our “Manatees” Scramble Squares ® puzzle was awarded a “Dr. Toy’s 10 BEST SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE PRODUCTS award” for 2004. Scramble Squares® puzzles received 10 of the 79 total “Dr. Toy’s Smart Play/Smart Toys” awards bestowed by the Institute in 2004! The GREAT AMERICAN TOY TEST, for its 25th Anniversary Awards, named 5 Scramble Squares® puzzles as among the best products for 2004 in its “Games & Puzzles” category, more awards than received by any other company. Scramble Squares® puzzles were awarded the “Chicago’s Choice Awards for 2004,” presented during the January Chicago Gift & Home Market to acknowledge distinctive gift products exhibited at the Chicago Gift & Home Market. GAMES magazine’s “100 BEST GAMES RATED” buyers guide issue has rated Scramble Squares® as among the TOP 100 GAMES for all ages. Learning Magazine has selected Scramble Squares® as a Product Pick for Math in the Games category.

Scramble Squares® puzzles teach patience, perseverance, fine motor skills and critical thinking skills and help maintain mental agility in older persons, while providing stimulating entertainment as either a solitaire game or a cooperative activity. They are highly rated by the Ableplay.org web site of the Lekotek National Center in Chicago, which ranks products that are beneficial to the learning disabled. Each puzzle package includes an interpretive panel of fascinating facts on the subject of the puzzle, as well as a trivia question and a hidden answer to that trivia question, all packaged in a unique and handy resealable clear vinyl travel pouch which can be collected and stored easily in a standard 3-ring binder.

The fabulous “Scramble Squares® 5-MINUTE CHALLENGE®:”

Retailers using our displays can offer consumers a free Scramble Squares® puzzle if the consumer can solve the demonstration Scramble Squares® puzzle within 5 minutes. Once a consumer tries to solve a Scramble Squares® puzzle, he/she usually gets “hooked” and wants to buy at least one to take home and prove that he/she can solve it (or to torment friends and family)! Often consumers who have taken The 5-MINUTE CHALLENGE® buy two or three and even six or eight Scramble Squares® puzzles at a time!! b. dazzle, inc. will replace for the retailer at no charge any puzzles won by a consumer in our 5-MINUTE CHALLENGE® promotion. We know that we give away, on the average, only one puzzle for every 5,000 sold!

Founded in 1993, b. dazzle, inc. is a progressive market-driven company which manufactures and distributes wholesale in the gift, souvenir, toy and educational products industries a wide range of beautiful, wholesome, entertaining and informative gifts of high quality and low cost for all ages of adults and children that can be selected by style to appeal to the personal interests of the recipient and can be enjoyed as family activities. b. dazzle, inc. is an Official Member of the “CHARACTER COUNTS!” COALITION of the Josephson Institute of Ethics in Los Angeles: http://www.charactercounts.org (800-711-2670; 310-846-4800). The purpose of the “CHARACTER COUNTS!” Coalition is to fortify the lives of America’s young people with consensus ethical values called the “Six Pillars of Character.” These six key character values, which transcend divisions of race, creed, politics, gender and wealth, are trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship.

For further information, contact Kathie Gavin at b. dazzle inc., 500 Meyer Lane, Redondo Beach, California 90278. The telephone, fax, e-mail and web site numbers are as follows: Phone: (310) 374-3000; Fax: (310) 318-6692; E-mail: info {at} b-dazzle(.)com; World Wide Web Site: http://www.b-dazzle.com.
Contacts

b. dazzle, inc.
Marshall Gavin, 310-374-3000