Company Profile

b. dazzle, inc. is the manufacturer of award winning Scramble Squares® 9-piece brain teaser puzzles and Color 'n Seek® hidden pictures art activities for All ages of children, teens, adults and senior citizens, from 4 to 104!

Founded in 1993 by Kathie Gavin, b. dazzle introduced its first products, four Scramble Squares® puzzles and four Color 'n Seek® 2-poster flat packs, in January, 1994. Our high value, low cost, made in the USA mind stimulating activities have received a tremendous response from the market and the trade media from the time that they were first introduced. A buyers' survey by GIFTBEAT of a national network of gift buyers, in its February, 1996 issue, ranked b. dazzle, inc. among the top 5 puzzle and game companies, based upon a rating of the gift stores' top three selling items! Both Scramble Squares® and Color 'n Seek® have been winners of The Great American Toy Test.

Adults and seniors love our 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 130 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.  Here are internet links to two articles attesting to the value of Scramble Squares® puzzles and their popularity among senior citizens:

http://brainaerobicsweekly.blogspot.com/2008/06/beautiful-way-to-challenge-your-brain.html

2007_Spring_Senior_Lifestyles.pdf

Scramble Squares® puzzles are among the most honored products in the gift, games and educational products industries: Our Kites Scramble Squares® puzzle is a winner of the 2010 Learning Magazine Teachers' ChoiceSM Award for the Family and was featured in Learning magazines’s Spring, 2010 issue.  Four Scramble Squares® puzzles have been honored by The Institute for Childhood Resources in San Francisco as among only twenty-nine (29) products world-wide selected as "Dr. Toy's Best Classic Toys for 2009.”  Four b. dazzle, inc. products -- three Scramble Squares® puzzles and Color’n Seek® Ponies and Musical Instruments 2-poster flat pack-- were named as Dr. Toy's Best Play and Learn Vacation Award Winning Products for Summer 2010, and Buffalos, Cowboys & Cowgirls and Roosters were honored as among Dr. Toy's Best Product Picks 2009.  Our Salmon Scramble Squares® puzzle was named one of Dr. Toy's 10 Best Socially Responsible Products for 2009 and among Dr. Toy's 100 Best products for 2009!  In 2008, our American Revolution Scramble Squares® puzzle was named one of "Dr. Toy's 10 Best Educational Products.  Scramble Squares® were also the recipients of the Dr. Toy Best Vacation Children's’ products of 2008 and "Dr. Toy's Best Product Picks 2008."  The Scramble Squares® line of puzzles received the “TOP TOY 2008 AWARD” from TDmonthly,an online trade publication for the toy, hobby, gift and game industries, rated in May, 2008 by Google as the No. 1 site in the world for wholesale trade directories.  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 was named among “Dr. Toy’s 10 BEST EDUCATIONAL PRODUCTS 2007.”  
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 January Chicago Gift & Home Market.  GAMES magazine’s “100 BEST GAMES RATED”  buyers guide issue has rated Scramble Squares® puzzles as among the TOP 100 GAMES for all ages.  Learning Magazine has selected Scramble Squares® puzzles 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. Each puzzle package includes an interpretive panel of fascinating facts on the subject of the puzzle, as well as a trivia question and hidden answer, all packaged in a unique and handy resealable clear vinyl pouch which can be collected and stored easily in a standard 3-ring binder.

Retailers using Scramble Squares® 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 or more 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!

Color ’n Seek® is the only poster art available with hidden pictures and educational word association. The Color ’n Seek® Portfolio Gift Set is a value unmatched in the craft & hobby market, with six 11" x 17" 70 lb. paper stock posters and ten markers for only $8.95 suggested retail! Fourteen styles of hidden picture posters are available in two-poster flatpack sets, for a suggested retail price of only $6.95 ($3.48 wholesale)! Color ’n Seek® hidden picture art activities are the recipients of the Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Awards “Seal of Excellence for 2003,” recognized for their excellence in promoting creativity in play.

Almost every day b. dazzle, inc. receives unsolicited testimonials about our products from retailers and from consumers; a small sampling of these great letters can be seen in our current catalog and on our web site: http://www.b-dazzle.com.

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. Because our society places such a high value on material success, there is the tendency in human nature to pursue success by any means, whether fairly or unfairly, honestly or dishonestly. We strongly believe that with our success comes a duty for us to contribute to our society. We wish to do so by advancing the principles of good character and ethical behavior, not only by operating our business in accordance with ethical standards, but also by advancing and promoting the importance of ethical business practices and ethical behavior throughout our industry and our society at large." The “CHARACTER COUNTS!” Coalition has become the nation’s leading character education system, now reaching five million youngsters through a widespread partnership of schools and youth-serving organizations. Two United States' Presidents, the Congress, most states and countless municipalities have endorsed the Coalition’s approach and declared the third week in October “National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week.”

b.dazzle inc. · 500 Meyer Lane · Redondo Beach,CA 90278
Tel: (310) 374-3000 · Fax: (310) 318-6692 · E-mail: info@b-dazzle.com 

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