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Custom BB Puzzles
In-Stock BB Puzzles
In-Stock BB Puzzles
In-Stock BB Puzzles
In-Stock BB Puzzles
In-Stock BB Puzzles
BB Puzzle Craft Kit
In-Stock BB Puzzles
BB Puzzle Of The Month Club
BB Puzzle Of The Month Club
BB Puzzle Of The Month Club
BB Puzzle Of The Month Club
History Of The BB Puzzle
BB Puzzle Of The Month Club
History Of The BB Puzzle
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BB Puzzle Of The Month Club
History Of The BB Puzzle
Custom BB Puzzles
Custom BB Puzzles make a unique souvenir, advertisement or gift. Your custom message will remain in the recipients hands as they play with the puzzle again and again.
In-Stock BB Puzzles
Need a last-minute gift or a sure-seller in your shop? In-stock BB Puzzles fit the bill. All major holidays and special occasions are in stock now.
BB Puzzle Of The Month Club
Imagine receiving a different BB Puzzle every month! What a great gift to look forward to - and every month the recipient will think of you. Start at any time and receive 12 fun-filled months of BB Puzzles for the price of 10. All BB Puzzles Of The Month are dated to make a valuable collectable!
A BRIEF HISTORY OF BB PUZZLES
In addition to being an entertaining pastime, studies have found that working on puzzles of various types can improve memory, cognitive function, creativity, concentration, problem-solving skills, fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination. The Association for Psychological Science and The Alzheimer’s Association are among health advocates that have touted the advantages of “playing” with puzzles. BB puzzles are a form of mechanical puzzles, which are 3D puzzles, designed to challenge the dexterity of the player.
Housed in the National Museum of Pakistan, the world’s oldest BB puzzle dates to as early as 2550 BC. The goal of a BB puzzle is to maneuver a number of small balls contained in a sealed transparent container (similar to a petri dish) into a “home base,” often around obstacles. Over the years, the balls have been made from a number of materials, including clay, lead, steel and even mercury.
One of the most famous BB puzzles was Pigs in Clover, created by Charles M. Crandall. The object was to corral a number of BBs into a pig pen at the center of the puzzle. Randall’s puzzle lead to a BB craze in the late 1880’s, during which more than 8000 puzzles a day were manufactured. This puzzle was reproduced by Milton Bradley beginning in the 1930’s and can still be collected today.
With incredible popularity around the world, the London-based R. Journet & Company vastly expanded the variety of BB puzzles available. In addition to offering nature, animal and nautical scenes and images of popular culture like sports, circuses and cartoons, the puzzles were a very cost-effective product advertisement; and since they were lightweight and easy to carry, BB puzzles became very popular with soldiers, often containing “cheesecake” images and propaganda messages.
But as electronic games rose to popularity in the 1970’s, BB puzzles gradually faded in popularity until they all but disappeared from the mass marketplace. BB Puzzles.com is proud to bring them back in all their glory at an affordable cost. We can provide you with generic stock BB puzzles or custom souvenir BB puzzles with a minimum order of only 12 pieces.
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