Stage 1

Using original artwork first created by Sam Loyd, each puzzle is painstakingly reproduced down to the minuet detail using both traditional and modern methods of graphic design. This lengthy process ensures that the puzzle you purchase is the same as it was when it was first designed over a century ago.

Stage 2

Once the artwork is completed and approved it is then cut and assembled by hand. It is tested to ensure that it works in the exact same manner as the original.

Stage 3

Using the original puzzle the next stage is to choose the colors. The process compares hundreds of colors against those of the original and then several are chosen. A number of puzzles are colored using the chosen colors and printed using the same techniques as those which will be used to print the final product. The samples are then compared to the original puzzle once again and then one is chosen.

Stage 4

The next important step is to source the right cardboard. Cardboard samples are delivered and each piece is put through a thorough process and once again compared against the original puzzle for color, texture and thickness. Several samples are chosen and then the finished artwork is printed on each sample. That which matches with the original puzzle is chosen.

Stage 5

Once the artwork, colors and cardboard have all been chosen, they are all then put together to create a working mock-up. This is compared to the original. Once we are satisfied the puzzle is perfect it is sent to the printers for proofing.

Stage 6

Samples of the rivets to be used in regards to the vanishing puzzles are delivered. Each rivet is checked for its quality, color and stability and then one is chosen.

Stage 7

Several proofs are made of each puzzle and the artwork and colors are once again thoroughly checked by our artists and production staff. Once they have all agreed, it is then sent for printing.

Stage 8

The printing process takes several days and then each puzzle is left to dry. They are then cut into their respective shape, assembled and riveted by hand.

Stage 9

Puzzles are then delivered to The Sam Loyd Company and checked individually to ensure they are in perfect working condition and have passed our stringent standards. Those that pass are sent off for the final stage.

Stage 10

Sam Loyd once said "People don't care for my puzzles unless they can have
them with my name on them". That's why we consider the last stage to be one
of the most important. Those puzzles that have passed successfully through
every stage of the process are then tagged with the "Sam Loyd Signature
Label". There are two versions of this label one blue and one white both
depicting Sam Loyd's signature. This is your guarantee that the product you
are purchasing is not only of the highest quality but is true to the values
of the world's greatest puzzle creator Sam Loyd.