Legendary Springbok Jigsaw Puzzles

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Waddingtons helped them with the manufacturing process. They concentrated on quality materials with thick cardboard and state of the art lithography. The cutting process ensured repetitive patterns.

Katie Lewin took on the search for images based on their love for the natural world. Indeed they commissioned works from famous artists including Salvador Dali.

The gazelle logo was adopted in 1965 but later dropped and in 1972 the bullseye logo was put in place.

The company was sold on to Hallmark cards in 1967, with production moved to USA. Hallmark jigsaw puzzles continued to tarde as Springbok. Interestingly there was an online petition to Hallmark to appeal for them to continue Springbok jigsaw puzzles production, see Springbok Petition.


In 2001 they were sold on to Allied products.

Their adress is now Allied Products Inc, 1400 Kansas Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64127.

The line is very strong today. The official Springbok website is Springbok-puzzles.

Springbok jigsaw puzzles categories and an example of each are:

• Religious - incl Heralding Angels puzzle


• Wildlife - incl a real Springbok!


• Sports - incl sailboats


• Patriotic Puzzles - incl Uncle Sams USA


• Mary Englebreit - incl Mother Goose, a distinctive patchwork


• Lighthouses - incl Portland Head Lighthouse


• Landscape and Travel - incl the lovely Golden Sunset


• Juvenile Puzzles - incl rubber duckies


• Inspirational - incl I am the Light
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• Holiday - incl Xmas


• Graphic & Colourful - incl Paint Party


• Flowers & Home - incl Garden Window


• Fine Art
- incl The Toy Shoppe

• Fanciful Goods - incl Say Cheese


• Covered Bridges - incl Kokomo


• Coca Cola - great nostalgic images with the famous bottle and logo

Their website is very well organised by puzzle sizes and years back to 2002 as well.

Springbok jigsaw puzzles are still going very strong. The line is beautifully crafted. Importantly the puzzles are hand cut to ensure no pieces are alike.

The quality of these puzzles is so good and the colours so long lasting that they have a substantial following.

A rather excellent in depth website is Springbok Fever. This site details:

• History
• Media articles
• Example puzzles
• Springbok tips
• Colour Protection
• Die cuts
• Paper inserts. Puzzle flyers with advertisements for other puzzles, a great historical record of Springbok jigsaw puzzles. Also facts on the puzzle topic. For example, maps of New York, Ohio and Texas. Also complete educational facts on for example on Canada Goose. And, more, tips on puzzling.
• Lost piece recovery
• Extra difficult puzzles, including mixed puzzles

Some of the tribute to Springbok sites have trading areas for auctions, puzzle pictures submitted by enthusiasts and interestingly great pictures of round, wood puzzles.