Sk8zzles (not Skuzzles)

From the folks at Brand X, life-size skateboard deck puzzles, AKA S8zzles. The name doesn’t exactly flow off the tongue, (I keep hearing “skuzzles” in my head) but you get the idea. The first 4 releases feature the classic Weirdo, a later era X-Dream, and the Brand X flavored Lester Kasai reissue deck featuring his famous Sims graphics in 2 color ways. What’s the connection? Brand X was started by Bernie Tostenson who did most of those early 80’s Sims graphics. I’m not sure how they are getting away with this copyright-wise, but The Brand X folks have a ton old screen printing films from the Bernie days, including Sims and Kryptonics artwork. The thing that makes these skateboard puzzles more interesting (and expensive to produce) is the decision to die cut these puzzles in the shape of the actual boards instead of just leaving them on a rectangular background.