However as time led on new innovations came in to play with the improvements in lithography
and die-cutting making the cardboard puzzles a lot more attractive. With the puzzler addicts starting to suffer withdrawal symptoms, Dave Tibbett's and Steve Richardson took hold of the opportunity and founded their very own puzzle company called Stave Puzzles which within only two years succeeded Par as leaders within the world of wooden puzzles. In fact Stave actually excelled and went beyond Par, by commissioning original artwork and experimented with pop-up figure pieces which in turn led to the success of the three dimensional puzzles. As the years moved on Richardson carried on experimenting and finally invented a vast variety of "Trick Puzzles" that actually fit together in many different ways however there is only one correct solution. Stave went from strength to strength emphasizing the choice of personalised puzzles and service up to the point of even remembering their customer's birthdays.