Players try to manipulate a silver ball through a maze by turning circular handles on the sides of the wooden box that supports the maze.
— These sell well mostly at Christmas, because they run about $50.00 per unit, according to Tom Levin, owner of Tom’s Toys Inc. in Great Barrington, Mass. He said that although knockoffs sell for a lot less, this original version is of superior quality.
— This version is “the granddaddy of them all,” according to Jane Naisbitt, vice president and buyer at Thinker Things in Del Mar, Calif.
— This product has stood the test of time, with BRIO still manufacturing the same model it pumped out more than 50 years ago.