When, a little while back, I read in Automobile Magazine about the new toys from Automoblox I was intrigued. Then I saw a butterfly roof or something and I forgot about them.
Today in New Canaan Automoblox once again came screeching into my life. The screeching is all imaginative since there are no batteries required and the force that enables propulsion is the same for older Hot-Wheels, Matchbox and Corgi cars and vehicles, arm power.
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[/caption]These are like bastard children of those big wooden cars we had in the waiting rooms of our doctor's offices when we were kids, Hotwheels and Legos. They are, if you have enough of them, almost infinitely customizable and are great fun. I want more and I am nearly 50.
Built on a concept started in 1992 by then Carnegie Mellon Industrial Design student Patrick Calello came up with the idea of automotive building blocks. Then he graduated and got a job. By 1999 he had gained enough experience working for a Fortune 500 company that Automoblox became a reality entering the US, UK and Japanese markets in 2004.
These are fun. They come in two sizes, large which retail for $45.00 and Mini's that retail for between $10 -$12. For more information see their website at automoblox.com
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