@The NYC Toy fair 2008 there was only one metal detector maker and that was Bounty Metal detectors – they have an entire line from simple ones (inexpensive) up to beefier ones that include LCD read-outs, iron level detection and ground balancing. The “Gold digger” in only $99 and seems like a good midrange one […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 you tend to see companies with a variety of products, Precision Modelworks has stunning and unique models of various space capsules – Saturn vehicles, Gemini capsules and others from the Mercury missions – if you’re a space buff these might be the only (and best) replicas in existence. In addition […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 Smart Lab had a giant amount learning / science kits for what I would say are on the younger side of the maker timeline – remote control rockets, coin sorters, door alarms, electronics lab, first electronics, microscope, motor mania, rock star mic kit, shark model, stars & planets, voice changer, […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 some old ideas are getting a modern treatment, and doing it in a eco-friendly way. Cardboard design (made in USA) has castles, forts, rockets, playhouse, dollhouses, teepees, dens, chairs and pods made from cardboard. They also have “liquid” cardboard, it’s created so it can take a variety of shapes – […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 not everyone is a toy (or kit) maker – I met with two engineers that just showed up with their working prototype (The Z-drive) in hopes a toy maker might use it for something. It’s pretty incredible – I think these guys are getting my “MAKE’s best of show”… The […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 I saw the German made “Swing-o-graph” – the pictures pretty much explain it all, but just in case – you put the marker/pen in the holder, a “swing” moves the paper around and creates spirograph-like designs. This is one of the products that might fall in to a (re)make – […]
@The NYC Toy fair 2008 there are some toy makers that are doing new things, White Wings is traditionally known for their high performance paper gliders based on the science of flight. Their planes were created by Japan’s foremost paper airplane authority, Dr. Ninomiya – they have robust balsa fuselages and special paper for the […]
