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I attended yet another event at the Cooper-Hewitt tonight. This time it was a panel discussion with 4 educators regarding “Design For The Other 90%”. That is the name of an exhibit that was showing in the garden of the museum for a few months and is about to move out this Sunday Sep 23rd, 2007.
They did broadcast this event live on their website, but if you go there now you wont see the movie. Or at least I couldn’t. Perhaps it will be posted later.
I brought my recorder with me so I can post an mp3 for you to download if you really want to hear it. Its 1:15 hr long.
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Can you believe it! The BlipToys website is finally up! They finally have a presence on the internet for you to browse products and contact them for support.
The site looks pretty good and you get to see other products they offer including the Trigger Fire launcher I haven’t seen in stores yet. They also have other toy lines like Card-works and Pin Print and Hairballs under the Wild Time brand.
I contacted them this morning through email and asked about Zoom-O replacement discs for my very important readers.
I had a very nice email chat with Alison Whitaker of Blip Toys, Inc.
Unfortunately replacement discs are not for sale at this time, but she was willing to send me a few by mail. How cool is that?
“But what about my friends, they need them too?” I asked. “Their kids have been crying for months” *
“Please direct others to our website and they may contact us via the service@bliptoys.com email address if they need replacement discs.” she said.
Not bad I thought.
So off you go moms and dads. Go get your Zoom-O discs for your kids. (ZoomO refills)
I would guess they wouldn’t send you a whole bunch of them, however, so if you are interested in more than a few to last you through enough dog chewing, roof topping, and bush hiding for the next year you’ll probably have to wait to see what develops down the road.
Maybe they’ll offer them for sale eventually. Who knows?
But whatever happens I’ll try to keep you posted with the latest.
I hope this helps you all out for a bit and keeps your kids happy. Let me know how it goes and leave a comment when you get your parts.
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*Disclaimer: I didn’t actually say what I have in quotes up there, but I did ask what other people should do and that is her quote and she does welcome your emails.
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I was fortunate enough to attend this interview by Kim Hastreiter, Editor of Paper magazine, held at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum tonight. I missed the first 15 minutes of the interview but the rest was well worth the $10 admission fee (member discount). I am going to paraphrase some highlights from the interview and include some of his quotes. Bear with me I am not a journalist, I am just giving you some tidbits from my experience tonight.
Update: This interview was video taped by the museum. The video should be available on their site in about 2 weeks.
If you don’t know who Ingo Maurer is you can check out his website and if you are in the NYC area you can go to the Cooper-Hewitt Museum and check out his exhibit.
He is a designer who emigrated from Germany in the 60s, worked as a freelance designer in NY and SF and then settles in Munich and has created award winning designs ever since his first called “Bulb”. You can learn more about his history on his website in the TEAM section. It is interesting to see how he started with only one product making it in his basement in a one-man workshop and now has a big company with 36 or more employees.
Comments(3) Sometimes I take things apart but don’t have much written about them.
Here is a Nerf Buzzsaw Ball Shooter. It is something I picked up after I got the Zoom-O ball launcher. I wanted to have a motorized launcher in the shape of a gun. This Buzzsaw had all I needed except a motor. Maybe someone out there will find a way to add a motor to the wheel and get it to work. Until then I’ll just post these series of photos showing the product inside and out.
