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Electronic party game for Relatable / What Do You Meme? Provided fully engineered and fully designed CAD, design sketches, programming and electronics expertise.

Submarine Busy Board

National Geographic Kids Submarine Busy Board for the Blue Marble toy company. Provided provided fully engineered and fully designed CAD along with experimental prototypes.

Junior Jumbo Marble Run

National Geographic Kids ball drop preschool toy for the Blue Marble toy company. Provided early childhood learning expertise for the instructional cards and advised on the sample tracks with the goal of making the instructions and toy developmentally appropriate and more accessible for independent play by toddlers.

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Scoot Boot

Compact folding trailer that attaches to a scooter. Provided brainstorming, play testing, design, CAD, mechanical engineering, prototyping and video editing.

Cows in Space

Motorized electronic game for Relatable. Provided fully functional, fully engineered CAD and experimental prototypes. A Toy of the Year / Game of the Year finalist for 2026.

Purple and yellow Aerobie Bounce Disc packaging.

Aerobie Bounce Disk

Innovative bouncing disk for Spin Master. Supported R&D efforts by providing quick-turnaround prototypes for experimental purposes.

Potato Head Redesign

Improved design of Potato Head toys for Hasbro. Led brainstorms, play testing, and focus groups to identify areas of improvement for the flagship brand, including better socket connections, a “tater tush” door, and other ways to make parts easier to assemble. Also provided CAD, prototyping, and experimentation to achieve optimal function.

Dog treat puzzle toy with interactive features.

Paw N’ Play

Dog food dispenser in the familiar form of the classic Hungry Hippos toy for Outward Hound and Nina Ottosson. Provided 3D functional CAD, R&D, and manufacturing expertise. Patent pending.

Blue cat toy with colorful feather attachment.

Electronic Dart N’ Dash Cat Toy

Motorized cat toy for top-selling pet toy brand Catstages by Outward Hound. Snaps into the top of their popular Tower of Tracks toys. Provided fully functional CAD, programming, mechanical and electronics prototyping, R&D, and manufacturing expertise.

Blue butterfly toy on a light blue base.

Electronic Flutter Dome Cat Toy

Motorized cat toy for #1 top-selling pet toy brand Catstages by Outward Hound. Snaps into the top of their popular Tower of Tracks toys. Provided fully functional CAD, programming, mechanical and electronics prototyping, R&D, and manufacturing expertise.

Green toy with purple balls and blue center.

Twist-a-Ball Track

Transforming cat toy for #1 top-selling pet toy brand Catstages by Outward Hound. Provided fully functional CAD and manufacturing expertise. Patent pending.

Scratch Topper Treat Dispenser

Spinning treat dispenser for #1 top-selling pet toy brand Catstages by Outward Hound. Plugs into cardboard cat scratchers. Provided fully functional CAD and manufacturing expertise. Patent pending.

2in1 Topper Twinkle Star

2-in-1 fidget spinner LED toy for #1 top-selling pet toy brand, Catstages by Outward Hound. Snaps into their best-selling product, the Tower of Tracks. Provided manufacturing and electronics expertise. Patent pending.

Orange and blue interactive pet toy with treats.

Tower of Treats Puzzle

Challenging level 4 dog treat puzzle for Outward Hound and Nina Ottosson. Provided manufacturing expertise, experimental prototypes, and assistance with CAD. Patent pending.

Colorful feather duster with blue handle.

2-in-1 Spring Toy Cat Toy and Cat Ball Track Topper

2-in-1 spring toy for #1 top-selling pet toy brand Catstages by Outward Hound. Snaps into their best-selling product, the Tower of Tracks. Provided fully functional CAD, experimental prototypes and manufacturing expertise. Patent pending.

Spider-Man wrist web shooter toy packaging

Spider-Man Real Webs Ultimate Web Blaster

Web Blaster, for Hasbro, uses an interesting blend of nontoxic ingredients to create a realistic web-like material that looks very similar to what you see in the movies. Supported R&D efforts with prototyping and experimentation to achieve an ideal nozzle and mechanism for mixing and squirting the ingredients.

Valor Compact Folding Scooter

The world's smallest compact folding scooter for Spin Master. Supported R&D by providing solutions and quick turnaround CAD, metal prototyping and abuse testing to meet ASTM F2264 scooter standards.

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Our Team

Owner, Principal Design Engineer

Jeffrey Paris

Design Partner

Warren Frederick

Design Director

Heather Summers

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Principal Designer

Grady Haye

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Metal Shop Manager, Founder of Little Machine Shop

Chris Wood

Model Shop Manager, Animatronic Wizard

Dave Moomaw

Principal Electronics Engineer

Peter Hohenbrink

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Electronics and Prototyping

Will Sakran

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Director at Cottage Coop Nursery School

Jocelyn Robertson

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Early Childhood Learning Expert

Meryl Opsal

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Improv Coach/Brainstorm Leader

Bill Chott

Electronics Engineer & Demolitions Expert

Devinder Grewal

Director of Games

Nick Green