摘要:
A retail store design and method that allows a consumer, particularly a younger child, to actively participate in the customization, assembly, and personalization of a modular toy vehicle while in the retail store environment. The store design can provide an overall experience to the consumer that is interactive and personal. With this store design and method the consumer does not have to settle on limited off-the-shelf variations in toy vehicle design. The consumer can customize their own toy vehicle based on their own individual taste and also participated in the assembly process and personalize the vehicle including assigning a vehicle identification number (VIN) and creating a personalized license plate.
摘要:
A quick mount and dismount design and method of installation for a toy rim and tire/wheel assembly comprising a tire/wheel having an outer tire portion and an inner core ring housing inside the outer tire portion, where the inner core ring housing has an interior cylindrical wall, where the interior wall has multiple ring like recesses. The inner core ring housing can be divided by an expansion seam to allow for press fitting the rim on the tire and press fitting the assembly onto the hub.
摘要:
A method for continuing the purchase experience of a personalized semi-custom toy in a follow-up on-line interface experience or in a physical retail experience. The method includes the steps of a consumer assembling a semi-custom toy configuration by selecting from among multiple major component styles and assembling the major component styles selected and selecting additional optional accessories to add to the major components resulting in a semi-custom toy configuration; the consumer inputting identifiers for the selected major component styles and accessories so that an over all toy identifier can be assigned, which is associated with and correlates to the resulting configuration; memorializing the information electronically into a consumer/toy-configuration profile stored in a database having electronic memory for future retrieval and manipulation.