Transportation design: Kiddie edition! - Yanko Design

Toys are designed to do 3 things. Engage, educate, inspire. They don't necessarily have to fulfill all three weather condition. In fact well-nigh toys can get past the first, or the second. The Hot Wheels cars aren't nearly toys. They are engaging through good design, they teach children principles of physics and blueprint through their tracks, and they've been known to inspire kids into joining the automotive industry subsequently in their lives.

The Hot Wheels Auto Maker is but i of those jaw-dropping products for car enthusiasts both young and one-time. Using bones principles of injection molding, yous become the opportunity to create your ain die-cast hot-wheels cars so decorate them with vinyls before racing confronting your friends.

The Maker comes with a completely child safe blueprint that prevents children from touching hot components or materials. The design features a transmission manus-cranked arrangement that allows melted wax sticks to be injected into a plastic mold. The maker fifty-fifty comes with tools that let you pry the car's exterior off and remove all wax-flares before mounting it onto the pre-fabricated chassis. Cars tin exist molded in dissimilar colors using the wax sticks, and by the looks of it, the finish quality on each automobile is merely stunning.

Designer: Hot Wheels (Mattel)