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August 29, 2015

Big toys for the big kid in all of us

by John_A

Some of the toys we played with as children have grown up along with us and now they pack adult-sized fun. Memorable designs have bubbled up into lifestyle products with smarts, but most offer what we always loved them for: an action-packed thrill. Sure, we can drive real cars now, but that doesn’t diminish the urge to drift on a motorized Big Wheel. Skateboards and pogo sticks have powered up over the years, too, and hoverboards can now actually hover. This week we pay tribute to the big kid inside each of us with a lineup of reinvented, rebuilt and improved versions of playtime classics.

[Image: Local Motors]

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Robots, Transportation

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Tags: big toys, drift, electric skateboard, flybar, hoverboard, MAME, roland, skateboard, tangram, toys for big kids, traxxas xo-1, vurtego

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