While watching the US version of Dragons Den, Shark Tank, there came on an inventor who had a bendable construction toy called Qubits. It looked pretty good, however there was a caveat: they would go to the 4 big toy makers and see if they would take some orders.
Sadly, after they left the Tank, the big toy firms weren’t too keen on the project and the deal was off. Having such a large competitor as Lego may have been crucial in this decision.
However, the inventor has been mentored by John and he has won a contract from Discovery Toys and in addition he won a British Airways invention award which had prize money. This has been used to help drum up business outside the USA.
You can see for yourself and visit the toy construction maker here: http://www.qubits.com/
I wonder if he has moved into the educational arena and/or computer games? I would be interested to find out what is currently happening, as the information I found was a bit out of date. Can David beat Goliath?
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