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Article: Construction toy takes a combined leap: Liberty Lake's MINDS-i uses Lego, Erector set concepts.
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- The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA)
- Article date:
- October 10, 2007
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Byline: Parker Howell
Oct. 10--A plastic tank, rock-crawler trucks and a lowrider in various stages of assembly line the shelves and tables of a small office inside a Liberty Lake industrial building.
Tools and hundreds of plastic components that make up the vehicles -- which resemble a combination of Lego Technic, Erector sets and remote-control cars -- litter tables and the floor. It's the space where three young men have helped Altek Inc. President Mike Marzetta develop MINDS-i, a new customizable construction toy they foresee offering fun for kids of all ages.
MINDS-i LLC, which has recruited a former Hasbro Inc. toy executive as its CEO, ...
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