GeoSpacePlay.com - RC cars, Stilts, Pogos, & more from toy manufacturer Geospace
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Geospace International, toy manufacturer and distributor of JUMPAROO Pogo Sticks, WALKAROO Stilts for kids, Pump Rockets, Air Kicks, Childrens Educational Toys, Easy Hatch, Outdoor Toys, Grow Your Own Fish Aquarium for kids, Childrens Games, Foam Planes & other Flying toys, Summer Water & Pool Toys, and Word Games.
Description
Geospace is a toy manufacturer and distributor based in Seattle, WA. Up until 1993, its best-known products were GEOSPACE Magnetic Marbles and other related products that included games, building sets, and action sets for adults and kids. Although Magnetic Toys are still part of our business, now we're receiving a ton of worldwide notoriety for our many other lines, including Remote Control toys, Sports & Outdoor Toys, a new line of Outdoor Water Toys, Games, Action Figures, and our extensive line of soft-foam Air-Powered Flying Toys called PUMP ROCKETS.
Among our most popular toys are our MicroDriverz R/C RODZ, "The World's Smallest Remote Control Car!" The MicroDriverz line includes Cars, Trucks, and Boats. Our Sports & Fitness category is made up of AIR KICKS & KICKAROOS Anti-Gravity Boots, WALKAROO Stilts, and Pogo Sticks. In 2008, we introduced a unique new product which has received an amazing response, the EASY HATCH Tropical Fish Hatchery (a Grow-Your-Own Fish at home kit). In addition, we make a number of fun, classic toys (with a 21st century twist), such as spinning tops, high-bounce balls, race cars, flying planes, toss-and-catch toys, and building sets.
In addition to magnetic marbles, the products that put our company on the map was our line of magnetic "SPINGAMES." The original WORD SPIN® travel game was created in 1994 by Dennis Binkley, the president of Geospace, and his Product Design Team. Using the earlier magnetic products as a springboard, the team came up with the idea of small magnetized disks, each with several flat sides (or facets) on them. Letters were printed on each of the facets, and each disk was given a different set of letters. Several disks, held together by magnetic energy, could be easily spun in either direction, and their position within a group of disks could be easily changed. Each letter was given a different numerical value. By spinning and changing the order of the disks (from two to several), a person can form words of different values. WORD SPIN was born, and the rest, as they say, is history.
