Bunk Bots
Jason Hilbourne
Jason Hilbourne is the designer of Bunk
Bots. He is a product design engineer who lives in Portland, Oregon. His two
boys used to bring pointy plastic robot toys into their bunk beds at night. One
day, Hilbourne asked his wife Greta, "How can they sleep with those sharp
claws poking them in the ribs?"
Then he went to the lab and got to work.
After five-year-old Sam used the first soft Bunk Bot prototype (and a fierce
little robot voice) to round up some stuffed animals in the corner of his room,
Hilbourne knew that he was on to something.
These robots got together one day after
lunch and decided to escape from the huge factory. Okay? Now they just want to
hang out in your room and play with your stuff.
Robots with red eyes are up to no good, and they sort of want to take
over the world. But before they do, they want to hang out in your room and play
with your stuff.
The Bunk Bots are superbly made soft
fleece plush robots, 20cm or 8 inches in height and each with their own
personality and style. They have plush mechanical arms and uniquely designed
eyes and mouths.
There are a total of 10 different
characters, using 5 different designs.
Each design is available as a good robot
as well as a bad robot. The difference between the two is that good robots
are light gray and have whites eyes with black dots, while the bad robots are
darker gray and have solid red eyes.
A special
message from Huge Factory to Dads:
Deal with it. Your kid loves stuffed
animals. But you don't have to buy your kid a fluffy pink unicorn or a little
kitty cat doll. Huge Factory is giving you an option that will make everybody
happy. Robots are awesome. Buy your kid a Bunk Bot.
A special
message from Huge Factory to Geeks (or... our peers):
Know your enemy. If the next generation
knows more about robots... if we can influence more children to become
gearheads... then, and only then, will humans have a fighting chance against
the robot apocalypse. Huge Factory is preparing for the future, and you can
too.
Do your part to ensure the survival of the
human race. Buy a Bunk Bot.
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