Categories: News

One of the Coolest Shark Tank Contestants Yet – Think Toys!

&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"&sol;tags&sol;shark-tank">Shark Tank <&sol;a><&sol;strong>is always filled with exciting new entrepreneurs and the businesses they have created&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Jenn Chin and Ben Baltes are the co-founders of &OpenCurlyQuote;<strong>Toybox<&sol;strong>&comma;” a 3D printer to design and print toys for children&period; They have seen some pretty impressive press reviews and exposure with Mashable&comma; Digital Trends&comma; BBC&comma; and 9 to 5 Toys&period; According to their website&comma; Toybox printer is as easy as 1-2-3&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;149697&lowbar;3926-1024x684&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Jenn Chin and Ben Baltes from Toybox Labs on Shark Tank" class&equals;"wp-image-27693"&sol;><figcaption>ToyBox Labs Owners on Shark Tank &lpar;ABC&sol;Eric McCandless&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Straight from the Make&period;toys website<&sol;strong><br> <strong><em>Find<&sol;em><&sol;strong><em> &&num;8211&semi; Find amazing toys from our huge collection or create your very own&period;<br> <&sol;em><strong><em>Print <&sol;em><&sol;strong><em>&&num;8211&semi; Press one button and watch Toybox bring your toys to life&period;<br> <&sol;em><strong><em>Play<&sol;em><&sol;strong><em> &&num;8211&semi; Have a blast with your newly printed toys&period; There’s no limit to what you can create&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>A look at the Co-Founders of Toybox<&sol;strong><br>Jenn Chin is a graduate of California Polytechnic University&period; She worked at Workday as a product designer&period; She started working as the co-founder of Toybox in 2016&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Ben Baltes was formerly a software engineer at Microsoft&period; He went to the University of Texas&comma; at Austin and became the founder and CEO of Toybox Labs in 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Toybox Labs is based out of Oakland&comma; California&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>They even have an awesome website URL&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;make&period;toys" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" aria-label&equals;"make&period;toys &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;">make&period;toys<&sol;a>&period; &lpar;It works&comma; try it&excl;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Some Crowdfunding Beginnings<&sol;strong><br>Looks like the Toybox 3D printer was placed on the crowdfunding website&comma; Indiegogo&period; They exceeded their goal by far&comma; raising &dollar;155K which was 283&percnt; funded back in September 2017&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>What does Toybox Labs sell&quest; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Toybox Labs catalog consists of 21 products plus a gift card&period; <br> Many of the catalog listings include &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ink” which is also known as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;printer food&period;” It comes in multiple colors for this 3D printer&period; There are also printer bundles which include &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;printer food&comma;” <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;toyboxbundle-1024x1024&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-27423"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Multiple bundles include a catalog of 500 different toys which you can make with your toybox printer&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-feeling-the-vibe-magazine"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;news&sol;shark-tank-star-barbara-corcoran-dishes-business-advice-to-teens&sol;&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>There’s an App for That<&sol;strong><br>Toybox has a Toys App which lets you print out a number of different toys&period; Many have &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;likes” counts&period; Some of the popular printable toys include&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;disk launcher&comma; you can see it here&period; &lpar;263 likes&rpar;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;disklauncher&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-27418"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Toybox keychain &lpar;129 likes&rpar;<&sol;strong><br> <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;toychain&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-27419"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Why is Toybox different from other 3D printers&quest;<&sol;strong><br> It is designed for ease-of-use for kids&period; It gives children the ability to create their own toys on the on the fly&period;<br> Children can upload their own designs&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Press Darlings<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>They were featured on <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;mashable&sol;status&sol;1081839538903883776" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" aria-label&equals;"Mashable &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;">Mashable<&sol;a>&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1081839538903883776" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Look at how easy it is to create your own toy&excl;<br><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;<amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"910337280073646081" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Where is Toybox Today in 2019&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Toybox Labs is consistently adding new printable toys as evident on their <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" aria-label&equals;"toys page &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;make&period;toys&sol;toys" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">toys page&period;<&sol;a> As of writing this article&comma; some toys were added less than an hour ago with a good number of likes associated with each toy&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Their social media accounts &lpar;Facebook&comma; Twitter&comma; and Instagram&rpar; have been updated pretty regularly with the most recent post talking about being on Shark Tank 2019&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;03&sol;Screenshot-2019-03-08-at-11&period;08&period;35-PM&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-27420"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>We couldn’t find the Toybox printer on Amazon yet but it will probably be there soon&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><strong>Watch Shark Tank on Sundays at 10 pm EST &sol; 8 pm CST on ABC&period; <&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-feeling-the-vibe-magazine"><div class&equals;"wp-block-embed&lowbar;&lowbar;wrapper">&NewLine;https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;news&sol;lori-greiner-talks-why-shark-tank-is-so-successful-sneak-peek-into-shark-tank-season-10&sol;&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"saboxplugin-wrap" itemtype&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schema&period;org&sol;Person" itemscope itemprop&equals;"author"><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-tab"><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-gravatar"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;wud&period;tpx&period;mybluehost&period;me&sol;website&lowbar;9bd75fcc&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;04&sol;kristenthree&period;jpg" width&equals;"100" height&equals;"100" alt&equals;"Kristen" itemprop&equals;"image"><&sol;div><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-authorname"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;feelingthevibe&period;com&sol;author&sol;kristen&sol;" class&equals;"vcard author" rel&equals;"author"><span class&equals;"fn">Kristen<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;div><div class&equals;"saboxplugin-desc"><div itemprop&equals;"description"><p>Kristen is co-editor-in-chief of Feeling the Vibe Magazine&period;  Music lover&comma; pianist&comma; and marketing professional&period;  Contact me for any tips or comments at Kristeneditor&commat;feelingthevibe&period;com &period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div><&sol;div><div class&equals;"clearfix"><&sol;div><&sol;div><&sol;div>

Tags: Shark Tank

Recent Posts

Get Her Look: Hailey Bieber at 2025 Met Gala

Hailey Bieber attended the 2025 Met Gala on May 5. She looked effortlessly glam in a chic ensemble, natural makeup…

6 months ago

Tell Me Lies Season 2 on Hulu – What to Expect, Cast & How to Watch

Hulu's breakout hit series Tell Me Lies is back for season 2 this fall. The show, based on the novel…

1 year ago

Are any of the Love Undercover couples still together?

Peacock’s latest series, Love Undercover, has been a popular addition to its lineup. The show followed five international soccer players…

1 year ago

Introducing Más+ by Messi: The Hydration Revolution Begins

Get ready to experience hydration the Messi way with Más+ by Messi, a perfect blend of quality ingredients and phenomenal…

1 year ago

Candace Cameron Bure is Thrilled to Star in New Movie Unsung Hero

Candace Cameron Bure is booked and busy. The 47-year-old is not only starring in an upcoming Great American Family mystery…

2 years ago

Get Her Look: Fashions of Antonela Roccuzzo

Antonela Roccuzzo is the wife of professional soccer player Leo Messi. She is a wife, mother, and has quickly become…

2 years ago