Marr-ball Think Toys E-10 By: Ethan England, Matthew Keisling, Drew Tucker, and Caleb Whited EF 152 Spring April 2017

Product Selection and Customer Requirements Given task of building a toy with very few restraints First designed for Sebastian, aged 9, and other children of this age Idea originated from Sebastian’s love for arcade games Wanted it to be simple, fun, and smaller than games at the arcade Product Selection and Customer Requirements

Conceptual Design First sketches started with attached cannon to shoot marbles at a elevated board Was to be solid piece of wood with storage underneath Wanted to include game board and cards to go with shooter Was going to include on board obstacles and removable ones as well First iterations surprisingly were not very different than finalized design

Conceptual Design

Actual Design Finalized design features a loadable cannon with pull-back system to launch Raiseable board with holes to shoot at Magnets underneath board to attract missed shots – adding difficulty Storage area under top for marbles Color coded areas to make product look nicer and add ease of scoring These changes were made based off Sebastian’s feedback, time restraints and money, and our own abilities with wood and workshop tools

Finalized Design Pictures

Marketing Video

Customer Feedback and Results Once product was finished, we delivered it to Sebastian Sebastian loved the product and had a lot of fun playing with the marble shooter Product worked well and our team is pleased with our work We believe kids of ages 7+ and adults as well can all have fun with our toy, making it a very marketable idea

Cost and Time Estimates All items were bought at the local Lowe's   ½ large sheet of oak hardwood - $6.31: used for main board pieces  1/10 long rectangular piece of red oak wood - $0.25: used for cannon  ½  long rectangular piece of pine wood – $1.77: for boundaries and obstacles  Small hinges and short screws and nails- $2.78: for cabinet door and top part of board  7 small circular magnets - $4.48: to put inside obstacles   Metal ball - $1.49: game piece  Spring - $2.98: for cannon  Paint - $0.39: to paint wood  PVC Pipe- $0.20 

Cost and Time Estimates Cont. Design Time: Roughly 7 hours of building (however, we made many mistakes and aren’t good at machinery) Total price: $20.65 + labor  1,000 Units: $20,650  Retail is $30.00 which would give us a profit margin of about $10.00- labor costs

Summary Marble shooter and board Simple and interactive Fun for the whole family as it is a competitive game or can be played alone Reasonable price for the product Easy storage