1. Members: Francis Nuñez, Ryan Keever, Austin Harvey, Bryce Evans
“Plasticles”
BARF Toys Inc.
Members: Francis Nuñez, Ryan Keever, Austin Harvey, Bryce Evans
C-20
EF 152 Spring 2017

2. Costumer Requirements and Product Selection
Target Customer
Children ages 3-6
Parents who want to give their child freedom to make the toy they desire
Parents who want a durable toy that will last despite common wear and tare
Why This Product
It gives the child creative freedom that is not available in other toys on the market
Other ideas seemed bland and already mass produced
With additional time designing of additional attachments such as a car top and wheels would be possible
Concept sketch of car and wheels.

3. CONCEPTUAL DESIGN INITIAL DESIGN Build your own vehicle concept
How We Got Here
Other ideas: variation of a skateboard, Windup toys, Puzzle Game, Tinker toys
Inspired from years of experience of wanting and buying toys that you can make and take apart to design a toy that you want to play with.
CONCEPTUAL DESIGN
INITIAL DESIGN
Build your own vehicle concept
Durable product made of plastic
3-D printed parts
Pegs and magnets to secure parts together

4. ACTUAL DESIGN CONSTRUCTION:
SPECS:
The base is a 2.5in x 4in x 1in block with multiple pegs for attachments
Attachments: Boat front window, Boat bow, Boat engine, Plane nose, Plane tail, Plane wings, Plane cabin
The largest attachment is the wings measuring 3in x 4in x 1in
ACTUAL DESIGN
CONSTRUCTION:
3-D printed base and attachment pieces with pegs
All pieces were modeled on Inventor prior to being printed
Design ideas were constrained to a smaller scale prototype due to time constraints and modeling limitations
WHY?
This design idea was the most versatile
It gives the kid creative freedom to build the vehicle he or she desires

5. MARKETING VIDEO

6. Response of Seven Year Old Girl
CUSTOMER FEEDBACK
Response of Seven Year Old Girl
She expressed that she would want to play with the toy and that it interested her.
Color preference for the toy was blue
A target price of $15 was not seen as too expensive
The airplane/boat combination of vehicle options was preferred over an airplane/car combination
A design improvement she had was to improve the look of the tail

7. RETAIL PRICE: $7.99 COST AND TIME ESTIMATES Prototype 1000 Units Costs
Materials
Estimated Cost
3-D Printer Filament
$22.99 per kg of filament
Bulk Materials
Bulk Costs
Quantity
3-D Printer Filament
$5.00 per kg
.250kg per unit
Tools in Bulk
Sand Paper
$0.50 per sheet
500 sheets
Metal Files
$2.00 per file
200 files
Tools
Estimated Cost
Sand Paper
$0.66 per sheet
Metal Files
$2.63 per file
Man Hours
13.5 total hours
Estimated Man Hours per Unit
5.5 hours
Total Cost For Prototype
$9.04
Total Cost for 1000 Units $
RETAIL PRICE: $7.99

8. Summary and Conclusions
We believe that this product is more unique than a different variation of a generic toy idea. This constructible vehicle design grants the customer liberty to make the decision on what he or she wants to make. It is also durable due to its plastic construction and lack of thin brittle parts. We can drive down the cost of the product by buying materials in bulk quantities during mass production.
Conclusions
Spending more time on the design would have made the product look more accurately like a plane or boat
Having parts molded instead of printed would most likely be cheaper and more time efficient
Designing on a 3D program prior to printing was helpful in visualizing how attachment would look together