inaugural post

 

inaugural post

 

when you see this post, don’t think of posting something on the bulletin boards, and don’t think of mailing something, think of some gnarled fence post pounded into the ground on the corner of some plot in the countryside.  this post is just a branch that was busted off some tree, but the cool thing about it is that it was pounded in while it was still green, and the ground was pretty good, so it actually sprouted roots, if you can believe it, and the little buds and stuff.  that’s what kind of post this is. …well, sort of.

 

bringing us up to the present:

 

2001: 

• the first monkey knuckles were born, under the name “wing nuts”

• the name monkey knuckles is coined  

• being the only player of this toy, matt adopts the title of world champion

 

2002: 

• connected with some of the folks involved with astrojax

• invited to the NY Toy Fair to get acquainted with the toy industry

• exciting times as numerous companies tragically and sometimes dramatically reject the idea of licensing mk

 

2003: 

• US Patent filed for “toy having two sliding balls on a string with end stoppers”

• down time for mk… play develops among a small core of players

 

2006:

• US Patent granted… breathing new life into mk

• monkey knuckles goes into small-scale production

• aroundsquare is born as a butterfly net to collect and other toy ideas which had been floating aimlessly

• aroundsquare.com launched

 

2007

• wonderaround log launched… floating aimlessly through the uncharted waters ahead