RIDEMAKERZ (and a phenomenal giveaway!)

O.K. guys, have I got a great product/store to share with you!

Ever hear of Build-A-Bear Workshop? Well, it's kinda just like that, but geared towards boys! It's called Ridemakerz. The founder of Build-A-Bear Workshop collaborated with Larry Andreini, the entrepreneur behind Ridemakerz.

When you head out to a Ridemakerz store, a customer selects a chassis type (street or monster); body styles (stock or custom, a Ridemakerz brand hot rod, a Ford Mustang GT or Dodge Ram pickup, to name a few options); paint schemes; sound effects (for example, sirens or race sounds) and style of locomotion (free wheel or radio-control).

After the 10-to12-inch cars are assembled, there are ample customizing and accessorizing options: tire treads, grille guards, side pipes, snowboard racks and decals. Mr. Andreini estimates that a fully tricked-out vehicle will run about $75, including $25 for radio control. For the budget-minded, there's a stock tuner car for $12.

The fine people at Ridemakerz sent an incredible package, that included everything I needed to build a car with my boys.
The boys each took turns assembling different pieces of the car. Owen needed a bit of help (he is only 3), but Brett was able to do just about all of it! Chloe didn't help because she was at a sleep-over, but I'm sure she would've been able to do it just fine! Oh, and don't fret about this only being for boys - they've got purple and pink painted cars too that I'm sure any girl would love! :)
The finished product!!!
We took the car and the remote to the street, and believe it or not, each boy was able to do it with ease! I thought for sure that Owen would have a hard time, but he figured out the remote pretty quickly! They loved it!

So, let's get to the good part: Ridemakerz sent me a $100 gift card to give away to one of my readers! That's right, $100!!!!!!

Here's what you have to do:

1. Leave a comment on this post. If you don't have a blog - leave a way that I can contact you if you win.

2. If you have a blog, you can get an extra entry by posting about this giveaway and linking back to my blog.

3. If you have a twitter account, you can get an extra entry by tweeting about this post! (you'll have to notify me if you do this so I can follow you and verify this.)

4. Let me know in the comment section if you did any/all of the above.


This contest will close at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, July 20, 2009 and I will announce a winner on Tuesday, July 21, 2009.