{"id":16202,"date":"2017-02-10T10:01:41","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T18:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=16202"},"modified":"2017-02-10T10:08:17","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T18:08:17","slug":"rube-goldberg-toys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2017\/02\/10\/rube-goldberg-toys\/","title":{"rendered":"Now They Make Rube Goldberg TOYS!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Described as &#8220;hilarious and complex contraptions devised to perform simple tasks,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2015\/04\/21\/crazy-contraptions-rube-goldberg-machines\/\">Rube Goldberg\u00a0machines<\/a> are the coolest!!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>For example, my <em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2kANYPe\">Big Adventure<\/a><\/em> Breakfast Machine is one!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/GgUu69ZEf1XXy\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get this, now\u00a0there are <a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/\">Rube Goldberg TOYS<\/a>!! It&#8217;s true! LOOK!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the Rube Goldberg\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/product_detail.html?id=p21057\">Garden Challenge<\/a>\u00a0toy\u00a0(&#8220;Use buoyancy and pulleys to water the flower and make it grow&#8221;):<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/product_detail.html?id=p21057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"754\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16203\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garden-Girl-Rube-Goldberg.jpg\" alt=\"Garden-Girl-Rube-Goldberg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garden-Girl-Rube-Goldberg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Garden-Girl-Rube-Goldberg-543x640.jpg 543w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>This one is called the <a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/product_detail.html?id=p21054\">Acrobat Challenge<\/a> (learn about &#8220;gravity and spring forces to make the acrobat fly&#8221;):<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/product_detail.html?id=p21054\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"551\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16207\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Acrobat-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg-girl.jpg\" alt=\"Acrobat-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg-girl\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/product_detail.html?id=p21058\">Speeding Car Challenge<\/a> uses gravity and air pressure (and a plastic chicken!) to launch a car!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/intl.target.com\/bp\/Rube%20Goldberg#sn-51316803\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"652\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16210\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Speeding-Car-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg.jpg\" alt=\"Speeding-Car-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Speeding-Car-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Speeding-Car-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg-628x640.jpg 628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>For the <a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/product_detail.html?id=p21056\">Fly Trap Challenge<\/a>, use a spoon, a frog and a gumball to catch a fly!<\/strong><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/product_detail.html?id=p21056\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"558\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16214\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fly-Trap-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg.jpg\" alt=\"Fly-Trap-Challenge-Rube-Goldberg\" \/><\/a>\n<p><em>There are <a href=\"http:\/\/toys.rubegoldberg.com\/\">more here<\/a>. Most\u00a0of them are <a href=\"http:\/\/intl.target.com\/bp\/Rube%20Goldberg\">available at Target<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mopop.org\/at-the-museum\/upcoming-exhibits\/the-art-of-rube-goldberg\/#\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"530\" height=\"380\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16216\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/stamp_usps_rube_goldberg.jpg\" alt=\"stamp_usps_rube_goldberg\" \/><\/a>\n<p><strong>Now, if you are in the Seattle, Washington area, get thee to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mopop.org\/\">Museum of Pop Culture<\/a> for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mopop.org\/at-the-museum\/upcoming-exhibits\/the-art-of-rube-goldberg\/#\"><em>The Art of Rube Goldberg<\/em> exhibit<\/a>!\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>P.S. They also now make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubegoldberg.com\/education\/rube-works-game\/\">digital Rube Goldberg games<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Described as &#8220;hilarious and complex contraptions devised to perform simple tasks,&#8221;\u00a0Rube Goldberg\u00a0machines are the coolest!! For example, my Big Adventure Breakfast Machine is one! Get this, now\u00a0there are Rube Goldberg TOYS!! It&#8217;s true! LOOK! This is the Rube Goldberg\u00a0Garden Challenge\u00a0toy\u00a0(&#8220;Use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16213,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awesome","category-cool","category-fun"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16202"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16218,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16202\/revisions\/16218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}