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Then, Joel Glickman's idea for K'nex is originally rejected by toy companies, so he sells the toys himself. Bill Weibrecht and Michael Lyon are on their way to millions with Epic Jet, a virtual ...
Step 3: The Podium. The main focal point of the monument would be a large three tiered podium that would display facts about Joel Glickman and the K'nex company. Each tier represents a different aspect of the K'nex company, as described below. The bottom tier represents the beginning of K'nex and Joel's idea to create it.
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- Plastics Manufacturer Gets A New Idea: 1992
- Sales Picking Up in Europe: Mid-1990S
- A New Assault on The Domestic Market in The Late 1990s
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K’Nex Industries was founded in 1992 by Joel I. Glickman. Glickman had a background in industrial engineering and worked for his family’s business, The Rodon Group, which made specialty plastic injection molded products. Rodon had been founded in 1956, and its products ran the gamut from eyeglass cases to the table-shaped plastic devices which pizz...
The toy industry was notoriously fickle, with fad toys experiencing phenomenal sales one year, only to fade to oblivion by the next Christmas. The industry was also increasingly taken up with high-tech computer toys and games. The early 1990s saw something of a backlash, and K’Nex debuted at a time when interest in construction toys was making a co...
For K’Nex, almost all the good news was overseas. The U.S. trend in construction toys had not lasted long. Meccano S.A. sold its U.S. division to a Canadian company in 1997, having failed to bring back the moribund Erector Set brand. Mattel, too, had its own construction line, Construx, which it took off the U.S. market in 1998. But that year K’Nex...
Benezra, Karen, “Pizza Hut K’Nex the Dots,” Brandweek, July 4, 1994, p. 4. “Eighty-Five Holiday Seasons of Log Cabin Dreams,” Ml Presswire, November 29, 2001. “Kirshenbaum Meets K’Nex,” Adweek, January 15, 1996, p. 42. “K’Nex Industries,” DSN Retailing Today, March 11, 2002, p. 13. “K’Nex Scores a Big Hit,” Playthings, October 1995, p. 24. “K’Nex t...
Key Dates: 1992: Connector Set Toy Company introduces K'Nex toys. 1993: K'Nex enjoys its first nationwide Christmas season. 1994: Portions of domestic and international business are sold to Hasbro. 1996: Company is renamed K'Nex Industries, Inc. 1998: Sales of K'Nex toys thrive in Europe. 2001: K'Nex Roller Coaster set ranks as bestseller in ...
K'NEX is a construction toy invented by Joel Glickman in 1990. Before that, he was at a wedding bending and twisting straws, thinking it would be fun to play with. Although the straw idea didn't work, Joel came up with the idea to make stronger plastic rods and connectors. (And various other pieces.) The first set was released in 1993. Connector Rod
In 1992, Mr. Glickman and his brother Bob - both sons of The Rodon Group's original owner - co-founded K’NEX Brands to aggressively commercialize the product. And the two companies remain a family affair, with The Rodon Group operating as a wholly-owned subsidiary of K'NEX Brands. And to this day, it’s because of The Rodon Group’s mastery ...
The history of K’NEX is a fascinating journey that began with the creative mind of Joel Glickman. In the early 1990s, inspired by the joy of simple building blocks, Joel envisioned a construction toy that could offer more excitement and interactivity.
