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Wild Creations Partners with Flipoutz

Playthings Staff -- Gifts and Dec, 3/31/2011 11:04:27 AM

Myrtle Beach, SC - Toy brand Wild Creations is partnering with new toy company Flipoutz, which will appear on ABC's Shark Tank. Flipoutz is a kid-invented interactive fashion accessory that consists of a bracelet, tradable coins and interactive online community where owners can watch as their coins travel the world with each successive trade. The Shark Tank episode will air on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 8 pm EST.

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Flipoutz may succeed in gaining a patent for the wrist band to hold the coins, but not the coins themselves or the online community or tracking ability. Geocachers having been doing this with trackable geocoins since 2004. See www.geocaching.com/track
Chuck Turner - 2011-04-02 22:55:34 EDT
Looks too bulky to wear.
Helen Mulcahy - 2011-04-01 20:34:24 EDT

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