1. Marr-ball Think Toys E By: Ethan England, Matthew Keisling, Drew Tucker, and Caleb Whited EF 152 Spring April 2017

2. Product Selection and Customer Requirements
Given task of building a toy with very few restraints
First designed for Sebastian, aged 9, and other children of this age
Idea originated from Sebastian’s love for arcade games
Wanted it to be simple, fun, and smaller than games at the arcade
Product Selection and Customer Requirements

3. Conceptual Design
First sketches started with attached cannon to shoot marbles at a elevated board
Was to be solid piece of wood with storage underneath
Wanted to include game board and cards to go with shooter
Was going to include on board obstacles and removable ones as well
First iterations surprisingly were not very different than finalized design

4. Conceptual Design

5. Actual Design
Finalized design features a loadable cannon with pull-back system to launch
Raiseable board with holes to shoot at
Magnets underneath board to attract missed shots – adding difficulty
Storage area under top for marbles
Color coded areas to make product look nicer and add ease of scoring
These changes were made based off Sebastian’s feedback, time restraints and money, and our own abilities with wood and workshop tools

6. Finalized Design Pictures

7. Marketing Video

8. Customer Feedback and Results
Once product was finished, we delivered it to Sebastian
Sebastian loved the product and had a lot of fun playing with the marble shooter
Product worked well and our team is pleased with our work
We believe kids of ages 7+ and adults as well can all have fun with our toy, making it a very marketable idea

9. Cost and Time Estimates
All items were bought at the local Lowe's  
½ large sheet of oak hardwood - $6.31: used for main board pieces 
1/10 long rectangular piece of red oak wood - $0.25: used for cannon 
½  long rectangular piece of pine wood – $1.77: for boundaries and obstacles 
Small hinges and short screws and nails- $2.78: for cabinet door and top part of board 
7 small circular magnets - $4.48: to put inside obstacles  
Metal ball - $1.49: game piece 
Spring - $2.98: for cannon 
Paint - $0.39: to paint wood 
PVC Pipe- $0.20 

10. Cost and Time Estimates Cont.
Design Time: Roughly 7 hours of building (however, we made many mistakes and aren’t good at machinery)
Total price: $ labor 
1,000 Units: $20,650 
Retail is $30.00 which would give us a profit margin of about $ labor costs

11. Summary Marble shooter and board Simple and interactive
Fun for the whole family as it is a competitive game or can be played alone
Reasonable price for the product
Easy storage