- 2014
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August
While hanging out at ShiJun's apartment, the concept of Pinblock was born.
September
Pinblock is incorporated under the state of New York and plans of realizing the concept of Pinblock are put in action.
First Pinblock Shipment
December
First production run is complete and arrives to our warehouse in Brooklyn, New York.
A friend connects us with children's Cancer research hospital where we donate the first prototypes of Pinblock as a Christmas gift for the bed bound children.
- 2015
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January
A Kickstarter campaign is launched to fund a full production run. We reach out to multiple media sources and get our first ever coverage.
Kickstarter Card
February
Pinblock successfully funds the Kickstarter campaign raising 18k (8k over the funding goal) and full production run is initiated.
We attend one of the biggest trade shows in the toy industry, Toy Fair, which is conveniently located in NYC. There we establish many businesses relationships and get our first coverage by major publications such as Fortune and Forbes.
May
www.Pinblock.com is launched as we officially introduce Pinblock into the market.
July
Gabe joins Pinblock
Vat19, an online seller famous for their viral YouTube videos, partners with Pinblock and produces a hilarious commercial that generated millions of views.
Vat19's Viral Commercial
September
After getting feedback from fans, customers and Pinblock's resellers, we develop and introduce two new product lines: starter packs which offer a better entry price point and single color sets for ultimate creative building.
October
Pinblock establishes a partnership with Israel's Zippy Inc. Pinblock gains so much popularity in Israel that Zippy opens up an Israeli Pinblock company and launches their own www.Pinblock.is website.
- 2016
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February
Pinblock attends 2016 international toy fair where we meet the CEO of Moose Toys, Paul Solomon who received toy of the year award for their Shopkins product line. Paul becomes a fan and a friend of Pinblock.
March
Shijun resigns from Pinblock and Arthur joins the team.
New Marketing Campaigns
May - December
Lots of big events occurred in the above months however they cannot be disclosed until mid December. We apologize for the secrecy however it will be mutually beneficial for all of us.
