Flickr Find: Pinewood derby iPhone

The words pinewood derby may be meaningless to you, that is unless you were a boy scout. Then, no doubt, the pinewood derby will conjure up many happy memories (I lost miserably at my boy scout troop's pinewood derby, though I only worked on my car for 15 minutes). Now, imagine if a bunch of talented grownups got together and had a pinewood derby. You would get something like the event that the Columbus Society of Communicating Arts just held. Above you see one participant's pinewood derby car all decked out as an iPhone. I hope it is an iPhone 3G, since those are twice as fast (see what I did there?).
Check out the full Flickr set that Jaime Santillan posted, or see the iPhone car here, here and here. And I think you'll recognize some Apple products in this picture as well.
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The words pinewood derby may be meaningless to you, that is unless you were a boy scout. Then, no doubt, the pinewood derby will conjure...
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cub scouts do pinewood derby, i made mine a Humvee....
July 25 2008 at 5:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTwice as fast!
ho, what a zinger.
Sir, you slay me.
but srsly, no.
Those trophies are certainly a creative use of retired Mac Mouses (mice?)
July 25 2008 at 9:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyWe have an annual grand prix in the AWANA program at our church. This year my oldest daughter measured up my iPhone to make a racing replica complete with a polka doted dock. I posted some of the pictures on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8260231@N07/sets/72157606357091194/
I notice it has the flush headphone jack
July 24 2008 at 5:40 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe pinewood derby brings only sour memories to mind. When I was a kid, my car ("The Silver Bullet") made it to the final race, against the Scout Master's son. Everything was set, we went down the track, and the other kid's car veered off the hill and crashed. I won... or so I had thought. They called it a do-over. I blame the Scout-Master to this day.
July 24 2008 at 5:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOh I remember the pine wood derby days. I had a batman theme of mine through the years, although the main ones I remember are the batmobile and the joker car.
I should dig those out.
Hmm.. I half expected to see a Nintendo Wii-mote one too..
July 24 2008 at 4:19 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe Wiimote would not be very aerodynamic...
July 25 2008 at 10:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBrings back terrible memory's of poorly nailed wheels...thanks guys :-)
July 24 2008 at 4:09 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI remember Pinewood Derbie's from my days in Boy Scouts. I always lost too but I had fun making the car!
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