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Flickr Find: Pinewood derby iPhone

by Scott McNulty Jul 24th 2008 at 3:00PM

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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conor

cub scouts do pinewood derby, i made mine a Humvee....

July 25 2008 at 5:03 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rich

Twice as fast!

ho, what a zinger.

Sir, you slay me.



but srsly, no.

July 25 2008 at 9:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
oldskool

Those trophies are certainly a creative use of retired Mac Mouses (mice?)

July 25 2008 at 9:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rich Ball

We 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/

July 25 2008 at 12:59 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nate

I notice it has the flush headphone jack

July 24 2008 at 5:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
StrikerObi

The 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 rate up rate down Reply
driftwood

Oh 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.

July 24 2008 at 5:27 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
OmniGeno

Hmm.. I half expected to see a Nintendo Wii-mote one too..

July 24 2008 at 4:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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eric f

The Wiimote would not be very aerodynamic...

July 25 2008 at 10:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
(01)

Brings back terrible memory's of poorly nailed wheels...thanks guys :-)

July 24 2008 at 4:09 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jay

I remember Pinewood Derbie's from my days in Boy Scouts. I always lost too but I had fun making the car!

July 24 2008 at 4:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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