Comments on: Slotto hits it big in the Marketplace http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/ The Fusion of Entertainment and Enlightenment Sun, 19 May 2013 08:06:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Kris Stuebs http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-202331 Kris Stuebs Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:44:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-202331 Well Glenn, I was really inspired by the entrepreneurship of the Slotto story.  When I saw the toy at Kohl's I was so excited and bought it for the kids for Christmas.  When they opened it, I told them the story, and they were also inspired.  Quickly my 11 year old picked up the box and sharply noted, "It's MADE IN CHINA!"  Shocked, it was true, so doing the research we saw that the American story quickly fell to the typical American industrial condition where you cannot  mass produce in America anymore and remain profitable.  We decided to keep the toy, giving the maker "a pass" because this seems to be the pitfall of our system that an entrepreneur cannot escape.  Sadly, the very first time the kids took it out to play with it, the pieces started to break - and this with gentle play of my 11 year old daughter.  So, in the end, the toy is going back to Kohl's and I will sadly remember Slotto as "THE TOY THAT WASN'T." Well Glenn, I was really inspired by the entrepreneurship of the Slotto story.  When I saw the toy at Kohl’s I was so excited and bought it for the kids for Christmas.  When they opened it, I told them the story, and they were also inspired.  Quickly my 11 year old picked up the box and sharply noted, “It’s MADE IN CHINA!”  Shocked, it was true, so doing the research we saw that the American story quickly fell to the typical American industrial condition where you cannot  mass produce in America anymore and remain profitable.  We decided to keep the toy, giving the maker “a pass” because this seems to be the pitfall of our system that an entrepreneur cannot escape.  Sadly, the very first time the kids took it out to play with it, the pieces started to break – and this with gentle play of my 11 year old daughter.  So, in the end, the toy is going back to Kohl’s and I will sadly remember Slotto as “THE TOY THAT WASN’T.”

]]> By: annabelleasowe http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-194948 annabelleasowe Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:59:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-194948 Oh no! I was just wrapping mine up in Christmas paper to send to my grandson in England when I read the posts here....I took it out and sure enough it was made in China! I am sooooo disappointed.  What is the point? I knew it was heavy and the postage would be in the stratosphere but I knew he would love it....now it is going to stay here for when he visits and I shall buy an American made gift.....Btw do NOT shop at Toys R Us...They have NOTHING but made in China.  I asked for their Made in the U.S. section and was led to one shelf on which there were three toys, two of them broken and the third made in China and that was it,.....needless to say I left without any purchases. Same goes for Hallmark - everthing made in China! I recommend The Stuffington Bear Factory in Arizona for young children...they have fabulous soft toys ALL MADE  IN THE U.S. and many are organically stuffed too.  A great Hoppity rabbit, Trunks the elephant I want for myself and a superb camel. Very, very reasonable and lightweight for mailing. I have no association with them but want to buy American which is getting harder and harder to do. Oh no! I was just wrapping mine up in Christmas paper to send to my grandson in England when I read the posts here….I took it out and sure enough it was made in China!
I am sooooo disappointed.  What is the point? I knew it was heavy and the postage would be in the stratosphere but I knew he would love it….now it is going to stay here for when he visits and I shall buy an American made gift…..Btw do NOT shop at Toys R Us…They have NOTHING but made in China.  I asked for their Made in the U.S. section and was led to one shelf on which there were three toys, two of them broken and the third made in China and that was it,…..needless to say I left without any purchases. Same goes for Hallmark – everthing made in China!
I recommend The Stuffington Bear Factory in Arizona for young children…they have fabulous soft toys ALL MADE  IN THE U.S. and many are organically stuffed too.  A great Hoppity rabbit, Trunks the elephant I want for myself and a superb camel. Very, very reasonable and lightweight for mailing.
I have no association with them but want to buy American which is getting harder and harder to do.

]]> By: Ann Marie Kelly http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-194262 Ann Marie Kelly Tue, 04 Dec 2012 05:07:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-194262 If you've been looking for Slotto sets and haven't been able to find them at the stores Glenn has mentioned that's because they are now being sold under the brand name "Treehaus". I just ordered two sets for my kiddos at Bed Bath and Beyond! If you’ve been looking for Slotto sets and haven’t been able to find them at the stores Glenn has mentioned that’s because they are now being sold under the brand name “Treehaus”. I just ordered two sets for my kiddos at Bed Bath and Beyond!

]]> By: SJW http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-192225 SJW Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:50:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-192225 Glen, how about a show on the Blaze about entrepreneurs.  You could call it "You didn't build that". Glen, how about a show on the Blaze about entrepreneurs.  You could call it “You didn’t build that”.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-191735 Anonymous Wed, 28 Nov 2012 19:55:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-191735 I just went to Kohls and I bought Slotto construction set only to get it home and find that is indeed made in China- I guess I will be returning it, sadly. I just went to Kohls and I bought Slotto construction set only to get it home and find that is indeed made in China- I guess I will be returning it, sadly.

]]> By: Draxx http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-191550 Draxx Wed, 28 Nov 2012 08:18:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-191550 When failure is not an option... These are the results of Out of the Box Thinking! *I believe some big gov't cronies are crying to themselves, "He did it without us, and Obummer said that people are only successful because someone else made a road..." When failure is not an option…

These are the results of Out of the Box Thinking!

*I believe some big gov’t cronies are crying to themselves, “He did it without us, and Obummer said that people are only successful because someone else made a road…”

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-191510 Anonymous Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:47:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-191510 It can be done with work 24/7.  I did it but without the help of a national tv show.  But this fellow shows that any "dream" can become a reality.  Congrads to this fellow and the people he has hired.  Now let's hop that the govt/state regs don't put him out of business. It can be done with work 24/7.  I did it but without the help of a national tv show.  But this fellow shows that any “dream” can become a reality.  Congrads to this fellow and the people he has hired.  Now let’s hop that the govt/state regs don’t put him out of business.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-191507 Anonymous Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:42:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-191507 Oops ! I found it HA HA HA !  Choose between work and money. At some point or some threshold the money wins. Who needs "work" it's over rated anyway. Well he will still need bean counters and auditors to make sure he gets the numbers right. Oops ! I found it HA HA HA ! 
Choose between work and money. At some point or some threshold the money wins.
Who needs “work” it’s over rated anyway. Well he will still need bean counters and auditors to make sure he gets the numbers right.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-191498 Anonymous Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:21:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-191498 How about a copy paste for me because I couldn't find the text "production in the US has stopped".  How about a copy paste for me because I couldn’t find the text “production in the US has stopped”. 

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.glennbeck.com/2012/11/27/slotto-hits-it-big-in-the-marketplace/#comment-191388 Anonymous Wed, 28 Nov 2012 02:23:00 +0000 /?p=40652#comment-191388 Got to hand it to y'all, one of the most uplifting stories of the year. To hear the fellow standing with a sign asking for a job, and major companies wanting to sell his invention, er "creation" is just amazing! Got to hand it to y’all, one of the most uplifting stories of the year. To hear the fellow standing with a sign asking for a job, and major companies wanting to sell his invention, er “creation” is just amazing!

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