they knew nothing about the toy industry when they started their company in 2005. it didn t start off as a planned business. back then, they both had their hands full holding down big jobs in the fashion industry. and planning an upcoming birthday party. we had 15 boys coming to spend the weekend. and i realized late friday night that i forgot to get party favors. that night, beaver sat down at his tool bench and turned 15 pieces of pvc pipe into tiny, home made marshmallow shooting blow gun party favors. it actually was a huge hit with the kids. that didn t surprise kim as much as what happened with the marshmallow blowers after the party ended. when the parents came to pick them up on sunday, the parents were having as much fun as the kids. this got the two preers xieded enough to dream bigging and get help to develop lots of new shooter designs.