We have completed our move to the fabulous new offices of Lund and Company Invention, L.L.C. -- and in keeping with the spectacular design of our new studio, we staged a spectacular celebration Party with toy industry comrades, family, personal friends and neighbors.  Among the highlights of the evening were search lights, a stilt walker; living statues of some of my personal heroes, Einstein, Da Vinci and Ben Franklin, a fire eater; a belly dancer with a 12-foot python, circus performers, a live scorpion card trick, and a big, beautiful, sleek, 300 lb Bengal Tiger to top it off!  The Tiger was tame as a pussy cat, and a major hit with kids and adults alike.  

Key industry executives such as Sharon John, GM of Playskool; Wayne Luther and team representing Hasbro;  Steve Toth representing Fisher Price, and many colleagues representing RC2, the Marketing Store, Cadaco and others were among the 200 or more friends and associates of Lund and Company Invention, L.L.C. in attendance at the big Grand Opening event.  It was a feast for the senses, with guests feasting on Chicago delicacies and local candies, traversing our rock climbing wall, entering our secret entrance, inspired by the legendary "Safe House" in Milwaukee.  Even the owner of the Safe House honored us with his presence, along with a real cold war spy who spent six years in Soviet prisons for spying on behalf of G2, the WW2 U.S. spy agency.  

The Grand Opening Bash of the new Lund digs was a hit by all accounts, and a party to go down in the annals of toy industry history!

We did it! Almost 2 1/2 years in the making, we have nearly completed, and now occupy one of the coolest design studios on the face of the planet! Filled with magic, whimsy, and wonders, as well as a complete machine shop to make anything from dolls to military hardware, and an electronics lab to build circuits and program microprocessors, it is a cross between Willy Wonka's factory and Thomas Edison's laboratory.

Our new invention laboratory is open for business! Plumbers, electricians and tradesman of every sort work to finish off the myriad details that will put the icing on the cake. Don't want to spoil the surprise, but lime green walls and bubble walls, bug collections, climbing walls and funhouse mirrors, and a building with its own personality all contribute to the ambience.

With this new office we make a statement to ourselves, and to the industry that we are committed to continuing to do what we do best. We are committed to excellence in invention, execution, and development of new products that will excite, delight and inspire all they touch. We are committed to being the best we can be, and our new space has been created to enable and inspire us to do the work of our lives.

Imagination changes everything. The best is yet to come!

Thank you for your interest and support.

Bruce Lund