Over this summer, a thought occurred to me that I couldn’t shake out of my head: considered in the context of the universe, wood is an astoundingly rare and precious material. Gold, platinum, silver, all of those metals we think of as valuable, those are all made across the universe in the deep inner forges of stars. Diamonds can be made with common carbon, some pressure, and a lot of time. But wood, now wood only exists – as far as we know – on one planet in the entire universe.
Wood is result of millions of years of evolution on one particular planet. And that same planet has evolved life forms as diverse as squids, cockroaches, pterodactyls, and Goldie Hawn, so its unique even in the context of its home planet. It’s an astoundingly flexible and useful and beautiful material, and I think we take it for granted.
But I’m not going to take it for granted anymore! That’s at least part of why I’m so excited to announce that once again, we at The Autopian have teamed up with Candylab Toys, the makers of the best, most fun, most stylish toy cars, and, significantly, those cars are made of a material that is one of the rarest and most precious in the entire universe: wood. And you’ll be able to get them for 35%-50% off if you’re a member (You can become one here if you’re not already).
We’ve teamed up with Candylab before, of course; we have our own collection, David made Candylab cars a part of his wedding, and we have even had a custom Autopian Candycar, our Land Low-Speed Record Car:
We will have another special Autopian-Candylab collaboration product soon, a special version of their fantastic DIY car kits, with unique Autopian elements! These are the same kits I use to make the custom wooden cars we send to our Rich Corinthian Leather-level members.
So what do we have for our loyal Autopians for the holidays? Great stuff! There’s a 35%+ discount on everything for Autopian Members. CandyLab is already running a big pre-holiday sale, and if you use the Autopian code you’ll get even more off that price.
Candylab cars are stylish enough that even your non gearhead-afflicted friends and family can appreciate them as objets d’art even if they’re not willing to appreciate them as objets d’fun, even if they clearly are both. They genuinely are a bright spot of good, fun design that manages to capture what makes cars so damn appealing in the first place. Some of the new Toon line of cars have beautiful printed details and springy suspensions that are just fun to bounce as you contemplate the enigma of being.
Plus, they now have big, satisfying tracks, a box of which just arrived here and I’m excited to pla– um, research.
So, let’s recap: soon we will have a new collaboration with a special Autopian DIY Car Kit, but even sooner you have the 35%+ off Autopian Member discount! If you’re a member and ready to use this discount, just use discount code below. If you don’t see a discount code, it probably means you need to become a member.
