Teenage Engineering has just revealed, uh, Toy car/doodad costs $250. Yes, it’s $250 for a little piece of metal with wheels that you can roll around the desk for a while before you get bored. The company tends to launch two types of products. There are very expensive but very cool audio equipment and everything else. Today’s surprise release falls squarely into the latter camp.
This may not be quite as scandalous as Corporate office space worth $1,600 That you have to pull yourself together or Those little wooden dolls that cost $2,000, But they’re still cartridges that should cost about $2.50, not $250. Teenage Engineering says its Grip Car is made of aluminum and features soft, ball-bearing rubber wheels. The use case scenarios here are seemingly endless, with the company suggesting people “move it in any direction” or put it on their shelf. Wait, those are the only two.
The Grip Car is available in three colors for those curious, so you’ll have your choice of red, black or aluminum. Created by Danish designer Anders Hermansen, who previously worked with companies like Bang & Olufsen to help manufacture some wall-mounted speakers, among other products.
By the way, The official website of Teenage Engineering He’s been acting strangely lately, with an abundance of symbols that seem to be making some sort of announcement for tomorrow. The company confirmed Engadget Grip Car is not part of this upcoming announcement and stay tuned for a press release tomorrow afternoon. The ad appears to be audio-related, due to the floating icons on the site, but it is still unknown whether it will be hardware or software.
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