X9 SUV by Patrick Calello While studying at Industrial Design at Carnegie Mellon University, Patrick Calello was challenged with the task of developing new consumer product concepts for the do-it-yourself wooden hobby industry. Being a 'car-guy', Calello immediately developed a novel toy car concept that would be fashioned out of wood. It was in the Autumn of 1992 when the original concept was born for what would become Automoblox. The idea was to inspire creativity in children by allowing them to visualise and assemble cars of their own design. Calello believed that the key to a clever and innovative toy car was to use modern automotive styling crafted out of wood - a reinvention of the classic wooden toy car.

The car survives the test The Automoblox was designed to withstand 10 repeated drops with all the weight being transferred on to one wheel from a height of seven feet. The car survives the test with little or no damage. While your Automoblox car is not warranteed from such abuse, we thought it should be able to withstand a crash or two from the second story stair landing!   Children do some crazy things All Automoblox cars can withstand 50Kgs (110 lbs.) of downward force. We do recognise that children do some crazy things when mum and dad are not looking. We just don't want them to miss any playtime with Automoblox re- constructed of polycarbonate plastic making them virtually unbreakable. The axles are fixed to the wooden body components with friction so they will stay in place.