[michael_dorfman]

What a depressing story.

The guy had an offer from Brio, a very reputable partner, to take over the manufacturing responsibility, and passed on it in favor of dealing with some shady, fly-by-night Chinese firms he stumbled upon, because he "wasn’t willing to let Automoblox out of my control at this point; I still wanted to achieve my dream of being a manufacturer."

[Sujan]

Yeah, and he learned a hell lot of important stuff. I think this experience shaped him to be a better entrepreneur.

[qq66]

Not too depressing, Automoblox are widely available on Amazon. Even if he had to fire-sale the IP his toy is out on shelves.