[throwablePie]

SpaceX has a huge potential opportunity for raising funding / earning profits via toy licensing and sales: https://www.barrons.com/articles/spacex-overwhelmed-by-deman...

Wouldn't it be interesting if Elon could achieve his Mars objectives faster not by selling LEO satellite services or space launch capacity but by selling and/or licensing toys (and sparking dreams) here on Earth?

Despite the current pandemic, this is a great time to be a young person. Dreams and human potential seem infinite.

Edit: Who would own the IP, NASA or SpaceX or both?

[qzw]

Absolutely. I would buy the heck out of a 4000-piece Falcon Heavy LEGO set, and I suspect I’m not alone.

[rurounijones]

Saturn V scale Falcon 9 fan submission under review.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1abc6458-52e8-4e7d-a04c-04ba...

[rootusrootus]

Yep, it can go right next to my 1969 piece Saturn V.

[rurounijones]

Saturn V scale Falcon 9 fan submission under review.

https://ideas.lego.com/projects/1abc6458-52e8-4e7d-a04c-04ba...

[traes]

That is genius. They should continue the trend and do a 2020 Falcon (or whatever year they choose).

[karatestomp]

I went looking for a Falcon toy for my kids a year or two ago and was really surprised to find nothing. They should definitely license toys.

[ianai]

He could sell them in the Tesla showrooms and really drive up traffic, too. Crazy amounts of opportunities here.

[zachruss92]

I know this is a tactic Elon has definitely used before - i.e. hats and flamethrowers to fund the Boring company.

I can't find the source because Google is a bit biased towards giving me articles about yesterday's launch but I know at a press conference w/ NASA Elon stated the technology they're developing for NASA should not be considered proprietary and that NASA could do what they wanted with it. With that being said, the Falcon 9 designs have to be SpaceX's IP.