Greetings,

Have you ever considered making small Lego-like replicas of the 50
machines? I would totally buy a set for my 8-year-old son. And I suspect I'm not
alone.

I wonder if you 1) figured out the cost of production, 2) marked it up
10X or so to ensure a sufficient return, and 3) posted on Kickstarter to
say you'd produce the mini-machines after getting, say, 500
subscribers, if that would result in significant fund-raising mojo?
There's no way Boing Boing would fail to post about this.

Maybe do a limited, numbered first edition and sell the sets for $1000 each. TED participants might be interested, among others.

Or start selling the replicas one at a time, and have people subscribe to the "GVCS Collectors' Club".

You could give the machines names (like "Andy the Aluminum Extractor"), sell kids' books with pictures showing how the machines interact and how they work, and sell videos like the "Mighty Machines" series: http://www.ncircleentertainment.com/content.aspx?id=NCmightyMachines .