Circuit Playground plushies from Adafruit

Last month, I brought you the delightful news that Adafruit was launching a kids' puppet show about electronics called Circuit Playground. Now Adafruit has begun to offer plushie toys based on the characters from the show, including Cappy the Capacitor Hans the 555 Timer Chip, Mho the Resistor, Connie the Transistor, Ruby the Red LED and Gus The Green LED.

These are electronic component plushies – The Circuit Playground plushies are here!

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nixiebunny

WANT!!! For couch throw pillows.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Clyde-Lee-Graham/100000244672312 Clyde Lee Graham

I want a plush 555 Timer, dammit…
http://twitter.com/RespectKohlrabi Shari

So when will the board blanket come out?
- http://twitter.com/adafruit adafruit industries
  
  in a few weeks we’ll have the breadboard pillow cases, we’re working on them now.
http://greggman.com greggman

I liked these ones I saw at the Tokyo Maker Fair. They actually work in the giant breadboard.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/greggman/8347877919/in/set-72157632440608252
taghag

wow, these are very cool. i like the little story that goes with each one, incorporating both the properties and the history of the component!

they’re a great price, too, which brings me to my more serious question: are they manufactured at a nice place to work?
- http://twitter.com/adafruit adafruit industries
  
  Hi,
  
  Good question and we are glad you asked. We needed to order a lot to get good pricing and still have great quality. We know we will always be held to a very high standard, so we spend more time and money to do things the best way possible.
  
  We made sure the factories/partners undergo various 3rd party international recognized audits, these audits are comprehensive – The ICTI http://www.toy-icti.org/ International Council of Toy Industries audit list for example has the following:
  
  1. Information about the Company
  2. Working Hours
  3. Wages and Compensation
  4. Underage Labor
  5a. Forced Labor
  5b. Prison Labor
  6 Disciplinary Practices
  7. Discrimination
  8. Employee Representation
  9. Facilities
  10. Fire Protection
  11a. General Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)
  11b. Health and Safety
  11c. Environmental
  12a. Welfare – Dormitories
  12b. Welfare – Canteen/Cafeteria Services
  12c. Welfare – Medical Services
  …
  - taghag
    
    good to know, thanks! :)