On Sunday, my family and I were invited to a blogger event in Indianapolis at a store called Ridemakerz. It was FANTASTIC! Ridemakerz is kind of like Build-a-Bear, but with cars. And it is SO COOL.
From their website:
The RIDEMAKERZ experience invites guests, or “Customizers,” into the ultimate car-customizing shop where they can CHOOZE, SONICIZE, MOTORIZE, MOBILIZE, CUSTOMIZE, PERSONALIZE and CRUIZEâ„¢ one-of-a-kind RIDEZ.
You start by picking out (or choozing, if you will) the body of the car you’re going to build. They have everything from Mini Coopers to monster trucks, and in every color imaginable. I picked this sweet Corvette.
Then you “sonicize,” or pick the sounds you want your car to make, and then head over to the “motorize” section, where they will make your vehicle remote-controlled!
After that, you can mobilize the car with cool wheels, customize with sweet rims, and personalize it with any number of decals, spoilers, grills or lights. The possibilities are endless! You even actually put the car together. Do you see this, Bobby? Andy and I are working on cars!
The night before we went, I told Kate that we were going to go build a car the next day, and she said “That sounds kind of boyish.” (How I ended up with this girly-girl is beyond me.) She was a little skeptical, but she had a ball. And her car ended up being anything but boyish.
We all had a great time, even Sam, who hung out in a carrier on Daddy’s back (although apparently I failed to get a picture of that!).
One of the best things about Ridemakerz is that it can fit into any budget. The cars start at $12, and each car comes with standard sound and wheels – so you can get a really cool car for a really cool price. Also, you can bring your car back to the store at any time to add on more features.
Ridemakerz is a blast for the whole family. A huge thank you to Ridemakerz (and the staff members, who were tremendous) and BSM Media for letting us take part!
You can experience Ridemakerz too! Leave a comment on this post and enter to win a $75 gift certificate. If there’s not a store near you, don’t worry – you can purchase a car online! The contest will end on Friday, December 19th at 5:00 p.m. and a winner will be chosen using Random.org.
Good luck, and thanks again to Ridemakerz and BSM Media!
wonderful giveaway!.count me in.
I’d love to win this!
Please enter me, my son would love this.
Thanks for the chance to win~!
My son would love this! Thanks for the chance!!!
enter me
My grandson would love this
My daughter would have fun building one with me.
Pick me! Pick me! 😀 Ace would love it!
want to win this
What a cool idea! I never heard of this. Its better than build a bear for the boys.
That is the neatest idea! I know my son and my nephew would have a blast…it would be so fun to be able to take them there and let them build their own hot rods! Then we could race ’em…woohoo!
Would love to win it. Thanks for the giveaway!!
Happy Holidays!
My littlest one collects Hot Wheels and would go to pieces over this! It sure beats the pinewood derby cars we built for Scouts!
sherri419 at gmail dot com
Oh, my nephew would love this! He loves cars, and he loves building things. The perfect combo!
omigosh, I love the car your daughter got! My daughter would love a pink car like that… this is a really cool idea, I played with matchbox cars as a young girl (I was a tomboy, lol) and I would have loved this!
micaela6955 at msn dot com
i would to win
Oh my gosh my nephew would FLIP!!
Very cute! 🙂
Thanks for entering me! Great Site!
Janna Johnson
jannajanna@hotmail.com
This is awesome! My son would love to build his own car.
We got one of these at our mall recently. My husband drools every time he walks past it. lol I would love to win this for him as he is a kid at heart and enjoys building model cars.
vacutegirl73(at)yahoo(dot)com
I would love to win this for my hubby. He works so hard and deserves this. Thanks for the chance to win.
This is really great! I would love to win. Thanks for giving us all the chance.
I would love for my son and husband to do this together.
So cute!!! I love this giveaway.
What a fun and fantastic idea!
Way Cool!~~And I just discovered BuildaBears~~I seem to be rather behind the times!
I would love to experience Ridemakerz with my grandson.
Thank you!
janetfaye (at) gmail (dot) com
My daughter would really love this, she loves Monster Trucks, and her birthday is right after Christmas.
What a cool concept! This would be so much fun to do.
Thanks for the great giveaway.
My grandsons would flip over something like this! I hope they open a store near me. I would love to take them there! Thanks for the great giveaway!
braaisjo at gmail dot com
I’d love to win this for my son! Thanks!
misfitmookie at gmail.com
Thanks for the awesome giveaway! Too bad we don’t have one of these around here locally, but i would love to give them a try!
Oh my goodness! Which grandchild to spoil with this?
My sons loves working on model cars. He would go crazy for this! Thank you.
My little one would haveso much fun!
ardy22 at earthlink.net
My boys would love it.
What a great idea! My son would absolutly love this.
These things are SOOOOO cool. I hope I win
Oh this looks way too cool! 🙂
Connor would love this!
txhottie_86 at yahoo dot com
o.m.g.
My son is a total car FREAK!
That’s very cool. Build a Bear for boyz but I think my nieces might like that kind of thing too – a pink car like Kate,
This is such a great place, what fun! If I won I would give the gift certificate to my son – he is in the big brother/little brother program and could make a car with his little bro. They are always looking for things to do and this is right up their alley :}
My son would love this I think or I would enjoy getting one also…Its the kid in mi lol
Thanks for the giveaway!
What fun–thanks!
Please enter me…looks like fun.