Street Smart Levels Up Their Bricks Smarts
Parts count: 175
dimensions (cm): 14(w) x 10(l) x 18(h)
2024 marks Street Smart Rentals LLC’s 25th anniversary of being in business. From their humble beginnings in a garage, marketing via fax machine (!!), Street Smart has grown into the USA’s largest traffic safety solutions and security equipment provider. As a part of their quarter of a century celebration, Street Smart commissioned Playwell Bricks to design a custom set of one of their popular items: the Mobile Surveillance Camera.
This “rugged security camera trailer” can be towed by most company vehicles and comes complete with two solar panels, a battery bank, and a telescopic pole with a camera that quite literally puts an eye in the sky. In fact, you’ve probably noticed these from driving or walking past construction sites and zones. They are especially likely to be found on sites where equipment is left uncrewed overnight.
Playwell Bricks CEO Jason Pyett did the initial design of this custom Playwell set, and then refined it further after another team member did the test build.
Originally, these 100 custom sets were going to be built out of generic bricks, which can keep the costs down for Playwell's clients. However, that initial (now former) supplier quickly proved unreliable, asking for an extra six weeks to fill the order. But an extra six weeks would have put this commission well past the client’s deadline.
In order to make Street Smart’s deadline, Playwell Bricks had to revert to genuine LEGO® bricks and pay the difference out of pocket. CEO Jason Pyett shrugs when he tells me about it. “We couldn’t let the client down.”
Ultimately, Street Smart Rentals had their custom Playwell Bricks sets on hand for their event and minifigs in brick construction zones all over the U.S. were a little safer.
If your company has a major milestone or event coming up that you’d like to commission a custom Playwell Bricks set to celebrate, please contact us today. Whether your company is turning 5, 25, or you just want to boost productivity with some employee appreciation gifts, Playwell Bricks is here to help you build your dreams.
