SnapDragon

This was the fourth project in Engineering Design Studio 4. We were told to pick our 'Dream Project,' plan a product, and design it for two different manufacturing methods. My team chose toys and decided that with the given time frame (3 weeks) we could design a Kinder Joy toy.

We picked Kinder Joy toys because, while they are typically simple, they offer satisfaction through their assembly and entertainment through their use. Kinder Joy toys come in Kinder Joy eggs; these eggs have one half that is chocolate and one half that is kept hollow for the toy. Toys in these eggs are normally injection molded and come in pieces with instructions on how to assemble them.

We chose to design Kinder Joy dragon toys for injection molding and plastic stamping. The ideas and design were joint efforts between my teammates and me. We worked together on making design decisions for our target consumers. However, I did the CAD work in SolidWorks for the injection molded dragon.

Below is the final design iteration and physical prototype of the injection molded SnapDragon done by me and the stamped version of the dragon toy done by one of my teammates. (Fall 2019)