BlastOff! A 3D Animated Short

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The award-winning 3D animated short film, BlastOff!™, was inspired by the real BlastOff! Bed™, the custom designed space shuttle bed that was featured on HGTV’s Look What I Did! I designed and built the BlastOff! Bed for my son MJ when he was three years old and ready to graduate from his crib to a “big boy” bed. Rather than simply buying an ordinary children’s bed, I wanted to create something unique that would foster his budding imagination, so I designed the BlastOff! Bed. Not only is this bed a real blast for MJ but it’s also quite functional as well. The wings serve as integrated night stands and/or seats, while the nose cone is composed of dual toy shelves and/or convenient play tables. Toy bins may be stored underneath for out of sight toy storage.

The footboard sports a fun steering wheel and control panel to pilot space adventures while the lighted engine nozzles behind the headboard serve as an integrated night light for when the ship’s pilot is finally tuckered out and needs some shut-eye on those long range nightly star treks. Now you can build this custom designed kid's rocket ship bed for your star explorer.

Note: High res. versions of the images & videos are available on the BlastOff! Special Edition DVD.

• Pass the legacy of NASA’s Space Shuttle program to the next generation.
• As Seen on HGTV’s Look What I Did!
• Building the Real BlastOff! Bed
• BlastOff! Special Edition DVD Includes the Original BlastOff! Bed Construction Plan

	Please Support Our Continuing Independent Film Making Efforts! Order your Award-winning BlastOff! Special Edition DVD today!

Pass on the Legacy of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program to the Next Generation of Space Explorers

Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands, Ending America’s Space Shuttle Era. Image: NASA/Bill Ingalls

Now that NASA’s 30-year space shuttle program is in the history books, what better way to pass on the legacy of this inspiring achievement to a future generation of space explorers than building them their very own space shuttle inspired BlastOff! Bed?

I remember as a senior in high school, slipping out between classes, to watch the launch of STS-1: Columbia’s first orbital flight. Over the 30 year history I often made a point to watch launches and landings when possible and I remember watching both Challenger and Columbia’s final flights live. Let us never forget the brave souls that were lost on the those flights and let us be inspired to stand upon their shoulders to reach yet new heights. We cannot let the United States of America’s manned space flight capability end here. I was so inspired by the Space Shuttle program that I designed and built the BlastOff! Bed to inspire my own son when he was ready to leave the confines of his crib for his own life adventure and as a tribute to the incredible achievement of all those involved in the Space Shuttle program. Perhaps one of the children who grows up inspired in a BlastOff! Bed might turn out to be the first to walk on Mars.

The NASA space shuttle fleet consists of the now retired shuttles Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endavour. What name will you give your child’s BlastOff! Bed?

As Seen on HGTV’s Look What I Did!

We were thrilled to have the BlastOff! Space Shuttle Bed featured on Look What I Did!, Episode #HLWID-106, which aired over a dozen times on HGTV. Watch the BlastOff! Bed segment below.

Building the Real BlastOff! Bed

I designed the original BlastOff! Bed in auto·des·sys form·Z on the Mac and printed a set of construction plans, which are available on the BlastOff! Special Edition DVD along with high resolution photos of the finished bed as well as construction photos & video.

3D Computer Aided Design	Construction Plans	Construction Photos & Video

NOTE: The BlastOff! Bed™ Construction Guide that is included on the DVD is in Adobe PDF format and requires Adobe Reader to view and print. The construction guide is on the DVD-ROM portion of the DVD, which is accessible when the DVD is inserted into a computer’s DVD-ROM drive. Mac users simply click on the the BlastOff! Bed Construction Guide.pdf file after inserting the DVD into your Mac. Windows users may need to quit the DVD player that Windows automatically starts when the DVD is inserted into a Windows PC, then use Windows Explorer (Not Internet Explorer) to locate and access the files in the DVD-ROM portion of the DVD. The plans are on grid paper and are intended as a general design guide. You should adjust your dimensions to match your specific mattress frame by using the grid on the plans as a measurment guide and then adjusting the measurements to your actual mattress frame dimensions and needs. Please feel free to email us with any questions before ordering the BlastOff! ™ DVD.

BlastOff! Special Edition DVD Includes the Original Construction Plans for the Real BlastOff! Bed

Whether you are simply interested in seeing how I built the real BlastOff! Bed or you would like to build your own space shuttle bed for your young space cadet, the actual BlastOff! Bed construction plans that I used to build the original BlastOff! Bed are now available on the BlastOff! Special Edition DVD along with behind the scenes video, additional construction photos, high resolution versions of all the photos on this page and of course the award-winning 3D animated short film, BlastOff! with additional behind the scenes content.

	Please Support Our Continuing Independent Film Making Efforts! Order your Award-winning BlastOff! Special Edition DVD today!

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