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Inventor too young to attend toy fair

Children and adults play with LEGOs at an exhibition "LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition" at the Building Museum in Washington on September 4, 2010. The exhibit will be open through Labor Day of 2011. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn
Children and adults play with LEGOs at an exhibition "LEGO Architecture: Towering Ambition" at the Building Museum in Washington on September 4, 2010. The exhibit will be open through Labor Day of 2011. UPI/Alexis C. Glenn | License Photo

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MILWAUKEE, March 20 (UPI) -- The inventor of colorful, reusable static-cling decals for Lego-type bricks was too young to attend a toy show in New York, officials said.

Greyson MacLean, inventor of the reusable BrickStix decals, is 11-years-old, and Toy Fair 2011 in New York City required attendees to be 18 or over, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

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Greyson's decals are now in more than 50 stores in 20 states and his father, Matt MacLean, said retailers in other countries have shown an interest in the decals since last month's toy fair in New York.

The stickers let young builders customize their creations with signs, lettering and artwork and because they adhere to smooth surfaces through static electricity, they are removable and reusable.

The family fulfills Web site orders from a curtained-off area in their basement. The stickers come in three themes, metro, space and transport, and sell for $5.99 per set of 84 stickers.

"I can't even describe the feeling," Greyson said of his sticker invention. "You feel excited when you hear someone just ordered 15 of your product."

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