K’Nex was my child hood. Forget Legos. I feel like K’Nex was for all us kids who wanted more of a challenge. Always wanted to be a thrill ride engineer bc of these. Brought me fond memories of my childhood. Thanks.
I worry for the future of K’nex. I wish they would release something like the Screamin Serpent again to give the coaster builders parts for the future. There’s still a huge fan base of custom coaster and ball tower builders out there that K’nex just ignores. We’re gonna run out of purple plastic rail tubing one day.
it was always on my bucket list to have it and as soon as I had a job and the adult money to buy son of serpent and screamin they had already sold into nothingness
1:28 That clock is simply beautiful. I imagined it in all white k'nex pieces. Struts could be black if needed. This is strictly parametric design. It's way too beautiful.
I had that knex clock tower in my childhood room haha! The batteries have been dead for a while and I’m too lazy to replace them but it does in fact work! I want to get back into the coaster hobby once I’m out of college.
I remember when I got to visit the old factory in Philadelphia. Awesome to see the new factory and some of the new things K’nex is trying to implement like the replicas of famous man made structures
It’s either knex listens to the community and makes more and better coaster sets, or knex falls out and lego coasters become better. Knex coasters are the foundation of the community and if those fall out, knex may just be gone forever. It’s been almost a year since we’ve had a good coaster, I fear we may lose these incredible coasters forever. I hope this doesn’t happen, but based on the less and less coasters they’ve been making it may happen.
lol - probably the one of the first things I said "I want more rollercoasters!" We'll just have to wait and see if it happens though. This isn't any insider info or anything (just common sense), but the more social media presence our coasters have, the easier it should be for more coaster sets to sell.
Knex is my childhood. I would loooove to work there. Unfortunately it looks like one of those jobs where the office culture is critical to the job and remote work wouldn't be half as good.
I’m no business expert, but I would definitely say yes. Knex feels like a valued brand within the company. And from the look of those new architecture sets (London eye, Golden Gate Bridge), it’s clear they are already innovating and expanding.
Hey ! I am a knex fan myself and build random things on my channel. Would you be interested if I built an automatic speaker for you? I can probably 3D print the thing to fit with the knex connections.
Knex and Basic Fun never bothered to reply to my calls and emails. It's to bad really, I am working on devices that have the potential of generating green energy with K'nex.
@@SoccerPlaya706I'd get you a link to the design for sure but I'd love to get your opinion if I shipped it to you as well. I've shipped a few out in the past to other UA-cam users years back. I happen to have one lying around and would love to get them to you to check out. You seem to have quite the engineering mind. Let me know :)
yes its old but still true bring back coaster my whole autistic life kind of revolved around them why did you settle for money over the joy of so many knex sucks now and I want the fun back fuck 2025 and your new owners knex for not sharing the love we all had for your and keeping the light shining
Hello sir. Are you in this video? The reason I’m asking, is because I need help. I have the ladder style track. I want the other style track without having to buy tons of separate tracks. I want to build a 2 in one coaster with both styles. I’ve tried Amazon and eBay, just to be ripped off. Is there a way to buy the track, and connectors separate? I’ll buy in bulk, or however. I’ll pay good money for it, and give you guys full credit. Knex has been so friendly on Instagram. Thank you so much! Please try to help me. I just took down my 8 foot tall coaster to make room for the new one. I’ll have to buy more sets to get the track if I have to, but please help me guys!!!!
I'm sorry you've been ripped off. Other than eBay (which is what I use), I don't think there's a good way to get track pieces right now. I usually search "K'nex Crossties" and "Knex Tubing" to get good results on eBay. But we can always hope that one day K'nex bings back their online store where we can order pieces direct from them.
@@CoasterWriter thank you. I’ll have to try eBay again. The ladder style track is ok, but I want to build a really fast coaster with my son. The ladder style track is just so limited.
K’Nex was my child hood. Forget Legos. I feel like K’Nex was for all us kids who wanted more of a challenge. Always wanted to be a thrill ride engineer bc of these. Brought me fond memories of my childhood. Thanks.
I had k'nex sooner than Legos sadly Lego sued k'nex for having their own brick ideas.
I worry for the future of K’nex. I wish they would release something like the Screamin Serpent again to give the coaster builders parts for the future. There’s still a huge fan base of custom coaster and ball tower builders out there that K’nex just ignores. We’re gonna run out of purple plastic rail tubing one day.
True, I shouldn't had gotten rid of knex thrill sets. Knex sets now are sad looking and boring re color designs
I’m sure a dedicated fan would reproduce it if it becomes that scarce.
Yeah they arev missing out on a huge subsection
it was always on my bucket list to have it and as soon as I had a job and the adult money to buy son of serpent and screamin they had already sold into nothingness
Thank you K'nex! My son and I have spent countless hours building so many projects. Such a great product ❤!
it's great to see the company is still there :D
K’nex is STILL my favourite toy! Love it!
K'nex is the best
I’ve never been able to build anything😢
We Are Nerds I’m sorry, that sucks! I’ve always loved K’nex and Lego…but especially K’nex!
Super neat!
Hello there again.
I really with that they’d still make sets with the cross tie type roller coaster track, I always loved building the those.
I love building things with K'nex. Those coasters look AWESOME!
Cranking up the big boys!!! From the commercial. I wanted that ball factory and roller coaster so badly. I only got the basic builder set.
1:28 That clock is simply beautiful. I imagined it in all white k'nex pieces. Struts could be black if needed. This is strictly parametric design. It's way too beautiful.
I had that knex clock tower in my childhood room haha! The batteries have been dead for a while and I’m too lazy to replace them but it does in fact work! I want to get back into the coaster hobby once I’m out of college.
That's awesome! I never knew it used to be an actual set until this visit.
had one to! I saved an entire summer for it
I remember when I got to visit the old factory in Philadelphia. Awesome to see the new factory and some of the new things K’nex is trying to implement like the replicas of famous man made structures
Wow very cool video. You're really inspiring me to explore this new hobby.
It’s a really great hobby! Hope you’re able to build some amazing things!
I really want to do this for a living
That’s so cool! Great video!
I used to build the heck out of some K’nex back in the day!!
Glad to see the office exists, but will they release any new products? What are they doing with the brand?
It’s either knex listens to the community and makes more and better coaster sets, or knex falls out and lego coasters become better. Knex coasters are the foundation of the community and if those fall out, knex may just be gone forever. It’s been almost a year since we’ve had a good coaster, I fear we may lose these incredible coasters forever. I hope this doesn’t happen, but based on the less and less coasters they’ve been making it may happen.
But still we aren't able to buy specific parts. Please reintroduce the 'suitcases' again.
Wow.. amazing
Thanks for watching
dammm lucky, but did you ask them about any future coasters? they are so hard to find now days
lol - probably the one of the first things I said "I want more rollercoasters!" We'll just have to wait and see if it happens though. This isn't any insider info or anything (just common sense), but the more social media presence our coasters have, the easier it should be for more coaster sets to sell.
i love that this office is like 20 minutes from me
Amazing. All the questions I had are answered in the comments already.
First and so cool man
thanks!
How are the connectors designated? Ask them the terms they use to describe them.
Knex is my childhood. I would loooove to work there. Unfortunately it looks like one of those jobs where the office culture is critical to the job and remote work wouldn't be half as good.
Thanks for sharing this! In your opinion, is K’Nex in good hands with Basic Fun? Are they going to keep expanding and innovating this “product line?”
I’m no business expert, but I would definitely say yes. Knex feels like a valued brand within the company. And from the look of those new architecture sets (London eye, Golden Gate Bridge), it’s clear they are already innovating and expanding.
@@CoasterWriter Thanks :) Your coasters are amazing, btw!
0:12 i bought this wheel back in January
Wait knex had a head quarters?
Woooowww you're lucky
Is this open to the public or did you get invited
I got invited. These are the offices where they work.
Why did they stop making the large sets from when I was a kid? I guess kids don’t play with toys anymore
how do i still buy k'nex
The K’NEX website online, Amazon, and for the classic K’NEX sets there’s always eBay and Facebook marketplace
Hey ! I am a knex fan myself and build random things on my channel. Would you be interested if I built an automatic speaker for you? I can probably 3D print the thing to fit with the knex connections.
The biggest flaw with the knex coasters are that it’s train slow down very quickly
it would be quite fun to work for em
who else misses knex coasters⬇️
1:08 I also have this
Knex and Basic Fun never bothered to reply to my calls and emails. It's to bad really, I am working on devices that have the potential of generating green energy with K'nex.
Next time can you tell them to go back to making fun amusement park rides with little people.
I’ve never seen a video with no dislikes before
Would you be interested in receiving a K'nex toy gun I designed years back? It shoots 300ft fyi
I'd be interested in seeing some pics/design for that! Sounds insane!
@@SoccerPlaya706I'd get you a link to the design for sure but I'd love to get your opinion if I shipped it to you as well. I've shipped a few out in the past to other UA-cam users years back. I happen to have one lying around and would love to get them to you to check out. You seem to have quite the engineering mind. Let me know :)
basic fun ruined the company
yes its old but still true bring back coaster my whole autistic life kind of revolved around them why did you settle for money over the joy of so many knex sucks now and I want the fun back fuck 2025 and your new owners knex for not sharing the love we all had for your and keeping the light shining
Should tell them to stop sellling those micro crap. They feel like they are knockoff china knex. Should be sold in a dollar store for $1.25
Hello sir. Are you in this video? The reason I’m asking, is because I need help. I have the ladder style track. I want the other style track without having to buy tons of separate tracks. I want to build a 2 in one coaster with both styles. I’ve tried Amazon and eBay, just to be ripped off. Is there a way to buy the track, and connectors separate? I’ll buy in bulk, or however. I’ll pay good money for it, and give you guys full credit. Knex has been so friendly on Instagram. Thank you so much! Please try to help me. I just took down my 8 foot tall coaster to make room for the new one. I’ll have to buy more sets to get the track if I have to, but please help me guys!!!!
I'm sorry you've been ripped off. Other than eBay (which is what I use), I don't think there's a good way to get track pieces right now. I usually search "K'nex Crossties" and "Knex Tubing" to get good results on eBay. But we can always hope that one day K'nex bings back their online store where we can order pieces direct from them.
@@CoasterWriter thank you. I’ll have to try eBay again. The ladder style track is ok, but I want to build a really fast coaster with my son. The ladder style track is just so limited.