WELCOME TO THE AUTOTUNES CARS™ AND THE CAUSE CARS™ PROJECT

Combine two of the world's most popular passions, cars and music with a well established collectible.

Our custom mechanical music movement can be used in an endless number of vehicle bodies made from foam, plastic, wood, sculptured resins, plush, retro painted metal etc. or a combination of them. Each of them can be designed to present your licensed property or own unique ideas. Virtually any tune can be produced.  The cars can be manufactured at all price points and aimed at any market segment from both the mass and specialty markets in  toy and gift to collectibles to do it yourself arts and crafts. Common vehicle body designs can be easily customized by modifying the printing and labels applied to the top of the vehicles for special occasions, premiums and fund raisers.

The musical movement is a self contained unit which becomes the bottom of any vehicle and includes the vehicle wheel axles so all you need provide is the vehicle top and wheels. The underside of our movement is provided with an indent for placing a label identifying your vehicle and any numbering or other vehicle specific information.

Realizing the importance of education, this interactive toy combines music and visual mechanics with the most loved child and adult characters. Recognizing that the market for toy cars is dominated by those aimed predominantly at the male market, these offer endless potential to be female inclusive.

AUTOTUNES™, LOCO-TUNES™ AND CARTUNES™ are our Patent Pend. collectible musical toy vehicles driven by our custom  characters and designed for year round sales, not just the typical end of year Christmas season. Traditional music boxes have been a popular collectible for over a century but never before mechanically connected to the wheels of a toy vehicle. There are millions of possible variations including but not limited to:

• Original characters using popular public copyright free music. Some examples are depicted in the following web pages.  These Fuzzy animals travel the world and beyond on adventures and then gather to tell FUZZY TALES™. The FUZZY TALES™ stories will be available in book form, app books for the iPad and other electronic book readers, online and with plans to do a Children's TV series. Plush Fuzzy animals will also be available individually and for licensing to other manufacturers.
  
• Licensed characters from Disney™, Nickelodeon™, Looney Tunes™, Marvel™, My Little Pony™, Dora the Explorer™, Capstone™, Spin Masters™ to name just a few. Cars featuring characters and music from the latest movie releases and television shows can be manufactured prior to release.
  
• Any musician, band or popular person with a large fan base. Examples include the Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson, political figures etc.
• Collegiate and sports songs from around the world are already developed and available in our music movements. Combine them with the associated team mascot or players for an endless collectible series.
• Popular, holiday and cultural tunes from every country.
• Premium Incentives,  for example the Coca Cola™ Polar Bear and mass market fast food establishments with propriety characters or figures.

AutoTunes™ captivate both young and old with low tech charm. Most of our vehicle designs have transparent sides to allow the music box and gears to be seen. Another great option is to create the car bodies with stamped metal bodies with a retro look and provide an option for the body to hinge open so the mechanism can be seen. The car body acts as a resonant chamber amplifying the tune similar to many musical instruments. Our cars can include a registration number with each that provides access to web and other media specials. Other possible options include free music downloads of the songs and the lyrics, supporting character stories, prizes and discount coupons for Licensee products.

The tune can be played by pushing the car backwards and releasing it to move forward under its own power or by the winding of a key on the bottom. They can also be played by just moving the vehicle forward by hand, however the tune will only play at the speed with which you propel the vehicle. There are no batteries required.

Dream Green is working with two of the world's largest music box suppliers Yunsheng Co.,Ltd. Musical Product Division of China and NIDEC SANKYO SHOJI CORPORATION of Japan to develop the mechanics. Their combined production capacity is over 50 million units a year. 

We propose manufacturing our Fuzzy Animals series with Silicon rubber which is FDA approved for medical devices and baby products. It is non toxic and contains no phthalates. They are fully articulated with heads and arms that can be moved and small hands that can actually grasp objects. They can be swapped out for other designs, no glue required. Designed for interactive play, the cars can be individualized by painting, the application of stickers, custom veneers, different figures or letting your imagination run wild to customize them your way for your friends and family. Replacement wheel tires will be available and their patented design options include having graphics, letters, numerals or song lyrics molded into their surface so they can be run over an ink pad and then rolled on paper to print them.

Please allow us to introduce you to some of our good friends who all drive AUTOTUNES™, they love their cars and their music and tell great tales. Many more of our action friends are coming, so come back soon. The figures depicted are for concept purposes and not necessarily those that will be in the final product. 

Concept and images ©2009 /2010/2011 Don Green

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