Classic Radio Flyer wagon updated for 2.0 world

CNN ^ | Dec. 24, 2008 | Jeremy Bradley

[decimon]

Maybe you had one as a kid, or knew someone who did. It's the iconic little red wagon with the Radio Flyer logo.

If so, you might not recognize the newest product dreamed up by the brain trust at Radio Flyer's Chicago, Illinois, headquarters.

[decimon]

Sacrilege!

[DennisR]

...and who wants to ride “backwards”?

[Oldexpat]

They moved all their production to China since Walmart insisted that they had to have lower prices or they wouldn’t carry the brand. Lots of people in Chicago lost their jobs..Merry Christmas

[Walmartian]

I wonder how much the insurance for the wagon is for a year. I would just get liability if it were me.

[autumnraine]

Ok, that’s a stroller I think.

Where is the rocks supposed to go? Was I the only one who actually hauled stuff around with the wagon besides people? I mean I had room for my batch of hot wheels, dog and mounds of dirt and rocks for a neat track.

Yes, I was a tomboy.

[Bringbackthedraft]

“We approached this product much like an automotive company might with a concept car,” said Mark Johnson, Radio Flyer’s product development manager.

Outfitted with 5-point safety harnesses, padded seats, cup holders, foot brakes and fold-out storage containers, the sleek, curved Cloud 9 has every family covered for a ride through the park. But that’s just for starters. .......................... Hmmmmmmm? Sounds like the damn lawyers, got to the little wagon industry too? Probably sued them over the safety harnesses and foot brakes. God forbid a child should get a scraped knee.

[230FMJ]

A “product” dreamed up by lawyers. Arrrrgh!

[Dallas59]

[P-Marlowe]

Where the heck is the roll bar?

[decimon]

Where the heck is the roll bar?

Next to the butter tray.

[KarlInOhio]

It's like someone at Radio Flyer came up with parody version of a wagon for the 21st century and it got mixed in with the manufacturing instructions.

[decimon]

It's like someone at Radio Flyer came up with parody version of a wagon for the 21st century and it got mixed in with the manufacturing instructions.

Maybe it comes in a big box for the kids to play with. If that's a sturdy box then they can put wheels on it and...

[EternalVigilance]

It looks like something that would roll up next you and the kid would ask if you had any Grey Poupon.

[tubebender]

I remember getting a call from a neighbor up the street asking if we knew our 3 year old son was headed north pulling his Little Red Wagon with his lunch pail and our brown poodle in it. That was 1961...

[decimon]

I remember getting a call from a neighbor up the street asking if we knew our 3 year old son was headed north pulling his Little Red Wagon with his lunch pail and our brown poodle in it. That was 1961...

A classic. I'm sure many parents know this scene.

[BlessedBeGod]

Ugh!

[CHEE]

Are those round holes on the side where the kid keeps frogs, bugs and treasure stuff?

[Kirkwood]

I’ll bet anyone a $100 that if you put this wagon next to the traditional one, the 9 out of 10 kids would pick the traditional one.

[ßuddaßudd]

There is nothing like the original...