Alex, who is 7 years old and on the Autism spectrum, is in love with the PIXAR lamp. So much, that when he is asked what he wants for christmas or his birthday (they are a week apart) - he will tell us that he wants the Pixar Lamp. For a few months now he has asked us to take him to Target or Wal-Mart and get one. Unfortunately, they don't sell them there - only plain 'ol clamp lights which lack the dancing around and animation that is the essence of why he loves the lamp.
He draws them in MS Paint, this took less than 5 minutes and he drew it from memory. Better than I could do, for sure.He can spend hours on YouTube watching videos of the Pixar lamp - like this one:
When we went to a Playgym the other day with friends he found the fridge magnets in the refreshment area and made his own lamp and played with it for a good hour. Its a bit Rustic, but I love the creativity of how he assembled it using just the letters and numbers magnets.
update: This apparently does exist and it is from Thinkway Toys. No where to be found, however! Aaaaaarrgh! Anyone work for Pixar or Thinkway want to make a child with autism VERY HAPPY?
Dear Santa, Please send us a PIXAR Lamp!
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Ok. I used to work for Disney, so I'd be happy to help look. I LOVE his magnet logo! Found a couple of close ones at office depot here are the links...
eterna desk lamp
metro desk lamp
pivotal desk lamp
but the best looking match I could find was HERE!! Boston Harbor desk lamp
oohhh, good luck!
Wish I had a connection! Maybe you'll find one before the Holidays!
Nigel has always loved the Pixar lamp! Two years ago, a friend of mine was doing some cleaning and was going to get rid of an old desk lamp, one that resembled the Pixar lamp. Fortunately my friend was already planning on getting rid of it, because Nigel grabbed it and began dancing around with it! Ode to the Pixar Lamp! Hope you find one that Alex will love.
Hope you find your lamp!
aw man, I hope you find it!!! and how adorable is that? LOVE the drawing and the magnets!!!!
btw, my Thomas has a December birthday too. HATE it. I wish it was in summer so that he got new toys to help get us through the rest of the year! Plus he is into totally different things by then.
I am thinkin... HALF birthdays, maybe?
How cute!!! Admit it, that Pixar lamp is cool! I love the squishy squeaky noises it makes! Good luck finding one of those Kitty Mama!
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