Racing Snail, GO!

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We have a windup toy snail. It's fun and slow, and Brock likes to chase it around. He also picks it up and throws it sometimes. One of those throws somehow altered its internal mechanics and transformed it into a turbo-charged snail on steroids. Brock was delighted by his work.

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