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Nine-year-old Caine built an arcade out of cardboard in the front of his father's auto-parts shop.

By Christine G. Barlow | Updated on May 04, 2012
One of the recent videos to go viral is about a 9-year-old boy in Los Angeles who built an arcade out of cardboard. Caine built and designed the machines, has prizes, and offers a fun pass that allows the purchaser 500 plays at the arcade for one month—quite a deal.

The boy’s arcade is in the front of his father’s auto-parts shop, although most of the auto-parts business is conducted online. A customer talked to the father about it, and when he found out he was Caine’s only customer, he organized a flash mob to visit and play at the arcade. Naturally, Caine was thrilled.

Of course, nothing comes across my desk without automatically making me wonder what the insurance spin on it might be.

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