Ridemakerz
You pick a Chevrolet, Dodge or Ford body, add rims and tires, then load it with spoilers and stickers and drive it out, freewheel or radio-controlled. Builds start at $24.99.
Why go
CultureMap's line for it is a Build-A-Bear Workshop with more octane, which is fair: the sequence is choose the body, build it, customize it.1 Larry Andreini founded the company in 2007 and brought in Maxine Clark, who had run Build-A-Bear, and the car designer Chip Foose.1 Most of its shops closed by 2009 and it has been rebuilding in tourist markets, Branson and the Mall of America among them, which is the company this San Antonio store keeps.1
Good to know
- Prices start at $24.99 for a freewheel street kit and run to $54.98 for the radio-controlled version, with accessories on top.2
- Where it is: 849 E Commerce Street, suite 451, in the Shops at Rivercenter.1
- Monster trucks, semis and police cars are on the build list alongside the road cars.1
Verdict
listed — You pick a body from Chevrolet, Dodge or Ford, add rims and tires, then load it with spoilers and stickers, and it drives away either freewheel or radio-controlled from $24.99. CultureMap covered the opening and the mall's own directory carries the store. It earns a listing as a stop downtown between the aquarium and the LEGO floor, and nothing more is claimed for it.