2007 headquarters irvine california usa key people larry andreini chip foose maxine clark products toy cars website http www.ridemakerz.com ridemakerz alternatively written ridemakerz is an american retailer of customizable toy cars . the business was started in 2007 by larry andreini chip foose of tlc overhaulin and maxine clark of build a bear workshop . contents 1 history 2 company information 3 process 4 stores 4.1 current locations 4.2 former locations 5 rz virtual world 6 footnotes 7 references 8 external links history edit the first location opened june 1 2007 in myrtle beach sc at broadway at the beach . 1 since then twelve locations had opened in ten other states . 2 in late 2009 ridemakerz began closing most of their stores . by the end of 2009 ridemakerz will have closed nine of their twelve stores the four remaining stores will be myrtle beach sc downtown disney walt disney world downtown disney disneyland and branson mo. plus they will be selling their products in the newly repurchased and re imagined disney stores . the company currently holds licenses to make the chevrolet corvette dodge challenger dodge ram dodge viper ford f 250 super chief ford mustang mini cooper 3 and the scion xb . 4 in april 2008 ridemakerz won best attraction retailing for stores under 5 000 square feet 460 m2 in chain store age magazine s retail store of the year awards 5 company information edit ridemakerz is a limited liability company . it was founded in 2007 in st. louis missouri and moved to rancho santa margarita california in 2009 . the main financier is investor norman pozez . build a bear owns about 25 % of the company . in 2010 it is opening a warehouse and distribution center in valencia california it currently uses the system of build a bear and moving its headquarters to irvine california . there are approximately 250 employees nationwide and 16 employees at its headquarters . 6 process edit while in the store the customers known as customizers come into the store and build ridez that can either be a freewheeling car or remote control car . it is estimated that over 649 000 000 different ride combinations are possible . 7 stores edit there are at present three locations . each store s number is prefixed with 15 and the order of opening denotes the individual store number . the number 1513 was skipped . 8 current locations edit store number city location notes 1501 myrtle beach sc broadway at the beach first location 6 1 07 1510 branson mo branson landing 1515 anaheim ca downtown disney westernmost store opened 10 6 09 . relocated reopened june 16 2010 9 former locations edit store number city location notes 1502 bloomington mn mall of america northernmost store closed 9 1 08 10 1503 indianapolis in castleton square closed january 23 2010 first store to close in 2010 1504 fredericksburg va spotsylvania towne centre closed september 25 2010 1505 white marsh md the avenue at white marsh first location of 2008 first location where mobilize came before motorize easternmost store closed september 12 2009 1506 hagerstown md the shoppes at hagerstown closed august 31 2009 1507 schaumburg il woodfield mall closed september 11 2009 1508 auburn hills mi great lakes crossing opened the same day as 1509 closed september 19 2009 same day as 1509 1509 novi mi twelve oaks mall opened the same day as 1508 closed september 19 2009 same day as 1508 1511 appleton wi fox river closed august 31 2009 1512 friendswood tx baybrook mall southernmost store closed october 24 2009 1514 glendale az westgate city center closed january 23 2012 1516 lake buena vista fl downtown disney opened march 25 2010 relocated august 31 2011 1517 new york ny fao schwarz new york city 1590 groveport oh ridemakerz garage warehouse location closed august 12 2009 replaced with a location in garden grove california rz virtual world edit december 2008 ridemakerz launched their ridemakerz virtual world which is similar to build a bear workshops build a bearville closed beta testing . march 2009 rz virtual world opened from its closed beta test . september 2009 ridemakerz stopped tech support for their virtual world . footnotes edit references edit http www.ridemakerz.com rz pages riderzed historyofcars.aspx http www.ridemakerz.com rz pages aboutrz contactus findashop default.aspx http www.motortrend.com features newswire 32961 index.html http www.edmunds.com insideline do news articleid 123294 ridemakerz wins retail store of the year . business wire . april 24 2008 . cruz sherri july 5 2010 . custom toy car store pulls in big backers . orange county business journal . 33 37 1 8 . http www.businesswire.com portal site google index.jsp ndmviewid news view & newsid 20070529005445 & newslang en http ridemakerz.com t locations ridemakerz reopens at downtown disney in new expanded location http www.ridemakerz.com rz pages aboutrz contactus findashop storedetail.aspx workshopid 1502 external links edit ridemakez website myspace group ridemakerz forum 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