Mr. Nitze relied on a customizable set of prefabricated building blocks called an itHouse.

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The game comes with a really cute set of plastic birds, pigs, and building blocks.

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Bill and Dave packed up their tools, moved out of the garage and set up business in a redwood office building a few blocks away.

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