Fisher-Price, which I remember as the maker of all things magically miniature but wonderfully life-like (that brightly-colored farmhouse, the chunky airplane, and the car parking lot with elevator were my favorites), is fully in the app business.

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While that might seem less than instant, it compares favorably with the alternative -- taking the elevator to the seventh floor, finding you car and then driving down endless ramps praying that your alloys don't make contact with the concrete skirts.

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