Building the Boot

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If you were curious, here's a video of the how the L.L. Bean Bootmobile was made. One of the boot's builders explains: "The idea here is not to put a boot on a truck—it's putting a truck inside of a boot." You can also watch it drive around the suburbs, if you missed its Wednesday arrival in Times Square. [Gizmodo; Previously]