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A year ago, Caine Monroy was just a pint-sized arcade fanatic whiling away his summer vacation at his dad's auto parts shop.
Then he decided to build his own version of the games he loved to play – completely out of cardboard.
A chance encounter drew national media attention and turned the 9-year-old kid from East L.A. into a household name.
It all started here, at his dad's L.A.-area used auto parts shop.
"He loves to see how things are built," says his dad, George. "So it was only natural for him to build his own arcade."
Caine built his first game – mini-basketball – using shipping boxes from the shop and a plastic goal he picked up at a pizzeria.
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