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So Much Stuff I Can't Recall

Friday, March 12, 2004

Philip and the Thunderbirds

Philip has inherited Dina's love of the old Thunderbirds TV show. Even before he could count to ten, Phil knew which of the Tracy brothers was responsible for which Thunderbirds rescue vehicle.

Now he's re-enacting the three episodes we have on tape using Legos. Recently we've made the Mole (burrowing vehicle) and the Firefly (super-bulldozer). When we made Thompson Tower (a super-big building that catches fire and has to be bulldozed by the Firefly) we needed a ramp (HotWheels track) and a parking tunnel (so a car could drive in, crash, and catch the building on fire). Today we've made the Fireflash (nuclear airplane with bomb in the landing gear — we did include a piece that looks like a bomb) and Elevator Rescue Car (the vehicle the Fireflash safely lands on). Then we landed the Fireflash on the Elevator Car.

Right now he's trying to figure out how to build the Sidewinder (a giant, walking, insectoid robot) and Recovery Vehicle (a suction cup-launching vehicle that pulls the Sidewinder out of the "Pit of Peril" — how do you make a suction cup out of Legos?).

Eventually these tapes will wear out (they're viewed at least once a day) and we'll have to get the full 32-episode DVD collection.

We're gonna need more Legos.


Mikesell

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