Records of Finished Work

There have been several Lego kits that I have made for the kids since they are too young to do on their own yet. Even with their tiny fingers, they don't have the dexterity to handle the tiniest Lego piece called a stud.

I am beginning to let them try to put together as much of the kits now, especially if the kit has less than 100 pieces. Bionicle is probably the toughest for them as the pieces with ball and socket joints require some extra strenght, even for me. I was surprised when my 8 year old put a small Lego Castle kit together without any help at all. The finished work is something for them to be proud of but what happens after?

THe kids do play with their finished Lego kits for a while. The Lego toy eventually becomes Lego scrap - especially if the youngest one gets a hold of her elder sibling's Legos.

There are some good kits I try to restore (I always keep the instructions). But usually there are too many pieces that are lost.

The best way to perserve the moment of your kids' Lego accomplishment is to take digital pictures of your kids with the finished Lego product. Just make sure you download them on the computer with the tons of vacation pictures you have stored on your 1 Gig memory card.

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Lego Universe

Somehow, I ran into a news article on the internet announcing the coming of the Lego Universe, a massively multiplayer online game or MMOG. If you have no idea what a MMOG is then any definition won't adequately explain MMOG. In its simplest form, a MMOG is when computer users interact with other computer users around the world in a computer network. A typical interaction may be to play games online with other people in the network. Other interactions may be very complex like socializing with other users with your character or "avatar" and do "stuff". You name the stuff and more often than not, you can do that "stuff".

There are kiddie MMOG too believe it or not. If you are a parent, you can be confident that the online MMOG for kids is safe for them. Otherwise, the problem will make world news and the MMOG company could be shut down.

I mentioned earlier that Lego Star Wars is for kids and adults. The Lego Universe MMOG is promised to be just like that - safe for kids and adults. The only difference is that the virtual universe will go beyond the Lego Star Wars World. Now users will be able to make just about any Lego character and world.

Unfortunately, it won't be available until 2008.

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Lego Indiana Jones?

I was surfing the net to get some of the latest news from Comicon 2007. I used www.g4tv.com which is G4 Tech's website. There was a list on one of the pages and the topic on George Lucas' announcement on Lego Indiana Jones video game caught my eye. In the article was a link to the trailer. It was so cool! Unfortunately, the release date of the video game is "Summer 2008". Oh how I wish I can fast forward into the future.

I saw some comments on the web article mocking the future game. There was a lot of whining how the game was too easy and for the kids. One was looking for some Lego gore as in the controversial scene in Temple of Doom that led to the creation of PG-13. Well maybe there should be an adult version for these 30 year old cry babies that are still living in mommy's house.

Games like Lego Star Wars was such a huge hit because it appealed to everyone. Lego Indiana Jones should continue this trend. Let the crybabies looking for Lego Dawn of the Dead stick to their bloody violent games.

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Lego Star Wars mini-figures

After playing both Lego Star Wars PC games (Lego Star Wars and Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy) and assisting my kid build Lego Star Wars kits, I began to notice the mini-figures. The PC game would allow you to play with a ton of characters from the movies. The Lego kits have some of these minifigures but not all. Unfortunately, you can not get individual Star Wars minifigures - you have to buy the kit. My kids kept breaking or losing the minifigures so now the minifigures are under my control. Now they are like gold to me. The Lego customer service didn't really have a satisfying answer for me. She mentioned the Lego magnet minis and that was it. I later discovered that there was a niche market for Lego mini figures, not just Star Wars. Some figures can be priced cheap while rare ones seemed to be priced unreasonable. I have started a collection and it is slowy growing.


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