Monday
Jan142008
I Get Nooooo Respect
Monday, January 14, 2008 Marcus’ Lego Star Wars General Grievous Starfighter keeps coming apart. Frustration sets in. Dad to the rescue...
“Ok Fury, see, you’re playing too rough with it. You can’t crank the cockpit like that or else it’ll keep flying apart. I’m gonna show you how this is done so you won’t need me next time. So, these four pieces fit in here... groove-side down. Then, this goes into heeere... and then this snaps heeeere... and then...”
*Slip* *Crash* *Scatter* “Argh %*#@!”
“And then DROP it, Dad?”
Reader Comments (33)
LOL!! He is way too cute!
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[BusyDad] ... and I am WAY too easy a target.
He is quick witted.. hmmmm.. wonder where he gets that from?
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[BusyDad] What sucks is that I am realizing he is quick-ER witted...
Oh my. Poor Marcus.
B got a Lego boat that actually goes in the water. Dh and he built it Saturday. He set it free in the bathtub and it ran right into the wall. Luckily, it didn't come apart. Now if K gets ahold of it....
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[BusyDad] Not to worry. Said parts were superglued by me in an attempt to never re-live that total pwned moment again. I'd do the same... K WILL get a hold of it. Oh yes, it will happen.
haha. what a little smart ass! lol
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[BusyDad] Hmmm ... an apt description.
Oh NO! That's too funny. Clever kid.
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[BusyDad] He's gonna clever himself right out of getting any more Lego-related tech support!
You keep giving more fuel for my "death to Lego's" crusade!
KEEP BELIEVING
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[BusyDad] It's ... too late for me now... save yourself...go
See, I'm on my third kid. By now I'm just to the point of saying, "Sorry, Dude, you'll just have to figure that out on your own." Poor kid. All he can make now are wierd looking cars and spaceships cuz his mommy won't help him!!!
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[BusyDad] That image is just cracking me up to no end in my cubicle right now!! I'm so tempted to do that but I just don't have the heart. Then again, I'm only on my first kid.
Lego should sell a spray bottle of glue with every product they sell. Yesterday my son was running around with four swords in his pants. He was being General Grievous.
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[BusyDad] Now that would be genius. Superglue can get expensive. I used about half a tube already after a couple of recent Lego repair sessions that I got sick of repeating 5 times within the span of a half hour. I love General Grievous - Fury has 3 lightsabers right now. One more and his transformation will be complete.
Ahh, the beauty of daughters. We don't do the Lego thing here. No we have fully assembled My Little Ponies and Barbies. And then we pull out their tails and rip off their heads. It's great fun!
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[BusyDad] I think Fury would actually enjoy partaking in that activity. It's not what you play with, it's how you play with it.
OMG did you really drop it?? How hard did you hit the bottle after THAT??
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[BusyDad] Yup. Not only that, I was trying to snap a piece in, which adds extra force to the drop. But those happen all the time for me. Out of a 5 beer bottle rating scale, this was about a 1.5, threat level yellow mishap.
Way to go, Dad...
Hey! Just noticed you added me to your blogroll...I'm feeling all special now. Hopefully, I can climb my way up the ladder from Loserville, heh.
Just buggin'
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[BusyDad] If I were in a room full of parents, I would have received that "dropped your tray in the middle of the school cafeteria" applause. Hey, I had to spice up the blogroll a bit, you know?
And then...Timeout.
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[BusyDad] He intimidates me too much.
I got one word for you...TRANSFORMERS...I know the legos have more "stuff" but these bast****...I mean these TOYS are driving me nuts. Anyway,I think Optimus Prime looks smokin with his grill on backwards!
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[BusyDad] Haha - a jacked up Optimus Prime. Fury likes Transformers (#3 behind Legos and Star Wars) and we have a houseful of limbless Transformers too (or they have limbs transplanted from their comrades).
My son at age two-three was building a Lego contraption that was very detailed (especially for his age) and every time he went to pick it up to show me what he had done, it broke. He would promptly sit down and put it back to gether. I watched this for a bit and noticed that every time it fell his choice statement was "son of a B$#@%$". I had to turn and laugh for I could not let him see me laughing as I was telling him that was a bad thing to be saying. But I was shocked and dumbfounded that he knew that little statement much less when to use it AT AGE TWO-THREE!
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[BusyDad] As shocked as you are then they say these things, the amusement factor totally trumps the "oops! I need to watch my mouth" factor. At least for the first dozen or so times. That one is classic! I really wish you got that on video. It would have made a good run on YouTube.
I am such a mom of a girl. I think legos would be my undoing. As it is, I am going mad over our Polly Pocket Jumbo Jet which keeps breaking in half. I am desperate to find the little black box and discover the secret for keeping the fusilage in one piece!!
cute post. love the on-going lego drama
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[BusyDad] The same one for which she won't let you throw away the box right? Is it brilliant or just sad that I have brainspace designated for random facts about other peoples' parenting lives? If you can't locate the black box, I highly recommend superglue as plan B. I can't tell you how much I love that stuff. If you could only see all the empty vials strewn throughout the house...
Aw, rats! That's when I say to myself, "Okay. Just walk away from the Starfighter. Just walk away..."
I remember getting so frustrated with those contraptions for the very same reason. It's more like a puzzle with a bazillion pieces than an all-one-piece transformer.
I tried to explain that to my lil' guy, "Okay, son, now you gotta understand, it's the assembly that's supposed to be the fun part. You don't really play with it after we build it. You just look at it. Or take it apart and put it back together. We have other toys for you to pretend to fly" (as I quickly handed him an indestructible fighter jet or something). Yeah, right. It never, ever worked. He'd get that look on his face of total confusion, like, "Whaaaaa?"
You know what, though? He eventually got to the age where (when he was able to build it all by himself) he actually did enjoy the building process -- really! Then we'd take pictures of it, then he'd destroy it (and got a kick out of that, too) and dump all the pieces in a giant tub of assorted Lego pieces (rather than keeping them separated by Starfighter or whatever). So...there's a light at the end of this tunnel (I think?!).
Good luck, BD!
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[BusyDad] Are you in blog hopping mode already? It's 8:45 in the am! You're more hardcore that I am. Haha yeah in theory you can tell them to just "look at it" but in practice, they look at you like you're on crack when you tell them that. It's like someone saying "I dry aged this ribeye and seared it for you but all you can do it smell it." Your tip is good - take a picture. What I'm doing now is letting him have his way with the smaller sets (and our Lego tub is slowly filling with more and more randomness), but the 10 hour projects stay ON THE SHELF. Unless he's playing with them, in which case he is under my watchful eye and a taser gun.
See now you are scaring me. I always hated Barbies and any related "girl" toys growing up. I did however, love me some legos. I have been thinking about embarking on the lego bandwagon with my oldest son, but your stories scare me. I have very little patience. What would be a good lego project to start out with?
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[BusyDad] Sorry to dampen your Lego spirit - I actually like Legos. They're actually pretty fun because (at least in my case) they can occupy your kid for hours on end. My tales just highlight the crazy behemoth projects, but Fury has a ton of little vehicles that I build once (takes me 15 minutes) and then let him "customize" however he wants. He actually surprises me with his creativity and technical skills when he's playing with Legos. Lego-wise, the "City" series is good to start with. They have fire engines, police cars and ambulances that are fairly quick and easy. Even the Star Wars series has some smaller ones (Fury's first one was the V-Wing fighter). I'd recommend those two to start. Stay away from any Lego set you need 2 hands to carry!!
I heart your kid. Just sayin'.
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[BusyDad] I swear, if he wasn't so dang cute, I'd have poured gasoline on that Starfighter and set it ablaze.
always two there are; no more, no less: a mast... hmmmm... maybe this doesn't apply here after all.
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[BusyDad] hahaha! Yeah, I represent the befuddled side of the force. I don't get many padawans lining up for my tutelage.
The starfighters are inferior to the galactic cruisers in many ways. Nowhere in your frustration did I hear you say that you disabled the shield generator.(easy mistake) But you see, that's why in real life they come with a droid! May the force be with you- Obi dad Kenobi
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[BusyDad] I'm loving the Star Wars geek talk. I'm in my element now. Thanks for visiting my site. By the way, I have a "Jedi Academy" post coming up soon (Fury got to fight Darth Maul). Regarding the droid, I blame it on the Jawas. They sold me a junked one (again!). Can't trust em.
I can just imagine my daughter saying something similar... with a couple of expletives thrown in for good measure!
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[BusyDad] I would have liked to throw a few extra ones in there for good measure as well. I'm very impressed with myself that I didn't!
oh yeah, I meant to tell you, I have something for you over at my place. I put it up a couple of days ago so you may have to scroll down a bit to find it.
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[BusyDad] Thank you CableGirl! I am honored to catch (or give?) cyber mono from (to?) you.
I love it. Were you just thinking you were so cool showing him the way and trying to be all knowing and then - boom - you broke it! Hahaha...another perfect example of the humility of parenthood.
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[BusyDad] yuuuup... you're only cool until you drop it, spill it, trip over it, break it, fall off it...
I have found with many of the Legos and kids it is important to MODIFY the construction in order to keep them together. Most of the Star Wars Ships my 7yo has I have learned to add a few pieces here and there to improve durability. If it falls off it needs adjusting...
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[BusyDad] I may graduate to that level of skill one of these days. For now, a little dab o superglue will do ya!
So he's cute, quick and funny.
BD ~ you are in sooo much trouble.
At least he didn't repeat any less than stellar words that Daddy 'might' accidentally have let slip...right? :-)
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[BusyDad] Ahem... yeah, he knows what's good for him. He'll only spew them out at school. In front of the teacher.
I'm surprised he didn't say, "And then THROW it, Dad". Because, that's what I would've done with that thing. Straight out the flipping window.
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[BusyDad] HHAHAHAHA That's next week's episode I think.
I swear they don't make these things as indestructible as they once were. They aren't toys for kids anymore. They are tests for parents.
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[BusyDad] It's a conspiracy I tell you! The harder these things get, the more our kids want them. Lego has found the formula for complete world dominance.
LOL. Did he point and laugh too? Because mine so would...
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[BusyDad] If mom didn't shoot him a "you better watch it" glance at him, he just might have!
ROFL!!! No beer to blame for it this time? ;)
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[BusyDad] I wish... nope, just my elephant fingers.
Dang. Busted. That would've left me speechless, with a headache, and the need for an hour of alone-time.
Do dads need alone time?
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[BusyDad] I actually busted up laughing. That's a sure sign of dementia, brought on by perpetual toy triage. Although it cannot be cured, there are treatments that can minimize outbreaks, such as quality alone time with my pals, Johnny, Jack and Old Grandad.
*lol*
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[BusyDad] Those 3 letters pretty much sum up my everyday existence.
A new excuse to break out a new case of New Castles Brown Ale Ey? LOL
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[BusyDad] Always lookin on the bright side!
Amen. If I have to put together that damn Lego City airplane one more time I'm going to launch it out the window. And of course my ridiculous OCD child, while he can't necessarily assemble the whole thing, sure can point out when I've missed one tiny little "flat 1x1 blue piece that goes right here." Stupid legos...
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[BusyDad] Hahahaha! Oh I face that ALL the time. They know HOW it's supposed to be done. They just want YOU to do it. Correctly.