My old friend Chris www.numskullery.com isn't the only geek out there. Two old friends far apart still do the same goofy stuff. What are the odds? Hey, my son and I thought this was cool stuff though. We did the same thing last year, but I couldn't figure out how to make the film cells stick and mold to the silly eggs. We got it right this year. Really HOT water. Pay attention to the instructions, do I must.

As previously talked about in the first blog this day......they have made the best Transformers ever. These are not toys though....you transform them as you wish and display the silly things. They call them the Masterpiece Collection and only 4 have been made. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, and Ultra Magnus. In my opinion....Starscream being the best. When he is transformed........robot or F-15....it looks EXACTLY as it should......the F-15 looks like an actual F-15 and when in robot mode.....he looks EXACTLY as he should .....even down to the little smirk on his face. And of course...he is extremely posable......even with a plastic stick up his butt so it looks as though he's floating in air. In Aircraft mode...the nose cone flips open to reveal the radar on an actual F-15....now that's detail. Optimus though....I am now questioning.......I got John the 20th Anniversary figure (the bigass Optimus in the photo on the other blog) earlier today and now I notice the masterpiece.....Looks exactly the same....including the Megatron gun, Energon Axe, the autobot matrix of leadership,the articulation points, and what not are the exact same. I wonder.....is this truly a masterpiece which would be something different at $180 or the same thing I got at Wal-Mart today for $50? I wonder...never-the-less, It is truly still cool. But in essence...to make it complete I would just have to order the trailer separate (which is available). Or buy the whole kitten-cabuddle for $180? I wonder. The Megatron masterpiece is alright.

Legos, Legos, Legos. We got John into lego's some time ago. He really loves them. But now he can actually build a few small sets. When it comes to the more larger sets we of course have to help him out. Needless to say the most of them are Star Wars lego's. There are a number of other series he's getting into. One point of concern though.....we'll spend a number of HOURS building these sets with him and within 2 hours or a day.......he blows them up. And I'm not talking in just major sections.....as the photos show......he took them apart piece by piece.....down to the little pieces. If he sees them blow up on the TV.......he'll blow them up with his hands. But what I do like when we help him build these things.......it helps him to think in a 3 dimensional way......looking at the steps in the instructions....which are 3D...then put them together in real time. It's coming along I think. His Pre-K teacher has told us he has the highest IQ in the class. Now I don't know if that's saying much with a Pre-K class. But I do believe that teaching him to think in a 3D way has a part to play in that.

The hype is generating in me now for the new "Transformers" movie coming up in July. Now, I have always been into Transformers ever since they came out in the early 80's. But of course, living an adult life I haven't been into it for some time now. Seeing how much some of the Generation 1 and 2 figures are now.....man I sure wished I was more into them when I was in my teens. An old friend Jerry, had quite a few and I think he even had the original Optimus Prime which goes for an arm and a leg now. We've been getting a few transformers here and there for Johnathon over the past few years, but a few weeks ago I showed him the Animated Transformers movie which came out in the late 80's. Needless to say...he's diggin it. COOL. Now I can get some too. There have been a number of hit miss transformers with each series they produce. But lately they have been making these "Classic" series. They claim to be reminiscent of the Generation 1 figures......but with a catch....they made them look more like they did in the cartoon. Which is pretty cool. And to top it off.....they ensured they have more articulation for extreme posability. So you could put together an armada of Autobots or Decepticons with motion...if you will. An Added benefit, Wal-Mart has an exclusive poster series out of the orginal stuff now...3 total. we got John the first today. Bummer they didn't make cool stuff like this back then.