Indiana Solo

Calfgrit7 has been looking through one of his tattered Lego catalogs picking out things to put on his Christmas list. An interesting thing about his obsession with Lego is that he’s mostly interested in just the mini people. He’s picked out several sets because, he admits, he wants the people in those sets.

He has sets from both the Star Wars and fantasy lines — starships, siege engines, etc. But after they’re put together (mostly by me, because they’re sometimes quite complicated), they end up, after a couple of weeks, in pieces. He and Calfgrit3 use those pieces to create all new things. They even often mix and match the people pieces.

The only set that hasn’t been broken down into it’s component parts and poured into the general pile is the Lego fantasy chess set — human knights and soldiers against the skeleton forces. This set Calfgrit7 has done well with keeping together, but he’s required our assistance at times to keep Calfgrit3’s hands off the toys. (I had similar troubles when I was younger.)

One time while Calfgrit7 was holding his Indiana Jones Lego character, he noticed the Han Solo Lego character in his catalog. “Dad,” he said excitedly, “Indiana Jones and Han Solo look just alike.”

I explained why they looked alike in real life, but I was impressed that not only were the faces the same in the Lego pieces, but Calfgrit7 was studying them closely enough to notice. He’s turning into a fine and attentive geek. Makes a daddy proud.

Bullgrit
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