Journal+9-+Sneeze

Create another "sneeze." This time, write for at least 40 minutes.

Legos. Such a simple idea yet there is so much fun when you are creating your structures. About 8 years ago, my mom got me a variety pack of legos because I had to build a house that couldn't be blown down by the big bad wolf. I made a decent size house which had a picket fence and a nice roof set up. When I was finished, I realized that you can have tons of fun with the little blocks of pictures. I made houses, awesome vehicles and even skyscrapers. 7 years later, who would have thought that for my 15th birthday that I would ask for another variety pack. Actually, make that two variety packs. When I opened them up, the thoughts started streaming into my head on what I was about to build. At first, I just made a house or two. Then I started going into details and made the buildings restaurants or car shops. The lego variety sets did have a little guy with some tools in a tool box. Later when I was building, I thought to myself, "Lego City isn't always a safe place. What if something terrible happens such as zombie outbreak?" This all got me to make special modifications to everything I made previously. A nice house became a heavy duty structure with a lot of protection. My favorite creation was the really cool, black, tank-like, pickup truck that I made for my little mechanic. Instead of the standard 4 tires on a car, I upgraded this vehicle to 6. No zombie was going to stop this truck. The next thing I made was a nice trunk for the car. This is where I put some of the mechanic's tools such as a hammer, monkey wrench, and a fuel can. One neat feature was the driver side window. The setup was a flat two by two lego piece sticking out from the side. Since there were no guns given for these little lego dudes, (I guess because the variety pack was ages 5+), I pretended that the mechanic's drill was a nice automatic handgun. I ended up mounting it to the flat lego piece. In the end, it was a good defense against the evil in Lego City. Some finishing touches to this awesome hunk of metal (plastic) were some flash lego pieces to serve as break lights and some clear slanted pieces which served as a plow in the front of the truck. It was so cool! I told my dad that if York, PA, or even America gets taken over by evil, that we were going to do this to his Toyota Highlander. When the truck was finished, I put the little mechanic inside and parked the car inside the garage that I made. I know that pretending is a little foolish for a 15 year old yet in the end I think of it as a way to relax and have some fun. One thing I always like about legos is that no mistakes can happen. Even when you put on a roof and with the last piece, the roof falls in, you can always bounce back and add some upgrades. I also love the fact that you can always make your creations better such as my truck. I kid you not; my truck was nothing but four wheels and a trunk. After a half hour of brainstorming and creating, my truck transformed into a grandly, awesome, tank-like vehicle with a trunk with tools and a "gun". I never get tired of legos. It never gets old to find the new creations from the lego makers. I love the little things they make that can fit in the hands of the lego citizens. There are almost endless things you can make for the little hands of lego people. My variety packs gave the lego people hammers, screwdrivers, drills, oil/fuel cans, wrenches, poles, and even a magnifying glass. I have seen on the internet the many more things lego people can hold such as baseball bats, ninja weapons, lawnmowers, military weaponry and much more. It is so cool to see the imagination from these lego blocks. Over all, I can't get enough with legos. They even make lego cartoon sets such as Batman, Indiana Jones, and Star Wars. Though I don't own any of these sets, it is still awesome to know you have many choices in what kind of sets you own. I can imagine that no matter what technology comes out in the future, legos will always be around due to their ability to influence the imagination of thousands of kids around the world.