Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Christmas Flashback...

During this past Christmas time, I found myself remembering a particular Christmas when I was young. I had wanted an Erector set and specifically asked everyone I could for one to make sure Santa got the message. I knew I would be getting one big gift and I wanted it to be that.

However, when I woke up on Christmas morning, I found that Santa had instead brought me something called "Robotix." I had no idea what it was so I smiled and felt bad that my big present was not exactly what I had asked for.



But after I opened it up and saw what it had inside the box and what it could do, I really enjoyed it.

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It had parts that snapped together in different ways, 4 or 5 motors, a control pad and wires to connect the motors to it. When the buttons on the control pad were pressed, the motors turned which moved the parts attached to them.

Looking back, it was one of my favorite presents. I even found myself wishing to find it again so I could play with it during my vacation. This is a toy I think my kids would enjoy...and I'd love to show them how to!