Grayson has been into Star Wars since he was 2 1/2 years old. He will be 4 on January 25th. Recently, his Star Wars obsession has led to everything Star Wars, including Legos. That being said, I started buying him small Lego kits that would keep his attention and would be fun to build together on nights we were relaxing at home. We have built AT-AT , X-Wing, and Star Scavenger sets from Lego so far and it’s been fun! The LAST thing I thought was that this new venture would somehow help Grayson get to sleep on time. Now, lets get into that!For a while now, Grayson has had trouble when it’s bedtime. He’d rather lay with me on the couch until he falls asleep then I have to carry him upstairs to bed. Sometimes, it’s past his bedtime before he finally falls asleep on the couch and that is unacceptable. I’ve been trying to figure out how to correct this situation and I had been coming up empty handed. I combined Lego playtime with sleep time and it created the perfect solution to getting him upstairs.
Currently, Grayson has simple green and tan walls in his bedroom since birth. His name is on the wall in vinyl surrounded by stars and although it looks amazing, it’s time for a change with the decor of his room . I left THAT up to him. He is obsessed with outer space lately. He wants planets, stars, and spaceships, etc. on his walls and all over his room. I told him as long as he flys his star wars creations up to his bedroom each night along with AT-AT and goes to sleep on time like a ‘big boy”, then “The Force” would see that he is going to bed on time and slowly over the next few weeks his room would transform into a galaxy far far away!This idea worked perfectly! He’s sleeping for 10 hours a night now after flying Luke Skywalker and the crew to bed! I’m still in the planning stage and am currently ordering planets, paint, glow in the dark stars, etc., but he flies those Legos up every night and goes to bed! I’m going to install a shelf this week so we can display his Lego Star Wars creations forever so it will be a reminder of a great bonding time for a greater cause with my son!
Thanks Lego for the amazing playtime and learning experiences with Grayson but for also allowing me to get him to bed on-time in his OWN bed! That makes for a happy dad!About the author: Christopher Line is a 38 year old single father of an amazing 4 year old by the name Grayson. He currently works and resides in the beautiful town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. He began writing his blog, “Dadastrophic: “Tales of a Hot Mess Dad” several months before Grayson was born. Chris spent many years as a radio DJ for 95.1 WZZO, 104.1 B104, Cat Country 96, and 100.7 WLEV.He began acting at the age of 16 and was managed by famed talent manager, Lois Miller, who was responsible for launching the careers of Christine Taylor (Brady Bunch, Hey Dude, Dodgeball), and Jamie Lynn Sigler (Meadow Soprano in Sopranos on HBO). In 2001, he was a Vee Jay for MTV2 and in 2003 hosted an MTV gameshow, “Into The Cube”. Also in 2003, he got his big break and was cast in famed director Richard Linklater’s“The School of Rock“, a Paramount Picture.
Yes, that’s him who announces that “NO VACANCY” wins the battle of the bands as Jack Black and the kids hate his guts…you’re welcome!Free shipping* when you spend $49 The item(s) you want to add may not be available for purchase from your registry in the future. Consider purchasing the item(s) now, and check your local store if we are out of stock online. Do you still wish to add this item to your registry? The item(s) you want to add may not be available for purchase from your wishlist in the future. Do you still wish to add this item to your wishlist? The item(s) below are unavailable and cannot be added to your registry. Please select alternate item(s) or consider purchasing the item(s) now! The item(s) below are unavailable and cannot be added to your wishlist. Just added to your Cart Free In-Store Pickup TodayThe latest tinker for the Give your Hardware a Home Challenge!This is Doorth Vader, The Lego Star Wars Wifi Door detector. This is an enclosure for the TinyDuino Wifi Door DetectorThe Battery and TinyDuino stack are contained within the body, the reed switch is in the head.
Both Doorth Vader and the Magnet are mounted on or in Lego pieces, screwed to the door and door frame.The enclosure is completely press fit or snap fit for easy assembly and maintenance.. The Light Sabre is just for decoration :)He's a big boy, standing at 15cm tall, so he could be used as a free standing sensor anywhere in the home.The file can be downloaded here I went to Toys R Us recently to buy my son a Lego set for Hanukkah. Did you know a small box of Legos costs $60? Sixty bucks for 102 plastic blocks! In fact, I learned, Lego sets can sell for thousands of dollars. And despite these prices, Lego has about 70 percent of the construction-toy market. Why doesn't some competitor sell plastic blocks for less? Lego's patents expired a while ago. How hard could it be to make a cheap knockoff? Luke, a 9-year-old Lego expert, set me straight. "They pay attention to so much detail," he said. "I never saw a Lego piece ... that couldn't go together with another one." Lego goes to great lengths to make its pieces really, really well, says David Robertson, who is working on a book about Lego.
Inside every Lego brick, there are three numbers, which identify exactly which mold the brick came from and what position it was in in that mold. That way, if there's a bad brick somewhere, the company can go back and fix the mold. For decades this is what kept Lego ahead. It's actually pretty hard to make millions of plastic blocks that all fit together. But over the past several years, a competitor has emerged: Mega Bloks. Plastic blocks that look just like Legos, snap onto Legos and are often half the price. So Lego has tried other ways to stay ahead. The company tried to argue in court that no other company had the legal right to make stacking blocks that look like Legos. "That didn't fly," Robertson says. "Every single country that Lego tried to make that argument in decided against Lego." But Lego did find a successful way to do something Mega Bloks could not copy: It bought the exclusive rights to Star Wars. If you want to build a Death Star out of plastic blocks, Lego is now your only option.