This year Santa brought Thing 2 a transformer, Optimus Prime. It’s a robot that turns into a truck. The age range was 5+ but at 4 1/2 years I thought he could manage with some assistance from his big brother.
When I saw the instructions I knew immediately he’d have no chance to transform it. I dutifully started on step 1 of 28. It didn’t take long to realize this was no ordinary assembly.
I have successfully assembled hundreds of toys, bikes, cribs, and high chairs. I can install car seats.
As a kid I took stuff apart just to put it back together.
I have a degree in, of all things, mechanical engineering.
I write sophisticated computer programs for a living.
Yet, it took me 9 hours to transform Optimus Prime into a truck! Sort of… because the wheels still don’t lay flat.
Here is what it looked before and after:
