BenSpark Family Adventures

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02390 I was in Target today and saw that they had one of the Funko minis on clearance and it was Deadpool and his Chimichangas food truck. I had looked at it previously but it was way too expensive for such a tiny thing. But, it was on clearance and so the price was decent. So I picked that up and also the Hot Wheels Target tractor trailer because that was also on clearance. Both items I have physically picked up many times over the past few months. Just gotta hit the store at the right time to get some deals. Other than that there wasn’t much happening today. Andy had more classes at JWU and today’s cooking was American food so mac and cheese and pulled pork and bbq chicken. Andy had a big lunch and tonight them finished working on their 8th grade Aleks program which is the math program. Andy had to have it finished by tomorrow. So we are happy that Andy is all done.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02382 We cleaned upt he backyard today. Allison, andy and I took care of some wisteria that has been growing back again and also the weeds on the back patio. I sprayed all of it with vinegar/salt/dawn the other day to dry everything out before I weed whacked it to clear it out. Worked pretty good, too. Later on tonight I built a new LEGO set. It was a Fortnite set. the cool thing is that LEGO now puts the bricks into paper bags instead of plastic. I love that for LEGO. It is very cool.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02378 I picked up a few things from the Tik Tok shop for Christmas presents for the kids but I also got myself a little something. They had a brick building set, think LEGO but not LEGO, of Link from The Legend of Zelda. But they can’t call it that because it is not officially licensed. So it is Master Sword. The little figure is clearly Link from Zelda and the giant sword is his Master Sword (pictured on box). I’ll build the Sword part another time because I need a photo for today and even though we went on a little adventure today I did not take photos. My manager invited the tea to his house to enjoy a nice pool party. He did this the year that I joined the group but hasn’t done it since. I always regretted not having the family come with me to enjoy the event the last time so I made sure that they were with me today. Eva is at the Cape so it was Allison and Andy with me. Andy had a good time eating plenty and getting lots of pool time. I even enjoyed some poo...

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02371 Last weekend I picked up a little LEGO set. It was of two happy little plant holders. These cute little guys are going to be happy little additions to my desk. I came home from the Cape today with Andy. We played another round of Command of Nature and Andy won again. He’s gotten really good at this game and I am looking forward to a rematch.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02369 During my morning walk today I saw a Great Blue Heron along the water of Great Bay. I saw it as I walked along and made sure to grab a photo today. Tonight andy and I played a new game called Command of Nature. It is a great strategy and deck building game. Andy caught on very quickly and in the end he won. Partially because I let him have one more turn and partially because he’s devious. I won’t go easy on him again.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02311 The kids got me this Optimus Prime model kit for Christmas. I had a chance last night to put it together. Blokees are model kits that have various sizes. The smallest sized models are in blind boxes. I did pick up the first set of them when they first came out. They are expensive so I did not keep up with buying them plus I didn’t want any doubles. There are a couple of Wheeljack ones and I would like to find those ones. They also have larger ones like this one where you know what you are getting. I’d rather buy one that I wanted so I do have a couple of these, Two different Optimus ones and one Bumblebee one. There is a Soundwave one coming out soon, too.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02282 Allison and the kids got me this Wheeljack metal model for my birthday. It arrived today. I’ll have to see if I have the skills to put this thing together. It is all about bending metal to make the model. andy had a half day today so I took them to see The Minecraft Movie. It was okay. Silly and not my thing but Andy enjoyed it so that is what is important.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02258 I built the LEGO Donut Truck today and made a video while building. I have an overhead camera that I use to show myself building the set The food trucks that LEGO has are pretty fun. I found some company that makes knock off LEGO bricks but they make a set of crazy food trucks. I don’t have anywhere to put more food trucks so I’m going to limit myself and not go and buy any more unless they are LEGO ones.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02253 Now that I have the overhead camera set up on my desk I can get into a bunch of new projects. I bought some LEGO sets and I also have the coloring projects. My most recent one was the LEGO Donut truck. I guess LEGO has made a bunch of food trucks so far. I have only found the burger and the donut ones. They even made a pizza one and ice cream one. I didn’t get them when they were realized, now they are quite expensive. If I ever find them for a reasonable price I may pick them up.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02222 This Christmas I picked up a set of LEGO Poinsettias for decoration in the house. They were fun to build and we can display them year after year.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02217 The kids got me an Optimus Prime Blokees set for Christmas. I have been walking at the mall and at FYE they had buy one get one 50% off for action figures. They had another Optimus Prime set and a Bumblebee set so I picked them up. I’m excited to build them soon. Maybe I’ll make a video about it.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02199 In the first episode of the Transformers cartoon in 1984 two of my favorite characters were in the very first scenes. Wheeljack and Bumblebee were scavenging for energon and hiding from the Decepticons. They found some energon rods and were attacked by Starscream and his seekers. Bumblebee got damaged and ended up having to get inside Wheeljack’s vehicle mode so they could get to safety. These two toys are the Cybertron forms and I’m excited about this because the bumblebee figure can actually fit inside the Wheeljack figure so you can recreate that opening scene.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02156 After relistening to the Nate Temple series I’m going to start relistening to a bunch of Dungeons and Dragons books that feature one of my favorite characters, Drizzt Do’Urden. He’s a drow, a dark elf. He also has a mystical panther named Guenhwyvar. If we ever get another cat I insist we get a black one and name it that. Apparently this character was created by my cousin’s college roommate. That is pretty cool.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02147 The 1986 Transformers movie killed off many of the original characters from generation 1. Ironhide and Prowl both died and Hasbro has been putting out a series of figures called S86 figures. I picked up this two pack of Ironhide and Prowl. They have battle damage from when they died in the movie. a bit morbid but the figures are really accurate from the cartoon so I got them.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02145 The latest Transformers crossover figure is based on Knight Rider. The Agent Knight character uses the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am that was K.I.T.T. from the show. The figure even has the signature flashing light on the hood. The figure even has a wristwatch communicator that Michael Knight wore on the show.

  Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02136 Yesterday when I went to the Harley shop to get my new jacket I also picked up a new toy truck. There are a bunch of them that are Harley themed. This one looked really cool so I got it for my wall.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02087 We have a second collaboration between LEGO and Transformers. This time LEGO has a transformable Bumblebee robot. It is smaller in scale than the Optimus Prime one but I think it is going to be fun to build. I plan on building this for my YouTube channel in the coming weeks.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02085 Allison finished Andy’s humpback whale last night. This morning when Andy got up they found the whale on the rocking chair and had this reaction. I took a few nice photos of the whale outside so that Allison would have them.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02073 I found this LEGO set in the clearance rack and will soon turn it into a YouTube video with my new overhead camera. I got a message from YouTube the other day that I was about to be demonetized if I did not get my views up. I was planning to start up my channel again next month but amd going to start sooner than that. So, one day next week I’m going to get my videos working again and this LEGO set will be featured in one of those videos.

Photo-A-Day 2.0 #02070 I picked up the Transformers 86 version of Brawn. He was one of my favorite characters from the G1 cartoon. I like how they did this ’86 version and he looks great. So much better than the original toy, which I never had. I did get Outback who was a retool of that figure. I wonder if he will be a cameo figure in the upcoming Transformers One movie.