After watching this, I feel like a failure as a father

[NoBanStan]

Amazing work, wonder if he'll adopt me

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfY-SlC2XHc

[maroonandwhite]

That is amazing....

[MacGyver]

Wow!

[Raoul]

Let me just say that building crap for your kids is NOT what makes one a stand up dad.

[rugerla1]

Holy crap, my qualifications ended after the "glue the transparent sticker to the plywood and cut out designs". After that, I'd be blowin up breakers! :rofl:

[QuietDan]

I have a cousin who is capable of performing such science/technology/magic. I think he could come up with an equivalent Dr Who T.A.R.D.I.S.

[maroonandwhite]

While awesome I can't help but think how awesome a treehouse he could have built with all that time haha. I'd at least have made it big enough so the grow ups could play in it too.

[GlockSpock]

[quote name="maroonandwhite" post="1174405" timestamp="1406851364"]While awesome I can't help but think how awesome a treehouse he could have built with all that time haha. I'd at least have made it big enough so the grow ups could play in it too.[/quote] Maybe when they are a tad bit older introduce them to Lost so he can build Dharma stations in the yard and trees?!?!

[Hershmeister]

Impressive!

[Dolomite_supafly]

Let me just say that building crap for your kids is NOT what makes one a stand up dad.

No, but a dad that isn't a stand up dad would have not built something like this for his kids.

[Murgatroy]

That car my daughter helps me work on so she can drive it one day is a heap compared to that.

[Dustbuster]

If you feel failure for not building a nasa exhibit type toy, pls forward all your weapons and ammo to me until u do build one. I'll pick up if neccessary!

[hipower]

OMG!!  !  :dropjaw:  :stunned:

Edited August 1, 2014 by hipower

[Mike.357]

way beyond my skill set.   When I was a kid we played Star Trek at friends house.  Our shuttle craft was the bottom bunk with some posters of constellations on the wall.  Imagination made it all seem real.

 

I did build my kid a Hall of Justice scaled to be right for his action figures.  Made it out of corrugated cardboard.  it was pretty cool and he played with it all the time.  I can make most anything out of corrugated.  He still talks about it 25 years later.  

 

Sorry I cannot match up to this dad and his money.

Edited August 1, 2014 by Mike.357

[tnguy]

No, but a dad that isn't a stand up dad would have not built something like this for his kids.

Of course, you could always be the kind of dad that annexes a portion of your child's bedroom for your own pet project

http://metro.co.uk/2013/07/27/man-builds-fully-functional-boeing-737-flight-simulator-in-his-sons-bedroom-3900819/

[glowdotGlock]

SH!T!!

[MacGyver]

way beyond my skill set. When I was a kid we played Star Trek at friends house. Our shuttle craft was the bottom bunk with some posters of constellations on the wall. Imagination made it all seem real.

I did build my kid a Hall of Justice scaled to be right for his action figures. Made it out of corrugated cardboard. it was pretty cool and he played with it all the time. I can make most anything out of corrugated. He still talks about it 25 years later.

Sorry I cannot match up to this dad and his money.

Mike, I sat and watched that video tonight with my wife and my middle daughter who is 5. As she was looking at the kid in the spacecraft, she looked at my wife and said, "mom, that's like the school bus you made us!"

Earlier this summer we got something in a big box and my wife helped them make a school bus and let them paint it themselves. They've played with it all summer.

A kid's imagination is an awesome thing!

[NoBanStan]

Heh, FYI, I don't feel like a failure as a father. Just making a joke for the title :)

[Mike.357]

Mike, I sat and watched that video tonight with my wife and my middle daughter who is 5. As she was looking at the kid in the spacecraft, she looked at my wife and said, "mom, that's like the school bus you made us!"

Earlier this summer we got something in a big box and my wife helped them make a school bus and let them paint it themselves. They've played with it all summer.

A kid's imagination is an awesome thing!

 

I can only like this twice by copying and pasting it and expressing such.   

 

My son was by me almost the entire time I made the Hall Of Justice,  He made several suggestions and we tied them in.  One was a trap door floor that would drop a bad guy into jail.  It worked great.  The thing even survived him falling on it and totally smashing it.  I glued in a couple of pieces of corrugated and it fixed it right up.  Superman never had such a nice place.  he told me once it was the best toy he ever had.  Probably cost two bucks to make.  At the time I worked at a box company,  there was plenty of scrap sheets of corrugated to be had.  His imagination is what made it the favorite toy.

[Mike.357]

and to add I like this thread because it reminded me of a very good time period.  Some days not much makes me smile,  this thread did.

[QuietDan]

I can only like this twice by copying and pasting it and expressing such.   

 

My son was by me almost the entire time I made the Hall Of Justice,  He made several suggestions and we tied them in.  One was a trap door floor that would drop a bad guy into jail.  It worked great.  The thing even survived him falling on it and totally smashing it.  I glued in a couple of pieces of corrugated and it fixed it right up.  Superman never had such a nice place.  he told me once it was the best toy he ever had.  Probably cost two bucks to make.  At the time I worked at a box company,  there was plenty of scrap sheets of corrugated to be had.  His imagination is what made it the favorite toy.

 

It's not the dollars, it's the contact time. More contact time, more being willing to get on your knees and down to their size, the more better. IMO.

[Dustbuster]

Cardboard box projects and treehouses should be hailed as national treasures!

[LagerHead]

The sad part about this is, my son could actually do the electronic work on that, but I couldn't. 

[peejman]

To the OP.... I gotta admit, that's really, really cool.  Probably right at the edge of my skills, meaning I think I could do that but it would take a looong time.  Having to work for a living really gets in the way sometimes. 

 

 

While awesome I can't help but think how awesome a treehouse he could have built with all that time haha. I'd at least have made it big enough so the grow ups could play in it too.

 

 

Agreed.  Dad built me a treehouse out of left-overs from a deck we tore down and rebuilt.  I spend many an hour playing in it and it was awesome.  If my current yard had trees of acceptable size, I'd like to build one for my kids too.  But they have a pretty sizable playset that they use regularly so I'm not too worried about it.

 

 

 

 

Mike, I sat and watched that video tonight with my wife and my middle daughter who is 5. As she was looking at the kid in the spacecraft, she looked at my wife and said, "mom, that's like the school bus you made us!"

Earlier this summer we got something in a big box and my wife helped them make a school bus and let them paint it themselves. They've played with it all summer.

A kid's imagination is an awesome thing!

 

 

Yep.  Sometimes it just takes a little nudge and their imaginations will go further than you ever thought possible. 

[Hershmeister]

[quote name="MacGyver" post="1174489" timestamp="1406865081"]Mike, I sat and watched that video tonight with my wife and my middle daughter who is 5. As she was looking at the kid in the spacecraft, she looked at my wife and said, "mom, that's like the school bus you made us!" Earlier this summer we got something in a big box and my wife helped them make a school bus and let them paint it themselves. They've played with it all summer. A kid's imagination is an awesome thing![/quote] Big boxes were aways the best toys for our kids