To clarify, I received my diving sub for agreeing to be the captain of Bert's blogging team. Now that I've played with the sub, I think I got the better end of this deal. (I'm still waiting on the decoder ring, but maybe Bert's having trouble decoding it.)
How can a toy requiring no batteries generate fun? Watch and learn:
A tiny sub, a little baking powder, and a deep bowl. Too cool.
Still confused? It's all about the imagination, folks. I spent a great deal of my childhood obsessing over decoder rings, solving imaginary mysteries, and making mud bowling balls to roll down the swing-set slide. What a glorious addition a baking powder sub would've been.
Those were the days, eh? Wooden blocks became castles. Mud pies formed majestic feasts. A stick and a piece of wood made a fine sword and shield, and empty boxes built fabulous forts.
Is it just me, or does anybody else remember a time when toys required imagination-power?
(Sorry the video is so cloudy - that's the natural gas bubbles in our water. Yes, you can set the water that comes out of our tap on fire. Guess that comes from living in a part of the country where natural gas wells and pipelines are everywhere and fracking is ever present. But that's another blog post.)
Gae-Lynn,
ReplyDeleteI love it -
The decoder ring was in the package with the sub - sorry, I forgot to tell you and it's the invisible model - check the envelope again and enjoy it.
Bert
Just found it, Bert! Seems I had to sprinkle the package with baking powder, then all was revealed...
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