Power Rangers vs Marbles

Nathan asked for two things for Christmas: a Power Rangers playset and a marble run set. I had him cut pictures of various toys that he wanted and paste them to a large piece of paper and then he used this to write a letter to Santa. Even with all of this assistance, I could not tell which Power Rangers playset he wanted. The week leading up to Christmas, I searched every toy store in the Tulsa area to no avail. I could not find anything remotely close to what he had cut out and asked for. I have it on good word that he asked the mall Santa and the Utica Square Santa for this and for the marble run set.

Thank goodness I pulled one of them through. I had bought a marble set a year ago that was really cool, complete with gears, batteries and detailed instructions. The appropriate age shown was 8+. It was complicated and frustrating.

The one I bought this year is from Mindware. It rocks. Nathan has played with it every single day since Christmas. I am glad I had a second chance to buy this and it appears that Nathan fogot all about the Power Rangers playset that Santa did not bring.