

The card and the gift would look very cool in the hand of my custom minifigure. A birthday card would be good, but a LEGO birthday card would be even better! As luck would have it, they had just that – and more! For the sake of my wallet, I decided to pick three of my favorites. While I was at it, I thought I’d look at some accessories to go with the minifigure I was making. Now I could just sit back and enjoy as my dad looked at his personalized torso in shock – and whoever else I decided to give this to. I looked at all the custom torsos and then I remembered! You can customize the custom torsos too! So I clicked the “ Personalized LEGO” link, and voila! I found exactly what I was looking for!

Besides, I was looking for something a bit more personal. They were pretty cool, but somehow I felt a bit uncomfortable calling my dad “boy”. Since my dad’s birthday had the closest date, I started looking at custom birthday torsos and found these: They have always been the hardest to choose when I wanted to create my own LEGO minifigures, so better get them out of the way first. Now I knew what I was going to get for my friends and family for their special occasions.

I admit, I was a bit ashamed for not thinking about it, but so relieved I had this wise man to remind me. He knew I was writing for… and then (finally) the penny dropped. He asked me what was going on, and I told him about my troubles (without mentioning his birthday, of course).ĭo you know what he said? “Tell me, what was the name of that blog you were writing for?” I was surprised. Fortunately, before I could have a proper nervous breakdown (!) my dad called my name and I came back to the current day. I do tend to carry away from time to time. Of course right after that I remembered two of my friends giving birth soon, another friend getting married, one who was about to propose, a cousin who got a new job, mother’s day, father’s day, summer vacation, Halloween, Thanksgiving… and before I knew it, I was thinking about Christmas presents! The year was almost over!!! My dad’s birthday was next week and I didn’t know what to get him! I checked the calendar to be sure, and suddenly my calm attitude took a 180 degree turn and a little voice inside my head started screaming! I was sitting on the couch, surfing the web, my cats sleeping next to me, the relaxing silence of the day all around… and suddenly, it hit me.
