[Growing Up Geek] Omagles

Paul riding on an Omagle creation.

When I was growing up, one of my favorite toys was Omagles. It was a construction set that you could use to build forts, vehicles, or pretty much anything else. I spent many happy hours playing with them while visiting my grandparents in Shreveport.

Paul is finally old enough to play with them, although he doesn't quite have enough engineering skills to produce a fort or a vehicle yet. He's fascinated with the putting wheels on a straight piece, and putting connectors on the ends to keep the wheels from sliding off.

While visiting my grandparents yesterday, I spent about 45 minutes building this little vehicle with Paul's help. He was really impressed that his Mama was a "good builder!". He was even more impressed that he could make his "bus" go forward or backward by using his feet to push on the wheels in that direction.

It's too bad that they seem to have stopped selling them in the US, because they were one of my favorite toys.