Pikmin 3 - Where Are You???

We love Pikmin and while my son eagerly (and surprisingly patiently) waits for Pikmin 3, promised for many months, I thought I'd show you the model of the S.S. Dolphin we made together last year. He really wanted to buy Olimar's spaceship but online it was a collectable model at $399.00!!!! Having no concept of the value of money, it was tricky to persuade him that it was a no-go... but surprisingly easy to convince him that an empty lemonade bottle was roughly the same shape.

 Being a hoarder family that can't let go of what other people would class as 'broken beyond repair' but what we call 'bound to be useful for something'... we managed to equip the spaceship with all the necessary accessories it needed to pass muster in the critical eyes of an Autistic detail-noticer.

 And then we had to make a few of the choicest items from his memorized list of every treasure Olimar, Louie or Preston have ever collected. The rest are lovingly drawn and carefully coloured on multiple pieces of card in little bags secreted away.

Come on now, put us out of our misery of waiting (and holding onto the saved birthday money for nearly a year ago now) and put the game in the shops! Then we'll only have the problems of temper tantrums when he can't succeed at a level and the endless joys (?!!!!) of drawng out all the new items discovered.