post: add Lego Voltron

Author: XerxesDGreat

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+title: LEGO Voltron
+date: 2018-07-26
+# categories are Family, Photography, Places, Projects, Reviews, Software, Thoughts
+category: Projects
+tags:
+- Lego
+media_subpath: /assets/img/posts/voltron/
+image:
+    path: preview.jpg
+    lqip: preview.lqip.jpg
+---
+
+When I saw the LEGO Voltron for sale, I just _had_ to get it. Voltron was one of the big toys of my
+childhood, but I have a special connection with it. You see, one year for Christmas or my birthday,
+I was... well, let's just say _less than obedient_ and was snooping around looking for my presents.
+I ended up finding one under my mom's bed, and I _really_ wanted to peek at it... so I took it into
+the back yard and opened it. You know, just a little tiny peek. But of _course_ that little tiny
+peek ended up becoming obvious after the fact and I don't remember what kind of trouble I got into.
+
+Any rate, the present was the black lion from Voltron. So yeah, special history there.
+
+Now, back to today. The LEGO rendition of this is actually quite good; you can build them as lions
+or as the robot and, while the mobility of each is not fantastic, the fact that it's doable at all
+is very impressive.
+
+![Yellow lion](yellow-lion.jpg)
+_Looks great just like this, right?_
+
+The end result is quite tall and is surprisingly stable (update from 2025: it hasn't fallen over once).
+It's a bit of a slog to transform everything, but really it's a kick right in the nostalgia and I
+love it!
+
+![All assembled](all-assembled.jpg)
+_Defender of the universe_
+
+Now, I seem to recall there was a second, less popular Voltron made up of like a dozen vehicles; I
+wonder if that is actually a thing which existed, if it's called Voltron, what's going on with that...
+and if they'll do a LEGO of it!