In the midst of creating a Lego amusement park the other night with my son,

in which the little Lego guys would pick a ride in one of the various parts of the park (the "not scary" section, or the "dangerous" section--featuring the craziest, most death-defying amusements) and my son would zoom them around the room or toss them up and down, demonstrating how the rides worked, while I did the scared and screaming voices of the characters in hand. He really loves this type of play. We played again tonight for about a half hour, and he added a "horror" section to the park. To be able to enter this part of the park, you have to answer "yes" to the question "do you like horror" at the gate :)

Anyway, I eventually split off from the amusement park and began formulating a quick and informal plan for a simple Rube Goldberg machine (called a Pitagora Suwichi--Pythagoras Switch--here in Japan). Z-Bee created the goal, which is a bucket full of treasure for Spider Man to fall into when he gets bitten by a spider, and we set up our simple machine and made a video.

I hope you like it!

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Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as DLive and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)