That crane looks so mint. I'd love to get that to work with my boy but yeah, cost is bad.

Have you heard of Lego's sound bricks? They seem like a neat idea but how "programmable" they are would be interesting. If you could put a bunch together and make a big speaker that would be cool. I suspect not though.

I want to get some of the Lego robotics kits so as to teach Little Wookie about robotics. They're not as easy to find here in NZ as I'd hope.