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Explosions rent the air while the Admiral called for cannon fire to port. L.C.S. Cortez shook violently as a torpedo made contact across the bow. With the orders for submarine support ringing in his ears, Rodriguez hurried towards his admiral. “We’re taking on water and the forward guns are crippled. We still have the starboard torpedoes but, Indy, I fear the ship won’t turn in time to launch them.” After giving that report, Rodriguez ran towards the magazine as he heard Admiral Jones barking orders to the clone troopers. So how did Star Wars clone troopers, Indiana Jones, and WWII era naval warfare fit into one story? Legos and the overactive imagination of a ten-year-old boy stuck them together into a world that embodied the mind of the boy. …show more content…

As soon as he finished school he would rush down to the crawl space (called the Raccoon’s Club for insane reasons known to nobody) to work on the latest building, ship, or vehicle in the vast Lego City. Lego City, sprawled across several square feet of carpet, embodied the imagination of the kid. His competing fascinations took shape as characters ran businesses, fought extensive conflicts, traded stocks, built cities, and programed complex pieces of software. Contrasting fictional worlds existed side by side as Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Luke Skywalker, and Frodo Baggins teamed up to fight off Sith lords, Nazis, orcs, and dark wizards. I think you have too many

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