Clan Mueller’s Mik challenge began with a traditional argument followed by brainstorming, all of which occurred as we engaged in the annual New Years Eve battle for railroad dominance in the boardgame version of “Railroad Tycoon” (I won!). The bickering settled down and resulted in the following list over the next several days:
Aerial reconnaissance of the Haluku’ilio (Dog Wallow) followed…
Video: Aerial Reconnaissance of Haluku’ilio
…which revealed a few promising areas for development in our fictional port town.
At this point, I sent in Kid-zilla’s 1:24 “diggermen” to do the site surveys. The first area showed promise for some of the larger proposed structures.
Another crew discussed waterfront development…
…while a third got hung up discussing a possible fishmarket.
We all sat down and agreed that Haluku’ilio is under constant threat by Acts of Dog(s), both of whom wallow in our lily pond. That meant structures had to be removeable. No one really liked the corner location, and the fishmarket, which we’d hoped to combine with a building scheduled for rehabilitation, would have been too sprawling for safe end of day storage if we tried to connect it to that building’s wall. This left us with the waterfront area, which we all agreed could house numerous small market stalls. Hence, “Makeke o Haluku’ilio” or “Dog Wallow Market.”
The plan is to make a base we will leave in place, then, following the spirit of our own Mueller Mini-Mik, each person will make a stall to the exacting standards of 1:24-ish PLAYMOBIL scale.
Yours truly will make a garden train stall…
…while Oldest Daughter has committed to a new age plants, crytals, and fortune telling stall…
and her sister is actually going to make a food stall.
Oldest Son as decided there should be a place to sell model planes…
…while Kid-zilla has opted for a LEGO-Stand.
CINCHOUSE will serve as enforcer to keep us all on schedule!
I actually regret we will not have a singular project, as it will be harder to shepherd things along, and I will miss the team effort. On the other hand, it will be neat to see each member of the clan unleash his or her creative talents to help develop our waterfront!
On Behalf of Team Mueller…
Let it BEGIN!