After having so much fun at The World of Disney, Nanea was keen to keep on shopping at other stores in Disney Springs. (Real shopping. Not the "somewhat shopping" that she does at home with Grammy, where you look at things but nothing arrives in the mail.) We tossed all of the souvenirs (including the little Ariel doll) into the trunk of the car and headed over to the Star Wars Trading Post -- a very exciting place where you can actually build your own droids and lightsabers. Sun-Ho was so happy about checking out the Star Wars stuff that he even forgot about Kevin and his Snipe hunt for an hour or two! Besides trading pins with the employees (the Gramma-looking lady with the grey hair is the nicest), we were also on the search for a gift for a friend, something cool featuring Baby Yoda from The Mandalorian show. (We had to ask what Baby Yoda was, but our ignorance was short-lived.) Sadly, Disney was (still is) super late in releasing any good BY merchandise, so there wasn't much to pick from. (Actually, at this stage of our trip, there were only a pair of very thin, cheaply made socks and a mobile phone case. By the end of the trip, there were a few shirts and some Tervis cups). We checked them all out, but nothing was really cool enough to take home. Moving on from Baby Yoda, we had a good look at the racks of Star Wars trading pins for sale. Boy, there were some real beauties -- particularly this amazing Millenium Falcon pin. Nanea added it to our bag of souvenirs -- just in case they ran out before we got back to the display. And she made it clear that this was a keeper, NOT a trader. Sun-Ho is more of the "hands-on" type, and this store has some great do-it-yourself souvenir options as well. If your taste runs to lightsabers, you can build your own from an amazing choice of parts and colours. You can make a totally unique combination, or you can follow directions to make a lightsaber like any of your favourite characters from that galaxy far, far away. While they looked really cool, they seemed a little too big to carry back to Islandshire. Sun-Ho kept looking. It isn't a big place, so a quick trip to the other side of the store landed him right next to a perfectly Islandshire-sized option -- the Build-Your-Own Droid Factory! Nanea and Sun-Ho were fairly bursting with excitement when we told them to get to work building their own droids. Imagine being able to take home your very own authentic droid! Where to start . . . this is going to take some thought. There are upright-standing droids (think C-3PO) and three-armed, wheel-based droids like R2-D2. They voted unanimously for the R2-D2 style and ran to the head of the assembly line. With all of the colours and options available, you can really end up with some cool pieces, and we were curious to see what they would come home with. Sun-Ho is a decisive little fellow and had an idea for his droid right away. Without hesitation, he ran straight toward the bin and picked out the body piece first. Nanea wanted . . . well, I wouldn't exactly call Nanea mechanical . . . she decided on something . . . well . . . sort of pineapple-coloured. (Fortunately, the factory had a yellow and white flat-top head piece.) Sun-Ho thought to himself, "girls . . .", and focused on his droid assembly. Sun-Ho found a bright blue, rounded headpiece for his droid (something about his colour choices was starting to look a little familiar), and Nanea got a matching yellow and white body piece to the head she had chosen. Very pineapple-y . . . Sun-Ho didn't think she understood what they were really doing. After all, it's not every day that you build your own Star Wars "mech". What did food have to do with anything? Now it was time to decide on the two long side legs, something easier said than done. There were all kinds of colours, and each combination made such a unique look. After trying on lots of different choices, Nanea settled on orange and white arms, Sun-Ho the yellow and white ones. The droids were really starting to take shape now! The last "official" droid piece is the front leg. Sun-Ho put on a bright blue leg to match his droid's head, and Nanea settled on an orange one to match her droid's side arms. "It reminds me of the Florida Orange Bird." Sun-Ho tried not to listen. One more thing, now . . . the hat! All kinds of choices here, and Sun-Ho had a little trouble picking (though he finally settled on a Star Wars baseball cap). Nanea, on the other hand, knew that her droid needed the Mickey-Mouse ears right away. With the droids all ready to go, it was time to put them into the special little bubble packs which would keep them safe for the trip home (not to mention just looking cool). Sun-Ho called his droid K2-S2 (K for Kevin, S for Snipe) and can't wait to show it off at the next meeting of the Islandshire Wilderness Explorers Club. Nanea figures that she and Benny can program their droid to help with the pearl stall or maybe even keep an eye on Flossie. (Besides, it will match Flossie's pineapple skirt . . . "oh brother" thought Sun-Ho . . .) Still more Disney stores to see, but Nanea and Sun-Ho are worn out today. See you later!
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