Oops, I built it again!

The toy I'm posting about was the cause of MANY stress-related coffee breaks (ok, I'll use any excuse to make coffee.. but if I say I'm stressed, I feel more "allowed" to sip and enjoy it). You will hear me say, time and again, that I HATE painting. Just. Can't. Stand. It. So it was a lot for me to actually take the time to "finish" a project before assembling it. But I wanted to build this toy for my nephews, so I had to do it the right way.

I built all the pieces, painted them carefully, and then referred to the plans to assemble it. Unknown to Marissa (at The Design Confidential, who did a great job putting the plans together) and me, the product she based the plans on didn't work well. So I built a DUD.

We I spent quite a while trying to figure out how to make it work before I realized that the angles were all wrong, and that I needed to make it taller. That means that all the time I had spent painting the towers was a waste.

I was disheartened.

Really, I was. So I took almost a week to build a toy that really only took about two hours... I should really stop moping.

Here's the final product!!!

Ok, I have issues following plans. I don't think I've ever followed a plan to the "T". But I thought it would be unfair for two boys to have to share ONE racetrack! So this was what I came up with! It's a little over 3' tall, and a little over 2' wide. 

It's a monster toy.

But the kid and I are still havin' a blast playing with *ahem* TESTING it out...