The name is a tribute to Tupac, but the crew is based on real outlaws from the days of the wild west. The Westside Outlaws believe in getting money over everything, and they don’t respect any of the laws (or enforcers of laws) meant to stop them. I think it’s pretty common for kids to…
Tag: Good Guy vs Bad Guy
The Enforcers
I’m not doing the “good guy vs. bad guy” thing for my kids, but it should be obvious that this crew is going to be at odds with most of the other crews. Their job is to enforce the laws. They enforce laws to protect people’s possessions and to capture and punish people who have…
A Few Toys for My Nephew’s 5th Bday
As my nephew approached his fifth birthday, I ordered a handful of toys for him from eBay. Since we live a couple thousand miles away from each other, I asked his mom to gift him the toys one-by-one on different days (because I figured he might disregard some immediately if he gets them all at…
How Black Toys Matter Got Started
In the summer of 2020, my nephew was staying with me for a couple months, and he wanted us to play with my old action figures that my brothers and I had kept from our childhood. I was able to get him to take a liking toward a couple of my favorite toys (Nightcrawler and…