Cookie, on the other hand, is always in the midst of building a contraption of some sort. Even when what he's really doing is stacking his toys in elaborate piles: he will stand back and announce to everyone that it's some kind of candy-making machine or something. So it's not that surprising to hear from Alane that he wanted his picture taken next to the big yellow engine.

Did he try to add any new parts? Perhaps convert it into a robot?