UCS Rebel Blockade Runner
Friday night and back to the Lego... today I finished off the Tantive IV aka Blockade Runner ( 10019 ) from way back in 2001, which arrived courtesy yesterday of an ebay deal. I've learned to set my expectations low for older sets on ebay and this one was clearly a rebuild as it was missing instructions and box. However, that helped with the price and what I ended up with was a set in pretty much perfect condition - barely even any dust and minimal yellowing! To be fair, the stickers are new replacements but everything else is colour perfect so whoever got this must have picked up a near-complete bargain and then finished it off. It took me about 2.5 hours to build - less time than I expected. It's clearly a set of its time but has some really nice design features. It is also massive. I was expecting it to be bigger than the other two more recent versions of this ship but not quite so much bigger. And here's a comparison to the...