The dark side of the brick

Today's build was a nice quick one - the Phantom ( 75048 ) from 2014.  This was one of the early sets I bought from Ebay, as I started coming fully out of the dark ages, though I made the mistake of buying it without minifigs and had to collect these separately.  I'm still missing the unique helmet for Ezra. It's a nice little set with some unusual bright-light orange detailing.  I initially thought I'd picked the wrong colours out of the store!  As usual for the Rebels sets, I don't know much about it - I really need to explore this side of the Star Wars non-canon.   Of course, the main thing about this set is that it pairs with the Ghost ( 75053 )... which I wrote about a few months back.  Of course, I had to join the two together and I think they look really good as a pair. The Ghost looked a bit incomplete but I really like the joint set. One of the next builds now has to be the more recent version of the Phantom for a proper comparison. While I'm ...

After a couple of Ebay purchases which were missing parts and in sun-damaged condition, my latest one restored my faith... a mint copy of the Ghost ( 75053 ) from 2014.  Another one of the sets from the Rebels subtheme so I don't know much about it but I've always liked the look. The build didn't disappoint - about 90 mins all told but lots of interesting elements and some clever multi-way angling of sections.  There's also a good amount of playability in the set, and that's before I've built up my copy of the Phantom to go with it (that's in the next collection of sets to be picked and built but I keep getting distracted with Ebay purchases!).   A solid 8 out of 10.