Not-UCS R2-D2
It's raining hard here so what better way to spend my Saturday than building the new R2-D2 ( 75308 ). My opening thought is that it's odd that this isn't an official UCS set, as the almost identically sized 2012 version ( 10225 ) was a UCS set so why not this edition? My only guesses are a) that after the classification of the Assault on Hoth as a UCS set Lego are now super cautious or b) they have bigger and better sets that they want to reserve the UCS classification for later in the year. It's quite possible that both of these are true. Initial impressions on taking this to my breakfast table are a) that they're consolidating on the uncluttered black styling and b) this thing is surprisingly heavy. The box is also much bigger than I was expecting - though that's probably my expectations. On opening, you have 17 bags numbered 1 to 13 and 2 big technic beam frames (new to my collection), plus the instructions. There's also an inner box. Getting...