Slightly bigger Tie Fighter
After a 12 hour day at my desk, I am still procrastinating on 10179 which is starting to get in the way. Today's new arrival was the 2021 Imperial Tie Fighter ( 75300 ) which I ordered at the start of Jan and which has only just made it from Lego HQ. As it's a pretty much brand new set, I thought I'd build and review it. The set is medium sized at 432 pieces but interestingly only has 88 different parts in it. I see this as the start of a new trend from Lego to somewhat simplify their models, which is - in my humble view - welcome. I think it's been achieved without any compromises too, which is great. As comparisons from last year, the Sith Tie Fighteer (75272) and General Grievous Starfighter (75286) both had similar numbers of pieces but more individual parts (115 and 125 respectively). The Knights of Ren ship had slightly more pieces but 175 different parts! There are also a brand new part - a 6x6 plate with 5 pin holes on the r...