May 4th build
May the fourth be with you! I did a bit of googling at lunchtime and found out about the new LSW set release rumours but others have covered that much better than I can so no more here. On to today's build then... I thought I'd get one of the new sets out and went for the near-UCS Imperial Probe Droid ( 75306 ). This is something of an overlooked icon from the original series - there have been a number of small versions but it's taken 20+ years to get to a full-scale edition. I guess it's only with some of the latest bricks that this can be done so well - and to be fair it is very movie-accurate. First impressions are the box which is fast becoming a standard size and withe the minimalist "adult-oriented" all-black styling. Opened up, you get the instructions, stickers, 6 normal bags and two small bags of various pearl dark grey crank shafts and the like. It feels quite light - bags 4 and 5 in particular feel very insubstantial! Bag ...