The dark side of the brick

I'm not talking about golfing, nor about my first computer (the Commodore Plus Four, with a whole 8k of RAM... showing my age!).  I'm actually on the sets designed for young children, specifically today the Resistance X-wing released this year ( 75297 ). It's a given that I'm not the target demographic for this set so I found the build ridiculously easy - I didn't even bother opening the instructions and just built it from the picture on the box.  However, I have built enough sets with my nephews and niece (some of whom are still under 10) that I know how they used to tackle sets.  I think even my niece would have enjoyed this one at the age of 4. Weighing in at just 60 pieces, it's a good job that some of them are rare to justify the very steep price tag - I would have priced this at no more than £10 at absolute tops and I think £18 is pushing it.  The microfighters are generally much better value in terms of bricks.   That gripe over, it's an ok set, thoug...

Another super quick build today as I spent the evening sorting out bricklink deliveries and starting to put all the recent spares in their homes. What came off the shelf was the Resistance X-wing magazine giveaway ( 912063 ).   I love treating these as puzzles to complete without instructions and I'm always impressed with the detail given such a small number of bricks.  And you often get some relatively rare colour/part combinations too. Not much more to say about it so a small build and a short post!