The dark side of the brick

It's been a busy few months - since I last managed to post, I've spend 2 weeks in Singapore, 2 days in KL and 10 days in HK, as well as going to Wales (a week), Scotland, Wales again, Stratford-upon-Avon and Paris for long weekends.  I worked out that by the end of June, I'll have spent 90 days out of 181 in the first half of the year away from home.  With nights out and time spent with the (very understanding) wife, that's not left much time for Lego.  Lockdown wasn't fun but it did leave lots of time for hobbies! So, here's a bit of a round up on the deconstruction I've managed to do.  My tracker says I'm now 72% of the way through my collection, though I've got stacks of boxes which are still waiting to be built up, so I'm not going to run short of things to build for a while. First up is the Child, aka baby Yoda ( 75318 ).  This is an ok display set but a bit dull to build (like the more recent Yoda, there is too much plate-work filling out t...

This is going to be the final build for a week or so - my next job is to pick the parts for the 2007 UCS Falcon, along with the UCS B-wing and 4-5 other sets (I've found it's most efficient to dump all the parts into a long list in a spreadsheet and then pick for multiple sets at once... it minimises the number of times I go back into each box.  So I do about 1,000 individual part picks over about a week and then build for a week... and then reward myself with a couple of new builds.  Rinse and repeat.  Just in case you're wondering why I'm following this, frankly, insane regime, I set out some of the reasons here but forgot to say that I'm also aiming to have all of the Lego Star Wars sets built at once - I reckon I'll get there by about May 2021 which gives me a few months to buy the last 30 or so sets I don't own).   Anyway, on to the review... 75317 THE Mandalorian & THE Child (capitalisation apparently important in indicating singularity) is nearl...