Jabba's lower parts
Well, specifically, the lower part of his palace - the Rancor pit ( 75005 ). Another ebay purchase, interestingly from the same source I got the upper part of the palace from. I mentioned how good the condition of the main palace was and the rancor pit was pretty much the same. I can tell that someone had already given it a good clean - probably with a toothbrush, though as there were some very faint scratches on the bricks. I now use a cloth to do all my brick-cleaning to avoid this. So, this is a relatively simple set, with 381 parts, though it does pack in some playability. The big gate comes crashing down to spear the rancor, there are some hidden caches (one behind a pillar, one in the floor) and the rancor minifig is pretty articulated. Nowadays, though, you're pretty much buying this for the minifigs... and I passed up on several auctions because the minifigs were missing or incomplete. I also did something new and submitted Luke a...