Tuesday, January 12, 2016

December Status for Falcon

Through Step 69
After waiting nearly 3 weeks for all the parts for the Oct/Nov order, I was happily surprised that both sellers filled my Christmas Eve order inside a week!
 
She doesn't look much different right now because the both 68 and 69 add to the underside, but I have turned the Falcon around to get a better view of 68.

Step 68 was more of the underside hull but with a new bit of functionally I was not expecting: a working gangway! There's even some nice detail with what look like hydraulics to rise and lower.
Step 69 was the top and bottom quad laser mounts that set on full working gimbals so they swivel around in all directions. Someone at LEGO really spent a lot of time working this really cool feature out.

It is nice touches like these that can really bring a model to life and up the "WOW" factor.





Saturday, January 2, 2016

Bonus!

One of the more unexpected gifts I received this year was this:


One pound of LEGO parts, 13 of which were ones I still needed for the Falcon rebuild! I felt my inner 12 year old rejoice as I dumped the box over and started sorting through this trove. Thanks!