LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, Day 6: Cloud City, Bespin with Twin-Pod Cloud Car. I’m a fan of these location-based builds (plus The Empire Strikes Back material is always a hit with me).
Month: December 2018
Hovertron
Hovertron, 1996. Small stand up hovercraft with astronaut. Two holographic stickers are used for detailing (not a big fan of stickers).
Advent IG-88’s
IG-88 2015 vs 2018. A printed head and included blaster and rifle make this year’s edition vastly superior.
Day 5: IG-88
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, Day 5: IG-88. Everybody’s favorite robot bounty hunter!
Droid vs Droid
Spyrius vs Exploriens droids. Basically the same print only in different colors. I like the transparent head and gold on black face printing of the Exploriens droid.
Droid Scout
Droid Scout, 1996. Small flyer with droid pilot. New Space theme: Exploriens, for which this is the smallest set. I like their logo.
Hiking Group: Week 12 (Canceled)
Weggis to Rigi Kaltbad
4 December 2018
Today we were planning to hike up to Rigi Kaltbad (where there’s a spa) from Weggis, which is a town on Lake Luzern. I’ve taken the cable car down from Rigi Kaltbad to Weggis several times, but I’ve never done the walk in either direction. This hike is supposed to be about 6km long but with 1km ascent, so it’s quite steep. This would make it the second most difficult hike of the season so far after the Stanserhorn. It was canceled due to rain and thunderstorms. We’ll try again next week if the weather improves.
Day 4: Republic Fighter Tank
LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, Day 4: Republic Fighter Tank. I had to look this one up too. Apparently it’s a prequel trilogy era vehicle. Not bad. So far this calendar is jumping all over the place source material-wise.
Spyrius Minifigure Lineup
Spyrius minifigures: regular (left), chief (center), and droid (right). The chief gets a pencil-thin mustache, beard stubble, and a fancy printed helmet. I like the droid with its mechanical face and cool torso and leg printing.
Candyhouse Manor
I present Candyhouse Manor, our gingerbread house for this season. Cobbled together from gingerbread pieces to build 3 small A-frames plus whatever Haribo candies I could find in the supermarket.
