Hovertron, 1996. Small stand up hovercraft with astronaut. Two holographic stickers are used for detailing (not a big fan of stickers).
Author: Mark
Mark is an American computer programmer living in Switzerland.
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.
Hiking Group: Week 11
Immensee Hike
27 November 2018
7km, 190m ascent, 1h:30m
This was one of the shortest hikes we’ve done: a double loop hike around a wooded peninsula on Lake Zug. The outer loop was at lake level, and then we ascended to make a smaller inner loop higher up on the hill that occupies the peninsula.
The weather was not good (2°C and rainy), and consequently we had fewer hikers than normal. Still it was a pretty hike, and the distance was right for the weather, especially considering the slippery roots on the trail.
More pics here.
Route map from my watch:
On the drive home my car GPS decided to route me through 20 km of tiny one-lane farmer roads up and over the Zugerberg. Up on the mountains it was snowing and not always plowed. I think I must have accidentally told the GPS to avoid highways. Thank goodness for winter tires and 4wd. It was very pretty though.
