Lego R2 D2

Arrived at my house 6/10/21
(I ordered the set on April 30, in order to get the 2021 May the 4th promotion. The set took 40 days to deliver, because they needed to manufacture pieces
This was my second of the 18+ category of Lego sets. It was fun and very challenging at times, though not as difficult as the  UCS A Wing I built last year.

I built usually one bag a day, to stretch out the building pleasure

Building Days: 6/11/21 - 6/29/21
Build Time: ~ ___  hrs.

Build by Bag Completion

Bag 1: ~15min, 6/11/21

Bag 2: ~30 min, 6/12/21

Bag 4: ~30 min, 6/14/21

STAR WARS EPISODE XXVI THE RESTORATION: Chapter 3

1. Suggestions for a chapter title?

2.  In the middle of this chapter, I wrote: "a new star destroyer freshly given..." Do you have any suggestions for better wording than "Freshly given?"

STAR WARS EPISODE XXVI THE RESTORATION first two chapters

My 501st Battle Pack

501st Battle Pack #501stbattlepack

Build time: 1.25 hrs (includes sticker difficulties)

Comparison to old 501st related sets

Finalized Version of The Empire's Vengeance

Comment any suggestions to make the wording and flow better. I come from history, especially military history background. Therefore, I am far more familiar with transitions for essays than for long prose stories.

If you want to view the version of The Empire's Vengeance that includes hyperlinks, click on the following link: 

https://starwarsfan327.blogspot.com/2018/01/star-wars-episode-xxv-empires-vengeance.html 

My UCS A Wing

Arrived at my house 5/8/20
(I ordered the set on May 1 in order to get the 2020 May the 4th promotion. The set took a week to arrive due to Covid-19.)

This is my first ever of the new 18+ category of Lego sets. Therefore, it quickly became the hardest build I have ever done.

Building Days: 5/10/20 - 5/17/20
Build Time: ~ 9.25 hrs.

Build by Bag Completion

Bag 1: 55 min., 5/10/20

Bag 2: 29 min., 5/10/20

Bag 3: ~40 min., 5/11/20

Bag 3 repairs: 1 hr. [I had to figure out how to push in the light gray connector pieces (located at the front of the build) together. Everytime I did this, pieces from the top or bottom of the build especially in the cut out middle area of the front consistently fell off]

Bag 4: 30 min., 5/12/20

Bag 5: 47 min., 5/13/20

Bag 6: 28 min., 5/14/20

Bag 7: 46 min., 5/15/20

Bag 8: 45 min., 5/15/20 (Not Pictured)

Post Bag 8 Repair Time: 1.5 hrs.

Bag 9: 45 min., 5/16/20

Bag 10: the stand, 17 min., 5/16/20

Bag 11: COMPLETED A WING! 23 min., 5/17/20

Lego Death Star II Battle (May the 4th, 2020 Promo)

A quick and relatively easy build (it took me ~50 min due to there being so many little pieces that hard to find and differentiate). However I prefer minifigures like they used to do for May the 4th. Even last year's May the 4th promo was ok because the AT-AT looked like an AT-AT and the snowy ground looked sleek. In this set, the a wing and tie interceptor look terrible and the side of the Death Star II does not look like a section of the second death star. This set was not bad for a free promotion, but I would prefer to have a minifigure that is completely unique from minifigs found in other sets (for example: the Shadow ARF Trooper, Darth Revan and Colonel Yularen).