Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Review: Star Wars Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back

As a lead up to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, FBTB is going to do something crazy (and likely something that a whole bunch...

Review: 79007 Battle at the Black Gate

LEGO was kind enough to send us a copy of 79007 The Battle at the Black Gate for review, the middle-tier set in the...

Review: 10240 Red Five X-wing Starfighter

It seems like a lifetime ago when I first saw the very first Ultimate Collector Series set, 7191 X-wing Fighter, on the Toys'R'Us shelf....

A Year of Polybags 206/260: 5002948 C-3PO Review

I love / hate today's set, 5002948 C-3PO. First of all, the picture on the polybag is grossly misrepresenting the figure you actually get. It...

A Year of Polybags 139/260: 30071 Army Jeep Review

Today's polybag, 30071 Army Jeep, is exactly like the other Toy Story Army set, 7595 Army Men on Patrol, just 1/4 the size. Instead...

FBTB’s LEGO Advent Season of EXTRA Spam 2022 Day 2

Our annual tradition moves along, another batch of Advent Calendars. Ace handling Star Wars (again), Eric handling Harry Potter (again), and Nick handling Marvel...

Review: 6207 A-wing Fighter

I don't know what it is about the A-wing fighter that draws so much adoration and attention from yours truly. It's not on screen...

FBTB’s LEGO Advent Season of EXTRA Spam 2022 Day 16

Our annual tradition moves along, another batch of Advent Calendars. Ace handling Star Wars (again), Eric handling Harry Potter (again), and Nick handling Marvel...

Review: 75022 Mandalorian Speeder

Sometimes, it's fun to just sit back and pretend what's going through the heads of TV show writers and producers, because you sort of...

Retro Review: 75205 Mos Eisley Cantina

Let's just get this out of the way: 75205 Mos Eisley Cantina is a giant piece of crap. I was cleaning out some boxes in...