The Amazing Race - Erik & Carl H.

I purchased Erik the 60053/Race Car set today as an appeasement (his sister came home with the Lego Frozen set via a gift card, and I wanted to head off any sulking at the pass).  The actual car is only ~100 pieces, so it didn't take long to build but it was fun all the same and the method used for the fenders was something I hadn't seen before as I don't collect the City theme.  Very solid too and it survived a few drops. Though a bit above the $0.10 per brick criteria I tend to look for, I felt it a good value for $12 nonetheless.

Of course as soon as he had his car Erik insisted I build another so we could race.  Digging into his bin, I came up with a variation on the theme.  Afterwards, the great race ensued... which I lost do to an ever changing rule-set and some questionable behaviour. :)

He's grinning because he's made sure I'll never win

As for my on-going tall ship project, I am presently awaiting three separate Bricklink orders; all from Australia.  Once those come, I'll be able to assemble the Black Seas Barracuda properly... and then modify it to fit my ideal.  But I'm running out of time before the new pirate releases ...