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Lego #75391 "Captain Rex Y-wing Microfighter"

2025-10-27T22:17:00.001+00:00

What I like:

no stickers
Captain Rex Phase 2 armour
Captain Rex's head showing chip removal
printed panel

What I don't like

no Galactic Republic/Empire logo (to show he is getting away?)
too easy to detach rangefinder (even there are four provided but can be lost easily due to size & colour)

1917

2020-02-02T10:49:00.001+00:00

It is so nervous when the soldiers are crossing the field.

It is not easy to recongize Colin Firth from his costume.

Andrew Scott was in same maddess as in Sherlock.

The two-men team was too slow and then Mark Strong's company was nearly ahead of them. Was the farmhouse abandoned recently? The milk is fresh.

I'm afraid Hong Kongers would be the French woman hiding at Écoust-Saint-Mein. The runaway from the town to meeting of the Regiment is really heartbreaking.

What would be the faith of the soldiers?

the rise of skywalker

2020-02-02T10:22:00.000+00:00

The wrap up is not perfect but acceptable. Ian McDiarmid's performance helped a lot. Of course the feeling is different when you watch Return of Jedi in concert with Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra.

It fixed Snoke's so easy death. Why would Final Order use Imperial Class Star Destroyer only? What is the faith of the remaining ship?

Millennium Falcon is so poor, Poe sailed her same as Han. She should be happy when Lando handles her again if you have watched Solo, A Star Wars Story.

When was Rey's father born? BTW General Hux & Knights of Ren are a bit wasted in this episode. Knights of Ren are the same.

I think Ben's redemption is better handled than Anakin becoming Sith

Skywalkers died togerher with Siths but it becomes a legend when Rey calls herself as a Skywalker. Is the yellow lightsaber means balance of force? Will someone find Skywalkers' lightsabers for another journey?

knives out

2019-12-01T14:03:00.005+00:00

This movie is brilliant. It is modern but the setting is so familiar for those reading Agatha Christie. The twists inside are even more than those in Murder of Orient Express or Muder of Roger Ackroyd but viewers would not mix up different clues. The final solution is out of expectation. BTW will it be novelized?

Rian Johnson should focus more on crime ficition movies instead of working in another Star Wars trilogy. The Last Jedi is far beyond die-hard Star Wars' fans imgation. But from Star Wars he can make Frank Oz to appear here.

Daniel Craig can consider to reprise the role after his last James Bond movie if there is any sequel. Chris Evans is playing a role totally different from MCU. But he is still Captain America in many people's mind. Others are playing great too but the story limits their character screen time.

toy story 4

2019-08-25T08:17:00.001+00:00

Good:

Bo Beep & Woody are together again.
Duke Caboom is voiced by Keanu Reeves!

Bad:

Too focus on some characters. Those old gangs do not involve so much as previous films.

Question:

What are the fate of The Dummies?

Lego #40262 & #40263 "Christmas Train Ride" & "Christmas Town Square"

2019-03-30T14:30:00.002+00:00

The 2019 spring has come but it is not too late to review the 2017 Christmas lego promotion sets.

You can buy either one but obviously getting both is the best. If you must need to choose either one, Christmas Train Ride is the one you need as the Christmas tree in Christmas Town Square is not that attractive. Anyway they are the cheaper alternative of 10235 Winter Village Market. Winter Village Market is the one for large town while these two are for small town.

bumblebee

2019-02-05T14:44:00.002+00:00

The story has a better balance to attract wider range of audiences. The original series is targeted for adults.

And this one the actress is able to tell more about her background. I just think what she is doing when autobots are back to public.

movies watched in this year

2018-09-10T07:54:00.000+00:00

All by Disney?

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Is the Force so strong for Luke & Leia? But the story behind Luke & his cousin is reasonable for this consequence. Snoke's death is too weak but the fight afterwards is cool. Such a waste for Captain Phasma & Vice Admiral Amilyn Holdo.

Solo: A Star Wars Story - Rouge One is too strong. The story is actually better than the Last Jedi but the story is a bit straight forward. Maul showing his saber is a bit odd. Is there any story to explain Maul's faith as shown in Rebels?

Incredibles 2 - same as Solo the story is straight forward. Where is the Underminer?

Murder on the Orient Express

2017-12-17T10:33:00.004+00:00

I read the book for over a decade ago. There was a TV adaption with Toby Jones & Jessica Chastain starring seven years ago. Both are vague in my memory now. As a fan of Agatha Christie's Poirot, It's time to refresh my memory with the new movie with so many famous stars including Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Olivia Coleman & Daisy Ridley (shortly before jumping into a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away).

The impression of David Suchet as Hercule Poiro already sets as a role model of the character in my generation. Kenneth Branagh acts as Poirot is relatively odd even though he has tried his best. Choosing Johnny Depp as the bad guy may be the most right choice at all. The most attractive character except them is only the one by Daisy Ridley.

The addition of what happened in Jerusalem helps create the atmosphere for rest of the movie. The place is carefully selected to make more sense why the train is stopped in middle of nowhere and visual effects.

The story is so famous as the ending is so unexpected. But in between the novel uses lots of content to develop characters and the relationship. That is challenging to convert the plot into a film and the movie cannot take a balance. Only Agatha Christie's fans like me are interested in the movie.

Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

2017-08-06T14:37:00.000+00:00

It's a different style of movie from Dunkirk. Visual effect is the key and the story is reasonably fine. The major drawback is too early to let the audience know who the antagonist is. Another is the lead actor. He is young but seems alcoholic.

Even airtime of Rihanna is short, the role she plays really fits her. And what unexpected is Cara Delevingne. Of course the director can choose another model for those "model" scenes, she handles the remaining part well.

The movie is based on French Comic, directed by a French director & supported by French capital, but the lead actor said he doesn't know French. And nearly all main casts are from UK. That is so ironic. There are few scenes showing Chinese things due to Chinese support but the last spaceship is so alike Apollo Command/Service Module.

Dunkirk

2017-07-23T09:24:00.000+00:00

Please don't expect what you watch is same as other movies directed by Nolan. Unlike other war movies just showing single side of view, you can feel what he wants you to take away from the movie in multiple angles. You can understand why characters behave like that.

Below is updated on 6 Aug after watching another movie...
Previously Nolan used other movies to try to tell a fake story as real as possible. This one, on the other hand, he wants to integrate several fake stories into a real story in a whole and I think he has done it successfully. What top level told the public is actually different from what the soldiers and those laymen saving soldiers felt in their heart.

Lego Star Wars #75168 Yoda's Jedi Starfighter™

2017-04-23T09:54:00.001+00:00

The third Lego Eta-2 Actis-class light interceptor I have now. We should be grateful for this release as Star Wars: the Clone Wars has ended for years.

Same as Obi-Wan's Jedi Starfighter released in last year there is no slot to hold Yoda's lightsaber. But the lightsaber can be kept safely inside the cockput which is much better than Obi-Wan's one.

It is cool to have foil-wings & cannons to increase playability. Another nice feature is only few stickers are used for needed areas. The cockpit is rightly designed to hold Yoda and R2 sits comfortly compared to its master's one.

But it is hard for lego to resemble the fighter completely in such scale. The wings are too big when comparing the size of the cockpit. In the Clone Wars, the cockpit is round but that would not make bricks stick well. An oval version is the final solution.

rogue one & passengers

2017-01-23T08:02:00.003+00:00

Rogue One - I love it for its well connection of events in Starwars universe. And that is cool to see characters and events from The Clone Wars, Rebels and also the Main Saga to come back. The only worry is how good will be for coming two films on Han Solo & Boba Fett?

Passengers - I'm just interested in two things, animation & Jennifer Lawrence... I don't mean I do not respect Jennifer Lawrence. But I cannot find anything else can attract me when comparing to Rogue One. There are several faults in the story making me a step back from saying the film is good, like how would a person like to sleep for 120 years? How can the company apply the loans & capital from stakeholders for such a long period?

lego star wars #75038 jedi™ interceptor

2016-09-18T08:52:00.000+00:00

It has a different design from Obi-wan's one, from wings, droid socket to even the cockpit, even the major layout remains the same. Obi-wan's one has more details on wings but much more stickers. A open-ended droid socket makes R2 not easily removed by buzz droid.

The best of this set against his master's one is there is space to hold lightsaber!

What will Yoda's one be as available in next year?

improvement of bus arrival prediction system

2016-07-23T14:41:00.002+00:00

Implementation of bus arrival prediction system is a mandate for HK franchise buses. But tons of high-rising buildings here make GPS-backbone system not as useful as we expect.

The signals cannot be sent and received from buses to satellites due to blockages of buildings & bridges. Also reflections of glass curtain wall can distort the communications.

Bus companies currently use historical data to compensate the inaccuracy mentioned above. However we cannot know how long ago the data are. Even worse the road condition always changes such that the information used can deviate a lot from actual situation. Customers are suffered and misled. The experience actually worsens especially the companies are adjusting the route frequency to adopt more and more railways around.

One of the methods can be by handshaking when buses are passing each other. If there is a GPS signal, positions and time can be dropped down. If the memory is large enough, all data collected by a bus in between the trip can be copied to another bus nearby. Once the bus arrives the terminal, the data can be uploaded and let the mainframe / cloud adjust the prediction. The data is more updated than the historical one and relevantly more accurate.

Finding Dory

2016-07-23T14:17:00.001+00:00

Piper - The background is made as so damned real. The story is simple but meaningful.

Flaws are including not many species of fish living in salty water can survive in fresh water. And how can the pipes of Marine Life Institute connect to sea outside directly? But without these, the story cannot go on.

The surprise brought is weaker than Toy Story 3 or Inside Out. I'm really working on how the story is in Cars 3 and Toy Story 4.

lego star wars #75135 Obi-Wan's jedi starfighter

2016-02-10T15:58:00.001+00:00

This should be the only set so far Lego solely built for Obi-Wan's Eta-2 Starfighter.

It is cool to have a new Obi-Wan with a headset. The wings are nicely built to provide the rigid structure and also weight to play nicely. Even R4-P17 can be fit nicely compared to the previous build. Some older one can only put the head on the wing while later run can only leave the legs of R2-D2 hanging. Higher R4 can also fulfill what the movie shows which it was destroyed by buzz droids.

The cockpit is a bit disappointing. Obi-Wan cannot sit straightly. There is no proper place to hold his lightsaber. That's such a shame. The worse thing should be the amount of stickers used. Why does Lego really like stickers but the size cannot fully fit the brick?

lego star wars #75136 droid escape droid

2016-02-08T14:45:00.002+00:00

This is one of the sets with both C-3PO and R2-D2. It should be the one most following the storyline which both droids are captured by Jawas.

Compared to previous 2 sets, this set is with most details. The engines rotable and the case can be opened. There are two different printings on the Jawas. And also a printed death star. But there are a lot of stickers which need skills to stick. Especially to make the stickers of the case in sync and also stick the panel correctly in a small piece of lego.

the abominable bride

2016-01-16T14:51:00.001+00:00

First half is brilliant enough even those who did not watch the tv series before can understand. But second half you need to have some background before. And the frequent time traveling made that worse. Is that because both are working on Doctor Who too much?

Is that the first time to formally incorporate the actual scene of the original story even the story line has been tuned? Is Mary also hired by Mycroft or just imagination? Is the line of Moriarty finally ended? Sherlock really wants his brother to die faster while his mind is attracted to Irene. He thinks Hooper wants to show something to him. Using Christmas special to explain Sherlock back from exile earlier can make Series four a reboot.

Make up of Mycroft is funny. First part of additional footage is nice but later part, just like the special, becomes boring.

the force awakens

2016-01-03T14:52:00.002+00:00

Spoiler alert!

Who is the wise man to find and keep the fraction of the location of first Jedi temple where Luke is hiding and hated by Kylo Ren? Wookieepedia said he is under the group of people close to Jedis. But why did Luke leave the clue to him/them?

How is the fate of other Jedis under old Jedi Order like those in Star Wars: Rebels?

Is BB-8 weaker than R2 as it cannot fly?

Kylo is strong in getting other's mind & control blaster bolts. He should be able to fight against Rey but he was hurt. Kylo is right to wear a mask as he really doesn't look alike Leia or Han Solo. His temper sucks even comparing with other people using dark side. Has Leia, Han or Luke told what Anakin did and how he redeemed? What is his relationship with General Hux?

Poe is obviously not Force-sensitive.

Is there any chip in Finn when stormtroopers were brainwashed just like clones? Is he Force-sensitive?

Has Captain Phasma removed her helmet in the film? Is she so weak? Has she escaped from garbage chute before the base explosion?

What has happened before Rey was left behind Jakku? Who has said to her to keep quiet? How does she know the Jedi tricks? Does she relate to Kenobi? 1. Romance between Obi-Wan & Duchess Satine; 2. The lightsaber was used by Anakin, Obi-Wan, Luke & Rey; 3. Strong Jedi Mind Trick which Obi-Wan was strong on; & 4. Ewan McGregor voiced Obi-Wan again when Rey first touched the saber.

I really think Harrison Ford would wannabe Indiana Jones more than Han Solo. How was the faith of Han's freighter? Would it be used to pay for his debt by Guavian Death Gang or Kanjiklub? Ben is really the sting in Han's mind. How will Han be presented in next film? Force ghost?

Has Chewie got old?

Is Snoke one of the inquisitors under Galactic Empire? He is strong with Force and only two types of people can be allowed to be Force-sensitive in the Empire. One is Sith but only two allowed (Emperor & Vader) while another are inquisitors.

Why did Luke not stop Kyle to kill the Padawans? Has Obi-Wan or Yoda done something to stop?

How can the super-weapon of Starkiller Base destroy several planets nearby as the same time?

lego star wars #75088 senate commando troopers

2015-12-01T15:38:00.001+00:00

What makes this so attractive to me to buy?

Figures are rare. Previously there were only two sets with senate commandos and only one of those contains the captain.

New design of guns allows real shooting. The design is nice except the one for the captain which simply makes it a bit longer. It is one of the sets to collect extra bricks.

The use of Technic bricks can allow the cannon to rotate easily and more playable.

The only drawback is no printed bricks except the figures. That should be better to be a printed control panel of the cannon and an emblem of the Galactic Republic.

The Same Sun & White Light

2015-11-30T14:23:00.002+00:00

Second album form Sharon Corr is better than the first one as a whole.

Return of the Corrs is anticipated:

Andrea's accent has changed to be more Irish;
My favourite song is Catch Me When I Fail.

It is enough to keep the old fans exciting but that is hard to motivate others to join the range.

Pan

2015-10-11T12:36:00.002+00:00

You will feel better if you don't know or forget the original story line.

Timing to release may not be right. It should be shown during summer vacation or Christmas season as it is a movie for kids.

The story is a bit too fast at the beginning but it is reasonable afterwards. Ideas like flying pirate ship is quite fresh. But why Tiger Lily is white?

There are rooms to develop on some characters but it fails to do that. Obviously if there is a subsequent, it will talk about the broke up of Peter & Captain Hook.

Does Mary know the orphanage is linked with pirates? Does Blackbeard really die?

lego city #60083 snowplow truck

2015-09-27T15:16:00.001+00:00

pros:

concept is rare in lego's history
many rare parts for me

cons:

stickers & stickers
blade is too huge, not in scale

Music albums

2015-09-24T10:11:00.001+00:00

Such a long time not commenting the albums bought after Dream of You:

Albums before Ghost Stories by Coldplay: due to discount in iTunes Store & really like some of the songs.

All albums by Taylor Swift: my favourite is still Speak Now.

All of You by Colbie Caillat: simply motivated by few songs inside.

Let Them Talk by Hugh Laurie: obviously affected by House but his performing of Blues is good.

Latest two albums by Jason Mraz: Yes! should be the best among others. Love is a Four Letter Word should be the last physical album bought

All Cantonese albums from Robynn & Kendy: affected by girlfriend but really like soft songs

The Same Sun by Sharon Corr: much better than Dream of You

My Favourite Faded Fantasy by Damien Rice: wait is over