At any rate, I ended up ordering the 8070 Supercar kit. Needless to say, LEGOs have evolved since I started with them. Its a 1281 piece kit with a motor, and three books of instructions. Yes, I said three booklets of instructions. And you need to use all three of them. Its not like they're for different variations. No, you can download the variations from the LEGO website.
I set about my task of assembling this beast last night and finished it in about 4-5 hours. And I only screwed up one minor assembly on one of the doors. Luckily I noticed the mistake fairly quickly and was able to fix it without a major headache.
This may have re-opened Pandora's box. I now have a craving to build more and want to order more involved kits.
As if I didn't already have enought time-sinks.
Once I take some pictures and video, I'll upload it all.
]]>So now I'm using a black Merkur safety razor, a badger hair brush, and Merkur double-edge blades (I would have supplied a link, but it appears the set is no longer available). The lather you can get with a brush definitely beats the gel I was using before (sorry honey). Even with the first pass with this new razor, its really easy to tell the difference. The hair just comes right off. There is no pulling or tugging. I could never use a mainstream multi-bladed razor without some tugging. The blades just aren't sharp enough. With the Merkur blades I'm starting with, there is a minimal amount of burn. For as good of a shave as I got, its an acceptable amount. The next step up will be using the feather-light blades I also bought. Those are supposed to be crazy sharp.
There is just no competition. I can only imagine what a straight razor would be like. Maybe that will be next. Once I'm comfortable, with this razor, I'll step up to a full-on straight razor. We'll see.
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