Oh man.

There I am, so PUMPED that my LEGO gift has arrived! I ripped open the shipping box and squealed with delight that my gifter got me the Back to the Future Delorean set! BTTF is one of my favorite movies of all time. This is going to look stellar on my DVD shelf.

I started building almost immediately, but not even two pages into the instruction booklet I was at a standstill. Digging, digging… where the crap are these little red pieces that I need? Why do I have so many yellow and brown pieces? WHAT is this ROBOT HEAD?!

I quickly realized that there was some sort of mixup at the factory and that one of the piece pouches must have been from another set. I used the piece list to inventory and it turns out that I'm missing 49 pieces!

(Update: gifter has been in touch with me. I'm in the process of requesting replacement parts from LEGO. :)

In the meantime, in true LEGO spirit, I used all of the extras to create a masterpiece. Say hello to your new robot overlord!

THANKS for the set and the laughs, gifter!