10222 - a missing piece and 2 stickers gone wrong

M4x18 · 2013-11-12T10:01:20.000Z

So last night my wife convinced me of putting together a 10222 to be a part of our Holiday Village that we are displaying in our living room. The build was fun and the final outcome was awesome. I had put together last December the 10199 and thought it was, also, a cool, fun build with a sweet final result. The colors, the pieces - some of them were new to me -, the minifigures... Pretty enjoyable experience. The downside, my set came short of one piece, one of the unique pieces of this set, a brown 'sky', Brickset part 6020989. I have already contacted Lego over this, I expect them to ship the missing piece anytime now. First time this has ever happened in my 23+ years of building Lego. And, to make matters worse, I misplaced a sticker on a brick. I went ahead and placed the large mail truck stickers, the ones with the trumpet that go in the back of the truck, on what you'd call the outside of that piece - Brickset 4558212 - and not on the inside. The result: me going mad about screwing it up, removing both stickers and trying to apply them in the correct position, failing to properly accomplish this as the sticker became curved when I removed it. All in all, great build and great display. If you can get your hands in one of them go for it!