When I invest in LEGOs, I sign up for attaching bricks to one another, not for putting reflective stickers onto payload bay doors. (I told a fellow aficionado on a Zoom call that I had purchased the shuttle set and the only thing he wanted to know was how much trouble the stickers were.) If I wanted to play with adhesives, I would have taken up scrapbooking.

One reviewer suggested that you pace yourself when assembling this “space geek’s dream” so that you have enough energy when you get to the delicate chore involving the stickers. How about if the LEGO people just give you pieces with the stickers already on them!

It’s like trying to get flypaper (no pun originally intended) off your hands. If you display the shuttle with the bay doors open, and the Hubble telescope in launch position, you might notice any misaligned stickers. If Hal closes the bay door, Dave might be in trouble, but everything else looks fine.

In any event, I shouldn’t have to deal with these kinds of details. I think I need a LEGO apprentice, someone to finish up the details for me. If Rembrandt could have help and still sign his name at the bottom, why can’t I?