Wow, did my first CG/internet/forum contest here, eons ago, its great to see them back.
Little bit different take on the choice of toy for me, I'm doing the one toy I wanted most, but never got. By the time I was old enough to save enough to buy it, LEGO had discontinued it, I even wrote a letter to LEGO asking if there was anyway to get it, but was told "We're sorry, that model is no long available, we hope you can find something in our current line to fill your interest", or something like that, eventually I had to settle for a different ship.
Anyway, I'm building the Skull's Eye Schooner, from the LEGO Pirates line, circa 1993 or so. Started on it Friday evening, was busy with it all weekend. The hull bits have taken most of the time so far.
Never mind the bricks with missing studs, I'm cleaning off any studs that won't be visible in the end to save on the polycount.