Month: March 2026

Destiny 2’s Renegades Silver Bundle, Stocking Up for the Star Wars Crossover Era

DLC Review · Purchased March 10, 2026 · $20.99 CAD via Bungie.net Store

Destiny 2 Silver currency artwork
Photo credit: Bungie.net

The Setup

Yes, this is another entry in my ongoing series of “bought Destiny 2’s premium currency instead of anything with actual content in it.” With Renegades, Bungie’s Star Wars-inspired expansion, in full swing, I wanted a stash of Silver ready to go for whatever seasonal cosmetics or Eververse items showed up alongside it, so I grabbed a smaller 1500 Silver bundle with a 200 bonus Silver top-up rather than committing to one of the bigger round-number tiers.

Living With It

There’s genuinely nothing to review here in the traditional sense: it’s a number that goes up in a menu, and then you spend it on ornaments, emotes, or the occasional armor set that catches your eye. What I will say is that Renegades has been a good excuse to actually spend Silver again after a quiet stretch, since the Star Wars-flavored cosmetic sets that came with the expansion are some of the more tempting Eververse offerings Bungie’s put out in a while, and having Silver already banked meant I wasn’t stuck waiting for a sale or a bigger currency purchase to grab one the moment it showed up.

The math on smaller bundles is never quite as favorable as the big ones, and this one’s no exception, but I’d rather buy a slightly worse per-dollar rate on a bundle sized to what I’m actually planning to spend than have a pile of unused Silver sitting around forever, which is exactly the trap the bigger bundles set for me in past years.

What I Liked

  • Sized closer to what I actually planned to spend, less waste than the bigger bundles
  • Renegades’ Star Wars-themed cosmetics made this an easy purchase to justify

What I Didn’t

  • Worse Silver-per-dollar rate than the bigger bundles
  • It’s still just a currency purchase, so there’s not much substance to actually review

The Verdict

Rating: 3/5

Fine for what it is, and a smarter-sized purchase than my past Silver bundles, but still just currency.

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LEGO’s Bouquet of Pink Roses, a Second Bouquet That Actually Outshines the First

Lego Review · Purchased February 12, 2026 · $79.99 CAD via The Lego Store

LEGO Bouquet of Pink Roses set 10374
Photo credit: LEGO.com

The Setup

Longtime readers might remember I already own a LEGO rose set, the original red Bouquet of Roses I picked up as a Valentine’s gift years ago. So when LEGO released the Bouquet of Pink Roses (10374) last October as a genuinely new, multi-tonal pink variant rather than a straight recolor, I couldn’t resist grabbing it around Valentine’s Day again this year to see how it compared sitting right next to its older sibling.

Living With It

At 789 pieces, it’s a slightly smaller build than the original 822-piece red version, but the extra design work shows. Instead of a plain round brick for the flower centers, this set uses a white peony piece paired with a light nougat inverted dome, and the petals shift from deeper pink at the core to softer blush tones toward the outer edges. It’s a small change on paper, but it makes each individual bloom look noticeably more like a real flower up close, rather than a uniform-colored LEGO approximation of one.

The build itself reuses a lot of the same clever tricks as the original: wheel-arch pieces and minifig whip elements to fake the coiled, layered look of petals, all built onto a sturdy stem-and-leaf structure that holds its shape well in a vase. Having both bouquets on display together has turned into an accidental little collection, and I’d honestly recommend the pink version first if you’re only planning on getting one; the color gradient work alone makes it feel like the more considered design of the two.

Close-up of the LEGO Bouquet of Pink Roses petals
Detail of the multi-tonal petal work. Photo credit: LEGO.com

What I Liked

  • Multi-tonal petals look far more like a real flower than a flat single color
  • Clever reuse of wheel-arch and whip pieces to fake coiled petal layers
  • Never wilts, unlike the real thing it’s replacing as a gift

What I Didn’t

  • Slightly fewer pieces than the original red version for a similar price
  • If you already own the red bouquet, this is a lot to spend on what’s ultimately a similar centerpiece in a different color

The Verdict

Rating: 4.5/5

A genuinely improved take on the Bouquet of Roses formula, and proof LEGO is still finding new tricks for its botanical line rather than just reskinning old sets.

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