In October, we were going stir crazy. Disneyland is still closed and we have been delaying and delaying vacation. Since I had some to burn, we loaded up the family into the car and drove south, stopping at National Parks and time shares all down California to Palm Springs and back. It was a two week trip and we stayed as socially distanced and sanitized as possible.

In planning for the trip, we heard about Daiso as a “Japanese dollar store”. That description gives you a sense of the store, but it is way better than that. So many interesting small products and foods at low prices ($1.50 or more plus tax).

As you can imagine, my favorite spot was the Petit Block display. There were 20-30 different sets, all in small bags at the $1.50 price point. I bought about 10 that looked interesting on our first visit, but we had so much fun at Daiso that we went back two more times and I bought more sets each time.

The Petit Block is a nano-scale brick, like many of the Chinese brands (and they are made in China as well). The quality on them is really good – so far I’ve only hit one piece that was mis-molded, and the grip is solid.

So this post is a warning that I will have many more little builds to review soon. (Note the Sequoia National Park set is not Petit Block but rather from Impact Photographics as other Parks sets are).