Review: 7958 Star Wars Advent Calendar 2011

[fallenangel327]

I'm wondering whether anyone else feels the LEGO Group could have at least shaved off the fin on the clone pilot.

[GIR3691]

My snowspeeder had two extra cheese slopes and no 1x2 trans tile. :C Hope I have a spare someplace.

EDIT: Nevermind, found it. D'oh!

I'm really diggin' this calendar so far. I'd totally buy all of these micro ships if they individually bagged for $1.99-ish like the Collectible Minifigures first were.

[onions]

wow... that y-wing... wow....

didn't even know the calendar came with one, and now i wish it didnt.

[GIR3691]

The TIE Fighter... would have been awesome, had we gotten two of them, or something. I love the simplicity and compactness of it, but it's so incredibly lame by itself. I had to make multiples of it.

Do a side by side comparison to the X-Wing... No wonder the Rebels won. It's ludicrous not to scale the X-Wing and TIE Fighter to each other.

[Drock]

Regarding the TIE Fighter,

They can't all be winners, kid.

[cas]

The tie fighter could have been easily improved with 4 of these wedge plates. It would have been nearly perfect for the scale.

[lego-maniac]

my god, this calendar is... " It's a Trap !!!! "
I think a real effort have to been made for 2012 SW advent calendar if they want to sell some !
Even my 7 years old son is not enthousiast while opening the windows...

[scandell]

I agree. The minifigs have lacked something. Chewbacca really? Xwing Pilot really? Tie Fighter Pilot really? Battle Droid really? Give me a Boba Fett...or a Princess Leia...

The Xwing has been the crown jewel thus far. The two weapon racks are among the worst.

[GIR3691]

Considering the rarity of the TIE pilot, I'm surprised so many people are hating on it. I didn't buy the set he was in, so it's cool to get one this way. Same goes for the clone pilot. They're probably saving the core characters for longevity. I think they're hoping to do Advent Calendars for the next few years. Can't cram them all in the first go-around. Not to say the selection we had was good, though. Seems like they did all the important ships already, but are saving the desirable characters for future calendars.

[scandell]

Considering how many of these Advent Calanders are still filling the shelves at Targets and Toy'r'us's around the country...I wouldn't be surprised if they don't do such a wide release next time.