This has been a quiet year for the site… for some documented reasons for some that will probably be documented later on in this whole thing. But we’ve all been looking forward to doing the Advents, our yearly tradition that still happens to be a thing despite the fact that the internet is dead and it’s just bots talking to bots now. Beep boop.
Originally, we were going to mix it up this year but… things didn’t work out. Scalpers went hard in Dallas and the Star Wars Advent disappeared within a few days and never came back in stock, so Nick’s plan to do the Star Wars calendar fell through. We’re going to go with it just being the universe punishing him by making him do the Marvel Advent yet again. Something that just might finish him off this time.
We’re also going to do the newer tradition of going with non-LEGO calendars, because Advents are the new socks are the new ugly sweaters are the new yearly ornaments. Okay, that joke got away, but the point is that everything has an advent now.
Even Rocks.
That’s a hint, LEGO… bring back Rock Raiders. The world needs them now more than ever.
The scores so far:
- Star Wars: 12 Hits / 3 Misses
- Disney: 12 Hits / 3 Misses
- Marvel: 3 Hits / 12 Misses
Ace: Star Wars Day 16 (and Disney)
Oh my. This might just be my favorite holiday ugly sweater minifig to date. ROTJ Luke decided to go old school and wear a sweater with his homestead on Tatooine prominently displayed on the front complete with the twin suns and a moisture vaporator. When I pulled the bag out of its little compartment, I noticed the back of the sweater first:
What else could be depicted other than the Sandcrawler making a special delivery of droids? This prompted me to look at at the back of Leia’s torso from day 1. As a reminder here’s the front:
The assault on Hoth scene. And what else could be on the back except for:
The shield generators? Simply awesome. Now I wonder what was on the back of all the previous years’ minifigs.
More Tiana stuff? I guess so? We got Tiana yesterday so it makes sense we get her castle representation today. Plus the light green profile brick element is the same color as Tiana’s dress so that ties it in nicely. I thought matching your shirt to your kicks was one thing. Matching your castle to your dress is on a whole other level.
Eric: Disney Day 16 (and Hot Sauces)
I am also doing the LEGO Disney Advent Calendar this year. I am not in the target demographic for this advent calendar, and that is okay. I am also eating a hot wing every day, tossed in one of 24 random hot sauces. Enjoy my pain.
WATCH ME EAT AND BUILD THIS ON TIKTOK
NOW we’re talking. Today’s sauce is TUNISIA EXTRA HOT HOT SAUCE, and it is…not extra hot, or even regular hot, but it is a little spicy. Relative to these sauces, though, that’s like eating a raw Carolina Reaper. And – bonus – it tasted pretty good, too.
The build is also fantastic! Tiana’s Palace, once again from the Princess and the Frog, and by far the most complicated build in this calendar so far. What a wonderful day.
LEGO Day 16: 5/5
HOT SAUCE Day 16: 5/5
Nick: Marvel Day 16 (and Rocks and Dice)
A little bit of coincidence in the Marvel and Disney calendars being perfect inversions of each other quality wise, but it’s not going to last. Okay, so it’s not a holiday theme, unless you’re me and then spend your entire holiday vacation at your desk being as unproductive as possible playing games and painting miniatures. Like most other days.
The chair here is rubbish, but the little computer is just fantastic in the stupidest ways possible. I love that the computer here is modeled on something so old that it’s likely older than both Gwen and Miles, or that they went so far on the tile (which I’m sure is from another set but I’m not looking it up) that it looks like a ugly Windows XP clone. Of course, only a monster sets their keyboard up on the right of the machine – or someone that’s left handed, maybe, but I repeat myself. I like the build a lot, so calling it a hit.
Okay, so we’re not going to complete a set and just give a completely random color d20? Okay then. It’s… fine. I’m not a big fan of black dice, but the pink and white pattern is cool. Blue on black doesn’t work at all, but they couldn’t use white either.
Someone left this cheese rock out a bit too long, and it’s started to go all sideways. I don’t see barfstone anywhere on the list, but I’m going to go with that. I think about half the rocks haven’t been easily identifiable, but this one is clearly of the genre “countertop material for someone with no taste.” I can’t even figure out how to jam this into a rock raiders theme, so clearly this is random thing thrown in with a bigger set to inflate part count and price.
