Season’s of Spam 2024: Advent’s Galore Day 23

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: 15 Hits / 7 Misses
• Disney: 16 Hits / 4 Misses (waiting for the finished Disney castle)
• Marvel: 5 Hits / 17 Misses

Ace: Star Wars Day 23 (and Disney)

As micro Landspeeders go, this is probably as good as it’s going to get. And that’s not a bad thing at all. This model is outstanding. It definitely helps that a half circle tile piece now exists. The studs that represent Luke and C-3PO instantly replays the scene in your head where they are out searching for R2 in the Jundland Wastes. Just a fantastic little build.a clear plate or two on the bottom to give it the hover effect would have been awesome!

The other side of the castle. It’s an exact mirror of day 21 so I’m giving it the exact same thumbs down score. I cannot wait for this calendar to end.

Eric: Disney Day 23 (and Hot Sauces)

I am 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

And here’s the right side of the castle. It is identical to Day 21’s build, except flipped. Not a lot to say about this one. It’s a necessity, but a boring one.

The hot sauce – AFRICAN CAYENNE HOT SAUCE – was, as per usual, not hot and very acidic. Pretty dull day.

LEGO Day 23: NO RANKING

HOT SAUCE Day 23: 2/5

Nick: Marvel Day 23 (and Rocks and Dice)

And lo, on the 23 day, he looked down upon us and said, “enough with this crap, give them something great.” And so it was. A Spider-Ham snowman is every great little thing that’s on there, including the extra nose detail. Would I have liked a more rounded center? Yes. But I won’t ding this as the best thing in the calendar so far. Not enough to make up for this garbage pile, but a nice penultimate day.

Our last little d4 for the ugly set, so we can wrap that one up too. I’ll go through all the sets on the last day, but it does feel vaguely threatening that they keep ending on the terror that is the d4.

Fairly certain this is moonstone, and it’s always a cool little rock to get. For our Rock Raiders reboot, this is the source of the Old Rocks, and every one of the new ships is powered by it. It’s vanishing from the universe, and so it’s always in demand.