Tag: 75023 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar 2013

  • Star Wars Advent Calendar 2013 – Day 4

    Star Wars Advent Calendar 2013 – Day 4

    Day 4 – Zam Wesell’s Speeder

    (Singing) On cycle four of Life Day my first mate gave to me, a bounty hunter’s hot rod,
    a break-dancing pilot,
    an impractical escape ship
    and a dancing droid beneath the Life Tree.
    (/Singing)

    Bounty hunters sure like riding in flashy vehicles. Zam was a shapehifter with a taste for fancy speeders and high explosives. I’d have to say the old Bounty Hunter Pursuit set was one of the most colourful Star Wars sets and I’m surprised it hasn’t been revisited in some form… other than this, I mean. Overall, it’s a little stretched out, but the use of the binoculars and rare green bars on the tail is pretty swift and I wish they’d used that concept on last years bongo. Four days in and things are going well. I’ll probably end up regretting saying that.

    To be continued…

  • Star Wars Advent Calendar 2013 – Day 3

    Star Wars Advent Calendar 2013 – Day 3

    Day 3 – FA-4 Pilot Droid

    (Singing) On cycle three of Life Day my first mate gave to me, a break-dancing pilot
    an impractical escape ship
    and a dancing droid beneath the Life Tree.
    (/Singing)

    As Obi-Wan said, “flying is for droids” and Count Dooku seemed to agree with that sentiment. This heavy footed fellow also comes in the Dual on Geonosis set with Dooku, who I honestly wish had actually been in this set to go with the sailer. There is something to be said for keeping the majority of these figures generic after the first years inclusion of the same old Chewy that had appeared in another dozen sets. Since I don’t have the Dual set, this is the only version of FA-4 I have and I do like him. He looks like a commando droid in a prom dress. He probably went stag.

    To be continued…

  • 2013 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Spotted In The Wild

    2013 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Spotted In The Wild

    The first signs of winter are on the way (well they’re always on the way in Canada, but you learn to tune them out). The days are getting short, the kids will be heading back to school soon and new toys are trickling out onto the shelves. Nothing says winter is coming like the release of the new LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar that so many have a hate/love relationship with. Our intrepid NY chat troll murphquake has found the beastie at a local TRU with a whopping $58 price tag. It isn’t up on the TRU website yet, or anywhere else it seems, but it’s only a matter of time and we’ll let you know asap when it does. It looks like this one has codes on each Sunday window that unlock surprises online, undoubtedly themed around the Yoda Chronicles. If you want to spoil the surprises, he’s taken all kinds of photos of the daily bits here.

    Thanks again murph!