Advent 2013 Day 2
Day 2 of the advent calendars gives us a little model for each of the three themes. Just like last year we have a little snowmobile for Friends, though this one is a lot more elaborate. Last year, City...
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Our fourth day in the 2013 LEGO Advent Calendars gives us two figures and a spaceship. The Star Wars model is the “Koro-2 Exodrive airspeeder” which is of course a traditional Christmas image, unlike...
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For our fifth day we get 3 little models, and a lot of parts. In Friends, we get a little booth, such as you might see at a winter flea market. The Star Wars calendar brings us a little Cloud Car (Hey,...
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Today we get minifigs in Star Wars and City, but the Friends contribution is really quite disappointing. Star Wars gives us a Rebel Commando figure, and City gives us the robber who I guess will be...
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Day 9 of the 2013 LEGO Advent Calendars. Friends continues the retail kiosk theme with a sort of pink trough, presumably to hold some kind of merchandise, and a little stool. City gives us a bench to...
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Today we get tons of loose elements in Friends and City, and two new minifigs. In Friends we get just an assortment of hair accessories in purple, but nothing to build. City gives us a female...
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Today we have a purse, barbecue, and another mini Star Wars vehicle. The purse in Friends is a simple bag with a printed $100 money tile and a coin (pearl gold 1×1 round tile), with one extra coin...
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We’re halfway there! Here are the LEGO Advent Calendar entries for December 12th: For once we have two entries that work together! In Friends, we have two Christmas presents, and in City we get a...
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Today is Friday the 13th and we get a weird trio of models… Friends gives us a sled. It has the new 1×2 panel with the divider which is good for Friends minidolls’ feet, but then it has the stud right...
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The 2013 LEGO Advent Calendars give us three nice little models for Day 14. This time we get a water fountain, wrapped gifts, and another microscale spaceship. Friends brings us a water fountain, built...
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For the 15th day of the 2013 Advent calendars, we get two minifigs, a park bench, and a boatload of spare parts. The park bench in Friends is really simple, though anything that gives us parts in that...
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Today’s Advent calendar gives us lots of accessories. Ice skates, spare tires, and a weapons rack… For Friends, we get ice skates! The model is kind of odd, but I imagine it’s a bench for putting on...
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Day 17 of the LEGO Advent calendars. The Friends calendar has a boom box with an iPod dock; City gives us the race car that goes with yesterday’s tires; and Star Wars has another mini spaceship from...
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We get three new figures for Day 18. In Friends, we get the cutest little snowman! The body is made from a 1×1 brick with studs on 2 sides, allowing arms to be attached, and instead of the customary...
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Today we get three miniatures in the LEGO Advent Calendars. The Friends calendar gives us a nice little Christmas tree; City gives us a miniature fireboat; and Star Wars gives us Obi-Wan’s Jedi...
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Happy Solstice everyone! It’s finally winter. Or summer if you’re down under. Today we get a confusing musical thing in Friends, a choochoo train in City, and Boba Fett’s “Slave I” spaceship from Star...
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Day 22 of the LEGO 2013 Advent Calendars. Today Friends gives us a medium azure box with a sprig of vegetation coming out from the bottom; Star Wars gives us a minifigure of the young Boba Fett (with...
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Penultimate day of the 2013 LEGO Advent Calendars. Today we get two sleds and a squirrel … Both of the sleds are quite intricate and well designed. I especially like the Star Wars one. And SQUIRREL!
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The final entry in the 2013 Advent Calendars, on Christmas Eve. We get two Santas: a traditional one from City (with a cool Santa hat!) and Santa Fett from Star Wars. The Friends entry, however, is a...
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Merry Christmas! The 24 days of LEGO Advent Calendars (Friends (set# 41016), City (60024), and Star Wars (75023)) are over, and here’s a review of all that we got… Here we have all 72 models (3...
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