Lego City Advent Calendar: Day 06

Moving into Day 6 we find that the Advent Calendar provides us with...



A lamp post. I guess that's Christmassy. Sort of. It has a holly sort of thing going on. I'm not really sold on it.

House of M Spider-Man & Scorpion

Based on all the various toylines that use House of M Spider-Man as a variant, he seems pretty popular. I have no idea why. It's an okay design but without the a black spider logo I feel like something's missing.

But I didn't get this set for another version of minimate Spider-Man, nay nay. I got it for minimate Scorpion. Look at him, and his tail! Cool, until you open it up and realize that the tail's got almost no articualtion (one cut joint halfway through and a loost ball joint that keeps popping it out attached to the back harness.) Also, heavy as hell. The figure can't stand up on it's own. If you rest him on the tail he can kind of lean back in a way that isn't too bad, but this is not a self-supporting minimate.

Lego City Advent Calendar: Day 05

Day 5 of the Advent Calendar brings us...



So is this a... bench? A ice skating stall? It's something with two ice-skates and an awning of some sort. I'm going to go with an ice-skate market stall.

Lego City Advent Calendar: Day 04

Oh Advent Calendar, what does Day 4 hold for us?


Another kid in a helmet? Hmm, and a slightly better accessorised one at that. Nice scarf. And ice skates. How will he affect the dynamic of the unfolding Lego Winter scene?

Lego City Advent Calendar: Day 03

What's behind The Lego City Advent Calendar day 3?


It's a sled! An easily put together sled consisting of 5 small pieces. I guess that's a compliment to Lego's overriding ability to be Lego. Although if I'm not getting a minifigure I'd like the day's gift to be more than 5 pieces, mostly because the Advent Calendar is pretty expensive. Still it compliments the nice winter scene.


Boy, sure hope nothing disrupts this cheery moment.

DUN DUN DUH!

Lego City Advent Calendar: Day 02

Let's open up Day 2 of the Lego City Advent Calendar!


Hey, it's a snowman! Complete with pure white mini-figure head in case you want to eventually make a horrific looking pale faceless creature. But for now: it's a snowman. Let's set him up next to the helmeted youth throwing snowballs.

Not a bad winter scene. Not bad at all. I wonder what tomorrow will bring.

Lego City Advent Calendar: Day 01

It's December 1st, which means it's the perfect time to break out the advent calendars! And I don't even know what Advent means. I think it's Latin for "25 days of small prizes."


I picked up the Lego City 2009 Advent Calendar. Partially because I enjoy Lego, but also because Lego only released the Pirate themed advent calendar in Europe. That's okay, this is Christmas themed wheras the Pirate one is not. That means this is more appropriate for the season.

So let's open Day 1!

Oh my god, the kid in the helmet. A KID in a HELMET. Anyone see the Clerks Animated Series? Because this is now an apt reference to drop. And it looks like you put him together yourself. That's the best part of LEGO!

Not bad. I like that that they used a normal leg piece and not the stunted no-articulation short person piece.

I've suddenly realized that this is the same advent calendar they're exploring this year on X-Entertainment. Hmm. I better step up my game.