Advent Calendars 2014

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Fri, 12 Dec 2014, 01:46
rockford	I'm at work now so can't post a picture, but I got a repeat of the simple red and white present as seen on another day. The only difference is that the "bow" on the top is red, not yellow. Here's the one from earlier, so you get the idea. These repeat more often than the BBC
Fri, 12 Dec 2014, 04:26
Jayenkai	Today, in the City... > Reveal 🔎 [flickr]15818065587[/flickr] It's a little toy, remote control Duck, in rather large minifig scale! I must admit, it's quite a nice little duck. I might have to scour my Lego collection to see if I can make up any more, but that bottom brick, with it's side connections, and the unusual "orange but not Lego orange" colour of the beak brick, is going to be hard to dig out.. Meanwhile, Far Far Away.. > Reveal 🔎 [flickr]15384185073[/flickr] I don't know the name of this, (Landspeeder?!) but I sure as hell do recognise it. And I must admit, for a tiny miniature scale model, it's really quite remarkably well made. Bravo, Lego folks. Today was two fantastic little models -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 12 Dec 2014, 04:30
Jayenkai	Money Maze Concept Collect all 8 coins from the maze without getting killed by the ominous blobs. Controls Movement for Movement! Comments Another game that really could've done with better balancing. Once you hit level 3 or 4, the game starts to get trickier, but up until then it's quite a snoozefest. I could probably have also done with some decent AI! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Fri, 12 Dec 2014, 09:13
rockford	Either? (Not that I'm at all familiar with the pr0n genre).
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 00:30
Jayenkai	Day Thirteen.. We're past the halfway mark, now. Mum would like you all to know that yesterday's Vanilla-ish candle, smelt a bit vanilla-ish. In Lego City Town.. > Reveal 🔎 [flickr]15823592679[/flickr] A Burgler!! See that torch in his hand, and how it's made up from a LightSaber hilt. .. He came with two of them... This fact may be useful at a later point in time.. I call this pic "GET BACK HERE! And sing the bloody carols!" [flickr]15822351480[/flickr] Meanwhile, Far Far Away... > Reveal 🔎 Hey, remember that spare LightSaber hilt I just mentioned? I found a use for it!! [flickr]16008916302[/flickr] "Luke.. Don't give in to cake..." Nom nom nom!! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 00:38
Jayenkai	Numbing Numbers Concept Reduce the Total to meet the Target. Controls Up, Down and Fire. Comments I came up with this idea about 6 months ago, but never got around to trying it out. It's not a bad concept, and occasionally gets you thinking, but I feel like it still needs something a little extra, to get the brain-cells flowing a little faster. I may revisit this game, later. For what it's worth, I know a lot of people won't enjoy this game, but I like it -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 02:20
rockford	I'm at work now and it was too early to take pics when I got up, so I'm going to describe what I got and show pics when I get home. > Reveal 🔎 The baggie contained some white ~~powder~~ bricks of various shapes and sizes. There was also a thin brown long brick. Nothing more. Can you guess what the model is?
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 02:28
Jayenkai	Is there a minifig? If so, could it be Kuron, outside, shovelling the snow??! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 02:30
rockford	Nope, no mini-fig. That's all there was. Strangely enough, this set doesn't have any mini-figs - despite the original boxart showing two...
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 06:23
Jayenkai	You want to be careful with that lot. Last time we had Christmas Critters, it was that South Park episode!! (Season 8, Episode 14 "Woodland Critter Christmas") -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 10:02
rockford	I thought the blocks were all white earlier (yep, you guessed right with snow) - now it looks like someone has made a couple of patches of yellow snow too. And what that brown thing is is anyone's guess... > Reveal 🔎 So, you guessed it was a snowman right? > Reveal 🔎 WRONG!!!! > Reveal 🔎 It's a... thing! A non-LEGO thing. Can you imagine how happy Little Johnny would be to open his calendar this morning and get this? No I can't either.
Sat, 13 Dec 2014, 10:10
Jayenkai	Aww, how pretty! A wall with guttering!!
Sun, 14 Dec 2014, 02:29
rockford	Those are the best types of white Christmas - they are warm, dry and don't require much shovelling! Meanwhile, in other lands - > Reveal 🔎 Getting it yet? Feeling the fun? > Reveal 🔎 It's... coming. OK. It's supposed to be a snowman. There are still a few bits missing, but it's the fugliest snowman you've ever seen immortalised in plastic.
Sun, 14 Dec 2014, 04:25
rockford	Yeah, I said that up above - Can you imagine how happy Little Johnny would be to open his calendar this morning and get this? No I can't either. I said it last year too It really is awful isn't. I know it's not LEGO and no other building block comes anywhere close to the quality, but they could at least do a complete model everyday, even if they were simpler. Kids are an impatient lot and waiting to complete a model over two or three days loses it's shine very quickly. I only paid a few quid for this (plus double for postage) and I'm enjoying it purely because I knew it is crap (and worse even than the original image I bought it for - BONUS!). A person with limited income getting this for their kid hoping for something for them to build and play with is likely to be incredibly upset when Little Johnny can't do feck all with any of it - or worse ignores it completely.
Sun, 14 Dec 2014, 06:21
Jayenkai	As someone who can't enjoy chocolate (due to migraines) I absolutely LOVE the fact that kids could now enjoy a little bit of Lego every morning. ... ... And me, too If only I could subscribe to a monthly box of such goodies. That'd be fun! Today, The City contains... > Reveal 🔎 [flickr]15831700830[/flickr] .. Either a Sled for having fun, or.. A stretcher for afterwards!! I'm going to assume it's the former. Meanwhile, Not so Far Far Away.. > Reveal 🔎 They're celebrating Festivus, with their stand choc-full of poles. [flickr]15831703610[/flickr] Oh joy.. A Stick stand!! ... I was marginally disappointed with today's selection, so I dug deep into the "Growing lump of spare bits they give you every day in the calendar" pile, dug out a couple of little bits, and made this.. > Reveal 🔎 WEEEEeeeeee!!!!! [flickr]16018318772[/flickr] There.. Much better! -=-=- ''Load, Next List!''
Sun, 14 Dec 2014, 06:45
rockford	If only I could subscribe to a monthly box of such goodies. That'd be fun! I agree. I'd sign up straight away Jangbrix receives a random pieces selection each month, but it's not the same as having proper models to make; I should know, with this Advent calendar! Yeah, to be fair Jay, both of those are a tad on the "not the best presents from a LEGO Advent calendar ever" side of things.
Sun, 14 Dec 2014, 08:27
rockford	I was (and still am) a massive fan of LEGO, and tbh a lot of the pieces in this calendar are much more advanced than what I grew up with too - there are colours and shapes of bricks that I could only have dreamed of back then. The quality of these bricks isn't the problem though (I mentioned earlier, that they are actually very good) - it's the piss-poor models coming in partial daily doses whis is not particularly kid friendly. Yeah, kids will be kids - they'll enjoy the strangest things. Doncha just love 'em!
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