The seventh day of the LEGO Advent Calendars is getting a little weird. We get a couple of weird holiday decorations (Friends and City) and an Imperial snowball launching snowman (Star Wars). In the Christmas Build Up we get a nice little airplane and I built a micro scale gingerbread house.
Month: December 2016
Dumpster Fire 2016
Celebrate the end (at last) of the year 2016 with this lovely ornament. Let’s hope 2017 brings us some kind of better news. Based on a Dumpster design by Bruce Lowell.
Advent 2016 Day 6
For the 6th day of this year’s LEGO Advent Calendars and Christmas Build-Up sets, we get a snowplow for the snowmobile (City), a cute little animal and its habitat (Friends), a snow trooper (Star Wars), and a chimney with stocking (Build Up). I also built a one-horse open sleigh with leftover parts from the Build Up set.
Advent 2016 Day 5
For the 5th day of the LEGO Advent Calendars we have a firefighting snowmobile (City), another figure with a festive holiday sweater (Friends), and a micro scale Ion Cannon from the ice planet Hoth (Star Wars). On the Christmas Build Up side of things, we get a little snow shovel truck, and I built a turkey.
Book Review: The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book
Chris McVeigh has long been one of my favorite builders. His models of everyday objects writ small in LEGO bricks are cute and inspiring, using some very clever building techniques, and every year he posts Christmas/holiday themed models on his website, along with building instructions … and now he has a book! The LEGO Christmas Ornaments Book is a collection of 15 of his best models with instructions for each one.
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Advent 2016 Day 4
For the 4th day of the LEGO Advent Calendars, we get another musical firefighter, this time blowing a horn, for City; a weird little bush with a burning candle for Friends; and a mean looking guy with a gun for Star Wars. The Christmas Build Up set model for today is a cute monkey, and I built a jet fighter with the leftover parts.
Advent 2016 Day 3
For the third day of the 2016 Advent Calendars, we get a little mailbox (Friends), a microphone on a stand with an amp (City), and a TIE Fighter (Star Wars). The Building Up to Christmas set gives us a little gift and I used leftover parts to design a puppy.
Advent 2016 Day 2
On the second day of the 2016 LEGO Advent Calendars we get two minifigs (City and Star Wars) and some ice skates (Friends). The Christmas Build Up set gives us a reindeer, and I used the leftover parts to build a little snowman MOC.
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Advent 2016 Day 1
Another year, another set of LEGO Advent Calendars. Once more this year we have three: 60133 City Advent Calendar, 41131 Friends Advent Calendar, and 75146 Star Wars Advent Calendar. But new this year there is another option, a 24-in-1 set 40222 Christmas Build Up.
