Advent 2023 Day 18

Puppy & Doctor Strange

Only one week left until Christmas? Yikes. In Friends we get the owner of yesterday’s dog treats, and in Marvel we get the owner of yesterday’s cape, Doctor Strange. For an original creation I built a tuk-tuk.

Our Friends model for today is a cute puppy. What breed? English bulldog? Pug? Anyway, cool glasses.

Puppy (LEGO Friends Advent 2023 Day 18)

As usual, no print on the backside.

Puppy, Rear (LEGO Friends Advent 2023 Day 18)

Our Marvel model today is Doctor Strange.

Doctor Strange (LEGO Marvel Advent 2023 Day 18)

Apparently the cape we got yesterday belongs to him.

Doctor Strange with Cape (LEGO Marvel Advent 2023 Day 18)

This is only the 2nd figure we got (after Iron Man) with printing on the legs. Here you can see the front side printing.

Doctor Strange, Front Print (LEGO Marvel Advent 2023 Day 18)

And here I’ve flipped him over to show the back.

Doctor Strange, Rear Print (LEGO Marvel Advent 2023 Day 18)

Today’s original model is a tuk-tuk, a motor rickshaw as seen in Thailand, India, or similar countries. I made sure to use at least one part from today’s models in it – can you find them?

Tuk-Tuk MOC (LEGO Advent 2023 Day 18)

Here’s a rear view.

Tuk-Tuk MOC, Rear (LEGO Advent 2023 Day 18)

At first I didn’t think that it could fit a driver, but it can, just.

Tuk-Tuk MOC, Driver (LEGO Advent 2023 Day 18)

And fitting a passenger is even more tricky. See the video for how I worked that out.

Tuk-Tuk MOC, Passenger (LEGO Advent 2023 Day 18)

This year I purchased and am building just two of the available five calendars LEGO has released: Friends and Marvel. If you want to build the others, here are some links to them on Amazon: City, Harry Potter, and Star Wars. (But please don’t support Harry Potter, due to the transphobic politics of J. K. Rowling.)