Nine days into the Advent Calendars already. Today we get a hockey goal (City), a stage with mic (Friends), and a snow rebel with a gun (Star Wars). In Christmas Build Up we get a candy cane, and I built a moose with leftover parts.
Category: LEGO Sets
Advent 2016 Day 8
For Day 8, the Advent calendars give us an ice hockey player (City), some snacks (Friends), and a laser cannon (Star Wars). Christmas Build Up gives us a weird creature (mouse?), and I built a fire truck.
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Advent 2016 Day 7
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.
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.
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.
New page: LEGO Train Types
I’ve added a new page to the Reference section of my site, LEGO Train Types which outlines the various types of train sets LEGO has produced over the years. Did you know the first LEGO electric trains came out in 1966?