Our favorite holiday tradition is opening all six LEGO Advent Calendars, one day at a time, with you, our readers! Along with spoiler pics of the daily gifts, we include commentary and alternate builds to celebrate the season and creativity.
We have an all-star cast of custom minifig creators leading our Advent adventure this year. Fool’s Figures is wizarding his way through Harry Potter and Frozen calendars. ExpansionBricks is launching Star Wars and Friends. And beyondb0nes is digging into Minecraft and City. Now let’s open some doors and see what gifts are in store for today!
Fools: Cho Chang is our next figure included, and she sports the Ravenclaw sweater variant. This one depicts a Cornish Pixie in front of a big present box.
Bones: Nobody will convince me that this isn’t a gremlin sewn onto that sweater…
Jake: This year’s Gizmo set was okay, but you know what would be 100x better? A Gremlins Advent Calendar!
Fools: This is the first of a series of small buildings we’ll be getting to construct your own mini winter village!
Jake: I’m reserving judgement until we see more. Is that green stud a wreath or a window?
Bones: The scooter chassis introduced in 2018 makes its way into this year’s City calendar in a new color: bright light orange. Nothing really new if you are a faithful follower of these annual products; last year it was already included in red.
Fools: This scooter mold is pretty cool, and as a kid it was always nice to get something that could roll around.
Bones: As the first Minecraft calendar, of course you get all the iconic elements, so after the crafting table comes the Creeper. As an introduction, it has no special print or anything to make it look wintery, something we will surely see in the years to come.
Jake: I mean, he does come with a patch of snow. That’s pretty wintery.
Fools: Aw man…
Jake: It’s nice to see that Creepers believe in following safety rules.
Bones: A mysterious dog who somehow managed to tumble through a cube-shaped space-time portal, probably because he smelled a snack on the other side…
Expansion: Cube-verse dog is gonna be tough to beat. Now we just need a square bone!
Fools: Avid players of the game will likely know the tale of the Creeper’s invention. It was originally intended to be the model for a pig, but after a coding mistake it ended up taking the form of the iconic mob we now know today. But, did you know that you can use the pieces of the LEGO Creeper to fix this error? I didn’t. But there it is! The Creepig.
Bones: I fix bugs in boring real life, I didn’t think I’d end up doing it as a hobby too! Your Minecraft knowledge is so precious here.
Expansion: Pit droids have more redesigns at this point than I can keep track of. These guys are always fun but the stubby legs are throwing me off 3/5
Fools: Hmm… It’s recognizable, at least. But the way the torso juts out due to that cheese slope piece? The oversized, yet too short legs? Definitely not the best Pit Droid build we’ve seen.
Expansion: Can’t say I know what the red thing is… the book print is nice though 2/5
Fools: Who doesn’t love a bedtime story, especially during the holidays? And even better, a magic potion!
Jake: I thought this was a Harry Potter build until I scrolled up and saw we already covered that one.
Expansion: The name is up for debate but I present to you the Library Golem.
Jake: It’s not a real slumber party until someone summons a monster!
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