Star Wars Advent Calendar - Day 1

Gisnep: First of all, I like the background inside the box. It's an okay start with two little figures. 3.25/5p
Friends: I like Aliya's pyjama top. Her sleeping bag could have a festive design, or just a zipper and some creases. 4.1/5p
- I won't look at the articles about the City one because I might buy it next year :) -
Minecraft: I'm not really into Minecraft... but I appreciate the 'Minecraft fan' sweater on the minifig. 3.7/5p
Harry Potter: I like the sweater! But we only get a wand to Harry and, as Cap'n Rex mentioned, the head isn't the best. 3.8/5p
Star Wars: A cute little creature, but that's it. 2.8/5p

Dangit, somebody already assembled mine during packaging. This better be the only preassembled day this season! Ah, well, it’s just Punt-Muppet. Ah, well, at least it’s not a character I don’t despise.

I think this release approximately DOUBLES the total number of RISE OF SKYWALKER sets ever made by LEGO.

@WokePope said:
"I think this release approximately DOUBLES the total number of RISE OF SKYWALKER sets ever made by LEGO."

I count 18, not including magazine gifts and polybags; 17 before this.

@BabuBrick said:
"76267 had the infamous Doctor Strange cape behind one of the doors."

Ah yes, I vaguely remember this...

@Maxbricks14 said:
"I wonder if they will use Babu Frik's mould again for the Mandalorian and Grogu movie."

Probably. This might be a hint to that

@Maxbricks14 said:
"I wonder if they will use Babu Frik's mould again for the Mandalorian and Grogu movie."

I’ve been thinking that ever since the trailer dropped.

Why can't we have an Advent Calendar Day 1 post that includes all of them in post instead of it being separate clogging up the feed? I love this site but hate when its Dec 1-24

@Battlehead said:
"Why can't we have an Advent Calendar Day 1 post that includes all of them in post instead of it being separate clogging up the feed? I love this site but hate when its Dec 1-24"

„you can change your news article preferences if you would rather not see our Advent Countdowns at all.”, here: https://brickset.com/profile/newspreferences
https://brickset.com/article/127464/our-advent-countdown-begins-tomorrow

@Legodp said:
" @jkb said:
"As it's this time of year again, here's my daily ranking game: 6 competing advent calendars means 0 to 5 points to distribute every day and to add to previously earned points."

I was looking for your comment! Happy to see you again, @jkb."

Thanks!

I have a ppt file with images for all the builds by day for all the SW calendars in one place which makes a nice high quality image showing every build. Time to add to it! Would share if I could

@KyloBen1012 said:
"I have a ppt file with images for all the builds by day for all the SW calendars in one place which makes a nice high quality image showing every build. Time to add to it! Would share if I could"

That sounds cool. Wish I could see it!

Opened mine this morning and was surprised to find R7 instead of Babu Frik. Hoping they're just switched around instead of replaced.

My eyesight must be getting bad - I thought it was an ewok ??

Who? Is that that guy in the skywalker saga that wipes C3-PO's memories?

@ALegoFan said:
"Who? Is that that guy in the skywalker saga that wipes C3-PO's memories?"

Yes. Technically speaking that game and the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special were our first LEGO Babus.

BabuBrick said:"Hey Hey!!! They finally made a LEGO of me!"

Stop trying to claim to be the original, you knockoff.

@Brickes_ficko said:"- I won't look at the articles about the City one because I might buy it next year :) - "

I bought 41706 after Advent 2022 had already started and saved it for 2023, which didn't stop me from reading the Advent Countdown articles on that calendar. But I also went through 75366 in 2023, so I still had some surprises that year.

@BabuBrick said:
" @CDM said:
"I know everyone has been looking forward to this figure and it's fine, I don't have any criticisms of the figure itself, but to have it drop on Day 1 with no accessories or other parts is a big let down, IMO. And yes, I understand why he comes first, which ok, but put something else in the bag.

Can anyone else recall if a gift in any other advent, of any theme, was of a single piece or part?"

76267 had the infamous Doctor Strange cape behind one of the doors."

Not to mention the bunny in last year's Friends AC. @PurpleDave couldn't resist poking fun at the two: https://f005.backblazeb2.com/file/Brickshelf/bs01/gallery/PurpleDave/Humor/iykyk.jpg 41706 also had a single-piece reindeer as one day's gifts.

@ahugh said:
"Opened mine this morning and was surprised to find R7 instead of Babu Frik. Hoping they're just switched around instead of replaced. "

If your tray got flipped around, your Day 1 panel should match up with Day 23, and you would have found something different than the droid you ended up with. However, you may luck out, because the R7 astromech is supposed to be in one of the adjacent cavities. The new cardboard inserts are just terrible. If you pull the tray out of the box, the outer tray has a tendency to bow, causing the insert to lift away, which allows the contents to shift around between cavities. Also, the tabs along the outer edge can get bent over, allowing the contents around the perimeter to play musical chairs. Your missing bag is most likely to show up on Day 7 (immediately below Day 1) or Day 14 (immediately above Day 1). Or, because it's practically an empty bag, if the box tented a bit over the tray and insert, it could have also shifted over the top of the insert and gone into just about any other cavity, with Days 11/19/17 being the next most likely.

@TheOtherMike:
Still got Hopper Strange sitting right next to me.

I actually somehow hadn’t realized this AC was the first release of this character (or any member of their species) in LEGO form, but there you go. I’m glad enough to have Babu, but honestly, I really most want the droids, even those made with standard basic bricks.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @BabuBrick said:"Hey Hey!!! They finally made a LEGO of me!"

Stop trying to claim to be the original, you knockoff."

Uh….what?

I haven't seen that movie yet, so I guess that's why I was unaware of this little guy. It looks neat overall and an advent calendar makes sense to throw him in there.

@CDM:
Depending on how you define "single part", there have been quite a few. By TLG inventory standards, accessory packs count as a single element, and those have been included in several early Friends calendars, as well as some of the Marvel ones (Ironman got blue energy effects, and Spiderman got a web pack).

@Battlehead:
You mean combine all six calendars into one post per day? Many readers like to keep up with the comments on calendars they didn't buy, but hold off on the one(s) they _did_ buy until they have a chance to get home and actually build that day's model. Grouping them together would mean these people have to avoid reading anything AC-related until they've been able to build that day's models. And in the world of AC comment sections, the traffic really starts to die down after a few hours most days, so not being able to read them as they post means you miss out on the chance to actively engage in the conversation.

As others have mentioned, _if_you_are_logged_in_, you can delete all AC coverage from your front page feed. If you still want to keep up with the posts, you can pull up the Advent Calendar feed and access them directly (including all past posts that have been bumped off the front page already).

@jkb said:
"As it's this time of year again, here's my daily ranking game: 6 competing advent calendars means 0 to 5 points to distribute every day and to add to previously earned points. To be fair, this year I'm rather biased towards Star Wars and against Minecraft and Disney. Doesn't mean they have to win.

0 points (+ 0 from yesterday = 0): Disney - Totally hate how TLG replaces minidoll characters with kiddoll characters and not even the cool penguin can distract from the scam.
1 point (+ 0 = 1): Minecraft - Tbh. I never warmed up to minecraft due to its lo-res aesthetics. Gues I'll really have o work with the contents here. Anyway, it's a minifig that has usable parts, and we get some interesting printed tiles.
2 points (+ 0 = 2): City - Cute, but rather useless. Maybe also forshadowing the next CMF series?
3 points (+ 0 = 3): Harry Potter - quite usable and good looking, but somehow not exciting.
4 points (+ 0 = 4): Friends - Aliyah comes wearing a PJ in popping lime and it looks awesome! Also, a sleeping bag can be useful everywhere.
5 points (+0 = 5): Star Wars - EXCLUSIVE (for now) new piece & character on day one! Also, Babu Frick was the only nice content in that terrible mov... randomcollectionofscenesthatdontendupbeingastoryatalll."

How dare you say that Harry Potter isn't exciting just because 99.99% of all HP sets include a Harry!!

@StyleCounselor said:
" @jkb said:
"As it's this time of year again, here's my daily ranking game: 6 competing advent calendars means 0 to 5 points to distribute every day and to add to previously earned points. To be fair, this year I'm rather biased towards Star Wars and against Minecraft and Disney. Doesn't mean they have to win.

0 points (+ 0 from yesterday = 0): Disney - Totally hate how TLG replaces minidoll characters with kiddoll characters and not even the cool penguin can distract from the scam.
1 point (+ 0 = 1): Minecraft - Tbh. I never warmed up to minecraft due to its lo-res aesthetics. Gues I'll really have o work with the contents here. Anyway, it's a minifig that has usable parts, and we get some interesting printed tiles.
2 points (+ 0 = 2): City - Cute, but rather useless. Maybe also forshadowing the next CMF series?
3 points (+ 0 = 3): Harry Potter - quite usable and good looking, but somehow not exciting.
4 points (+ 0 = 4): Friends - Aliyah comes wearing a PJ in popping lime and it looks awesome! Also, a sleeping bag can be useful everywhere.
5 points (+0 = 5): Star Wars - EXCLUSIVE (for now) new piece & character on day one! Also, Babu Frick was the only nice content in that terrible mov... randomcollectionofscenesthatdontendupbeingastoryatalll."

How dare you say that Harry Potter isn't exciting just because 99.99% of all HP sets include a Harry!!"

Gut feelig.

I was a little disappointed to just have a one piece figure with nothing else. Exclusive he may be but that doesn't make up for the lack of content.
Oy upside, I got 2 in my calendar!

@DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"I was a little disappointed to just have a one piece figure with nothing else. Exclusive he may be but that doesn't make up for the lack of content.
Oy upside, I got 2 in my calendar! "

You could send the spare to me. :)

@DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"I was a little disappointed to just have a one piece figure with nothing else. Exclusive he may be but that doesn't make up for the lack of content.
Oy upside, I got 2 in my calendar! "

Congratulations! You…still can’t build anything with them. No studs, clips, or hatpins means you only have half of the equation on three different connection types. But you can go to bed tonight, smug in the knowledge that you couldn’t build _twice_ as much as the rest of us.

@PurpleDave said:
" @ahugh said:
"Opened mine this morning and was surprised to find R7 instead of Babu Frik. Hoping they're just switched around instead of replaced. "

If your tray got flipped around, your Day 1 panel should match up with Day 23, and you would have found something different than the droid you ended up with. However, you may luck out, because the R7 astromech is supposed to be in one of the adjacent cavities. The new cardboard inserts are just terrible. If you pull the tray out of the box, the outer tray has a tendency to bow, causing the insert to lift away, which allows the contents to shift around between cavities. Also, the tabs along the outer edge can get bent over, allowing the contents around the perimeter to play musical chairs. Your missing bag is most likely to show up on Day 7 (immediately below Day 1) or Day 14 (immediately above Day 1). Or, because it's practically an empty bag, if the box tented a bit over the tray and insert, it could have also shifted over the top of the insert and gone into just about any other cavity, with Days 11/19/17 being the next most likely."

Half of the gift in Day 14 was in Day 1's space. I already know what's on that day and pushed it back in the space where it belonged. I totally understand what you mean about the cardboard dividers being so flimsy.

@BabuBrick said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @BabuBrick said:"Hey Hey!!! They finally made a LEGO of me!"

Stop trying to claim to be the original, you knockoff."

Uh….what?"

Your name *sounds* like his, but you're not fooling me. (I'm joking, if you couldn't tell.)

@LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"Half of the gift in Day 14 was in Day 1's space. I already know what's on that day and pushed it back in the space where it belonged. I totally understand what you mean about the cardboard dividers being so flimsy."

I didn't mind the switch to egg carton inserts, but hate the cardboard ones. At least one LUG member has mentioned preferring the egg carton inserts because she could cut them up and use them for planting seedlings, which doesn't really work with the cardboard ones, either. My main complaint is that I ended up having to start building everything in the bags, because I cut the tape at one end of the box, leave the doors unpunched, and store all the daily models inside the box afterwards. With the insert, small parts move around between days too easily, and can even fall out of the corners where there are actual holes in the outer tray.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @BabuBrick said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @BabuBrick said:"Hey Hey!!! They finally made a LEGO of me!"

Stop trying to claim to be the original, you knockoff."

Uh….what?"

Your name *sounds* like his, but you're not fooling me. (I'm joking, if you couldn't tell.)"

Oh okay, I’m sorry. I honestly couldn’t tell; it’s kinda hard sometimes with just text. I’m being dense again, lol. Thanks.

Your joke was funny XD

I definitely think it was lazy to have a single piece of plastic that is smaller than either the torso or legs comparable to the other minifigs from the other calendars. The others not only had a complete minifig that was a 3-4 part build, but there were even accessories with some of them. I get that some people are glossing over this being the one and only rendition of said microfig, but even if he did not come from a trilogy that a lot of us Gen Xers refuse to accept as canon, I honestly think I would still be disappointed.

@MeganL said:
" @CDM said:
"Can anyone else recall if a gift in any other advent, of any theme, was of a single piece or part?"

In the Friends calendar several years back, one of the "builds" was a lonely purse/bag."

There have also been calendars where one day's "build" was two or more parts that had no way to connect to each other. The first HPAC had one day that included seven elements (two goblets, a plate, a pie, a croissant, and two cookies), and none of them were even designed to attach to each other, never mind actually being instructed to do so. Two years later there was another day that included four elements (Hedwig, a chocolate frog, a random chocolate frog card tile, and a letter tile) that again had no way to connect to each other, but at least the food day showed three of the food items being placed on the plate. This one showed all four of them sitting separately.

A guy from the one Star Wars movie I haven't seen.

@Andrusi said:
"A guy from the one Star Wars movie I haven't seen."

You’re being overly generous in counting that as a Star Wars movie.

Haters gotta hate. So much negativity starting to bring me down.

Great photo of him paired with zori, been wanting to see that without realizing it

@Darth_Savren said:
"Haters gotta hate. So much negativity starting to bring me down."

No kidding. Welcome to the Star Wars fandom.

Terrible movie / great advent calendar item. The ForestKidsOfEndor give this 10/10.