Marvel Advent Calendar - Day 21

@AustinPowers said:
" @jkb said:
" @Brickalili said:
"I mean, at least the golden goblet and red turkey plate are Iron Man colours so it’s kind of Marvel related?"

The green bottle is also very Loki! Yay!"
I thought it was supposed to be a Green Lantern homage ;-) "

You are clearly in the Binne-kamp!

And to think it started out quite good with the Iron Man with an opening helmet and just snowballed into bad.

IMO they all lack a day to day building element that should be standard for all Advent Calendars. Something that takes 3 days to build and there is a payoff at the end.

I’m reminded of the Office episode where Michael has Dwight for Secret Santa and each day gives him a piece of his present to build. On the last day Dwight is convinced he’s making a gun and Stanley says “unless the last piece is a gun, you don’t have a gun.”

But I think for kids (old and young) putting something together over multiple days has more of a Lego feel then what we are getting currently.

@JamesHunt3 said:
"IMO they all lack a day to day building element that should be standard for all Advent Calendars. Something that takes 3 days to build and there is a payoff at the end.

I’m reminded of the Office episode where Michael has Dwight for Secret Santa and each day gives him a piece of his present to build. On the last day Dwight is convinced he’s making a gun and Stanley says “unless the last piece is a gun, you don’t have a gun.”

But I think for kids (old and young) putting something together over multiple days has more of a Lego feel then what we are getting currently. "

That, or at least have a themeatic series of builds over three days. The Star Wars calendars used to be a little more consistent in doing a pattern of 1) vehicle, 2) minifigure, 3) weapons rack that all fit together. (Okay, we could do without the rack, but at least all three would go together.)

I'm sure next year's calendar is already in design, but I'm still hoping next year it's an X-Men calendar that could do that pattern. Like: Cyclops, Blackbird, Danger Room trap (and all the traps connect together for a larger Danger Room). And then you do your mandatory tree and present builds somewhere at the end.

Red, green, white, and gold seems pretty Christmas-y to me. I'll definitely grant you that it has a tenuous (at best) connection to Marvel.

@stevesheriw said:
"Hopefully Lego looks at customer feedback before designing next year's lineup. I do remember a few years ago, weapons and racks were literally 25% of the Star Wars calendar. I mean, the Tusken Raider stick got its own day. Weapons racks have not been present since the flood of negativity that emerged from that. The reviews on the Lego site itself for Marvel are interesting. The cape day definitely got a response from some less than happy people. Someone else noted in previous days that there was not an official photo of all gifts lined up like they typically do. You have to look really close and hard at some small images to try and determine what is in there. It does seem like this was some type of effort to conceal the disappointment they knew would eventually come. "

Everything you just said is right. SW is light-years ahead of where it was when it bottomed-out. Surely, they can't make the MAC worse?!!

Wow they literally used the same build in the Harry Potter advent calendar, including the chicken/turkey leg! At least we got a chair in that one

So basically this is HPAC Day 18, but instead of a full mug, it’s got a drained wine bottle and an empty goblet. Sounds on point for the Marvel AC.

@gunther_schnitzel:
Friends used to have absolutely terrible calendars before the year they switched to life-size Christmas ornaments that were well-done, but almost nothing to do with the Friends theme. Since then, they’ve really leaned on the pets, which has proven more popular with people who actually like the theme. Marvel has been making a solid effort at getting cancelled the past few years, but hasn’t quite gone over the edge. Yet.

@Ridgeheart:
In ToyFare Magazine’s Twisted Mego Theatre/Twisted ToyFare Theatre (which is now a show called Robot Chicken), there was absolutely nothing frequent about Stark’s alcoholic lapses…because he never got sober that I’m aware of. I don’t remember them ever depicting him without some form of booze in hand.

@stevesheriw:
I wouldn't attribute that to feedback just yet. The Gaffi rack was just two years ago in 75307, and the next two SWACs were designed by Hans Burkhard Schlömer, who famously despises weapons racks. The very next time someone else is picked to design it, keep a wary eye out for weapons racks.

@StyleCounselor said:
" @gunther_schnitzel said:
"Wow. Is this the worst LEGO advent calendar ever?"

Yes.

Except perhaps the other MACs.

There was once a gun/turkey cooker that was spread over 3-4 days plus crap-rack.

That was the last MAC I purchased before Xmas. Now, I wsit till Feb and 50-70% off."

First marvel one was pretty good

Wow! A table!

I guess it must be from the Iceberg Lounge, as those are colors Batman wouldn't want to be found dead with. Except maybe the gold. And maybe red.

So we now move to an exciting new location in the DC universe! The final act of the story has begun! Can Mr Freeze and The Penguin be stopped!? :D

@Binnekamp:
Hey, hey, hey, hey! Have you not heard of the legend of Krampus Bat? How he descends by grapnel line down chimneys to leave shiny new matte-black (and sometimes very, very dark-grey) handcuffs on all the do-badders of Gotham City each Christmas Eve? He even featured in his own movie!

https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/the-lego-batman-movie/images/8/8d/Batsuit_chamber_13.png/revision/latest?cb=20161016232639

@WemWem said:
"This disjointed, inconsistent, overpriced calendar is proving to be an excellent representation of MCU in the post-Thanos era."

We have to wait until the 5-years is over and The Avengers assemble the infinity stones to undo the Thanos snap.

@CapnRex101 said: "Not great, I know, but better than just distributing things pretty much at random for most of the calendar, with a couple of exceptions."

Or including Loki's throne, but then not actually including Loki?

I got this calendar for 20 bucks. Also got the Star Wars one. The Star Wars I do daily. The marvel I’m kinda just going to open all at once. Might be more enjoyable to not spread the crappiness over the month. Just one big build pretty much.

@Zordboy said:
" @CapnRex101 said: "Not great, I know, but better than just distributing things pretty much at random for most of the calendar, with a couple of exceptions."

Or including Loki's throne, but then not actually including Loki? "

Spoiler alert? 3 days to go, he might still appear.

@gunther_schnitzel said: "Spoiler alert? 3 days to go, he might still appear."

I haven't looked up the rest of the calendar's contents.

Call it an educated guess. Hell, at this point, I'm expecting 22, 23 and 24 to be more tables.

Besides, even if Loki does appear today or tomorrow, wouldn't it have made much more sense for him to show up on either side of the throne?