Star Wars Advent Calendar - Day 7

Yeah, that was clear yeserday. What wasn't clear how strong the competition would be today:

5. HP cute, though
4. SW builds that AC-Minifigs can interact with, are actually a strong feature
3. City a lady wielding a hammer and a chainsaw is really, really impressive
2. Marvel That sweater is even more impressive
1. Friends a gecko! Look at its eyes! How couldn't it be No. 1?

So that's what it is! My thanks to CapnRex101 for informing me.
I really need to brush up on my Star Wars lore-sigh.............

I think this is the largest AC model I’ve ever built (as measured by L+W+H), so it was a real challenge to do so without popping the bag.

@CapnRex101 said:
" @DoonsterBuildsLego said:
"That's the second day @CapnRex101 has stated the model is "instantly recognisable" and I've no idea what it is. "
I should have learnt my lesson last year, when I described a microscale version of Ollivanders as 'instantly recognisable' in the Harry Potter Advent Calendar. Since that article has now had nearly 40,000 views, clearly not everyone felt the same!

https://brickset.com/article/84458/harry-potter-advent-calendar-day-1"

Instantly Recognizable is a point of view Anakin...

But yeah, had I not owned 75000 I probably wouldn't have caught on to what it was. It's not obscure per se, but it's not really all that common to me.

Easy enough to recognize, though it's a little too squished to be practical I imagine. Practically more of a desk than a full command station. Decent enough for an advent build, though the progressively smaller renditions of the command post makes me want a full-fledged ~$30 set of the vehicle.

I did find some success with this finally being something halfway useful to fill the forward storage of the new Coruscant Gunship, though I expect it'll be quickly replaced with the 2024 battle pack components.

@bekuehn said:
""The only change I would make is to add a clip to store the Clone Trooper's rifle, which would fit on the back."

Congrats to CapnRex for bringing us full circle to wishing we had more weapons racks in an Advent calendar!!"

Doh!

@Blondie_Wan said:
"All this, and nary a word until now about how today’s LEGO AC reveals are the first from their bottom rows? Man, it’s like you folks don’t even *care* about AC item placement…"

Why are the numbers like that? Why not just have 1-6, 7-12,etc?

Alright, I've been experimenting with this thing all day. I've added some more SNOT and curved bricks all over this thing, particularly some 1x2x2 SNOT bricks to the back and some slope bricks to those to get this thing looking more like 75000, if smaller. I'm happier with it. It's probably more bricks than would fit in a single Advent window, but it's more accurate (for a chibi) now.

@Shadowcloner:
It looks more like a target box.

“Sit here, and try not to get shot.”
*wedges into an adult high-chair that provides minimal cover, no flight controls, and restricts your ability to duck*

@Blondie_Wan:
Same pattern every year, same pattern every theme. I track the HPAC contents, and keep copying the same pattern file I created a few years ago. I don’t pull down the playmat, or open the doors, so I’m only working off the contents map in the file. Hasn’t failed me yet.

@AddictedToStyrene:
On a guess, hunting for the door adds a little suspense to the process. Also, they’re quite used to sorting everything into the trays in this order, and numbering the doors the same way every year, for every theme. Imagine the train wreck they’d have if someone tried to change it one year, and not everyone got the memo.

Pretty fun model, if a little too small to be useful.

@PurpleDave: They really should change the order around a little. By the time I'm opening doors 20 and 24 in the bottom row, they whole playmat area in front is full of little builds! Those doors belong higher up, and some earlier ones should go down there so they can be opened before they're obstructed.

@Ridgeheart said:
"It kind of looks like an information-kiosk to me. I strongly suspect that this trooper wants to inform me, at length, about what is and what isn't canon to the SW-universe anymore.

And then charge me for the privilege."

Oh, no. It's free. You just don't notice all the energy he's drained from you in the meantime.

It's a good thing I have 40558, or (not having seen the CGI Clone Wars) I wouldn't have known what this is. Also, I like the variety of pieces, ranging from parts that have been around for decades like https://brickset.com/parts/design-4596 (okay, that particular mold is much more recent, but still) to much more recent designs.

@PurpleDave said:
"Same pattern every year, same pattern every theme. "

I’ve noticed! I don’t do every AC every year, but I “always” do SW (missed it one year) and sometimes do City and/or Friends, and even though the printing is obviously different each year and across themes, AFAICT they always put all 24 numbers in the same positions in each calendar and in each year.

I've been making some brickfilms with this Advent Calendar. Check them out if you want.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uomNSQ0oMv0