Star Wars Advent Calendar - Day 7

6. HP idk, too abstract? These statues aren't my thing, sorry (0 points today + 16 points previously earned = 16 points total)
5. Dis A minifig might ride this (or use as lawn chair), so quite respectable (1+14=15)
4. City two animals behind one door is awesome, but the piece count is pretty cheap (2+18=20)
3. SM Perfect companion to the stash, the lamp and the hot dog cart (3+17=20)
2. SW Finally an official, physical minikit and I'm totally biased! (4+13=17)
1. Fr Imho this build spreads a lot of warmth and cosiness (5+14=19)

@LuvsLEGO_Cool_J said:
"This brings so many happy memories. Today’s gift was one of the reasons I bought the SWAC this year. "

Same here, along with the Y-Wing, another new mold super battle droid, and Ahsoka, since the only other figure I have of Ms. Tano is https://brickset.com/minifigs/sw0192/ahsoka-tano-(padawan)-tube-top-and-belt

@Binnekamp said:
" @Klontjes said:
"I didn't know what it was supposed to represent and I still don't..."

In the Lego Star Wars games each level has a set of 10 of these objects called mini-kits that will unlock a mini-build of a vehicle once all are found. Those vehicles can then be used in freeplay (the mode where you can use all unlocked characters).
They're probably meant to be futuristic containers of some kind that contain the parts, as you see the mini-model completed in proportion to how many you collected at the end of the level.

These were first introduced in the 2005 release of Lego Star Wars that covered Episode 1 to 3 to coincide with the release of Revenge of the Sith the same year. Hence why they represent that entire year in this calender.

Etc."

Thanks!

Thank you CapnRex for enlightening me as to what this is!!!

Thank the Maker we finally got one!!???

The iconic Minikit :D

Holy s***, that's amazing. Somebody mentioned hoping that today would be a minikit the other day, didn't they? As a gamer, I absolutely love this lol

@UProbeck said:
" @Darth_Dee said:
"Best Star Wars Advent calendar build ever!!!"

I completely disagree! A build from a game that only a fraction of SW fans know can’t beat builds from the original trilogy.
"

I have been repeatedly assured, including by posters here, that things from Star Wars video games are highly recognizable and super famous and everyone on Earth knows them. Now that there's a thing I actually recognize from a Star Wars video game I'm being told that nobody knows what it is.

Unfortunately I got the Day 1 build again behind my Day 7 ! So now I have two x-wings.

Count me in the "I had no clue what this thing was" camp. Folks seem excited about it so I'll be happy for them. I had assumed it was one of the ones that connects a couple of days' sets to make something bigger. Nope.

I had no idea what this was until seeing this post. Only of intetest to small minority, who played a console game 20 years ago. Can't imagine a kid today being very happy getting this. 100% BS and should never have been included IMHO.

@G_Webber said:
"I had no idea what this was until seeing this post. Only of intetest to small minority, who played a console game 20 years ago. Can't imagine a kid today being very happy getting this. 100% BS and should never have been included IMHO. "

Again, that game twenty years ago launched a long-running series.

Level up!

Add me to those who has absolutely no idea what the heck this thing is. I'm beginning to regret buying this thing but I'm really only in it for the Minifigs. Every year I say I'm not going to bother with the SW calendar the next year but then they put in some minifigs I really want so I end up buying it. Everything else ends up in the parts bin. At least I didn't pay full price for it.

@brickhall said:
"Unfortunately I got the Day 1 build again behind my Day 7 ! So now I have two x-wings. "

Call consumer affairs right away so they can get a replacement bag sent out to you right away.

It's bisarre hearing how many people don't know what this is! But I think it was safe to include it as a lot of people have been playing the LEGO Star Wars games, and the minikits were still around in The Skywalker Saga game which came out only two years ago, so it's not old or obscure. I've built a few minikits from parts I have over the years, and love sprinkling them throughout my displays :)

@Binnekamp said:
" @Klontjes said:
"I didn't know what it was supposed to represent and I still don't..."

In the Lego Star Wars games each level has a set of 10 of these objects called mini-kits that will unlock a mini-build of a vehicle once all are found. Those vehicles can then be used in freeplay (the mode where you can use all unlocked characters).
They're probably meant to be futuristic containers of some kind that contain the parts, as you see the mini-model completed in proportion to how many you collected at the end of the level.

These were first introduced in the 2005 release of Lego Star Wars that covered Episode 1 to 3 to coincide with the release of Revenge of the Sith the same year. Hence why they represent that entire year in this calender.

The concept of mini-kits might be inspired by the Mini set line from Lego Star Wars that ran from 2003 to 2004. In each of sets 4484, 4485, 4486 and 4487 there were parts of a miniature TIE Bomber and in each of sets 4488, 4489, 4490 and 4491 there were parts of a miniature Y-Wing. Only if you collected a full range would you get all sections of these vehicles, which might have been referenced in the games with the mini-kits.

Today's mini-build represents the history of specifically the Lego Star Wars theme, not just Star Wars as a whole. "

It was kinda crazy! The game came out months before the actual release of EP III so you either had to 'spoil' it with LEGO renditions or go without playing the final chapters until you saw the film

I am incredibly disappointed in all of you failing to mention that the minikit is missing this bottom piece: https://brickset.com/parts/design-2654

@G_Webber said:
"I had no idea what this was until seeing this post. Only of intetest to small minority, who played a console game 20 years ago. Can't imagine a kid today being very happy getting this. 100% BS and should never have been included IMHO. "

It first popped up in Lego Star Wars but they’ve been collectibles in basically every Lego game since then, you’d have to have never played any of them to miss the reference and if you’re that casual a fan I can’t imagine you going for the advent calendar

@VaultDweller_197:
I feel like my solution was to do the story run for I-II, then free play (plus I had work the whole time), but that just meant I had to go back with any abilities you didn’t pick up until EpIII and free play specific missions again.

@Brickalili:
I know this design was consistent through the LSW games, and I think recolored for the Batman/DC stuff. Indiana Jones, on the other hand, just used treasure chests. So all that style of game did have minikits, but they did not all use this design.

I have no idea, what this is.
And as Google just shows me pictures of this, I still don't know.

@UProbeck said:
" @Darth_Dee said:
"Best Star Wars Advent calendar build ever!!!"

I completely disagree! A build from a game that only a fraction of SW fans know can’t beat builds from the original trilogy.
"

“Only a fraction of SW fans” are going to know just about anything, given how substantial the saga is now and how many people know it from how many things. Given how hugely successful the LEGO Star Wars games have been, they’re as valid a source for material as pretty much anything else from the movies (especially since, y’know, it’s actually a LEGO object in the game, built with LEGO, in a LEGO Star Wars video game, and this is a LEGO Star Wars advent calendar, whose contents are all LEGO).

@Yooha said:
"I have no idea, what this is.
And as Google just shows me pictures of this, I still don't know."

@Binnekamp said:
" @Klontjes said:
"I didn't know what it was supposed to represent and I still don't..."

In the Lego Star Wars games each level has a set of 10 of these objects called mini-kits that will unlock a mini-build of a vehicle once all are found. Those vehicles can then be used in freeplay (the mode where you can use all unlocked characters).
They're probably meant to be futuristic containers of some kind that contain the parts, as you see the mini-model completed in proportion to how many you collected at the end of the level.

These were first introduced in the 2005 release of Lego Star Wars that covered Episode 1 to 3 to coincide with the release of Revenge of the Sith the same year. Hence why they represent that entire year in this calender.

The concept of mini-kits might be inspired by the Mini set line from Lego Star Wars that ran from 2003 to 2004. In each of sets 4484, 4485, 4486 and 4487 there were parts of a miniature TIE Bomber and in each of sets 4488, 4489, 4490 and 4491 there were parts of a miniature Y-Wing. Only if you collected a full range would you get all sections of these vehicles, which might have been referenced in the games with the mini-kits.

Today's mini-build represents the history of specifically the Lego Star Wars theme, not just Star Wars as a whole. "

@Huw, this one didn’t close itself out two days ago.

Since this didn't close when it should have, ans @PurpleDave has already called it to @Huw's attention (although I called @Huw's attention to the fact that 30651's comment section was still open in September, so I'm also going to call this one to @CapnRex101's attention), I'm going to sneak in another comment.

@Blondie_Wan said:
" @UProbeck said:
" @Darth_Dee said:
"Best Star Wars Advent calendar build ever!!!"

I completely disagree! A build from a game that only a fraction of SW fans know can’t beat builds from the original trilogy.
"

“Only a fraction of SW fans” are going to know just about anything, given how substantial the saga is now and how many people know it from how many things. Given how hugely successful the LEGO Star Wars games have been, they’re as valid a source for material as pretty much anything else from the movies (especially since, y’know, it’s actually a LEGO object in the game, built with LEGO, in a LEGO Star Wars video game, and this is a LEGO Star Wars advent calendar, whose contents are all LEGO)."

After all 1/1 is still a fraction.

@TheOtherMike said:
"Since this didn't close when it should have, ans @PurpleDave has already called it to @Huw's attention (although I called @Huw's attention to the fact that 30651's comment section was still open in September, so I'm also going to call this one to @CapnRex101's attention), I'm going to sneak in another comment.

@Blondie_Wan said:
" @UProbeck said:
" @Darth_Dee said:
"Best Star Wars Advent calendar build ever!!!"

I completely disagree! A build from a game that only a fraction of SW fans know can’t beat builds from the original trilogy.
"

“Only a fraction of SW fans” are going to know just about anything, given how substantial the saga is now and how many people know it from how many things. Given how hugely successful the LEGO Star Wars games have been, they’re as valid a source for material as pretty much anything else from the movies (especially since, y’know, it’s actually a LEGO object in the game, built with LEGO, in a LEGO Star Wars video game, and this is a LEGO Star Wars advent calendar, whose contents are all LEGO)."

After all 1/1 is still a fraction.

"

Fair! But really, the point is that the LEGO Star Wars video games have been pretty big, to the point of being a major part of the overall theme, and of *course* it’s worth putting in one measly build out of 24 to commemorate their contribution. Looking at this thread, it’s clear the respondents to whom this build was a meaningful inclusion significantly outnumber those to whom it’s not.

@Blondie_Wan said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"After all 1/1 is still a fraction."

Fair! But really, the point is that the LEGO Star Wars video games have been pretty big, to the point of being a major part of the overall theme, and of *course* it’s worth putting in one measly build out of 24 to commemorate their contribution. Looking at this thread, it’s clear the respondents to whom this build was a meaningful inclusion significantly outnumber those to whom it’s not."

You seem to misunderstood my point. 1/1 of a number is the whole number.

@Blondie_Wan said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"Since this didn't close when it should have, ans @PurpleDave has already called it to @Huw's attention (although I called @Huw's attention to the fact that 30651's comment section was still open in September, so I'm also going to call this one to @CapnRex101's attention), I'm going to sneak in another comment.

@Blondie_Wan said:
" @UProbeck said:
" @Darth_Dee said:
"Best Star Wars Advent calendar build ever!!!"

I completely disagree! A build from a game that only a fraction of SW fans know can’t beat builds from the original trilogy.
"

“Only a fraction of SW fans” are going to know just about anything, given how substantial the saga is now and how many people know it from how many things. Given how hugely successful the LEGO Star Wars games have been, they’re as valid a source for material as pretty much anything else from the movies (especially since, y’know, it’s actually a LEGO object in the game, built with LEGO, in a LEGO Star Wars video game, and this is a LEGO Star Wars advent calendar, whose contents are all LEGO)."

After all 1/1 is still a fraction.

"

Fair! But really, the point is that the LEGO Star Wars video games have been pretty big, to the point of being a major part of the overall theme, and of *course* it’s worth putting in one measly build out of 24 to commemorate their contribution. Looking at this thread, it’s clear the respondents to whom this build was a meaningful inclusion significantly outnumber those to whom it’s not."

I don’t deny that it’s worth to include it.
I just don‘t accept the statement that it’s the „Best SW Advent Calendar build ever“!