Minecraft Advent Calendar - Day 17
Posted by TheBrickPal,
The last two days of the LEGO Minecraft Advent Calendar have been incredible, so I expect another impressive result today!
Will I be disappointed?
Fortunately I'm not, although this gift is not quite as perfect. We receive a Stray and bin of snowballs behind the seventeenth door.
The same Stray variant with diamond armor also appears in 21277 The Pickaxe Mine, but it is still good to have and looks great. He also includes a bow, which is useful. Given that Strays normally spawn in snowy areas, this guy definitely makes sense to include!
The bin of snowballs is nothing to write home about…
Overall - 4.0 - A cool and uncommon hostile mob, but the accompanying item leaves something to be desired.
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It's a bit of a shame it doesn't come with the fabric tattered cloak
Another update that’s left me a bit lost; what’s the difference between a skeleton and a stray?
@Brickalili said:
"Another update that’s left me a bit lost; what’s the difference between a skeleton and a stray?"
One is white, the other is grey.
(Next comments keep on rhyming)
take off his armour and he's a flay.
If you see a Stray, you better run away
You guys have no sense of timing.
No more rhyming, I mean it!
@TheOtherMike said:
"No more rhyming, I mean it!"
Anybody want a peanut?
@jkb said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Another update that’s left me a bit lost; what’s the difference between a skeleton and a stray?"
One is white, the other is grey.
(Next comments keep on rhyming)"
I arrive with perfect timing!
@alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @jkb said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Another update that’s left me a bit lost; what’s the difference between a skeleton and a stray?"
One is white, the other is grey.
(Next comments keep on rhyming)"
I arrive with perfect timing!"
The new calendar proceeds apace,
And brings a skeleton in mostly greys.
A nonplussed expression on its face,
Throwing snow as through a haze.
While those snowballs may wound a blaze,
Or knock back players to provide some space,
I am mired in ancient ways
And say -- "man, Ultron's seen better days".
@Crux said:
" @alLEGOry_HJB2810 said:
" @jkb said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Another update that’s left me a bit lost; what’s the difference between a skeleton and a stray?"
One is white, the other is grey.
(Next comments keep on rhyming)"
I arrive with perfect timing!"
The new calendar proceeds apace,
And brings a skeleton in mostly greys.
A nonplussed expression on its face,
Throwing snow as through a haze.
While those snowballs may wound a blaze,
Or knock back players to provide some space,
I am mired in ancient ways
And say -- "man, Ultron's seen better days"."
The calendar’s setting a steady pace
And every gift will have it’s place
In my giant Lego case
And vanish there without a trace.
From a micro build to an archer and a box.
@Daniel_H said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"No more rhyming, I mean it!"
Anybody want a peanut?"
Rodents of incredible size? I don't think they really exist.
@StyleCounselor said:
" @Daniel_H said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"No more rhyming, I mean it!"
Anybody want a peanut?"
Rodents of incredible size? I don't think they really exist. "
Dude. It’s Rodents Of _Unusual_ Size.
@PurpleDave said:
" @StyleCounselor said:
" @Daniel_H said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
"No more rhyming, I mean it!"
Anybody want a peanut?"
Rodents of incredible size? I don't think they really exist. "
Dude. It’s Rodents Of _Unusual_ Size."
Well, of course those exist, dudebro. Everyone knows that!! It's the incredibly-sized that are doubtful.
@Brickalili said:
"Another update that’s left me a bit lost; what’s the difference between a skeleton and a stray?"
I can't provide you with the perfect poetry of other commentors, but I can tell you that a Stray is a snow-biome exclusive skeleton type that uses Enchanted Arrows with the Slowness effect. They are similar to their swamp-biome cousins (Bogged) but those have the Poison effect.
Frozen boneman is nice, but just reminds me of how the Drowned and Bogged are the wrong way around - a bog or swamp would preserve the flesh, while an ocean or river would rot and decay until there is nothing left on the bone.
@Brickalili said:
"Another update that’s left me a bit lost; what’s the difference between a skeleton and a stray?"
Strays are skeleton variants that spawn in cold biomes. They shoot arrows of Slowness instead of normal arrows.
See? A-okay!
@GBP_Chris
@WolfpackBricks63
Thank you for the answers, much appreciated.
The impromptu poetry slam was also appreciated but if I thanked everyone involved in that we’d be here a while :D