Friends Advent Calendar - Day 5
Posted by MeganL,
This advent calendar is off to a bit of a puzzling start for me. While we've had some nice little builds (I'm still awwww-ing over the penguins from Day 2), we still don't have anything Christmas-sy.
We have checked off several Friends advent calendar themes, though - cute animals, Friends colours, and a stereo. Which box will get checked off for Day 5?
Minidoll - check! We usually have a minidoll in the first couple days, so Mia is making a late appearance in this one. That's probably because she's the only minidoll in the calendar - that's the same as 2017, which I think is unfortunate.
I wonder how much more expensive minidolls are to produce than minifigs, since the City Advent Calendars get several minifigs, and the most any Friends calendar has had is two. 2017 had just one minidoll but tried to make up for it by having lots of animals. I wonder if that will be the case this year.
In any case, Mia's torso is exclusive to this calendar. I'll admit I didn't think her sweater was all that festive at first - it reminds me of a traditional Native American pattern. However, it does also look like a stylized snowflake - and while it does use typical Friends colours, they're also quite muted and make for an attractive outfit. However, since it doesn't scream "holidays!", I wonder if we'll see this reused in a different set at some point in the future.
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The torso is NOT exclusive. And it's a BIG shame.
It appears in Set 41363 - Mia's Forest Adventure
Not exclusive, bit of a shame that.
That torso also appears in 41372 - Stephanie's Gymnastics Show
Rather common if it's in more than 2 sets.