Harry Potter Advent Calendar - Day 15
Posted by CapnRex101,
Yesterday's model presumably completed the fireplace structure which has been developing across three days. I imagine something wholly different will emerge next.
Alohomora...
Another exclusive minifigure appears today and Padma Patil seems particularly appealing as this character has not been available in LEGO, until now. The pink and vibrant coral colour combination corresponds precisely with the onscreen character and I love the intricate decoration across her dress, demonstrating further accuracy to the original garment.
Using a 1x2 brick and 1x2 plate to match the height of medium legs works perfectly, although the decoration terminates abruptly at the seam between those elements. This black hair piece looks excellent and the double-sided head is brand new, featuring two smiling expressions. An alternative bored face would perhaps have been appropriate, given Ron's treatment of Padma during the Yule Ball.
Furthermore, the metallic gold bindi between Padma's eyebrows looks great in relation to the movie, albeit perhaps reducing the versatility of this flesh component. The minifigure carries a dark orange wand which is welcome because this colour is uncommon across the Harry Potter theme, when compared with reddish brown or dark brown wands.
Overall - 5.0 - Exclusive minifigures are almost invariably appealing and Padma Patil appears absolutely fantastic here.
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A very nice fig. Its a shame your print is a bit out of alignment on the head
Was pleasantly surprised by the bindi. Didn’t notice it on any of the promo photos
Is there a way you can tell it’s Padma not Parvati?
@Brickalili said:
"Is there a way you can tell it’s Padma not Parvati?"
I'm presuming from the fact their dresses are the inverted colours of each other
The twins are the reason I picked this set. Nice minis!
@J_Bricks said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Is there a way you can tell it’s Padma not Parvati?"
I'm presuming from the fact their dresses are the inverted colours of each other"
But how do you know which one is which if you don't know pink shirt/coral dress is Padma? I only know it's Padma because the article here says so.
Because that's the colours they wear in the movie.
I sympathize with this identical twins. My brother is four years older than me, and went into the Marines when I was in high school (which meant he had to get shaved bald). At his graduation from boot camp, one of my relatives looked at me and said, “Well, Tom, at least nobody will get the two of you confused anymore.”
I also recently read about a woman who had to get one of her twins tattooed. They’re identical...ish. I mean, they look identical, but one of them requires an injection every few hours or he’ll die. And if the other twin gets injected instead, that’s a trip to the hospital. So after one such mixup, she had an unobtrusive dot tattooed by one twin’s ear to indicate which one should get the injection and which should not.
@Brickalili:
Nope. They have the same head, the same hair, and the same print except for the base colors being flipped. If you can remember what the color names are, you might be able to figure out a way to tell them apart in alphabetical order, but otherwise you might just need to do a quick search before you mention either by name (or save a captioned photo that you can pull up if it ever comes up).
I was so amazed from this calander by how great those saris look. LEGO really needs to do this more, especially with how much attention they're giving to chinese culture.
Fantastic minifigure - but when put next to Cho, it really shows the totally wrong skin tone LEGO chose for Cho.
@Salix said:
" @J_Bricks said:
" @Brickalili said:
"Is there a way you can tell it’s Padma not Parvati?"
I'm presuming from the fact their dresses are the inverted colours of each other"
But how do you know which one is which if you don't know pink shirt/coral dress is Padma? I only know it's Padma because the article here says so."
Also she's on the box next to Ron, and Padma went with Ron to the ball.
@Eggyslav said:
" @Faryn said:
"I was so amazed from this calander by how great those saris look. LEGO really needs to do this more, especially with how much attention they're giving to chinese culture."
But you know that sari is an Indian dress? Totally different country and culture."
Uh, I think they meant "if they can lavish this much attention on Chinese culture wouldn't it be great if they did it with Indian culture too".
This is a great figure, and I had the same thought that it was something I've not seen represented in Lego form before.
It's also my first ever Vibrant Coral and my gosh they weren't kidding about the vibrant bit.
@CorneelVf:
No, Cho Chang was noticeably darker than Harry, Ron, Hermione etc. She just wasn’t as dark as the Patil twins. Cho’s minifig is okay, but the twins should have been Medium-Nougat, not regular Nougat, to more accurately match their skin color.
I think this is a perfect rendition of the Yule Ball Padma from the film.
@Brickalili said:
"Is there a way you can tell it’s Padma not Parvati?"
In the movies you can see that they are wearing the inverse of each other!
If I had got the calendar, it would literally only have been for Padma and Parvati. Since I decided that wasn't a great use of £25 - just to get two minifigures! - I'll likely bricklink them at a later date instead. I'm glad to see that Padma looks even more fantastic than I expected :D
Is it just me, though, or is the bindi between her eyes off-centre? I haven't studied the movie closely enough to know if that's a printing error, or if its meant to be that way.
Also, in before anyone else: Padma should be in Ravenclaw. The movies shuffled her into Gryffindor to join Parvati; but I really liked the idea of two twins who were sorted into different houses so that change is one of the few movie details that I don't accept xD
@ThatBionicleGuy:
Honestly, other than the characters who get sorted in HP1, or who play quidditch, or who hang out with Draco, or who get killed in cemeteries, I always had to look up who was in which House anyways, so I was unaware that they’d even done this. And they’ve neatly sidestepped the issue by making these the only Patil minifigs they’ve ever produced, wearing nothing that gives the slightest indication that they’re even Hogwarts students.
I absolutely love the Padma and Parvati minifigures! They're some of my favorite figures ever made by LEGO, and really stand out compared to other Harry Potter figures. The sari prints and bindi on the face print are fantastic. I really hope LEGO is making sets for the MCU Disney+ series, as I'd love to see more Southeast Asian LEGO minifigures!
@Faryn said:
"I was so amazed from this calander by how great those saris look. LEGO really needs to do this more, especially with how much attention they're giving to chinese culture."
I couldn't agree more. I'm doing a final project for a course right now about LEGO's foray into Asian culture between Ninjago, Monkie Kid, and the Chinese New Year sets, and it all has me wishing for some more Indian culture in LEGO. These two minifigures are pretty perfect to me, and I hope we see Indian characters in themes like LEGO Friends in the future, especially considering how diverse it is. Making my sigfig was pretty difficult considering how few faces LEGO makes in the Nougat/Medium Nougat colors.
@PurpleDave - It's nice to see that other LEGO fans also read the AITA subreddit!
@GoldenNinja3000:
The what now? I mean, I'm certainly familiar with it, but only because I've run across a lot of articles that refer back to it. I fill my reading list by scrolling through the Yahoo news feed looking for interesting stuff (they used to have a "News of the Weird" category that was practically tailor-made for me). Anyways, I assume you're referring specifically to the incident with the tattooed twinfant. I do remember something about that landing there because the grandmother (who, while babysitting, gave the wrong twin the injection, resulting in a trip to the ER to counteract whatever medicine the healthy twin most certainly did not need) took it the wrong way, feeling that it was entirely about finger-pointing and not about keeping both kids safe.