City Advent Calendar - Day 11
Posted by MeganL,
Yesterday we had our second building of the calendar with a hospital. I expect we'll see another microscale model today, the only question will be if it will be building or a vehicle.....
I think not only is this a microscale themed calendar, it's a microscale vehicle calendar! Today's build is a helicopter. Based on the the colouring, it's a fire helicopter. Based on the placement of the clear blue pieces, I think this is a microscale version of the helicopter in 77944 Fire Station Headquarters.
Festive watch: at least with a fire helicopter, by its very nature it's red....
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At least it's a bit different stuff than the vehicles with holes as wheels :D
Again: Eh...
Anyway, your guess is as good as mine but given the size of the thing and the sharp nose I'd say they were going for 60281
@YanVanLan said:
"Again: Eh...
Anyway, your guess is as good as mine but given the size of the thing and the sharp nose I'd say they were going for 60281 "
Rats! Beat me to it! But yes, I do enjoy this mini version way more than the actual set
Who could have predicted a City set without a Helicopter ;-)
nice little build,
@Goujon said:
" @YanVanLan said:
"Again: Eh...
Anyway, your guess is as good as mine but given the size of the thing and the sharp nose I'd say they were going for 60281 "
Rats! Beat me to it! But yes, I do enjoy this mini version way more than the actual set
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Looks like the mini version uses just as many pieces! Looking at you “windscreen and half a fuselage” piece!
I definitely liked city advent calendars better before they became microbuild-based.
Microbuild done right! Simple but recognizable, and good use of parts. I like it!
That eye-gouging shade of yellow is almost enough to make one’s eyes bleed (also festively red). Show it to Spock and you might get your green.
The rotor's a bit small, they should have used a 1x4 tile on a hollow dot plate so they could center it. Shame there isn't a 1x5 tile, at least not now.
Today’s model was originally a drone before it got too close to Wanda Maximoff…
@Vladtheb said:
"I definitely liked city advent calendars better before they became microbuild-based."
This is the reason I no longer buy the City Advent Calendar. Much preferred the festive holiday builds found in them a few years back.
@karrit said:
" @Vladtheb said:
"I definitely liked city advent calendars better before they became microbuild-based."
This is the reason I no longer buy the City Advent Calendar. Much preferred the festive holiday builds found in them a few years back."
Same here, I only ever got the 2018 and 2019 calendars as that's when I started collecting City.
2018 did have microbuilds but not as many compared to like 2020.
2019 was very minifig build focused which I loved.
I like to wait until the Advent Calendar series are at least a week in before deciding if I want any--wound up buying two last year (HP and SW, I think) and two this year (Friends and HP), most of them discounted at Amazon or Bricklink because the month was underway! In a year or two, the element of surprise will be back, too....