City Advent Calendar - Day 18
Posted by MeganL,
Yesterday we had our fourth minifigure of the calendar, with Top Hat Tom. I do like having new minifigures to popular my winter scenes. There have been some variety in the last few days for builds, so it's anyone's guess whether we'll find another micro scale, or something approaching a festive build today.
I'll count this as a festive build. We have a work bench complete with a paintbrush and a hammer, along with a duck. I'm not sure how the brush and hammer are used to build the duck, but we'll go with it. Also included in a small scale version of a boat - I don't think this is a micro scale of a set, rather another toy.
Festive watch: Since we're heading into the last few days of the calendar, I'm hoping this means we're getting more festive builds.
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I would say that 60266 ocean exploration ship, is the inspiration for that boat.
This duck and this hammer... looks like some psychopath's room...
Could it be a micro scale harbour?
I assume this is a reference to the original Lego wooden duck, right?
"I'm not sure how the brush and hammer are used to build the duck..."
I don't think he's using the hammer to *make* the duck, no.
Maybe that is a basting brush.
The duck is probably indeed a reference to the famous wooden duck.
(It has been done before)
I know that LEGO also made wooden boats at the time, but nothing like the one pictured.
If it's referring to a set I'd say it's one of those old 'build your own boat' things like in DACTA or maybe even older where they gave you a boat hull and some basic bricks to build your own superstructure . 1049 is where my mind went.
@YanVanLan said:
"The duck is probably indeed a reference to the famous wooden duck.
(It has been done before)
I know that LEGO also made wooden boats at the time, but nothing like the one pictured.
If it's referring to a set I'd say it's one of those old 'build your own boat' things like in DACTA or maybe even older where they gave you a boat hull and some basic bricks to build your own superstructure . 1049 is where my mind went."
Agreed, and it'd be nice if they unified around the history of Lego in an instantly recognizable way throughout the calender.
There was an episode of lego city adventures where a giant rubber duck got loose from the pier. The ocean ship was also involved. I don’t recall why the hammer and paint brush would be related though.
At least, something that reminds me of the more "traditional" City calender builds: something that looks like toys that are part of the Lego world, not a "You know you'd rather have the large scale set, so buy it"-ads.
On the other hand, if this is supposed to be a microbuild, then the Ocean Explorer has discovered a truly impressive duck!
Soon in theaters: KingKong vs. Ducktor! Drama! Action! Suspense!
I immediately thought of LEGO company's wooden duck from a bygone era.
Santa's workstation and wooden toys. It's finally getting festive in this advent calendar!
@jkb said:
"At least, something that reminds me of the more "traditional" City calender builds: something that looks like toys that are part of the Lego world, not a "You know you'd rather have the large scale set, so buy it"-ads.
On the other hand, if this is supposed to be a microbuild, then the Ocean Explorer has discovered a truly impressive duck!
Soon in theaters: KingKong vs. Ducktor! Drama! Action! Suspense!"
It's named "The Quaken" in the TV show!
@chief7575 said:
"I would say that 60266 ocean exploration ship, is the inspiration for that boat."
Nailed it in the first post. 60266 it is.
If they included grille bricks, they usually intend for one side or the other to face outward. I don’t know which one, but I suspect one of the table legs is flipped the wrong way.
@guachi said:
" @chief7575 said:
"I would say that 60266 ocean exploration ship, is the inspiration for that boat."
Nailed it in the first post. 60266 it is. "
I really doubt it; inspired by, maybe; ment to represent the set? Very poor rendition then!
60266 has almost no yellow in the bridge section, it's mostly white and if the red round brick is suppose to represent the helicopter a (round) plate would have been better. Also where is the giant hole in the middle?
I'm sticking to it either being a set from the times of yore or it being no set at all,
but just a generic toy.
@PurpleDave said:
"If they included grille bricks, they usually intend for one side or the other to face outward. I don’t know which one, but I suspect one of the table legs is flipped the wrong way."
The leg on the left is backward.