City Advent Calendar - Day 20
Posted by MeganL,
We were introduced to Mr. Producé yesterday, for our fifth minifigure of the calendar. Our placemat will be well populated! Perhaps Mr. Producé will bring some presents or other treats to the party.
I think the City and Friends designers have been doing some collaboration! This is similar to Day 9 of the Friends calendar - a campfire with marshmallows for roasting. This campfire is more compact, and it's handy that the sticks with marshmallows are directly attached to the fire.
It's a nice build, but definitely not going into the barn! (For those who will note that the 1x1 rounds are not even - I have never seen symmetrically placed marshmallows!)
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Great remark about symmetry!
I will admit I didn't really get what this was on opening it and was waiting for this article for find out...
You wonder why they didn't just use the x-shaped plate, but instead, two 1x3 plates on top of each other (leaving the gaps on two sides).
lol, Megan. I think when the child minifig cooks the marshmallow, I'll replace the 1 x1 white round with a black round and use a crying face on the child who is making it. An older minifig will be patiently reaching out to eat the burnt black creation knowing they will never have a nicely cooked marshmallow at any campfire with children ever again.
Very american
@leviness said:
"Very american"
There aren't really any American traditions of eating toasted marshmellows over an outdoor fire in winter other than at ski resorts. The outdoor fires there run on gas with fake logs very similar to this set.
@leviness said:
"Very american"
Pretty common in Denmark...
"! For those who will note that the 1x1 rounds are not even - I have never seen symmetrically placed marshmallows!)"
I feel called out.
Not very Christmasie but a nice build
Toasting some toilet paper over the fire. As festive as Santa himself.
If I had a nickel for a weirdly specific Advent build of marshmellows over a camp fire I would have two nickels.
It's not a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice!
I pressed the like button on this post just for the comment on symmetry. In my experience it's a minor miracle if a child can even impale a marshmallow parallel to its axis.
Hey, a self-immolating weapon rack!
@Zordboy:
One of the guys in my LUG likes to put the HP kids roasting marshmallows on our layouts, but only had one copy available. Since we had as many as three displays going at the same time the past two months, I made my own version. For the fire, I used a Travis brick at the core, headlight bricks radiating out on all four sides, capped with 1x1 log tiles, and plugged feather flames into all five upward-facing holes. Harry and Hermione got 3-tone marshmallows ranging from white to reddish-brown, and Ron got a solid black one that was on fire.
@leviness:
Toasted marshmallows and s’mores are summer campfire traditions. In winter, we drown them in hot chocolate (or hot cocoa, or just cocoa, depending on regional vernacular).
@Zordboy said:
"You wonder why they didn't just use the x-shaped plate, but instead, two 1x3 plates on top of each other (leaving the gaps on two sides)."
The gaps are awkward, but at least this way the tops of the logs are at the same level.
@PurpleDave: What's a Travis brick? Part number 4733?
@TheOtherMike:
Yes, named after the late Travis Kunce, as it was his favorite piece (to be fair, he passed away right before the surge in awesome new pieces that continues today, so he never saw parts like the cheese wedge).
@PurpleDave: Now that you mention it, I think I've seen them called Kunce bricks. And even with all the pieces they've introduced in the last few years, it's still an incredibly useful piece.
@TheOtherMike:
They are, but I probably use at least 100 cheese wedges for every one of these pieces I use.