Marvel Advent Calendar - Day 8
Posted by CapnRex101,
Accessories for Rocket Raccoon have occupied the last couple of days in this Advent Calendar. These are fun items, but I hope for something completely different next.
Let's open the door and see...
I think this is probably the weakest item so far, albeit seasonal. A turkey, a basic table and a trans-orange flame are supplied and these should absolutely have been combined with another day of Rocket Raccoon's accessories, especially considering the below photo represents three days in this Advent Calendar. Nevertheless, the turkey is appealing and includes detachable drumsticks, as always.
Overall - I have always loved the LEGO turkey element, but today's items are otherwise poor.
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FWIW, at least a turkey is festive and useful. I do like it a lot better than a day of random junk in a box or a tool rack. I do agree with your point that the offerings have been rather skimpy and some things should have been combined. Hope we get another minifig soon. There is not much wow factor coming from the other builds.
Funny that Rocket actually makes the turkey look like it’s to-scale with minifigs, and not some freakish, giant, minifig-sized turkey.
Wait a minute ... doesn't the table include an anti-gravity device in that photo?
It could be a tip-yip.
Although in Star Wars, tip-yip is essentially chicken, and it's one of those Star Wars-isms where they've taken an Earth item and just given it a non-Earth name. It's a chicken. Just say "chicken."
(Ducks exist in Star Wars. So, it's a chicken.)
An update to my comment on the 5th day with the missing Rocket. My son had the stereo that day. When I opened the calendar I noticed that there were 2 days with turkeys. I called customer service and was told they would send a new calendar. When I said that wasn't necessary, we just needed the 2 days that were missed, I was told that since it is an advent calendar they wanted us to get the missing bits as soon as possible and it would take much longer for parts to arrive than a new set.
I've always told people I know that LEGO has the best customer service department that I've ever dealt with and this confirms it again in my mind
... what?
So let me get this straight. In the last two days the Jurassic World calender gave us:
Day 5: A dinosaur humanoid hybrid rabbit thing
Day 6: ??? Probably references to the unreleased Jurassic Park 4 ???
Day 7: A one legged, one armed robot dinosaur with a weirdly thick orange tail.
Day 8: A burnt post-KPG avian dinosaur and... flames... to put at the back end of the robot dinosaur. To burn the other dinosaur. As it bites the shoulder of the dinosaur humanoid hybrid rabbit thing
WHAT
What even is this calender? What happened in Jurassic Park 4 that this all seems to be based on? Who came up with putting fire at the back end of a dinosaur?
I'm starting to wonder if they just put Owen Grady in a totally unrelated calender. But even if it was Star Wars... why would the exhaust come out of what would be the front of a spaceship (is that what the smoke cheese slope is, a window?).
This sucks... plain and simple.
Thought this could be Howard the Duck.
@Binnekamp:
Haven’t you figured it out yet? This is The LEGO Movie 2, and it started with Rex Dangervest. How can you tell? He came from outer space. Also, that’s clearly a feather that’s been plucked from the archaeopteryx (hey, there were dinosaurs in TLM2).
Boy, I am so glad I bought my ACs at over 20% off. Still feeling like a rip-off, though. Next year, I am waiting for 30%, if I even bother to buy them prior to Xmas. You can get them under $20 afterwards.
I have them all, and we do a family tradition with them. But, these builds combined with price-gouging takes all the fun out of it.
Mrs. StyleCounselor picked this AC to build. She's not really a Lego fan. We laughed hard at the tool rack. No one is laughing anymore. She's pissed! She doesn't even want to keep doing it. Lego™ sucks!!
He might just roast your chestnuts with his powerful flamethroooooower.
My wife and I trade off days for our advent calendar each year. She is doing even days and so far this year she has opened: A box (w/ cassette player), a weapons rack, a box (w/ junk), and today a table (w/ fire). Day 10 better be good for my sake.
T-T-T-turkey bomb.
I will agree that I am glad I was able to find these for almost 50% off thanks to black Friday. Raising the price and giving lackluster items doesn't make me want to buy them in the future.
And I realize this is a Guardians theme, but I really only grabbed it for the cute x-mas sweaters. All of the builds get tossed into parts bin.
So, now that he’s finally cooked the turkey, you guys know tomorrow is going to be a pool of water or a creek or something. Because he still has to wash it off with his widdle paws before he can eat it.
@PurpleDave said:
" @Binnekamp:
Haven’t you figured it out yet? This is The LEGO Movie 2, and it started with Rex Dangervest. How can you tell? He came from outer space. Also, that’s clearly a feather that’s been plucked from the archaeopteryx (hey, there were dinosaurs in TLM2)."
My friends, this is clearly the PARKS AND RECREATION calendar - starring everyone's favorite lovable lead singer of Mouse Rat - Andy Dwyer.
Allow me to explain in excruciating detail.
The last few days have been based off of an unaired episode where Leslie introduces a raccoon rescue program to Pawnee, only for the raccoons to elect their own leader and take over the park. Unfortunately Andy and his rocket boots (which episode was that again?) could not stop the leader of the raccoons from finding an industrial leaf-blower at Leslie's pit-turned-park and redesigned it to cook a turkey stolen from a family picnic. Your imagination should be able to fill in the gaps with the stick of dynamite and the eye piece. I can't wait to open a future day on this calendar and finally have an April Ludgate minifigure to give my Andy minifig a (loving) death glare.
Look, look, it was a season 7 episode, and we all stopped at season 6, right?
Eh, I’m not impressed, but my kids thought it was cool and been flame thrower cooking turkey all morning. Ultimately that’s who it’s made for and why I bought it…although I’m glad I got it nearly half off, at full price these calendars are all total ripoffs.
@tomanypeopletomentionallhere
Ah yes, the advent calendar; the choice object we use to get us through that period of ritual cleansing that leads up to one of the most sacred holidays of a mayor religion on this planet.
Celebrated by all to treat ourselfs to a gift every day. Truly in the spirit of that time of the year.
The turkey makes me feel really thankfull for it all.
@GBP_Chris:
Dude, that is clearly Racoonikitty.
Starting to see the problem with the Guardians Advent having the lowest piece count by a fairly substantial margin than all the others. It has from between 7% to about 25% less pieces than the others.