Author: Mark

Advent AT-ST’s from 2023 vs 2022. There was another released in 2017, but that was the day I fell violently ill while at the beach in Brazil, and so I never photographed it.

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 17: AT-ST. AKA, the chicken walker. Another neat Endor micro-build. Thumbs up. (Days 17–19 are late because we went to the mountains for 4 days and my son wanted to save the builds for when we got home even though I had brought the necessary bags with us.)

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 16: Endor Bunker. The Imperial bunker that the rebels invaded, had a battle around, and finally mined with explosives and blew up. Kind of on the small side but I recognized it instantly. Thumbs up?

Advent Calendar Ewok Villages: 2023 vs 2015. The 2013 version gains taller trees, a ramp, and what seems to be curved walkways connecting the three trees, but the 2015 version had the celebratory bonfire and a few lighter green highlights.

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 15: Ewok Village. The Endor theme continues, perhaps because 2023 is the 40th anniversary of Return of the Jedi. This is OK I guess, but it seems like they could have used some specialized leaf elements or otherwise spruced this up a bit (pun intended). It’s not quite a thumbs up, so it’s a thumbs down.

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 14: Endor Leia. Princess Leia looking like she’s about to lure out an ewok with a cookie and then blast it. That must make yesterday’s shuttle the Tydyrium that the rebels flew to Endor. Looks like we’re entering an Endor phase of the calendar. Thumbs up.

Advent Calendar Gonk droids. We’ve gotten at least 4 costumed Gonk droids in recent years. Here they are as dressed up as Rudolph (2023), Santa (2022), a snowman (2020), and a Christmas present (2019).

Advent Calendar Imperial Shuttles: 2023 vs 2014

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 13: Imperial Shuttle. This is quite a bulky model for an advent calendar build. Thumbs up.

LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar Day 12: Reindeer Gonk Droid. Cute festive build. Now I know why Day 2 (The Justifier) inexplicably contained a red stud: so that you could make today’s build red-nosed without it officially being Rudolph. Thumbs up.