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Advent: Christmas Build-Up 2016 (40222)

Posted on Thursday, 11th January 2018 by Caz
Filed under Advent

I know it’s the wrong time of year for Advent, but I recently swapped a spare copy of the 2017 Christmas Build Up box for the 2016 version (set 40222), with a friend in the London AFOLs. Like last year’s set, this one came in an attractive box showing some of the builds in store.

40222 Chrismas Build Up 2016 Box
40222 Chrismas Build Up 2016 Box

There was an interesting pile of bits inside, with instructions how to make each of the 24 models.

40222 Chrismas Build Up 2016 Bricks
40222 Chrismas Build Up 2016 Bricks

Of course, some of the parts will be reused, so you can’t build all of them at once. So I decided to take photos of them as I was going along to show you what they looked like.

40222 Christmas Build Up 2016 Models
40222 Christmas Build Up 2016 Models

While not every model was immediately obvious what it was, I enjoyed each little build and have kept one or two intact for use in Micropolis – watch out for them in future!

Tagged with 24in1 / 40222 / christmas / christmas build up / swap

Haul #5: Christmas Pressies

Posted on Monday, 25th December 2017 by Caz
Filed under Haul

It’s been years since I got any LEGO for Christmas, but this is the first Festive season since I emerged from my Dark Ages – and I was very lucky with what Santa brought me this year. It’s cheered me up since I’m feeling rather ill at the moment. I will enjoy building them and it should take my mind of my lurgy.

Christmas 2017 Haul
Christmas 2017 Haul

Pictured are three Architecture sets – New York Skyline (21028), US Capitol Building (21030) and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (21035). Plus Simple & Powered Machines (9686) and another copy of the Catwoman Catcycle Chase (70902), which came as a freebie from Amazon I believe. The machines set will hopefully be useful for building some GBC modules, along with all the Technic bits I have in the Bucket Wheel Excavator. The show I will be exhibiting at is in mid-January, so I need to pull my finger out and build something for it!

Tagged with 21028 / 21030 / 21035 / 70902 / 9686 / architecture skyline / catworman catcycle chase / christmas / guggenheim museum / new york / presents / simple and powered machines / skyline / us capitol

Advent: Day 15

Posted on Friday, 15th December 2017 by Caz
Filed under Advent

Star Wars - Day 15
Star Wars – Day 15

Clearly on Hoth there’s sometimes just too much snow for even the hardiest native to cope with. That’s when this Star Wars Snow Blower comes in handy. It’s even a bright red colour so you don’t lose it among all that snow!

Perhaps it was also used to clear the roads around the 24-in-1 build for today – a Christmas themed street lamp adorned with a couple of festive wreathes.

24in1 - Day 15
24in1 – Day 15

Tagged with 24in1 / 40253 / 71584 / christmas / snow blower / star wars / street lamp / wreath

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