Sunday, December 24, 2017

X-Mas Eve

It's Christmas Eve and I'm bored.  I drove back to Cranbrook yesterday and the drive was fine.  Road condintions varied from good to so-so, but on the plus side it was nothing but sun and blue sky from Nanton all the way back to Cranbrook.  Being the Saturday the roads were pretty busy though.  I left the house at 9:30am and got to Gold Creek at 2pm, so while it did take a little longer it wasn't too bad considering the traffic and roads.

I probably should've checked the weather conditions before I left as I just brought back my lighter winter jacket.  Now I'm back it's too damn cold and I should've brought my actual winter jacket, not that I plan on just standing outside or anything.

I haven't done anything now that I'm back and I don't really have any plans to do anything either.  I hooked up my PSOne and played it a bit.  Unfortunately, not all the games play smoothly, some have stuttering audio issues.  I'm not sure if it's the console or the discs are faulty.  Either way, it stinks.

Avery saw the PS1 was hooked up and wanted to try it, so we played Soul Blade and Quake 2, two games which played fine.  Avery doesn't play many video games, so he kind of sucks at it.  Although he did beat me a few times playing Soul Blade, but only he kept spamming the same move.  And holy crap the controls on Quake 2 were so awkward.  It must have been before the Dual Shock controller because the sticks did nothing.  You move with the d-pad and adjust the up and down aiming with the shoulder buttons.  As long as you were on a flat surface though you didn't really need this.  I'll try a few more games while I'm back.  I still have Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Marvel Vs Capcom to go for a spin.

Friday, December 22, 2017

2017-12-22


We got ourselves an AT-ST today!  Kind of funny and cool looking at the same time.  It is neat how they can make the vehicles this small with so few parts and still be instantly recognizable.

With only two days left I know what kits are still to come out because they are on the front of the box and I haven't seen them yet.  The snowboarding BB-8 will obviously be the 24th which leave some boring sled thing for tomorrow.  But I'm heading back to Cranbrook on Saturday and I'm just going to do the last two days once I get back next week.  I'm sure you guys can wait until then right?

Extra pieces: 3

Thursday, December 21, 2017

21st

For December 21st we have another mini figure.


No, he isn't a Death Star gunner with that goofy helmet, he's Imperial Ground Crew.  You can see a guy in a similar costume in Rogue One on Scarif base.  He does look cool, lots of nice detail on his torso.  Plus they even gave him a headset comm on his head.  

Wednesday, December 20, 2017

Tank You


If you are wondering what today's kit is then you are not alone.  I don't recognize this one and had to go look it up.  It's an Imperial Hovertank as seen in Rogue One.

In other news, Cody and I went and saw The Last Jedi today.  We went to the Westhills Theatre near our place because while normally it's closed for weekday matinees, it is open now for Christmas break.  We went to an early show and it was empty!  There were seven people in the theatre, it was so nice.

Anyway, I read things about TLJ being "too different" from other Star Wars movies, but in the case of The Phantom Menace that is a good thing.  Then again, there were complaints saying The Force Awakens was too similar to previous SW movies, it's pretty much a rehash of A New Hope.  There is nothing wrong with being different.

While the movie does have some flaws, like pacing and plot holes, overall it was pretty good.  I'd like to see it again in the theatre.  Also, thumbs up on the porgs, they got THE funniest scene in the movie.  Now to send Cam a spoiler filled e-mail.

Extra pieces: 3

Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Day 19


If you aren't sure what type of ship this is then you haven't seen Rogue One.  If you haven't, then you obviously should and also it's a Tie Striker.  They can be seen dogfighting with rebel X-Wings and Y-Wings over Scarif.

Monday, December 18, 2017

Y tho

We got another cool vehicle kit for December the 18th!


Despite the size it's still a pretty good looking Y-Wing!  Yes, they are slow as hell to fly and can't dogfight against Interceptors, but at least they got blasters, ion cannons and missiles!


Extra pieces: 6!

Sunday, December 17, 2017

Burns

December the 17th's kit is another mini figure.


We got ourselves Imperial Officer, and going from his huge mutton chops, he must be from A New Hope because the 70's.  It's nice to get away from all the newer Star Wars stuff and get into  the original trilogy.  Hopefully, we have more of these in the coming days.

Saturday, December 16, 2017

Friday the 15th

Looks like I'm running a day late, but I'll catch up...probably...eventually.  December the 15th is a...


It's not Star Wars related, but it is winter related, it's a boring old snow blower.  Kind of a disappointment really.

I guess being in the First Order isn't all about being front line cannon fodder, some guys gotta do the crummy jobs like sanitation (Finn!) and clearing the snow from various sidewalks and driveways around Starkiller  Base.  I guess it beats getting killed though.

*snow blower noises*

Extra pieces: 2

Thursday, December 14, 2017

December 14th

Yesterday we had the First Order Snowspeeder, so what does a snowspeeder need?


I got a Snow Trooper today, so now I have a driver for my snowspeeder.  Too bad that like the First Order Stormtrooper, this guy also doesn't come with a blaster or any accessory.  It's a good thing the Snowspeeder also came with an extra gun.


Up, up and away!

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Lucky 13


If you are wondering what today's kit from the Lego Star Wars advent calendar is, it's a First Order Snowspeeder as seen in The Force Awakens.  Well, not really.  The Snowspeeder was originally going to be in TFA, but that particular sequence featuring it was cut from the movie.  If you own the movie you can see a Snowspeeder chase with Finn and Rey and some Snowtroopers as a deleted scene.

I guess Disney and Lucasfilm forgot to tell Lego and Hasbro that the Snowspeeder scenes were cut from the film because they went ahead and made toys for them anyway.  Lego did a whole kit for the Snowspeeder and I remember seeing Hasbro vehicles for it as well.  Even the Snowtroopers received several action figures and stuff, yet were hardly seen in the movie.

Extra pieces: 3 (one was a gun!)

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Punch it!


Any guesses as to what December 12th's kit is?  It has a round piece?  You could guess, but you can probably already see the pictures below.


 THE MILLENNIUM FALCON


Pretty neat looking kit for being so small.  My favorite one so far, will something cooler come out?  Probably not unfortunately.

Extra pieces: 4

Note, I changed "Left over pieces" to "Extra pieces" because left over might sound like I didn't need or use them when I was supposed to.  Extra just means after fully assembling the kit I had a few extra pieces which is nice in case one day you lose a piece.

Monday, December 11, 2017

10/11

I was so tired last night that I didn't even turn on my laptop, hence no December 10th advent calendar post.  Luckily, that kind of worked in my favor as 10 and 11 go hand in hand.

December 10th...


A mini figure from The Force Awakens, but I can't remember his name.  He tried to scoop up BB-8 on Jakku and then Rey stepped in to help him.  In that scene he was riding a weird cyborg/robot horse thing, so I'm pretty sure that will be the kit for Dec 11th.  Also, the horse was on the front of the box, so I do know he is in there.

December 11...


Yep, it is the "horse" or if you want to get technical a "luggabeast".  If you've seen it in the Force Awakens then you know how it moves and how it would probably be useless as a mount.  Unless you aren't in any kind of a hurry.


The dude's name is Teedo!

Saturday, December 9, 2017

8/9

When I got up this morning I thought about how I should do December the 9th's kit when I got home from work and then I remembered I never posted the kit from the 8th!  I actually put it together and took pictures, but then totally forgot to post it up.  So here we go with another two for one.

December the 8th...


We got another miscellaneous weapons/item rack.  I remember the other Lego Star Wars advent calendars I also had one of these filler kits, but at least you get some bonus blaster and tools out of it.  My biggest complaint with this one is that they should've thrown in a few more items.  You only get one blaster rifle and one wrench.  At least give us one extra item to help fill up that box.

Left over pieces: 0


December 9th...


I didn't have to look this ship and it's instantly recognizable as Rey's speeder.  Pretty good likeness on this one.

Left over pieces: 4

Thursday, December 7, 2017

Dec07

Behind the door of December the 7th we have another mini figure!


It's a First Order Stormtrooper.  It's just him and unfortunately he doesn't come with an accessory of any kind.  I guess he doesn't need a blaster because he'll never be able to hit anything anyway.


Under the helmet he does look a little grumpy.  Unlike the previous mini figures he only has one facial expression, but normally you'll never see it, so I guess he doesn't matter.  I would still be funny just know that he is actually smiling under that helmet.


Left over pieces: 0

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

December 6th


Looks like quite a number of pieces for December the 6th's kit.  I hope it isn't too hard!


If you aren't sure what this is (it's a little blurry, my bad) it's a Troop Transport from The Force Awakens.  You can see it in the opening of the movie when it lands on Jakku at night.


There were a lot of pieces for a mini kit and it's seems more "complicated" than the usual kits from advent calendars.

Left over pieces: 3

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Hey you guys, it's a guy!

December 5th kit is another mini figure!


I thought who I knew this guy was, but I  had look around online to find out I was totally wrong.  This guy is Taslin Brance, a background character in The Force Awakens.  He is a Major in the Resistance.


His head has two expression, a smug grin and an angrier scowl.  The Sabine figure from the other day also had two expressions, but I didn't notice then.  Maybe Major Brance is just mad because his hairpiece is a bit crooked.

Monday, December 4, 2017

Da Fourth

I've got one hour and fifteen minutes before it's officially December 5th, so I better get this done quick.  I don't want to have two posts in a row be late.



It's a gun and a big one too!  It just takes are regular gun and attaches a bunch of crap on it including a quadripod (if that's even a word) because the gun is so big a tripod couldn't handle it.  Obviously not from a specific movie or show, just a gun.  Hopefully, they'll be a figure tomorrow to use it.

Left over pieces: 1

Thr33

It's December the 4th and I'm already falling behind on the advent calendar.  I never even turned on my computer yesterday, so I'm just getting around to the third today.


Bag 'o bits


It's a ship, but I don't recognize it, so it's probably not from any of the movies.  After some looking around online I found it's called The Phantom, a star fighter from the Star Wars Rebels TV show.  Makes sense since the first two kits were also from Star Wars Rebels.

Left over pieces: 4

Saturday, December 2, 2017

Day Two

December 2nd on the Star Wars Lego Advent calendar is...


A mini figure!

I'd be happy if they did an advent calendar of just 24 days of Star Wars mini figures.  That would be pretty awesome.


Anyway, after much work I assembled the bits of Sabine Wren.  She is a character from Star Wars Rebels and easy to spot apart from all other SW characters just due to her hair!  If you didn't know she is Mandalorian, so you know she is a bad ass.

Leftover pieces: 0