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Day 2 – Sabine Wren

Day 2 of the LEGO Star Wars Advent calendar is keeping it Rebels, and that is more than ok with me. Minifigures are my favorite, and Mandalorian warrior turned rebel Sabine Wren is a new one for my collection.

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Day 1 – The Ghost

The Ghost Instructions

Day 1 is finally here, and it was well worth the wait. The first build from the 2017 LEGO Star Wars Calendar is a mini version of The Ghost from the animated series Rebels. Piloted by Hera Syndulla, The Ghost has, in the three short years of the cartoon’s, run become as iconic as any …

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Day 0 – Inside the Box

2017 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar #75184 Box - Inside Background

23 long days I’ve waited to open this box up, and in less than 20 hours I will find out what’s behind door # 1. For now my appetite has been whetted by the calendar’s backdrop: Starkiller Base hovering over a Jakku littered with Star Destroyers, AT-ATs, and Christmas trees.  That’s not quite how I …

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2017 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar #75184

2017 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar #75184 Box - Rear

If you want to get your hands on a LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, you need to buy it in early November. That is a lesson I learned the hard way last year. The downside of planning ahead is that once you’ve got it, it will be several weeks before you can tear into day …

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Yoda Valentine's Day Card

LEGO Star Wars Set # 75137 – Carbon-Freezing Chamber

Platform mechanism

Sphero BB-8 App-Enabled Droid Unboxing

BB-8 in its inductive charging station

That’s No Moon

First Order Stormtrooper Teddy Bear

Don't close the blast doors ... to your heart.

Day 24 – Santa Claus C-3PO Minifigure

Door