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Day 6 – First Order Transporter

First Order Troop Transporter

LEGO calls this a Stormtrooper Transport, which I guess it is, but since these weren’t around until The Force Awakens it is technically a First Order Transporter or Atmospheric Assault Lander if you’re nasty. I admit to finding this build challenging, even thinking at one point that all of the pieces weren’t included. I also …

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Day 5 – Resistance Officer

Resistance Officer Minifigure

I have mixed feelings about today’s offering. It is a Resistance officer minifigure, and I generally like all minifigures. But it’s also about as generic as a minifigure can be. I don’t remember leaving the theater after The Force Awakens and talking with my daughter about how awesome the Resistance officers were. But then again he …

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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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Sphero BB-8 App-Enabled Droid Unboxing

BB-8 in its inductive charging station

First Order Stormtrooper Teddy Bear

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

Day 24 – Santa Claus C-3PO Minifigure

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Day 22 – Reindeer R2-D2 Minifigure

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Day 14 – Microscale Millennium Falcon

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