Original Heroes

Today a great little MiniFigure arrived through our door. Princess Leia in her Alderaan robes. So now it was time to put all my heroes together in one shot.

Christmas Stocking Fillers Pt II

The two Christmas Bank Holidays saw me building my final two Lego sets from the very generous Kim and Rob.

First to be built was the ultra cool Imperial Speeder Bike (30005). It's yet another MiniKit that actually fits a MiniFigure on, so of course it came with a Stormie on board. It rocks! (He has since joined forces with the StormTroopers of the Endor Set.)

Then came a super non Star Wars related treat! An awesome Lego Alien. Not just any alien though.... one of the aliens from the Toy Story Saga.  He came with his own little Spaceship MiniKit (30070) and he is just super dooper!

"ooooooOOOOOoooooo"
After crash landing to Earth the alien seems a little overwhelmed.

Christmas Stocking Fillers

Boxing day saw me build some more of my Christmas Lego models.

The first to be built was a stocking filler from Mikey - which was the newly released Clone Trooper Battle pack - which is an awesome little kit, with a BARC speeder and four MiniFigs. It is ace, despite the figures being of the new generation of Star Wars Lego with their cartooney faces.

The Clone Trooper battle pack (7913) and The Clone Walker Mini Set (30006)

The next to be built were 2 of the awesome little sets given to me by my great and overly generous friend and her, just as generous Lego fanatic Husband.  Both of which were from the 2009 Mini Sets which are MiniKits that are MiniFigure sized.

Firstly came the Battle Droid on a STAP (30004) which is fantastic and which quickly went into battle with my new clones. Then came the Clone Walker kit (30006) which is great too.  My little droid was now definitely outnumbered though.

5 against 1!

I then decided to call it a day on the Lego Building.  I still needed some fun on the bank holiday, so my final 2 kits were left under the tree.

Battle of Endor - Pt II

Wooopppeeee! Father Christmas obviously knew I'd been a good girl this year as look what I found under my Christmas tree yesterday.....

The Battle of Endor (Set 8038)

And what a great set it is! Not only did it come with 12 MiniFigures. Yes 12! It has 3 Ewoks that complete my Ewok figure collection, a super Ewok glider, a catapult (not shown in this pic) and also everyones fave Wookie, Chewbacca (not shown in this pic either as he is driving the AT-ST). Not content with all that excitement, the Imperial bunker is also very special as it has working doors and exploding walls, that can be blown off.

It is GREAT! A bloomin' fantastic set! .... An absolute must for any Star Wars Lego fan!

The set took the whole of Christmas day to build, after having the inconvenience of having to open other pressies, go to the pub, eat a Christmas dinner and go for the annual Christmas bike ride. ;)

I also received some other Lego goodies, but as I had such a great time building this set I decided to save those for today and tomorrow. So the Lego fun can continue for the whole of the festive season.

Hope you all had a very merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas

Last night when I sneakily looked through the curtains into the night sky there were no signs of a sleigh or Rudolph...  but when looking into the street I saw a certain someone delivering pressies on his push bike.

Merry Christmas Everybody!!

Advent - Day 24

I awoke this morning at 7.30 and just couldn't get back to sleep as all I could think of was opening the final doors on Lego Calenders. Two Father Christmases wanted to be free'd from their cardboard slumber.

Firstly was a Father Yoda Christmas.... he is totally awesome.

Happy Christmas, a photo by Kitty*Kins on Flickr.

Secondly in the City Calender we got a great Santa MiniFig. (The legs he came with were grey but I quickly changed them to a red pair)

Norman the Gnome stops fishing to become Santa's little Elfish helper.

Advent - Day 23

Today was exciting in the world of the Lego advents. The Star Wars Lego one provided a cute little Xmas tree (I'll do a pic of it tomorrow) whereas the City advent door hid the long anticipated Police Dog.

Sadly the dog came with the added bonus of Lego fleas, but thankfully (and very coincidentally) Mikey had bought me a Happy Friday pressie, which turned out to be Roger who was able to decontaminate Percy the Police Dog. What a bit of luck!

Advent - Day 19 to 22

What a great few days in both calenders.

In the Star Wars Calender, we have had a super A-Wing today (Day 22), the spectacular Millennium Falcon yesterday, a Tie Fighter the day before that and a Tie Pilot on Day 19.

3 Against 1.

As for the City calender more treats lay in store, starting with a tiny wee safe with some gold bullion on Day 19, followed by a super Skidoo for the criminal to make a quick getaway, then a little sledge/trailer for the criminal to make a hasty escape with the safe in tow and then today the balance was finally restored with a handy police skidoo. Phewph!

In other news, both skidoo's came with an extra ski each which have since come in handy for the hooded fisherman who now has an excellent set of ski's to take him on his fishing trips.

Night time shenanigans in the frozen park.

Only a few more doors left to open... I'm a little sad but there is still a few more days left so I can't be too glum. Yay for Lego Fun!

Battle of Endor

Hehehe! Mischief ensued after Chief Chirpa landed on our doorstep today (with thanks to Mikey and eBay).  As soon as he joined forces with Logray and Tokkat on the shelf, mayhem commenced.

Chirpa stole a speeder bike whilst Tokkat and Logray beat up a StormTrooper, stealing his helmet to use as a drum.

...  Those pesky Ewoks.

Christmas came early...

Last Monday the most exciting parcel was pushed through my door.  A superb Christmas pressie from my friends in Scotland.  They are Internet friends who I met on Flickr, through our mutual fondness for Guinea Pigs. We have been in contact for a while and at the beginning of this year we finally briefly met during their honeymoon in Cornwall.

As I have previously said its only recently that I have admitted my love for Lego and it was only then that I found that Robert also shared this passion.  He said he had lots of swapsies from the first few Mini Figures series which I could have.  He then also offered some of the extra MiniKits that he had picked up over the years.  I was ecstatic. We hadn't really come up with any concrete price but then on Sunday he announced that he and Kim had decided to send them as Christmas gifts.  I was overwhelmed by their generosity and then completely amazed when the package arrived the next morning.

It was all wrapped up in Xmas paper though so I decided to wait until Christmas morning.  However excitement got the better of me.  I wanted to be good, but I wanted to see the Mini figures more! 

Mikey was home so he helped me open the package carefully and just remove the bag of mini figures.

(The rest of the contents were then sealed back up and put under the Christmas tree. The mini figures distracting my attention enough to keep my mind off what is still to come.  Watch this space for the MiniKits)

So who did they send me?

From Series 1 The Magician and Clown

From Series 2 The Witch, Surfer and Mariachi man (who is definitely a personal fave)

From Series 3 The Sumo-wrestler, Gorilla Guy (another fave), Racing Driver and a Native American

The detail on this are super, there is a zip down the back and the head has droplets of sweat; from him overheating in his warm suit. I love it!

From Series 4 The Footballer

*****

I really have to say such a HUGE thank you to Kim and Robert. I do not know how I can ever repay them for their wonderful generosity.

Advent Day 17 & 18

Well what a few days.

Yesterday (Day 17) was a little disappointing in both advents. It saw the third and final section of the Lego City police Car! Finally! ... I'd starting to get a tad bored of it.  Guess it's pretty cool but after three days I was expecting a Porsche, not a glorified beach buggy. ;-)

The Star Wars one wasn't overly exciting either, as all I found was an odd little umbrella stand.... oops no, its a weapons stand!

Thankfully my disappointment was short-lived as the postman delivered yet another super Mini-figure from eBay. Hehehe! Now I have a splendid little Shadow Trooper. He rocks. Thanks Mikey!

There's going to be trouble tonight, with these 2 conspiring together!

Behind todays advent doors (Day 18) the excitement continued as the City calender had a 2nd criminal behind it. This one definitely means business though - he doesn't just have a snowball in his hand, like the first one, he has a crow bar! He's going to be up to mischief... if the cops don't get him first.

As for the Star Wars calender I had a lovely surprise, as out popped a little Y-Wing. (I say surprise, because I wasn't expecting one at all as there isn't a picture of it anywhere on the box).  It is pretty awesome.  I will photograph it when the TIE fighter arrives. ;-)

Advent - Day 16

... Begun the Clone Wars have!


Today saw the first arrival of my first "exclusively Clone Wars" figure.  In the past I have avoided the newer Clone Wars sets as I'm not really a fan of the cartooney non-yellow Lego men. However today the Star Wars advent hid a little Clone Pilot behind todays door and despite my original Clone Wars reservations, he is pretty frickin' awesome. (For those who aren't Star Wars geeks like me; as well as the excellent original 3 films and the 3 more recent prequels, there was also a further series - an animated Spin-Off set between Episodes 2 and 3 - The Clone Wars.)

Anyway, my new Clone Pilot rocks and as well as enjoying flyng the Mini Republic Gunship around, he has joined forces with my other Clones to cause some mayhem on my shelves.


In other non-advent-related news, today also saw the arrival of another splendid new MiniFig. Someone who I have wanted for sometime now, but never managed to get hold of. 


Yay! Sweet and kind Michael had ordered me a Admiral Ackbar MiniFig from eBay which arrived in the post today.  He is pretty damn awesome too.

Advent - Day 14 & 15

Yay! The last few days of advent have provided me with lots of exciting goodies; particularly the Star Wars treats.

Day 14 saw the arrival of a cute little Mouse Droid from the Star Wars Calender and a super forensic desk for inside the Lego City Police station.

Squeak squeak... as if that excitement wasn't enough today was even more spectacular in the Star Wars world. A frickin' awesome mini Republic Gunship. It is AWESOME!

Advent - Day 13

Ooops... todays Imperial Astromech droid was not best pleased to see he was getting a parking ticket for leaving his Imperial Shuttle too close to a pedestrian crossing!

(This pic shows todays advent treats; R2-Q5 and a new police MiniFig (possibly a traffic cop). Also staring the Imperial shuttle that came behind last Saturdays advent door and the police station now in its entirety.)

Advent - Day 12

The Battle of Hoth was revisited this morning when I opened my Star Wars Advent calender and out popped a Rebel Snowspeeder. As soon as I placed it on the shelf it saw the Mini AT-AT and battle re-commenced!

A mini Hoth Battle, a photo by Kitty*Kins on Flickr.

In other Lego news, behind todays door on the City calender we found the last piece of the police station. It looks pretty fab!

Advent - Day 11

Yet another super day from the advent calenders. The Star Wars one provided me with a Droid Pilot Commander who may bring some much needed order to my Droid army.

No more slacking off, a photo by Kitty*Kins on Flickr.

Whilst the City Calender was hiding another wall for the police station, which is really starting to take shape.

ooOOoo I just can't wait for tomorrow....

Advent - Day 10

Day 10 was a slight disappointment all round.

Although the Star Wars advent provided a super Mini Imperial Shuttle, it was such a disappointing model to build - as it used only 8 tiny pieces to construct it.  I am the first to admit though, that once it was made, it was fab!

As for the City advent, that was a major disappointment, with only a fishing rod, a fish and 4 small pieces of Lego that created the worst camp fire I've ever seen.  Ah well, at least yesterdays "Hooded Adventurer" now had something to do.

Advent - Day 8 + 9

Day 8 and 9, a photo by Kitty*Kins on Flickr.

Wow! So impressed with the last two days of the Star Wars advent calender. It has definitely come up trumps with a Rebel Pilot yesterday and his trusty X-wing today .

The X-wing is awesome and pretty accurate - it even has a little blue stud in the place where the co-piloting R2 unit's head would be. It is ace and probably my fave advent treat so far.

Day 9 was also pretty special in the Lego city calender as it was a hooded adventurer (Mini-Fig), with ice axes to help him navigate the glaciers. I will make sure his picture is posted in the next few days. ;-)

Advent - Day 6 & 7

Christmas "Wookie" style.

The last 2 days treats have been awesome.  Yesterday I got Chewbacca and the City Calender was hiding a Christmas tree.

Then, today saw the arrival of a skateboard, a helmet and some other goodies for under the Xmas tree from the City calender, whilst the Star Wars one gave Chewy his own little storage/work unit.

I'm suddenly feeling all Christmassy. :-)

Norman and Rene

Wooopppeee!

Today I move a little bit closer to completing my Series 4 Mini-Fig collection with the arrival of Norman the Gnome, who I sneakily ordered from eBay, due to my inability to find him by the usual means due to Series 4 outlets being few and far between now.

Then came the surprise arrival of Rene the Artiste; who we had decided had got lost in transit.  Tom posted him well over a week ago, but he never arrived.  However, yesterday Royal Mail posted a letter through our door saying they have an envelope at the sorting office for us, but they can't deliver it as the correct postage hadn't been paid. Thievin' sods wanted 12p. How dare they hold the debonair Rene hostage for all that time and demand a ransom. Mikey made a quick dash to the sorting office and Rene is now safely home.

Only 6 more from Series 4 to find....

Advent - Day 5

Wow!

All that disappointment from the previous few days with the Star Wars advent quickly slipped away when I discovered a Mini "Slave I" lurking behind today's door.

It is awesome, and just what the doctor ordered today, whilst I am lying in my sick bed with a stinking cold.

BTW, The City calender was hiding some more bricks for the Police station.

Advent - Day 2, 3 & 4

On Day Two I wasn't disappointed with either Advent treat, we had a snow catapult in the City calender and a Mini-Fig of Nute Gunray in the Star Wars one.  I was much happier with the SW calender now.

Sadly on Day 3 my disappointment returned as I opened the Star Wars calender to find some weird brown and clawed thing, I had absolutely no idea what it was. At first we thought it was some kind of droid, but today I was informed that it is actually Nute Gunray's walking throne. (Oops, I probably would have known this if I had watched Episode One more than twice!) Day 4 provided a much more satisfying Spider Droid.

The Star Wars Advent so far. 

Thankfully the City Advent Calender has continued to excite day after day with a policeman on Day 3, and the start of a police station on Day 4.

Advent - Day 1

Back in September, Mikey bought me the Star Wars advent calender, I wasn't convinced that I would be able to resist opening it before the 1st of December, but I left it somewhere out of sight and out of mind.

In the mean time I also bought the Lego City calender; which was ultimately for me, but I bought it knowing so Mikey could open something each day.

Anyway today was the day... time to open them. I was excited. Unfortunately, Mikey had gone to work by the time I had thought about opening them, so I decided to wait for him.

By 6pm I was ready to explode with excitement, sadly on opening it I was hit with disappointment; the Mini-Kit in the Star Wars advent was a let down. Not even sure what it is called. I was gutted! Mikey however, had opened the City one to find a super Mini-Fig; a criminal in a red scarf with a snow ball.

Ah well, there was always tomorrow. ;-) My disappointment was short lived as I anticipated the next days treat.