BrickList: How to make your own advent calendar
How to make your own advent calendar
Advent calendars are usually shop at home or Lego store exclusives so for many of us they are hard to find if you're not prepared to pay for outrageous shipping, but for the same cost as a regular calendar and shipping you can get your own much better one. This list is the one I made for myself, all for less than the cost of an advent calendar plus shipping all with sets readily available to me in Australia.
All up it cost around $55 Au and contains 14 minifigs!
Created by hewman on 12 Nov 2009.
1. 7195: Ambush In Cairo
This has to be the best value set of the year, rare parts including the brown carrot/horse manure, lots of great colours and 4 excellent minifigs, all for just $16!
7195
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Ambush In Cairo
Indiana Jones - Raiders of the Lost Ark 79 pieces, 4 minifigs RRP: $10.99 2009 |
4.7
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2. 5615: The Knight
I think probably the best value of the impulse sets with those great accessories and stand for one day and a knight with a spear and shield for the other, just $5.
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5615
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The Knight
Castle - Fantasy Era 21 pieces, 1 minifig RRP: $3.49 2008 |
4.4
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3. 8967: Gold Tooth's Getaway
Two minifigs, two vehicles and look at all that gold, for $12 that's great value for 4 days, sure the vehicles are a bit ordinary but still above the standard you'd usually get in an advent calendar.
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8967
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Gold Tooth's Getaway
Agents - 68 pieces, 2 minifigs RRP: $9.99 2009 |
3.8
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4. 8399: K-9 Bot
OK, not the most accessories ever for an impulse set, but the design of the dog is genius and I'm more than happy to have this in my calendar.
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8399
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K-9 Bot
Space - Space Police 3 22 pieces, 1 minifig RRP: $3.49 2009 |
4.2
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5. 8401: City Mini-Figure Collection
If this was part of an actual advent calendar Lego surely would have made this 7 or 8 days, but I crammed it into 6
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8401
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City Mini-Figure Collection
City - Accessories 60 pieces, 4 minifigs RRP: $9.99 2009 |
4.2
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$9.99
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6. 6239: Cannon Battle
Besides the soldier and the pirate and the cool cannon and a little hideout for the pirate who has a printed tile as a map, this set comes withheaps of spare parts, For $8 and 4 days for the advent calendar, it's almost as good as value as the Ambush in Cairo.
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6239
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Cannon Battle
Pirates - 45 pieces, 2 minifigs RRP: $5.99 2009 |
4.4
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$5.99
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