Advent day 8

 

  • Advent day 8

    Posted by Huw, 08 Dec 2011 15:31. Filed under Advent countdown.

    Day 8A nice piece of furniture awaits you in today's City calendar: a comfy bed for the prison cell.

    Day 8In the Star Wars calendar we have our third minifig: Dack Ralter, who apparently, served as Luke's gunner in the Battle of Hoth. This is the fourth Dack minifig we've had, but the first to feature anything other than a classic smiley face. However this is not a new print, it's been used for various pilots recently including Zev Senesca. It would have been better had it had a printed helmet like the other Dack's, but it's still a nice addition to any Star Wars minifig collection.


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Posted by Trandoshan in Canada, 08 Dec 2011 16:20

Oh, it's a bed. I though it was an odd desk.

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 08 Dec 2011 16:27

So did I to start with!

Posted by railroad18764 in United States, 08 Dec 2011 16:33

me to!

Posted by Brickmeister1138 in United States, 08 Dec 2011 16:38

Ok, they may say that the pilot is Dack, but this is NOT dack. Dack's helmet had two blue Alliance Starbids on it, a part which Lego has made multiple times. The plain white helmet appears in some Star Wars work, but seems to be rather rare in-universe. In Lego though, it gives some variety to MOC pilot squads who all seem to be sporting suspiciously Luke and Dack styled helmets...

In regards to the city entry: a bit weak.

Posted by bricksan in United Kingdom, 08 Dec 2011 16:43

Least i'm not the only one who thought it was a desk, I only realized it wasn't when I saw the picture on here :P

Did anyone else get a spare mug?

Posted by Farmer_John in United States, 08 Dec 2011 16:54

Hmmm...a bed that looks like a desk or a SW minifigure. Gotta say it's not really a toss up. Glad I got the SW set to open and not the city set.

Posted by The Reviewer in United States, 08 Dec 2011 17:17

I disagree that the the pilot is Dack Ralter. I think it is really supposed to be just a regular pilot in the star wars univeres (You can use it as Zev's gunner in the Hoth wampa cave set)

Posted by Huw in United Kingdom, 08 Dec 2011 17:18

Bricklink thinks it's Dack, but I guess it could actually be any random rebel pilot.

Posted by Outer Rim Emperor in United States, 08 Dec 2011 17:24

Would have been nice to have a printed helmet and a different face, but I'll still take it!

Posted by TooMuchLEGO in United States, 08 Dec 2011 17:39

Ohh... it's a bed. Ha ha! I thought it was a desk with a piece of paper. :)

@Thompson (below)

http://www.brickset.com/minifigs/?m=sw031b
http://www.brickset.com/minifigs/?m=sw032a

They've already handled it. :)

Posted by Thomson & Thompson in Canada, 08 Dec 2011 17:44

LEGO should make other types of Rebel pilots, like a B- or A-wing pilot.

Posted by Brickmeister1138 in United States, 08 Dec 2011 17:52

@ Thomson and Thompson

Lego has, just peruse the archives here and take a look at the A-Wing and B-Wing sets. Admittedly they could use an uograde as well...

In the grand scheme of things, I still don't see how a jail cell has anything to do with Christmas. The city calender is confusing me this year to no end. I am glad I have the Star Wars one.

Posted by legoDad42 in United States, 08 Dec 2011 17:52

I always thought it was a general X-Wing Pilot. Dack has those marking on his helmet.
Does the head match up with any previous X-Wing figs?
EDIT...Ooops, didn't read the whole article...it's Zev but the helmet is plain.

Posted by legoDad42 in United States, 08 Dec 2011 17:56

Also, I was wrong about the City Calendar...it seems to be a hit with kids. Has more scenery for them to play and build around.
As an AfoL, the Star Wars works for me and maybe in the future they'll theme Star Wars Advents for each of the movies. I want a Darth Santa!!!

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 08 Dec 2011 17:56

A bit dull basically, simples...

Posted by Berrybrick in United States, 08 Dec 2011 18:51

I was a little disappointed with Dack, the white printing was a little faded against his orange torso

Posted by Chompers in United Kingdom, 08 Dec 2011 18:56

My 5 year old son loves his City calendar. As he is quite new to building LEGO these little items give him lots of fun and he can't wait to get home from school to build the next one :)

Posted by KillDeer in Canada, 09 Dec 2011 00:18

Oh wow the Star Wars calendar gets a micro Rebel blockade runner set and the City set gets an escaped mental hospital prisoner!

Posted by bodybomb3 in United Kingdom, 09 Dec 2011 02:51

I'm just gonna use him as a rebel pilot, although he does stick out, being the only one. Liked lego to have either made him Zev or Dac. Why does lego do this to us?

Posted by ChicoCheco in Norway, 09 Dec 2011 03:47

I have several Rebel pilots in my collection, bu all of them has the older standard yellow faces, and the first version of torso, so I`m very happy to get a brand new version of "unknown" rebel pilot!

Posted by Xiaolong in Belgium, 09 Dec 2011 05:44

@RJH
I also have an extra mug but also extra cheese slopes, 2 brown bricks and an axe.

Posted by speaknspell in United States, 09 Dec 2011 09:30

I'm suprised so many people are upset about the blank rebel pilot helmet. its essentially a brand new part and a customizers dream come true. I also think of it as generic pilot. Its funny, I bought the calendar for myself and my mother-in-law (loves Star Wars). The day I got chewbacca I was like...woo...another chewbacca...and she was practically dancing with happiness...its all about perspective boys :D

Steve

Posted by Echelons98 in United States, 09 Dec 2011 16:37

I have 2 CITY calenders for my boys and 1 got the bed, the other a snowmobile from the same #8 door. Anyone else have any anomalies?

Posted by Brickmeister1138 in United States, 09 Dec 2011 16:44

I agree about the helmet: The Zev and Dack Helmets are quite common at this point, and I don't think the white helmet existed outside of misprints before. The white helmet is especially nice since the pattern on the helmet is usually unique to a specific character, so this helmet literally creates a pilot with no identity whatsoever. The more steady-handed among us could even had paint it to match their favourite pilot's pattern. The blank whte helmet probably would have been great in the Hoth battlepack in hindsight, since the characters in those tend to be generic, while the included helmet limits the identity to Zev and Zev alone.

Posted by shootvolio in United States, 12 Dec 2011 16:06

The prison beds have gotten nicer over the years. My Police Command Base #6386 from 1986 has a prison cell with the same style bed with coffee mug but no pillow. Now I know where our tax dollars are going...Prisoner Pillows. :-)

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