Advent day 13

 

  • Advent day 13

    Posted by Huw, 13 Dec 2012 12:52. Filed under Advent countdown.

    Advent day 13Today we have a desk, complete with PC and mug, and chair for the fire station. I hope it doesn't imply that yesterday's female firefighter is just doing a desk job!

    Advent day 13In the Friends calendar we have a bowl of water and a stool for our pooch.

    Advent day 13BrickLink categorises this 'Gonk Droid' as a minifig. I'm not sure I agree, and I'm not sure he looks very much like the Gonk Droid at Wookiepedia either...

    City -- 7, not too bad, useful printed computer pieces.
    Friends -- 6, not much to it today.
    Star Wars -- 6, a cute little fellow.

    From tomorrow, bluemoose will be guiding you through the calendars and I'm sure he'll add a fresh perspective to them.
     

     


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Posted by TheCahleySlash in United Kingdom, 13 Dec 2012 13:25

The Desk shall be a useful addition due to the 'neat' parts included e.g. computer,chair,cup etc.
The Gonk Droid could be used as a background character for Mocs, but no unique parts...
I guess the Friends bowl could be interesting, in some way??

Posted by shaase in Canada, 13 Dec 2012 14:19

Love the Print for the computer screen; can't tell but is Lego promoting Windows or Mac??

Posted by blounty23 in United Kingdom, 13 Dec 2012 14:37

@shaase it looks like Windows.
I think the Gink Droid is really cute and I want one, but I don't think it would be difficult to make one. I think that's why it was given a 6, because it has really boring pieces.

Posted by rnsrobot in Canada, 13 Dec 2012 15:16

The printed keyboard 2x1 panel is outstanding. The printed 'monitor' is terrific too. I stuck the dude fireman on it. The female firefighter gets the ATV. ^^

Posted by Dragon_Master_48 in United States, 13 Dec 2012 15:21

I feel as if it would've been better to include the actual Gonk droid, instead of a brick-built one...

Posted by CapnRex101 in United Kingdom, 13 Dec 2012 15:25

^Agreed, at least with some printing. But the brick-built one is not bad, a reasonable addition to the calendar I suppose.

Posted by Demarco Murray in United Kingdom, 13 Dec 2012 16:47

Already found a use for the desk. It's going into one of my modular buildings.

Posted by Skydude in United States, 13 Dec 2012 18:09

I have to say, the friends score is too high for today and the star wars score too low. That stool/bowl is just...meh, but despite the fact that they're mostly simple pieces, I think this Gonk Droid works really well.

Posted by Hylirica in United States, 13 Dec 2012 20:06

I'm glad I got another stool in my Friends calendar today. My kitten decided to eat one of the yellow nose cones from the first one, and there's no way I'm trying to find that one again!

Posted by Odeinoichus in Canada, 13 Dec 2012 21:28

Gonk Droid a Mini-Fig? Looks more like a Mini-Fridge to me. LOL Seriously though I would not count anything built out of bricks as a Mini-Fig unless it at least looked decent and, while it does resemble the Gonk Droid I much prefer the one available in actual sets.

Posted by Dee in United Kingdom, 15 Dec 2012 17:52

What's with the weird pattern over the left side of the monitor?
It looks like a misprint, but it's on Huw's part and just visible on the image inside the door.

Posted by Plasmodium in United Kingdom, 16 Dec 2012 10:08

^^The Gonk droid immediately reminded me of the skiing fridge (or was it a cooker) from the Wallace and Gromit cartoons!
^I think it's supposed to be a Windows-style desktop background thingy.

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