We’re just days away from December 1st and the opening of the 2012 Lego Advent Calendar. Though I was nervous it wouldn’t arrive in time, the Lego calendar I ordered was at my doorstep today. We’re good to go.
However, things will be different this year. It’ll be fun and we’ll all learn a lot.
Here’s to hoping there’s another Naked Shower Santa hiding behind the cardboard door.
See you back here in a few days.
It will be six months before I open the 2012 Lego Advent Calendar. And that’s almost a year away! Luckily, during the non-holiday months Lego is offering up items that rival the mighty Advent Calendar in nearly every way. While the Advent Calendar is filled with surprises and mystery, the Lego items below are filled with angel’s magic and genie blood. That’s how great they are.
Lego just released a series of Monster Fighter toys. These sets Lego-ize the classic movie monsters like Dracula. But who would want stupid, dumb Dracula when you can have….
Name: Air Worm
Powers: Flight; crawls into ears and noses to lay eggs; silent
Weaknesses: Lava; magnets; sharpshooters; air fish; wind
Origin: These creature use a type of literal animal magnetism to float through the air.
Rules: They don’t mean to harm humans, but sadly dozens of people are killed each year by the air worm, and another 66,000 are grossed out.
Description: Tiny flying snake.
Last Seen: They thrive in parks and grassy areas and they just love, love, love a longitude of 85-degrees.
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The Rules
By Dan Bergstein
Ninja beats pirate. Pirate beats ghost.
Ghost beats zombie. Zombie beats most.
Werewolf beats vampire. Vamp beats Imp.
Imp beats fiend. Fiend beats wimp.
Wizard beats cyrborg. Cyborg surely beats troll.
Troll beats goblin. Goblin eats a hermit’s soul.
Hermit beats child. Child beats wagon.
Wagon beats moon snake. Moon snake beats dragon.
Dragon beats hydra. Hydra beats sailor.
Sailor beats teacher. Teacher beats tailor.
Tailor beats sun worm. Sun worm beats clown.
Clown beats robo-squid. Robo-squid beats town.
Town fights jackals. Town will win.
Town fights mummies. Town won’t fight again.
Zookeeper beats hell hound. Hell hound beats giant.
Giant beats accountant. Accountant beats client.
Client beats frog. Frog beats himself.
Knight beats Big Foot. Big Foot beats elf.
Elf beats pixie. Pixie beats specter.
Specter beats sea hag. Sea hag beats Hector.
Hector beats serpent. Serpent beats rat.
Rat beats Grandma. Grandma beats cat.
Lava beats demon. Demon beats warlock.
Warlock beats dinosaur. Dino beats Spock.
Spock beats Lando. Lando beats Qui-Gon.
Qui-Gon beats Jar-Jar. Jar-Jar beats none.
Rock beats scissors. Scissors beat paper.
Paper beats insect. Insect beats vapor.
Wood Woman beats Tree Man. Tree Man beats the dark.
The dark kills spider-fish. Spider-fish beats shark.
You beat me. I beat a dentist.
The dentist beats the barber. The barber is menaced.
These are the rules, and never forget.
Now hand over your money and place your bet.
We’ve reached the end of the Lego Advent Calendar. Overall, I was unimpressed with this year’s offerings, but it was still a fun 24-day event. And this means things can only get better for next year.
Today’s item is Santa Claus. Of course it’s Santa Claus. And he comes with a fun accessory.
Click on to see the grand finale and read my list of the best Lego Calendar items.
Tomorrow is the final day of the Lego Calendar. We all know that Santa is coming, and judging by what I received on the other days of this calendar, he will probably be riding an invisible sleigh that can only be seen through your “imagination eyes.”
Yeah. This calendar kinda sucks.
Luckily, today’s item was made infinitely better thanks to a little creative construction and the power of love.
“Baby It’s Cold Outside” should be sung with the male and female roles reversed. Has anyone ever recorded such a version? Had I the resources, I would do it, and it would be an instant hit. I’m so novel!
I haven’t wrapped a single present yet, and there are still more gifts to buy. But that’s what Fridays are for, right?
I’ve come to terms with this year’s Lego Calendar. I know it can never be as wonderful as last year’s, and that’s OK. Getting upset over expectations is a poor use of energy. Life’s too short.
Whatever is in today’s box will be fine with me.
Yesterday was crazy. After sucking up a whole three hours of sleep, I took the bus into New York, had some incredible meetings, got lost, got sweaty on the subway, got cold on the street, took the bus home, and then live-blogged Die Hard.
There’s a very good chance my entire body will give up within the hour so I better make this quick.
And in case you missed it, here’s my video tutorial “How to Wrap Presents.” Much can be learned.
Here is the Lego present on this fine Christmas Eve Eve Eve Eve.
