{"id":1680,"date":"2011-12-21T12:16:07","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2011-12-21T12:16:07","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T17:16:07","slug":"2011-lego-advent-calendar-day-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=1680","title":{"rendered":"2011 Lego Advent Calendar: Day 21"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day14.3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day14.3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day14.3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day14.3-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>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. <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a very good chance my entire body will give up within the hour so I better make this quick. <\/p>\n<p>And in case you missed it, here&#8217;s my video tutorial <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/2011\/12\/20\/how-to-wrap-presents-cc\">&#8220;How to Wrap Presents.&#8221;<\/a>  Much can be learned. <\/p>\n<p>Here is the Lego present on this fine Christmas Eve Eve Eve Eve. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a\u2026boxy thing!<\/p>\n<p>The people at Lego are probably teasing me. There&#8217;s a really great item coming up. I just know it. And the item will be so grand that I will forget all about the lousy things this calendar burped out. <\/p>\n<p>Right?<\/p>\n<p>Because Boxy Thing kinda sucks. <\/p>\n<p>If &#8220;Boxy Thing&#8221; is this year&#8217;s equivalent to last year&#8217;s &#8220;Naked Shower Santa&#8221; then reality is truly designed by an evil genius. <\/p>\n<p>But I still have faith that the remaining days will be nothing but brilliant. <\/p>\n<p>The Boxy Thing has skis, which means it goes with yesterdays snowmobile. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.22.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.22-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.22-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.22-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The end result is OK, but no one looked at yesterday&#8217;s cool snowmobile and said, &#8220;This thing needs a random Boxy Thing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Day21.2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Winter Wraith uses the Boxy Thing to free Naked Shower Santa, because The Winter Wraith knows the truth. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 21 Rating: <\/strong>2.0 out of 4 (Points deducted because it&#8217;s lamer than bread crust. Points added because the box is kind of fun, and bread crust isn&#8217;t <em>that<\/em> bad.)<\/p>\n<p>Naked Shower Santa gave Dobby some skis. 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