{"id":206,"date":"2010-12-09T16:19:59","date_gmt":"2010-12-09T21:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=206"},"modified":"2010-12-09T16:31:57","modified_gmt":"2010-12-09T21:31:57","slug":"lego-advent-calendar-day-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=206","title":{"rendered":"Lego Advent Calendar: Day 9"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent8.6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent8.6-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent8.6-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent8.6-1024x764.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After careful consideration, I am giving yesterday\u2019s Sausage Dog a 3.0. Sausage is sausage, and I should not worry about Cynthia. Whatever item Cynthia comes with, I will be appreciative. I\u2019m ready to move on. <\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s item had me saying, \u201cNeat!\u201d and then, after a little creative inspiration I said, \u201cOh! My! God!\u201d Ladies and Gentlemen, I present what has been modified to become the greatest Lego prize in the entire calendar.  <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.1-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.1-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a toy jet! <\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s fun, right? Sword Boy and Cat Girl would love to play with a toy jet that is as big as a child. Who wouldn\u2019t? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.2-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.2-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.2-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Too bad Sword Boy and Cat Girl will NEVER get to play with the toy jet. <\/p>\n<p>While worrying that Cynthia the Sausage Girl would not come with sausage, I made a short remark on Facebook yesterday pondering the possibility that Sausage Dog was merely Sausage Girl in werewolf form. One person added, \u201cIt\u2019s not a werewolf because it doesn\u2019t have a jetpack.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Another Facebooker replied, \u201cMaybe tomorrow\u2019s item will be a jetpack, fingers crossed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bless those crossed fingers. It took a little imagination and modification, but today\u2019s item is indeed a jetpack\u2026for a werewolf. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dog_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dog_-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dog_-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dog_-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JETPACK WEREWOLF!<\/p>\n<p>JETPACK WEREWOLF!<\/p>\n<p>JETPACK WEREWOLF!<\/p>\n<p>WEREWOLF JETPACK!<\/p>\n<p>Look what I made!<\/p>\n<p>JETPACK WEREWOLF!<\/p>\n<p>To those who haven\u2019t read my Twilight articles on <a href=\"http:\/\/community.sparknotes.com\/index.php\/2009\/07\/16\/blogging-twilight-index-page\/\">SparkNotes<\/a>, much has been written about my desire to see the werewolves wearing jetpacks. I love werewolves. I love jetpacks. Combine those two and you have a tangible heaven. <\/p>\n<p>WEREWOLF JETPACK!<\/p>\n<p>I still can\u2019t believe it. <\/p>\n<p>Now, what am I going to do with the fuselage of the toy jet? Let\u2019s all try to forget that it looks like a Lego Penis. I know it\u2019s hard (tee-hee), but we should be mature about this. (GIGGLE SNORT!)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m open to suggestions. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dogworld.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dogworld-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dogworld-1024x764.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Advent9.dogworld-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nDay 9 Rating (As Is):<\/strong> 3.1 out of 4 (Points deducted because it doesn\u2019t have missiles.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 9 Rating (After Modification): <\/strong>7.9 out of 4 (Points added because WEREWOLF JETPACK!)<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hoping tomorrow\u2019s item is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boingboing.net\/2010\/12\/09\/how-the-antikythera.html\">Lego Antikythera Mechanism<\/a>. <\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.laserfarm.com%2F%3Fp%3D206&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After careful consideration, I am giving yesterday\u2019s Sausage Dog a 3.0. Sausage is sausage, and I should not worry about Cynthia. Whatever item Cynthia comes with, I will be appreciative. I\u2019m ready to move on. 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