{"id":6214,"date":"2018-12-18T12:13:33","date_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:13:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=6214"},"modified":"2018-12-18T12:22:33","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T17:22:33","slug":"2018-lego-advent-calendar-day-eighteen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=6214","title":{"rendered":"2018 Lego Advent Calendar: Day Eighteen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want some sweet, sweet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PowerPencils.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Power Pencils<\/a>, and you need it by Christmas, <strong>today is your last day to order!<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;d rather have a bucket of stale popcorn, I&#8217;m sure there are other retailers who can accommodate your sad, pathetic needs. <\/p>\n<p>In today&#8217;s calendar, we get&#8230;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3392.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3392-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3392-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3392-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3392-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Toy Truck!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s pleasant. What a pleasant, adequate truck.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3394.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3394-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3394-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3394-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3394-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It comes with a ramp or a mound of dirt for launching this truck into orbit. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3396.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3396-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3396-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3396-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3396-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Not a whole lot to say about this. It&#8217;s very trucky. It&#8217;s certainly not a bike or a jar of bees. <\/p>\n<p>The Lego Gnomes can use it to navigate through this crazy world. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3397-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3397-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3397-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3397-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>VK9000 the Christmas Song Robot composed a song about this truck called &#8220;Winter on the Mantle&#8221; and it went exactly like this:<\/p>\n<p><em>It&#8217;s winter on my mantle<br \/>\nAnd the trees are snowed with snow<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s winter on my mantle<br \/>\nThe trucks with headlights glow<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s winter on my mantle<br \/>\nThe truck is good to steer<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s winter on my mantle<br \/>\nI will miss you&#8230;this year<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3398.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3398-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3398-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3398-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3398-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The song made everyone cry, except Walter the Poet Snowman who shouted, &#8220;You all live a false life!&#8221; But playing with the truck helped soothe his angry, poetic soul.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3399.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3399-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3399-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3399-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3399-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Quincy rammed the cupcake cart into the truck. Their mom didn&#8217;t care because I think she&#8217;s high on sugar and lactose. (And drugs.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3395.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3395-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3395-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3395-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3395-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 18 Rating:<\/strong> 2.9 out of 5 (Points deducted for the lack of wow factor and flavor.) <\/p>\n<p>See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3400-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3400-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3400-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/IMG_3400-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PowerPencils.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PowerPencils.com<\/a>, the only online store that doesn&#8217;t sell your credit card information to terrorists! <\/em><\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.laserfarm.com%2F%3Fp%3D6214&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>If you want some sweet, sweet Power Pencils, and you need it by Christmas, today is your last day to order! 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