{"id":6623,"date":"2020-12-11T12:59:12","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=6623"},"modified":"2020-12-11T13:01:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T18:01:41","slug":"2020-lego-advent-calendar-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=6623","title":{"rendered":"2020 Lego Advent Calendar: Day Eleven"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Hanukkah!<\/strong><\/p>\n

To celebrate, I broke out the good ol’ Lego Menorah, built by yours truly.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This year, I have enough Santas to make it a genuine Santa Claus-themed Menorah. It really drives home my Half-Jewish heritage.<\/p>\n

(A pile of Santas is one of the many rewards for opening so many Lego calendars. )<\/p>\n

To all my fellow Half-Jews, Happy Whatever!<\/p>\n

And how will Lego celebrate?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A Mini-Fire Truck!<\/strong><\/p>\n

That’s nice.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It seems like a lot of pieces for a tiny truck. I’m not complaining. I love it. It’s just a bit unnecessary. You could have\u00a0 built this thing with 3 pieces, maybe 2.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It feels like a 17-step recipe for Rice Krispie Treats. Not everything needs to be so complicated. It’s just Rice Krispies, marshmallow, butter and rum! That’s it!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The scale of the mini truck is confusing. I assume it’s a toy version of a fire truck. But it’s too big for the mini gas station.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And it seems too big for the Lego people.<\/p>\n

But you know who isn’t too big?<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

He-Man.<\/p>\n

I dug out my old He-Man. He was stored away in a plastic bin in my dad’s basement. I have a very clear memory of getting this toy for my 5th birthday. It’s a warm, joyful memory. There was no pandemic. No economic turmoil. No corroded car batteries. ‘Twas a simple time, a time of plastic muscle men and wonder.<\/p>\n

I’m not crying.<\/p>\n

He-Man’s size is a fun scale for Lego toys.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Though things can quickly get meta.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And violent.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 11 Rating:<\/strong> 2.8 out of 5 (Points deducted because the tires don’t move. Points added because my mom once decorated a cake with He-Man on it, and it was so cool and I went as He-Man for Halloween, and I remember coming home after school and sitting on the floor right in front of the TV to watch He-Man, which came on at 4:00 and the theme song makes me smile so hard it hurts my soul!)<\/p>\n

See you tomorrow!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Have you read Dan Bergstein’s Twilight Blogs? You can now can get all of them (and extra stuff) in a new ebook<\/a>! Spend the holidays reading about men who date toddlers!\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n