{"id":74,"date":"2010-12-01T16:17:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-01T21:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=74"},"modified":"2010-12-01T16:19:03","modified_gmt":"2010-12-01T21:19:03","slug":"lego-advent-calendar-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laserfarm.com\/?p=74","title":{"rendered":"Lego Advent Calendar: Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Advent calendars are fun ways for kids (and adults) to countdown the days until Christmas. The calendar has 24 \u201cdoors\u201d that hide a treat. Most Advent calendars house a tiny piece of gritty chocolate behind their cardboard doors. Not so with the mighty Lego Calendar.<\/p>\n

With a Lego calendar, each day is treated with a new Lego \u201cthing\u201d that will eventually create a wonderful and strange holiday scene. These calendars are nothing new, but the popularity has been on the rise for the past few years, as stores such as Target and even online retailers sell out of them well before December 1st. You can still find one on ebay, or in some book stores, but expect to pay slightly more than the typical $30-$40 price range.<\/p>\n

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My girlfriend gave me this as an early Christmas present. I never had a Lego Advent Calendar before, but I\u2019m pretty sure this is going to be the greatest thing of my entire life. Each day in December, I will open and reveal the bricky goodness inside. And each day, I will be hoping to get the \u201cSausage Girl\u201d figure.<\/p>\n

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I do my best to avoid looking too closely at the box. I want each day to be a surprise. But you can\u2019t miss Sausage Girl. She\u2019s the hidden star of the box, hiding out on the left holding a sausage in her bare hands. Why is she holding a sausage in her bare hands? What does this have to do with Christmas? Why can\u2019t I open all the doors right now!?<\/p>\n

Agh!<\/p>\n

I never wanted a Sausage Girl Lego figure before, but now it\u2019s my goal in life to own this Lego oddity. And I shall name her Cynthia, because that is her name.<\/p>\n

Enough chit-chat! Let\u2019s get to opening!!!<\/p>\n

The calendar opens up, and features the numbered doors at the top and a play mat at the bottom that I guess is meant to look like a typical living room. I\u2019m not sure if I\u2019m going to use the mat to display my Lego Scene. We\u2019ll see.<\/p>\n

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The numbered section is a game in itself, as you must find the correct day in a fury of anxiety reminiscent of my Where\u2019s Waldo nightmares and daymares. Luckily, I cheated yesterday and already knew where Door #1 was located.<\/p>\n

And Day #1 is\u2026ROBOT SNOWMAN!<\/p>\n

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Though he\u2019s no Cynthia the Sausage Girl, Robot Snowman is a pretty great way to start December. I\u2019m not sure if he\u2019s meant to be a robot, but he looks like one to me. (Most things do.) So I shall call him Robot Snowman.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re playing along at home, I recommend you have a work area nearby, as the pieces are smaller than I anticipated, and I nearly lost a Lego Nugget. Luckily, the kind people of Lego included three extra pieces\u2026which I will save and use to build the ultimate EXTRA THING at the end of the month. Or maybe I\u2019ll just use the extra pieces to decorate the inside of my trash can.<\/p>\n

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Robot Snowman comes with a broom, hat, and long carrot nose. He doesn\u2019t have eyes, but that\u2019s OK because he\u2019s a robot. And I\u2019m sure there\u2019s some children\u2019s story about a snowman who has no eyes and then one day Santa realizes he needs an eye-less snowman in order to save Christmas.<\/p>\n

Day 1 Rating:<\/strong> 3.3 out of a possible 4. (Points deducted for not holding a sausage)<\/p>\n

Check back tomorrow, when Door #2 will be bashed in and I retrieve my prize like an overzealous S.W.A.T. team member. Here\u2019s to hoping Cynthia the Sausage Girl awaits.<\/p>\n

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