It's the last day of the year. This is the year that I celebrated the 30th anniversary of my Lego collecting 'habit'. Next year is another big anniversary for me though - it'll be the 30th anniversary of my Lego Space collection - I'm a huge Space and Castle collector. And that's why I'm ending this year with a spacey theme and the largest from the Alien Conquest subtheme.
Saturday 31 December 2011
Friday 30 December 2011
#729 of Year 2 Lego 7067 Alien Conquest Jet-Copter Encounter
It's the penultimate day of the Alien Conquest week, and the penultimate day of the year. Last time this year, I was in the UK, hitting up Toys R Us and The Entertainer. Well, I'm more or less broke this year, so I just have to settle for Lego at home. But that's not a bad thing in my book.
Labels:
Alien Conquest,
Lego
Thursday 29 December 2011
#728 of Year 2 Lego 7065 Alien Conquest Alien Mothership
It's day 5 of the Alien Conquest-athon and this is the largest of the Aliens set. it's a huge saucer, with a spinning, urm... saucer out rim.
Labels:
Alien Conquest,
Lego
Wednesday 28 December 2011
#727 of Year 2 Lego 7052 Alien Conquest UFO Abduction
Another day of Alien Conquest, and it's a proper space saucer today. These sets really tap into the retro Space Invaders look and although it's not bad, I still do miss my non-movie-inspired sci-fi space base Space theme.
Labels:
Alien Conquest,
Lego
Tuesday 27 December 2011
#726 of Year 2 Lego 7051 Alien Conquest Tripod Invader
After a couple of days break for Christmas, it's another day of the Alien Conquest streak... and the boxes are definitely getting bigger!
Labels:
Alien Conquest,
Lego
Monday 26 December 2011
12 Things I'd like to see in MotUC in 2012
2012 is going to be a bumper year for MotUC. That's because Mattel is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the line. Hooray.
#725 of Year 2 Lego 10211 Modular Grand Emporium
Happy 30th anniversary to my Lego collection. Yes, it's been 30 years. And to cap it off in celebration, here's the Grand Emporium from the modular houses theme.
Labels:
Lego
Sunday 25 December 2011
10 things for 2011 - a review at the end of 2011
Last year, I made a list of the 10 things I'd like to see for MotUC in 2011. Let's go back and review to see whether Mattel has met my predictions.
#724 of Year 2 Lego 10218 Modular Pet Shop
It's not Christmas everyday. And I did reserve one of the best for this year's Christmas build!
Labels:
Lego
Saturday 24 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 24
It's Christmas eve.. and this is the last window of the advent calendar for this year...
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
My Top 11 MotUC for 2011
It's the end of the year. There's a number of top 10 lists flying around out there, but since this is 2011, I'm gonna be a bit different and do Top 11 lists. I'll start off with MotUC, which put out quite a bit of product this year. This wasn't an easy list to cut down to 11, but I think I've succeeded.
Labels:
10lists,
Hot Wheels,
MotUC,
Polly Pocket
#723 of Year 2 Lego 7050 Alien Conquest Alien Defender
Another day, another Alien Conquest set. I guess I'm going in order of the size of the box, from the smallest to the biggest. Being day 2, well, it's the second smallext box, which happens to be a vehicle.
Labels:
Alien Conquest,
Lego
Friday 23 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 23
It's the penultimate day, and I'm actually a bit sad that I won't have an advent calendar to open after tomorrow. Wait, the whole Toy a Day for the past 2 years has been like an advent calendar, and well, was basically based off the advent calendar concept anyways. It's a pity that that too is coming to a close at the end of the year... but oh well, let's enjoy this while it still lasts!
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
#722 of Year 2 Lego 7049 Alien Conquest Alien Striker
I'm going to close out the year with the Alien Conquest sets. Today, it's the small Alien Striker set. The entire Space subtheme was released this year. This is the direction that Space has taken - more Star Wars, less Vehicles in space sort of thing. It breaks my heart somewhat.
Labels:
Alien Conquest,
Lego
Thursday 22 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 22
Two swans necking! Or whatever those Bingo announcers do to call out the numbers. I have no idea what 22 is though, but I do know it's another window on the Lego Advent Calendar.
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
#721 of Year 2 Lego 7848 City Toys R Us City Truck
Lego does have certain exclusive sets - sets sold on ferries and planes, but also sets sold in retail stores like this one that's specially made for Toys R Us.
Wednesday 21 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 21
The final four days of the calendar... Four more days to go to Ho Ho Ho.
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
#720 of Year 2 Lego 5766 Creator Log Cabin
OK, so this is a Creator set, and it's a bit odd because although it's a house, it's not really a town or city house. A log cabin... now that's interesting. Yet, despite the idea, the house actually doesn't look all that different from a town house once the river and the kayak is removed... would it fit into my residential town layout?
Tuesday 20 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 20
It's day 20 and with the amount of Cops and Robbers for the past two weeks, I'm not hoping for much today.
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
#719 of Year 2 Lego 7630 City Front-End Loader
In for a penny, in for a pound? There was the backhoe in yesterday's set, and I was surprised that I got a front-end loader as well. At least this is a small set. It was probably an impulse buy!
Monday 19 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 19
Day 19 - things are really getting busy now, but it's still one window per day from the Lego City Advent Calendar.
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
#718 of Year 2 Lego 7633 City Construction Site
There seems to be a trifecta of Lego City sets these days - Police, Fire and Construction. Sprinkle in Trains, Planes, Harbour and Space every now and then and the theme seems complete. Almost. I'm not a huge fan of construction sets, but wait, Lego was actually smart enough to actually throw in a four storey building in this set, which is why I got it, of course.
Sunday 18 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 18
There's a week left to the big day, will we get some festive Lego today?
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
#717 of Year 2 Lego 10219 Maersk Train
One of the biggest names in the Danish business world is... Maersk. Well, biggest name besides Lego, that is. Lego has had a partnership with Maersk over the years, but this is the first time that they joined together to create a Maersk train. I was on the fence about getting this - it's not motorised after all, but I was glad that I bit the bullet and just got it!
Saturday 17 December 2011
#700 of Year 2 Lego 7553 City Advent Calendar Day 17
It's Day 17, which means there's slightly over a week of toys to open before the big day of opening more toys!
Labels:
City,
City Advent Calendar,
Lego
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