DAY 24 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 24 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  Well the man of the hour has made his arrival; sporting a very detailed hat and beard, even white eyebrows and a mug of cocoa as he carries his sack of presents...

...Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.

DAY 23 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 23 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  Bandit (a.k.a. Fang) and Frederick prepping for the big night...

DAY 22 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 22 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  A sweet husky named Bandit showed up today, we've been playing so much we just about missed the post...

...I especially love the transparent pale blue lego in the red bucket.

DAY 21 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 21 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  A Christmas Tree has arrived, oops, but our kid opened day 22 first so shhh, we know what tomorrow brings...

DAY 20 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 20 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  Someone has snuck some presents under the tree...

DAY 19 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 19 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  The Fire House chips in and gets Neville a commercial convection oven, now if he just knew where Alice was...

DAY 18 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 18 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  The Fire House Chef, Neville, has just made a couple of his world famous turtle cheesecakes...

...when he realizes Alice has snuck into the kitchen, and stolen one.

With one glance over her shoulder, the chase begins...

DAY 17 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 17 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  A new shop soon to open up in the city...

DAY 16 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 16 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  Oliver gets a new remote controlled airplane, but what he doesn't notice is that he seems to also be controlling Alice's vehicle...

DAY 15 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 15 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  A new stand showed up today, with really cool clear blocks, wonder what we will be selling...

DAY 14 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 14 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  Oliver Wood gets a remote control helicopter (Chopper, huey, helo, etc.) and a very fine Lego version indeed...

DAY 13 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 13 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  A cool minifig dude was gifted today, he holds a remote control for what??? Our guess, maybe a helicopter or drone...

DAY 12 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 12 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar -  A Street Light, Light Pole, Lamppost, Street Lamp, Light Standard or Lamp Standard, who knew there are so many names for this. Lamppost is my preference, and this one is decorated with another cool wreath piece.

I learned something new today, a Lego building technique: Studs Not On Top, is referred to as (SNOT), where you can build out instead of always going up!

DAY 11 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 11 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Christmas tree???

DAY 10 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 10 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Seamus sees Jenny on the ice and invites her to try to get one past him, her smile tells me Jenny has some tricks up her sleeves...

DAY 9 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 9 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Seamus (aka. Hockey kid) gets a goal to practice on...

DAY 8 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 8 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Hockey kid with full gear, including helmet with a movable visor, for skating on the frozen pond...

Any good name ideas for Hockey Kid? Forgot to ask my kid, so that will come tomorrow with Day 9.

DAY 7 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 7 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Not sure what today brings us, a wreath decorated fireplace mantel or maybe a gate of some sort. I like the wreath piece, not a typical one...

DAY 6 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 6 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - A new plow for the front of the snowmobile and some snow...

DAY 5 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 5 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Alice puts the guitar down and gets back to work using the new snowmobile the firehouse received. She was thrilled to learn they were one of the many departments to have picked up snowmobiles and ATVs this year to help with search and rescue operations...

DAY 4 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 4 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Alice makes a run for it when her Captain, Albert (Burt) Reynolds, breaks out the mega phone to tell her to get back to work...

Did you know? The colors of the helmet have importance. Black generally denotes a private/basic firefighter, yellow or red can denote a lieutenant or captain, and white denotes a chief. Sometimes all of a department's helmets are black, while only the colors of the helmet badges denote rank. Cool link here with even more info.

DAY 3 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 3 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Alice gets a mic stand and speaker from her secret santa; Frederick wonders if more of the people in the village are like Alice...

DAY 2 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 2 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Frederick and Freddie are impressed with Alice's guitar skills...

DAY 1 LEGO CITY 2016

Day 1 Lego City 2016 Advent Calendar - Snowman, Frederick and baby snowman, Farrokh (Freddie). Loving the golden helmet topper, and bright red scarf...