Advent Calendar: nothing to whip a cat ...

It is with a little delay that I offer you these visuals of the contents of the last 3 boxes of the LEGO Star Wars 2011 Advent Calendar.

We start with the Tie Defender Pilot below (sw268), nice minifigure in my opinion, already seen in the set 8087 Tie Defender released in 2010 and from the Extended Universe. I finally see it as a nod to the 2012 range which will include sets based on video games. Star Wars The Old Republic... A good surprise that this minifig well screen printed and that not everyone has already 50 times in their collection.

We continue with a Tie Fighter which is more of a joke than anything else. Difficult to do more conceptual than this assembly of a few parts. Some will say that the result is effective: we recognize this vessel immediately. I agree with that, of course. But we shouldn't be taken for fools either. This Advent Calendar is not free, we are entitled to expect a minimum of it and there, with my microscopic Tie Fighter, I have the unpleasant feeling that I am being laughed at .... At worst , LEGO could have put enough to build several, just to get a mini fleet and to give a little density to this box ....

Finally, we end with another mini-micro-ship that borders on correctional with this monochrome Millennium Falcon that could have been about correct if LEGO had split a dish screen printed on the top. I don't mind being told about technical, financial, margin, profitability constraints, etc. But we must not exaggerate either. How can you hope to convince a kid that LEGO is better than Kre-O or Playmobil with this type of assembly? 

So, I summarize: I keep my Kinder advent calendar with its good chocolate and I quickly move on. Next year, the Star Wars Advent Calendar will end up in the back of the closet, I probably wouldn't bother to open the boxes and the bags. Except maybe the last box to see this Darth Maul all dressed in red.

Once again, this LEGO Star Wars 2011 Advent Calendar could have been of real interest if all of the parts provided had ultimately made it possible to build a larger machine. that would have given it meaning, and would have excused the micro things that we must be satisfied with, for lack of anything better ...