A quick review of the LEGO Black Pearl

Today I get to welcome a new blogger to the BimP team – my daughter Katherine! Katherine is 16 and moving from child LEGO fan to AFOL. You can learn more about Katherine at:http://www.katherinecombs.com

So without further introductions, take it away Katherine!

When I awoke on Christmas morning to find the LEGO Black Pearl kit that Santa left for me under the tree, I could not have been more thrilled. This kit is ah-MA-zing! The detail is phenomenal! Click the link below to read my review and view some highlights.

Day 24: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

And Elf Yoda completes the 2011 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar reveal series. Yoda is by far the best of the set. Nikki has been waiting for Yoda all month – since the first day she saw this mini-fig on the box.

“The force is strong in this Santa”

This series of posts has been a “blast-er.” At the beginning of the month, I did not think I had it in me to post all 24 of these. Thanks for following along! MERRY CHRISTMAS and may your Christmas stockings be filled with LEGO! See you in the new year.

Day 23: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

Today’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model was very uncharacteristic of the previous models. Today we found a traditional Christmas tree complete with ornaments and a star tree topper.

It “sort of” makes sense. It is an Advent Calendar; however, we can’t help but think about what happens when you mix Star Wars and Christmas. That’s right…the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978. You can see a portion of the show by clicking the brick below. Be warned, the show takes Star Wars to a galaxy far far out there. It’s about as outrageous as our Jedi Santa.

Day 22: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

Today’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar appears to be Jedi Fighter. I am a bit disappointed with this one. So much so, that I’m just going to snap a picture and get this one over with. I did manage to find a black background to give it a space setting. Guess every model can’t be a winner for everyone. Nevertheless, this is still fun. Two more days to go!

Anyone else find this the weak model in the set? Drop a comment and let me know.

Day 21: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

The Millennium Falcon makes a tiny appearance in today’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model. If you can’t identify this one out of the box, your Star Wars geek-cred is shot like Greedo in a Mos Eisely Canteen. Below we find Chewbacca fixing whatever is broken. Only this time, he takes the VW Beetle approach to getting “under the hood.”

Day 20: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

I called it yesterday. And no, I didn’t {SPOILER link ahead} peek. The December 20th (is it that close to Christmas already?) LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model is in fact a Tie Fighter, albeit the smallest version I’ve ever seen as our Imperial personnel can attest. Is it me, or does our Tie Fighter Pilot seem a bit annoyed at the diminutive size of his fighter?

Nikki counted the steps to put this one together and it was six. This model is by far the simplest of the bunch, save for the mini-figs.

Day 19: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

Today’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar rounds out the Empire by adding a Tie Fighter Pilot to the mix. Could this be a harbinger of a model to come? We will see in the next couple of days, unless {SPOILER link ahead} you’ve peeked already.

Day 18: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

I’m running a bit late posting today’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model so I’ll not drop a lot of commentary into this one. We had the X-Wing fighter earlier, so it is appropriate that the calendar would include a Y-Wing fighter to round out the fleet.

Day 17: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

“The right tool for the right job,” is what today’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model seems to imply. Today we garnered an equipment holder for two blasters, a pair of binoculars and a light saber. Very handy indeed.

By the way, “HAPPY ANNIVERSARY NIKKI!”

Lord of the Rings in LEGO!!!

That’s right. A new LEGO teaser site is online and it suggests that the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit franchises are about to be minifig’d. This will cause much excitement too be sure. You can check out the teaser site at:

http://thelordoftherings.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx

For now, the image to the right is about all that is available on the site. We’ll keep an eye on the page and see what surfaces. 

What do you think? Have any particular mini-figs or sets you hope to see? Drop a comment and let us know.

Day 16: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

It’s Clone Trooper Day for our 16th LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model.  So here’s a Clone Trooper in action.

I have to say, there really have been some good models in this year’s set. Much better than I expected.

Day 15: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

The day 15 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model is the familiar troop carrier from the first trilogy. No, not those three movies, the prequel films that cover the Clone Wars.

I had a bit of fun with the composition for this one. I tried a bit of green screening, but found my screen was too bright and some of the green washed onto the model. I’ll have to work on my technique. For now, enjoy today’s model.

Day 14: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

We continue our droid theme with the day 14 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model. And this is the tiniest droid of them all, the Mouse Droid (yeah…that’s the official name). I remember this little guy from that classic Death Star scene (created below for your amusement) from the first movie…err…the fourth…oh drats! Let’s just call it the 1977 original film.

Day 13: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

We opened the day 13 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model and saw what was obviously a droid. It looked like R2D2; however, it was black? Is this a Sith droid?

“I am not the droid you are looking for.”

Day 12: LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar

If you follow BimP closely, some of you will notice a slight change to the day 12 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar model. It will reappear on December 23rd. Suffice it to say, I OPENED THE WRONG MODEL COMPARTMENT! “So easy a child could do it.”

I have been sufficiently scolded by Nikki. Thanks for pointing out my mistake Lisa. So without further ado (or commentary), here’s today’s model.