MinifigBrothers

The Minifig Brothers use Day 25 to review all of the builds from the 2023 Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar. There were a lot of great builds and minifigs this year. Thanks again, Ms. Catherine!

What good is an Ewok Hang Glider without an Ewok who is capable of both hanging from and gliding in it? And, conversely, what good is an Ewok without the ability to glide whilst hanging? Luckily, Day 24's build complements Day 23's build perfectly, as Michael finds out.

In the realm of "unlikely multiple use weapons" comes Day 23's Ewok Hang Glider. Gabriel gets the honors of building it.

Minifig Mark isn't sure 1) whether it is day 19 or 22, and 2) whether his build is a Super Star Destroyer or an Imperial Star Destroyer. Matthew isn't much help with these conundra.

Matthew gets to build the Sheev Throne with some help (eventually) from Michael, who argues with Gabriel (off screen) about the proper receptacle from which to drink water.

The anticipation for today's build, especially after the Bros being sick for almost a week, is palp(atine)able. Michael is almost solo on this one, fielding a few late kicks from The Maff.

Back from a bout of sickness, the Bros continue the Advent Calendar with Day 19's Death-Star-Shield-Generator-What-Looks-Like-A-Radar-Dish.

Continuing the Endor theme, Gabriel watches Mark as he builds a speeder bike. Gabriel goes through his regimen of face exercises.

Cool Matthew (like regular Matthew but with sunglasses) gets to build a chicken walker; we're not sure of the acronym, and we only have a few guesses left.

It's Michael's turn to build without the aid of a brother or an astromech. He gets the DSSGBoE (Death Star Shield Generator Bunker on Endor). Formerly used for hydroelectricity and small arms storage, they are now used to generate shields.

Gabriel, with Matthew's help, builds a micro version of the Ewok Village.

Minifig Mark channels his inner Palpatine and gets to build his former apprentice's estranged daughter, wearing the outfit she wore when he plunged to his death after his former apprentice gave him the old heave ho when he was told he would always be second fiddle. No, seriously, he died. Who could survive a fall like that? There was blue smoke and everything.

Minifig Matthew goes (Han) solo for Day 13, and it's a doozy! I don't think they even let five-year-olds on Imperial Shuttles; certainly not Sheev's.

Michael gets to build a Gonk moose, or reindeer, or fathier, or capybara, or something. Minifig Mark asks how a Gonk Droid could fight which, if he was familiar with how they performed during the fierce Battle of Gonkington-7, is almost as bad a thing to say as "Gonk. Gonk. Gonk ko kyenga see."

For Day 11, Gabriel gets to build the AAT, or Armored Assault Tank, which is blue for some reason.

Minifig Maz, I mean Mark, builds the often-misnamed IG-227 Hailfire-Class Droid Tank. Gabriel also peels back the curtain on what happens during filming.

1980s inspiration for Day 9 as Matthew builds the Battle Droid Jet Ski solo flying thing that they used on Naboo. *checks Wookiepedia* We mean, of course, the Single Trooper Aerial Platform.

Michael appears to build a Battle Droid for Day 8. No, it's not like "he seems to be building it but isn't;" he literally appears out of nowhere (as long as "nowhere" excludes just outside the camera shot).

The big red striped clone commander outpost command center central location for commanding clones. With steps on each side if your Kaminoan super soldiers aren't nimble enough to ascend a half foot (in scale) of height.

Minifig Mark has Day 6's build, possibly Commander Cody, but definitely a Clone Trooper of the orange persuasion. For some reason, urban-dwelling birds become incorporated into the weaponry.

What starts as a build and discussion of the Clone Turbo Tank devolves into a roundtable addressing the number of wheels the average (Yo) Mama has.

Minifig Matthew was already in bed for Day 4's build, so Michael had to build a Pit Droid without the usual interference or "Yo Mama"s. Perhaps on Day 5.

Day 3 lets Gabriel build the N-1 Starfighter, Peli Motto edition. See if you are as enamored with Element ID: 6283590 as Gabriel is.

Mark gets to build Cad Bane's Justifier from the Bad Batch. Or, if you will, a gray duck.

We're back for the 2023 Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar! Okay, Advent doesn't start for another few days, but never you mind! The Bros are thankful for Ms. Catherine graciously providing us another calendar to unbox and review. Day 1 has the Bad Batch's Omega with a sled.