For the final day of the LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up (40253), we have someone that is synonymous with the holiday but does it live up to expectations. The build is the jolly man himself but he looks very weird. I do like that the build uses a white croissant piece for the moustache but that’s about it. The face is able to swivel and he seems to be slumping over just a bit. It’s unfortunate that the last build for the set is somewhat of a letdown especially from yesterday’s build. It probably would’ve been better if they were switched.
I’ll have a wrap-up post about the LEGO Seasonal Christmas Build Up tomorrow to fully close out this set.
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I believe this counts as the first official LEGO Bobblehead.
Also, I noticed something really weird, as I try to make sure I use the extra parts before pulling parts off of previous days’ builds. I got four red cheese wedges in this set. The official count is listed as three, so it’s not that I got an extra extra. However, looking back through the days, Day 4’s snowmobile used two on the front cowling. Day 22’s presents used one as the bow on top of the blue box. And Day 24’s Santa uses two on the back of his cap. Not one build uses three, meaning they screwed up the quantity on that part. When I noticed that, I was thinking maybe we’d get to leave the presents and tree built, but the tree lost its base in the first step, and the presents ended up losing 2-3 pieces along the way. In the end, the only other model that made it all the way to the end of the Advent season was the candle wreath. Last year, there weren’t any previous models left after Santa was built.
I know that not every build requires parts from the previous day, so it’s fairly common to end up with two complete models built at the same time along the way. On Day 23, there were three (candle wreath, presents, and tree), but I wasn’t paying attention to see if there has ever been a point when either of the 24-in-1’s had four or more built at the same time. It’d also be interesting to see how many days could be rebuilt at the same time