Advent Madness: Day 2

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Advent Madness continues into its second day.

Speaking of madness, I had to spend most of today at work. In fact, I'm still at work while I'm writing this. So if I'm a bit grumpy in this review, please forgive me.

DOOR NUMBER TWO

Well, it's not as bad as yesterday, but it's still a repeat. City 2005 Day 2 had a fire hydrant and some other Fireman-related accessories. Of course, back in 2005, two of those accessories were rare and cool parts like a blue flame and a backpack model not seen in years.

Here in 2007 the model of the hydrant is a bit more realistic looking, maybe.

More frightening, though, is that today's door comes with a couple of axes - making the 2007 recreation/re-release of Day 1, 2005 complete. If I weren't able to use this nonsense as a plot point in my comic, I'd be really, really, really annoyed. (Rather than just really, really annoyed.)

One small plus for today's door: Extra parts. Got to love the extra parts. None of them are particularly rare or cool, but hey, extra parts.

Yes, it's a stretch. I'm trying to be cheerful.

DOOR NUMBER TWO

I'm not exactly sure what this is supposed to be. I'm guessing it's supposed to be a bed of some sort - that's how the on-line guides are referring to it, anyway. I think it looks a bit too uncomfortable for a bed. No pillow, no blanket, no sheets - this is little more than a cot. And what's up with the leafy canopy?

To add to the strangeness, the canopy is topped with a small, transparent blue crown accessory stuck into a 1x1 cone. And, just to be safe, LEGO included a second crown for one the first gets eaten by the vacuum cleaner.

In the realm of "after Advent part usage" today has some good bits - the four transparent/glitter legs on the bed will make great stained glass windows in a Castle rebuild somewhere, and the canopy is supported by two chrome-colored posts that will feel right at home on a space ship.

But I've no idea what to do with those crowns.

JUDGMENT:
I'm still annoyed at CITY's rehashing of old themes, but I'm going to have to give them today's Door. More extra parts and some nice accessories does beat out the utter strangeness of Belville's cot/bed/whatever.

But just barely.


TODAY'S WINNER: