MOC: Advent Calendar Display

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

Background: I don't buy a lot of Lego Star Wars stuff. It's not that I don't want to; it's that it's pretty expensive and I can't keep up. Plus, I have a daughter whose priorities lie more with Friends and City than with Star Wars. I may pick up a few small sets on clearance here and there, but that's it.

...except for the Advent Calendars. Love them or hate them, they're a quick source for minifigures and parts. Plus, I often find them on clearance, and they make a great gift for my godson. I have the 2011 and 2013 sets on a shelf waiting to be opened (I need to scrounge together the cash to retroactively pay for them, lest my wife get upset). I did, however, get the 2012 set as a Christmas gift this year. But where to put all those minifigures when I don't have a lot of SW sets to display them with? I'm sure they make great supplements to existing scenes, but what do you do with a lone Rebel Trooper?

Ta-da. I used a lot of my Collectible Minifigure stands that were lying around. I wanted something Death Star-ish, so I got a load of dark bley bricks from the Pick-a-Brick at the store and put this pyramid together. It's laid out thematically. Each column represents one of the films (I, II, III, IV, V, and VI). Each row represents a theme of character, so the bottom row is "Droids," the second is "Clones," the third is "Heroes," the fourth is "Hero Pilots," the fifth is "Evil Droids," and the last is the Christmas characters. (R2-snowman is in the IV row because, although he's in all six movies, he historically debuted in A New Hope.)

I stuck some silly free characters in the next-to-last row: Young Han, and Ceremony Luke, Han, and Vader. I may pluck them out if I decide they don't belong in there or I need free space.

When I open the other calendars, I'll put the others in as appropriate and maybe update this post. Oh, and I've supplemented the display with a few characters from the Planets series and other sets. That's why the "Clones" row is almost full--the EpII Clone is from the Coruscant planet, the Sandtrooper is from the 2010 Landspeeder, and the Biker Scout is from a 2001 set. I really want to get the Microfighters Clone Turbo Tank just so I can get the EpIII clone in there.

This is intended as a tabletop or desk display, and it works great where I have it. Your thoughts are appreciated--I'll update it when I eventually add other characters.

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That's a very inventive solution for display! Some greebles on the front or sides would really make it feel 'death starish'...

[ResIpsaLoquitur]

That's a very inventive solution for display! Some greebles on the front or sides would really make it feel 'death starish'...

Thanks! I need to keep an eye on the PAB wall for some appropriate greebles. SNOT pieces seem to be hard to come by at my shop, and most of the BLEY pieces are standard bricks.