Just like every year, we start our LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar review with a reminder that Advent, meaning “arriving” in Latin, began in the 5th century CE as a Roman practice of penitence and fasting. Over time it became a time given over to preparing and reflecting on the real meaning of Christmas.
It was in nineteenth-century Germany that the tradition of marking the days until Christmas with a small candy or gift began and the earliest Advent calendars started to appear.
Originally deemed the period between Saint Andrew’s Day at the end of November until Christmas Day, the introduction of a calendar formalized Advent, which originally began on the last Sunday of November, formalized the start date as December 1st, which is also the socially acceptable date to put Christmas decorations up.
When it comes to LEGO Star Wars, the Advent calendar subtheme was introduced at San Diego Comic Con in 2011 when LEGO lotteried off 1000 specially packaged and hand-numbered exclusives to promote the upcoming launch of the new subtheme.
Since then LEGO has produced one every year, and 2021 marks the tenth anniversary of the popular subtheme.
75307 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar
Give Star Wars: The Mandalorian fans a brilliant surprise every day in the run-up to Christmas with the 2021 LEGO® Star Wars™ Advent Calendar (75307). Behind each of the 24 doors is a LEGO minifigure, LEGO figure, buildable vehicle, weapon or accessory, all inspired by Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2. There are 7 LEGO minifigures/figures/droids in this festive calendar: The Mandalorian and the Child (Grogu), affectionately known as Baby Yoda, both in festive outfits, plus a Scout Trooper, Stormtrooper, Tusken Raider, IG-11 and IT-O Interrogator Droid. Children will also love building and playing with mini builds such as The Razor Crest, TIE Fighter, Tusken ballista snow launcher, training targets and the Child’s hoverpram.
- Build excitement before Christmas with the 2021 LEGO® Star Wars™ Advent Calendar (75307), featuring buildable Star Wars: The Mandalorian Season 2 characters, vehicles, weapons and accessories.
- Features 7 LEGO® Star Wars™ characters, including The Mandalorian and the Child (Grogu), affectionately known as Baby Yoda, in festive outfits, plus a Tusken Raider, IG-11 and IT-O Interrogator Droid.
- The 11 mini build vehicles include The Razor Crest, Riot Mar’s starfighter, Imperial Troop Transport, X-wing, TIE Fighter, Imperial Light Cruiser, Boba Fett’s starship and the Child’s hoverpram.
- Other mini builds include an E-web heavy blaster snow launcher, training targets, Tusken Raider’s weapon rack and snow launcher, Imperial weapon rack and Mandalorian weapon rack.
- This awesome 335-piece building toy makes the best Christmas present for kids aged 6 and up. The characters and mini builds can be used with other LEGO® Star Wars™ sets for extra creative fun.
- Between door-opening ceremonies and playtime adventures, this LEGO® Star Wars™ Advent Calendar makes a colourful, festive display piece in any room.
- There are LEGO® Star Wars™ sets to excite fans of all ages, whether they want to relive epic scenes, roleplay original stories or just build and display authentic construction models.
- LEGO® components meet stringent industry standards to ensure secure connections and robust builds – it’s been that way since 1958.
- LEGO® bricks and pieces are tested in almost every way imaginable to meet rigorous global safety standards.
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Normally a traditional advent calendar would feature Christian depictions (like manger scenes or Saint Nicholas) or winter landscapes, leaving the surprise reveal to be discovered as each door is opened, but in the world of LEGO – where box graphics sells products – the LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar is covered in spoilers (22 out of 24 to be precise) that largely give away the contents.
While the annual LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar isn’t exactly a typical Advent calendar, this year’s is more atypical than normal, because – from year to year – LEGO has produced a mishmash of minifigures and mini builds from the length and breadth of the Star Wars universe, this year they have opted to only source from The Mandalorian live-action TV series.
Opening the front panel not only reveals a particularly pleasing piece of art that shows a snowy landscape and doubles up as both a diorama and a playmat, but exposes the 24 doors that are opened throughout Advent to uncover the entombed gift.
No different from any of the others, this year’s 75307 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar has 24 (a number that isn’t set to change) small doors; one for each day of December leading up to and including Christmas Eve. Traditionally the appropriately numbered door – starting with number one on December 1st, etc – is opened each day leading up to Christmas to reveal a small LEGO Star Wars gift.
Keep tuned for our daily updates as share the fun of this year’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar.
With this being the first day of Advent, the traditional start to the countdown to Christmas, we launch our LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar reveals – beginning with a miniature…
Appearing in the opening scene of the fifth episode (The Gunslinger) of the original series of The Mandalorian, Riot Mar’s Starfighter doesn’t last very long in a dogfight with the…
The foot soldiers of the Imperial Remnant are still present on a number of worlds in the Star Wars galaxy – but they don’t all look this clean and shiny!…
Popular among Imperial troops for its knock-them-down-and-don’t-let-them-get-back-up approach to suppressing fire, this E-web heavy blaster comes armed with a different kind of projectile. First appearing in the debut episode of…
Old Ben Kenobi might have once thought that “only Imperial stormtroopers are so precise.” but the poor aim of the Empire’s grunts has been a long-running joke amongst Star Wars…
Though arriving late in the canon of Star Wars, this mini build of the Imperial Troop Transport makes an early Advent appearance. Making its debut Star Wars appearance in Kenner’s…
Typically at the tan end of the spectrum, very few landspeeders have been given such a commercially appealing paint job before. Showing up at the start of the fourth episode…
Causing all kinds of trouble on Tatooine before aligning with The Mandalorian and the people of Mos Pelgo to take down the feared krayt dragon, this Tusken Raider is behind…
On first appearances this might be confused for a miniscale Mos Pelgo but it is in fact a cunningly wrought Tusken Raider’s weapon rack that melds into the landscape of…
Originally appearing in the first episode (The Marshall) of the second season of The Mandalorian, this projectile weapon was deployed by the Tusken Raiders on Tatooine in the confrontation with…
Making its first appearance in The Mandalorian during the second season’s second episode (The Passenger) when a security patrol attempts to interdict the Razor Crest, the New Republic X-wing Fighter…
Despite being defeated by the New Republic at the Battle of Jakku, those systems still holding out for the Galactic Empire – known as the Imperial Remnant – make use…
Clinging to the last vestiges of power, Imperial Remnant troops – like the Scout Trooper – are still to be feared, particularly when they’re in charge of juvenile green aliens…
Tucked behind the door for day 14 is the most basic of all the novelties in the year’s Advent calendar – an Imperial Remnant Weapon’s Rack. Unlike previous LEGO Star…
Nimble, speedy, and versatile, the Speeder Bike behind door number 15 is today’s Advent calendar novelty. Coming in at 16 pieces, this trimmed-down mini build isn’t quite as detailed as…
With all the wintery projectiles being launched in this year’s Advent calendar, it’s fitting that there is a Snowball Courier to make sure that there are enough to go around….
High above the streets and house Moff Gideon orbits in his personal command ship, an Imperial Light Cruiser, which is the novelty behind door number 17. With a total of…
Feared throughout the galaxy – especially princesses and small green aliens of undefined species – this ball-shaped, hovering IT-O Interrogator was adept at coercing its subjects into revealing all kinds…
Not to be confused by any other starships owned by Boba Fett, this is the one and only Slave I, and the 19th novelty in this year’s Advent countdown. This…
This bounty hunter-turned-babysitter made a strong impact with Star Wars fans – as well an unwitting squad of stormtroopers – in the three episodes (not counting the statuesque cameo in…
All the other players in The Mandalorian have received their own so why not one for the principal? This mini build is pure simplicity, and with only 13 parts it’s…
We all knew LEGO would include a festively decorated Star Wars character, and – true to form – they made us wait 22 days for The Child in a freshly…
When he’s tired of being carried around like a baby kangaroo, The Child can sit back in comfort in his own hoverpram, specially adorned for the holiday season. With only…
In an Advent calendar collection that is themed on The Mandalorian, the odds were pretty high that it would include a minifigure of the titular character decked out with a…
Don’t forget to check out our final thoughts, and tell us what you think of this year’s LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar. in the comment section below.
Have a holly jolly Christmas and in case you didn’t hear,
The third season of The Mandalorian is hitting Disney+ next year!
You will notice today (Day 20) the Bounty Hunter is missing his rifle. As printed on the back box art, he is to be carrying his rifle on his back but it is NOT included in the pouch… Interesting box art mishap
Well spotted! It does come with the weapon rack on day 21, but there’s still no clip to put it on IG-11’s back as shown on the box.
https://holobrickarchives.com/2021/12/day-21-mandalorian-weapon-rack/