We’re into straight-up Rorschach tests now.
Santa has visited early this year, and has brought a Lego Advent calendar. There are 24 little numbered doors, each containing a dime bag of Legos. There’s a new toy or doodad to build every day, which, in turn, builds anticipation for Christmas.
I will build these and attempt to discern what they are.
December 12: Winter Portent
The featureless snowman stands blind watch over a rucksack of ice skate blades. An icy wind blows across the shard of glass on the ground. The children are nowhere to be found.
Rating
Fun ★☆☆☆☆
This scene or sculpture or whatever it is makes me wildly uncomfortable.
Ease of Build ★★★☆☆
It doesn’t matter. The bleakness of this diorama is a study in post-modern nihilism.
Comprehensibility ★★☆☆☆
I think I understand this too much. I do not understand why it’s in a Lego set.
Extra Parts ★☆☆☆☆
This comes with one additional ice skate. A solitary ice skate, telling its own morose story.
Overall ★☆☆☆☆
Nah, just kidding! This is super fun! There’s no way that a snowman without a face will stoke the fires of my nightmares! Everyone has fond memories of putting their sack o’ skates on the stump and having a grand old time by a piece of plate glass! This is definitely not as if Friedrich Nietzsche commissioned Constantin Brâncuși to sculpt him a nativity scene; it’s Jack-Frost-nipping-at-your-nose-style wholesome goodness!
Just – wow. Easily the most incomprehensible doodad yet.