9008 Advent Calendar: Royal Skating Pond

[leefert]

I bought this set because I loved the look of some of the elements.   Needless to say, I fell in love with some of them after seeing them up close!

The box:







The package of the background and instructions (I dislike how they attach it under the outer sleeve and use glue to hold it in place)



Instructions:



The background (I like this background for this set up)

[leefert]

Days 1-5:  Nothing terribly exciting here.  We've seen this girl before, the gold ice skates are nice additions.  I like her hood.  (I was playing with filters on the camera so my apologies if the pictures look a little funny)





Days 6-10: The figure skater becomes the princess.  We've seen the Owl and the rabbits before.  I still love the donuts (and the smaller basket they are in).  My favorite part though is the gorgeous tree that I must get more of!



Her skates do not come off.  I love her dress





The tree!

[leefert]

Days 11-15: Not much exciting here in my opinion since we've seen most of these parts elsewhere)



Days 16-20:  I love the toadstools!



He's in pieces!  Haha!



Toadstools/ Mushrooms!


Days 21-24: A return of the foxes, the Prince, and then a bracelet (that as you can tell, I didn't feel the need to remove from the plastic)



Prince:

[leefert]

All of it together








Sadly, it has no buckets!

[Klickteryx]

They're skating on a giant iced over bucket, what are you talking about!

[leefert]

They're skating on a giant iced over bucket, what are you talking about!

 

[tahra]

Thank you for the review...

I find the klickys odd... but with nice parts

I LOVE the russian hat in black.. and her neckpiece too.. and her hat.

Is this the first snowman in pieces? I have a bunch, but they are all one solid part..

[leefert]

Is this the first snowman in pieces? I have a bunch, but they are all one solid part..

No, it’s been in several sets including Santa’s Holiday Home

[tahra]

No, it’s been in several sets including Santa’s Holiday Home

Ah, thank you!  Been a while since I got Santas, I suppose...

[Tiermann]

I think the oldest snowman was one piece, but they have been multi-part for the last few years.
This looks like a great set, I am using it this year as my actual calendar. Great to get so many small snow ground pieces.