Category Archives: Jakks

Elf Advent Calendar Day 22: top of the tree. Same as before, but with a yellow star. Today we also get the brown trunk to connect them all. It's a tight fit, too! Hope I can get the pieces apart … Continue reading →

Elf Advent Calendar Day 21: bottom of the tree. Same as yesterday, but larger. <i>And now, some more OAFEry:</i>Elf Advent Calendar review - Day 6 Elf Advent Calendar review - Day 2 Elf Advent Calendar review - Day 10 Minimate … Continue reading →

Okay, I think we can all see where this is going. Elf Advent Calendar Day 20 is the bottom middle part of a Christmas tree. It's green, with painted red dots even in places you'll never see once it's assembled. … Continue reading →

Surprise bonus animal on Day 19! The Elf Advent Calendar gave us Baby Walrus, Arctic Puffin, and Polar Bear Cub so long ago that I certainly wasn't expecting to get Mr. Narwhal now! Also, this toy shows us more of … Continue reading →

Okay, wow! At the rate we've been going with the Elf Advent Calendar, I didn't think we'd be getting Buddy himself until the very end, but here he is on Day 18! Elf was Will Ferrel's big breakout hit, proving … Continue reading →

Ha! Day 17 of the Elf Advent Calendar is a bottle of syrup, one of the four elf food groups! The bottle is orangey-brown, with a white handle, black lid, and a yellow maple leaf emblem on the front. It's … Continue reading →

Give Jakks some credit: they were smart enough to give us all three pieces of Leon the Snowman in consecutive days, rather than breaking it up like they did the animal buddies. Day 16 of the Elf Advent Calendar is … Continue reading →

Elf Advent Calendar Day 15: snowman stomach. The clothes are sculpted, rather than just paint, but this is still not fun by itself. You can't even fake it as a standalone piece, because the cane he carries comes down lower … Continue reading →

Elf Advent Calendar Day 14 is another snowball, but this one is plastic rather than plush. Why? Because it's got a giant peg on top, like the candy cane did, suggesting the next few days are going to see us … Continue reading →

Okay, so the female elf was repainted to be Jovie, and now Papa Elf has been repainted to be Ming Ming. In retrospect, I guess the Gremlins advent calendar had a bunch of repeats like this, too, but somehow it … Continue reading →