{"id":34954,"date":"2021-10-25T10:25:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/?p=34954"},"modified":"2021-09-30T09:22:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:22:55","slug":"gremlins-countdown-calendar-review-day-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/gremlins-countdown-calendar-review-day-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Gremlins Countdown Calendar review - Day 25"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/grem2020ac25.jpg\" title=\"Santa Stripe (shown twice actual size)\" width=\"215\" height=\"220\" class=\"aligncenter\"><\/p>\n<p>Well, we've just crossed a threshold! Regular Advent calendars run from December 1st to the 24th, meaning yesterday would have been the last day. And yet, here we are on the 25th, with a figure that's still thematically appropriate: Santa Stripe. Based on an advertisement that ran in newspapers back in the day, this new mold sees a Gremlin wearing a red suit and hat. We can tell it's Stripe because a bit of his lingering hair peeks out from beneath the back of the cap. What a fun nod to the traditional \"countdown calendar\" season! The hands and feet are a glossier green than the head, but having the bright coat separating them makes that less noticable.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><H5>&lt;i&gt;And now, some more OAFEry:&lt;\/i&gt;<\/H5><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Gremlins Countdown Calendar review\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/gremlins-countdown-calendar-review\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gremlins Countdown Calendar review<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Flippin' through Previews - January '13\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/flippin-through-previews-january-13\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Flippin' through Previews - January '13<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Gremlins Countdown Calendar review - Day 5\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/gremlins-countdown-calendar-review-day-5\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gremlins Countdown Calendar review - Day 5<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Rustin's Spoils of the Week #8\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2011\/03\/rustins-spoils-of-the-week-8\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Rustin's Spoils of the Week #8<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Gremlins Countdown Calendar review - Day 7\" href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/gremlins-countdown-calendar-review-day-7\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Gremlins Countdown Calendar review - Day 7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, we've just crossed a threshold! Regular Advent calendars run from December 1st to the 24th, meaning yesterday would have been the last day. And yet, here we are on the 25th, with a figure that's still thematically appropriate: Santa &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/2021\/10\/gremlins-countdown-calendar-review-day-25\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[381,68],"tags":[121],"class_list":["post-34954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advent-calendars","category-jakks","tag-gremlins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34954"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35391,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34954\/revisions\/35391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oafe.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}