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Happy Chinese New Year!

February 9, 2016 By Jay 11 Comments

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Wishing all my Chinese readers a very happy and prosperous Lunar New Year!

I’m a big fan of LEGO animals, so I thought it’d be a good idea to commemorate the first day of Chinese New Year by assembling all the Chinese Zodiac animals!

There are twelve Zodiac animals in the Chinese horoscope – Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig!

The monkey gets special treatment as it’s the year of the monkey and he also has an auspicious red packet in his hands!

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  1. Warmongurl says

    February 11, 2016 at 7:35 AM

    One of my favorite Lego animals is the monkey from the Pirates era…. curly tail, movable arms & legs… it doesn’t get much more adorable!

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    • Jay says

      February 14, 2016 at 7:41 PM

      Agreed! I love that those monkeys can grip stuff with their hands and feet. Wish we’d see more of them in modern LEGO sets – I believe that there’s a metal robotic version in one of the new Ninjago Sky Pirates sets!

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      • Warmongurl says

        February 18, 2016 at 2:46 AM

        I saw that set when your Ninjago post got me interested in the Sky Pirate sets. I’m going to get that set just for the metal monkey!!

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        • Warmongurl says

          February 18, 2016 at 2:55 AM

          Well, and for the sweet pirate ship.

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        • Jay says

          February 19, 2016 at 9:28 PM

          The metal monkey is cool! Did you know that there’s also a metal banana in one of the newer Mixels sets!

          Reply
  2. starwarsfolder12 says

    February 10, 2016 at 12:01 AM

    I’m a horse. 😀

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  3. pete soebekti says

    February 9, 2016 at 6:58 AM

    gong xi fa cai jay, May a river of gold flow into your pocket! best wishes for the new year

    Reply
  4. pete soebekti says

    February 9, 2016 at 6:58 AM

    gong xi fa cai jay, May a river of gold flow into your pocket! best wishes for the new year

    Reply
    • Jay says

      February 9, 2016 at 10:09 AM

      Thanks! Best wishes to you too!

      Reply
  5. Jay (but I'm not the jay you're looking for) says

    February 9, 2016 at 2:12 AM

    Gong xi fa cai! Do you speak chinese?

    Reply
    • Jay says

      February 9, 2016 at 10:09 AM

      Gong xi! I do speak a little Chinese… mostly Cantonese and Hokkien. My Mandarin is pretty rubbish!

      Reply

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