First, I did not "cheat" on the advent calendar. I simply opened it in December 2024 as intended, and then time traveled back to October to write a review.

- Awesome lineup of minifigs. Unlike earlier City calendars, this one has Christmas sweaters and the minifigs give off a much stronger family vibe.
- Baby w/ Christmas sweater
- Dog w/ Christmas sweater!
- New baby carriage
- Great lineup of sporty accessories (plus, Uruk-hai swords)
- I don't think a City calender has ever been more "on theme" with its assortment of minifigs & pieces. This is my favorite one yet!

This city Advent calendar abandons most of what a Lego city Advent calendar has been about. There are barely any builds. The minifigs with unique sweaters are great, but there are multiple days that should have been grouped together, like a baby minifig one day and the stroller the next day. One bunny piece for the entire day? Not even a kid to go with it? Nothing like the Christmas spirit than the surprise of shrinkflation disappointment each day leading up to Christmas. The other calendars aren't this bad. Why do this on their biggest LEGO IP line?

I have not opened this yet but have had these for several years. The creative tiny builds are above expectations. I love things like a snowball shooter,a catapult, snowmen and trees. Once they included poop for the animal! A shovel was also provided.I am eager to get out of bed to build everyday surprise! I found a calendar at a resell shop. Most of the window doors were intact. Because they are simple builds I was able to see the picture on the window door and use extra Lego pieces I had. I wish they would create a daily calendar for all year!

I’ve been getting the Lego advent calendars every year for roughly the past 10 years, this is by far the worst one yet. I have been extremely disappointed everyday. I mean seriously, today (12/15/24) was just a bunny. Previous years there have actually been things to build most days. So far this year there have only been 4 tiny builds that are maybe half the size of previous year’s builds. I will most likely open the rest of the calendar today so I can stop being disappointed everyday. I’m disgusted with Lego and how lazy/cheap they are becoming even though they keep raising prices.