This is our 2nd year purchasing a non-traditional Advent calendar. My 5 year old son is absolutely loving this Lego City one and, as a mom, I'm loving watching him wake up every morning excited to discover which piece is waiting behind that little cardboard door for him to build! This Lego Advent calendar will be a new tradition for years to come. If you love Lego like my son, I don't think you'll ever outgrow this 24 days of fun each year no matter how small or simple the builds are!! I honestly didn't expect him to play with the box as much as he has. It's just a cardboard flap that folds down to lay in front of the top of the box where each numbered door is to open. That flap becomes the ground (with roads, parking lots, snow, etc...) that completes the entire Lego City scene for him to set up the pieces he's built and let his imagination run wild. If I had to come up with one negative thing, it would be that the only instruction provided is a tiny single picture on the inside of the door to each build. Yes, the builds are simple and don't involve more than roughly 20 pieces, but if you're the type of person who needs step-by-step instructions (like my 5 year old) then you're left to search the internet. One of the best things I like about him building regular Lego sets isthat he can sit down and independently follow the book and complete the build on his own. It boosts his confidence in himself and it's rewarding for him to do it on his own and makes him beam with pride. It's not a deal breaker for this calendar, of course, but it would be awesome if Lego could find a way to include supplemental instructions. Other than that, I have nothing but positive things to say about this item. Please be smart and buy early. They do sell out!! I was lucky enough to find a seller listing the item at a fair price, but I saw so many people marking them up crazy high to take advantage!! :( Sad.

I LOVE Legos and have bought the advent calendars for years. My one son received the Star Wars and the other the City Advent. My son with the City Legos was not sure how a lego person holding dynamite was a Christmas thing and stopped especially after this year of violence. Even though we are not Harry Potter fans, we bought the Harry Potter Advent calendar to replace which we are happier with - love the music themed. The City one sits alone and not used(will probably donate some packages). We loved the ones in past with the Lego characters playing sports and Christmas themed Legos. After this year, would have been nice to see happier themes. Maybe add candy canes, ice skaters/hockey, the music instruments in HP, animal characters like puppies and kittens, gingerbread, food like cookies/hot chocolate market style, Mrs. Claus, elves, ice castle toy, books, fireplace with stockings... Hope next year, it is a Christmas party! I will definitely pay more attention before I buy next time.

This is the 3rd year in a row that we have purchased the lego City Advent Calendar. The first year there were lots of fun Christmas themed items and builds. Last year a little less so (2019) This year we were unfortunately quite disappointed. It was almost all cars. At one point my son literally groaned and said, "Not another car!" He didn't even put it together he just dropped the bag and walked away. (Seemed a little extreme to me, but true.)

Also there are so many many minifigures but none of them have really interesting accessories. People just for people sake especially when not Christmas themed, just seem strange and again he was disappointed when there were people. Our joke became, "Nothings says Christmas like a policewoman with a pineapple."

I would love to see a lego Mario set next year or Minecraft. I would buy either of those in a heart beat. But I think we will look for something else other than the City Advent Calendar next year. More builds, less people, more Christmas please.

I have only become addicted to lego this year and so this is my very first lego advent calendar. I was so excited when I saw it was a thing that I didn't take much notice of the contents and just bought it straight away, wanting to be excited with my so as we opened it each day. 3 days into it and there is nothing Chrismassy at all. So now that I have checked the contents in more detail, and read the above - something to do with a tv show - I feel hugely disappointed. I thought it would have a way more Christmas feel and be special little builds, not something to do with a show I've never even heard of! I've counted 4 out of the 24 which clearly relate to Christmas - and 2 of them are presents! I guess I have learnt my lesson, it doesn't matter how excited you are, read/check the details!