LEGO 60268 City Advent Calendar

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 ... MoreThis 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.

Brilliant advent calendar Lego toy. I bought this alternative (to chocolate) advent calendar for my 6 year old granddaughter who loves Lego. Smyths Toys delivered it promptly to her home address as she lives 300 miles away and I have not been able to visit her in person for over a year. There is a new Lego toy contained in a box each day and she was able to make up most of them herself using the attached diagram. I was delighted to learn that the box opens up to become a scene for the Lego figures/items to be placed and played with. This is an excellent toy and good value for money. (Make sure you set your alarm earlier to allow time to make up the Lego each day before school!)

I've been getting the City winter holiday advent calendar for 4 years now, and this is the first year where I'm incredibly disappointed. I didn't know LEGO was going to switch the theme for the City advent calendar to be based on the kid's show instead of the winter holiday theme. I have no reference or enjoyment out of building this year's models and am really disappointed it included police, medical car, dynamite, and robbers. It might as well have had protestors and barricades added to round out the 2020 experience. If LEGO is going to continue making City-themed advent calendars, they should really make one strictly for winter holiday-themed since that's what I'm really looking for when opening an advent calendar.