There are a couple of really sweet LEGO sets for this year’s holiday season that you would probably want to get. The LEGO Halloween set is available right now, and the LEGO Thanksgiving set will be available in October. They both follow the same design as the LEGO Valentine’s Day and the LEGO Easter sets that we got in the spring; small vignettes on an 8×8 stud base with lots of really nice elements and accessories. 🙂
➡ #40122 LEGO HALLOWEEN TRICK OR TREAT SET: I agree with just2good’s video-review below that the dress for this minifig is kind of inappropriate, but still it is a nice, and a fairly rare piece. Also, the red bucket, olive-green grass piece, purple elements, masonry-bricks and orange pumpkins are always welcome additions to a LEGO collection. Here is the official description: Dress up as a witch for a Trick or Treat fright night! Role-play an eerie Halloween scene with this spooky LEGO Trick or Treat set! Dress up the girl minifigure as a witch, complete with pointy hat and broom, and take a bucket for the treats you hope to receive. Tiptoe past the bat perched on top of the dead tree to the doorstep of the haunted house. Watch out for the big spider and the tombstone on the front porch and be prepared for a big fright when a skeleton answers the door! Includes 2 minifigures with assorted accessories: a female and a skeleton. 133 pieces. Price: $9.99 – BUY HERE
➡ #40123 LEGO THANKSGIVING SET: As just2good mentions in the video-review above, this set is featured at the back of the instruction booklet of the Halloween set. There are so many good parts here it is ridiculous. Some of the rare pieces include the full turkey, the pie the inverted dome (used as a bowl for the apple), the green bottle, that white plate with tooth, the pitchfork, and the lady’s gray hair that so far was only used with one minifigure. This set is also just $10, so if you like the pieces you may even want to get several. It will be available in October.
Talking about the holidays, don’t forget about Series 14 of the LEGO Collectible Minifigures as they work perfectly for Halloween.
Also, all three of the LEGO Advent Calendars are now available: #75097 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar, #60099 LEGO City Advent Calendar and #41102 LEGO Friends Advent Calendar. You can find them all under the Seasonal Items section of the Online LEGO Shop.
So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO Halloween and LEGO Thanksgiving sets? Are you planning to get either of them? Or both? Do you have the previously released LEGO Valentine’s Day and LEGO Easter sets? Feel free to share your own thoughts in the comment section below! 😉
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I do love sets that come with those large cooked turkeys! 🙂
Thanksgiving’s pretty much an American-only thing… Seems a limited release is still worth it…
It’s important in Canada too even if it comes earlier, as does their harvest.
Lol, I don’t even have any full turkeys yet! :-S
Hey Admin there is no link for the guide for feeling for series 14
I meant to do that, then I forgot. Thanks for the reminder. Had it fixed. 😉
Isn’t Thankgivings in December or something? Why is LEGO releasing these sets so early? :S
Thanksgiving is at the end of November. Pretty much all retailers are jumping on the holiday promotion bandwagon earlier and earlier to compete with each other. I’m in Florida, so for me it is especially ridiculous to see Halloween, Thanksgiving and even Christmas stuff when we are still going to the beach! 😀
Yeah, I’ve noticed that not only with Lego, but with most other retail companies as well. I went to menards or someplace and they were selling Halloween decorations and it was mid-August! :S
Yep, here too! I went to Sam’s Club yesterday and they had the fake Christmas trees out already! 🙄
Canadian Thanksgiving is Oct. 12 this year. Not so far off.
Oh, really? I didn’t know they had Thanksgiving earlier! Always learn something new! 😀
Yes. Since they’re at a higher latitude their Fall and harvest come sooner so it makes perfect sense that they have their harvest celebration earlier.
Oh, I see! Yes, that does makes sense! 😀
I think the Halloween set is cute. Wish they’d picked the little bats for the pediment instead of those…things.
It will look cute on a bigger baseplate with more tombstones, maybe a craggy tree and a line of Trick or Treaters from the current edition of minifigs. Wish a few more of them had had the short legs like the Gargoyle…
You are right about the bats! I’m not sure why they weren’t used. What I like to do with these little holiday sets is incorporate them into my modular city. 🙂
I was at the Lego store yesterday, and was toying with getting the Halloween set, but I decided to get a pick a brick cup instead. 😛