LEGO has been releasing Advent Calendar sets with small builds for each day of December counting down to Christmas for over two decades. They were originally released in the LEGO Creator line and later switched to LEGO City with the occasional addition of another popular theme. Eventually, LEGO designers settled on three Advent Calendars for each year; LEGO City, LEGO Friends, and LEGO Star Wars, with LEGO Harry Potter added in 2019, and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes in 2021. And this year, we’re also getting a sixth set, the LEGO Disney Advent Calendar with tiny micro mini-dolls. With so many choices, I thought it would be a good idea to go through them all.
I know it may feel a bit early to talk about Christmas sets, but they just became available and they tend to sell out early. So let’s take a look!
The #60436 LEGO City Advent Calendar is packed with fun characters, seasonal mini-builds, and cool minifigure accessories. The highlight of this set is all the minifig Christmas sweaters. There is even a printed Christmas sweater for the baby and the dog! As this is a non-licensed set, the price is lower at $32.99. You can find it at the seasonal items section of the Online LEGO Shop.
The #42637 LEGO Friends Advent Calendar comes with five characters, including little Olly, little Paisley, Paisley’s mum, dad, and younger sister, plus two baby pets. And as usual with Advent Calendars, the set is full of little accessories. As this is also a non-licensed set, the price is $32.99 and the set is available at the seasonal items section of the Online LEGO Shop.
The #43253 LEGO Disney Advent Calendar includes Elsa, Tiana, Ariel, Moana, and Mirabel as micro-doll figures, plus Pua, Snowgie, and adorable baby reindeer Sven. As this is a licensed set, the price is $44.99. You can find it at the seasonal items section of the Online LEGO Shop.
The #76438 LEGO Harry Potter Advent Calendar features elements from the four Hogwarts houses, including a gargoyle and table that is covered in festive items for each of Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. There are also 2 of 14 collectible Hogwarts portraits, a Christmas tree, Christmas crackers, a Hogwarts Express train, and more. The set also features a whopping seven minifigs; Harry Potter, Susan Bones, Cho Chang, Draco Malfoy, Albus Dumbledore, Professor Flitwick, Choir Ghost, and Hedwig. As this is also a licensed set, the price is $44.99. You can find it at the seasonal items section of the Online LEGO Shop.
The #76293 LEGO Spider-Man Advent Calendar comes with five minifigures; Spider-Man, Green Goblin, Miles Morales, Ghost-Spider, and Venom. The small buildable accessories feature New York City street scenes from the Spider-Man movies, like a snow Spider-Ham, Peter Parker’s desk, and Electro’s winter tree. There are also two small cars that can be raced against each other and a Sandman catapult flinging presents! As this is also a licensed set, the price is $44.99. You can find it at the seasonal items section of the Online LEGO Shop.
The #75395 LEGO Star Wars Advent Calendar is a perennial favorite as it seems like LEGO designers always go above and beyond to make it really fun. It features miniature versions of the first-ever brick-built models of iconic vehicles, from an X-wing to the Millennium Falcon to The Crimson Firehawk. Among the 18 mini-builds there is also Darth Vader’s Castle and a mini-kit from the first Star Wars video game. Included minifigs are Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker in Christmas sweaters, Ahsoka Tano, 501st Clone Trooper, and a Praetorian Guard, plus a Super Battle Droid. As this is also a licensed set, the price is $44.99. You can find it at the seasonal items section of the Online LEGO Shop.
What do you think? Are you getting any of the Advent Calendars this year? Which one is your favorite? Feel free to share your thoughts and discuss in the comment section below!
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The state wars ones are hear. Haha!
Omg! I just saw what I wrote! Stupid autocorrect! I meant to say that the Star Wars ones are so great!
This year I find the Disney calendar the standout example. Otherwise, I’m a Marvel fan, but for whatever reason, the Marvel calendars are just getting worse and worse. I might get the Christmas Sweater Miles Morales minifig separately, Otherwise, it’s just a bunch of repeat minifigs and random builds with little connection to either Marvel or the Christmas Holidays. I don’t fully understand why the Star Wars and Harry Potter calendars are so much better when they’re sold for the same price. Hopefully, we could get an X-Men calendar next year, just to have something feeling fresh…
The problem is, I want them all. 😁
I love the city ones so much! All those Christmas sweaters! 🎅🤗