Customer Reviews for LEGO - Friends: 2018 Advent Calendar #41353
Customer Rating
5
Divided opinions!
on January 6, 2019
Posted by: Pongo
With hindsight, this seems to have been a brave move from TLG- The spread of opinions between one star and five is extraordinary. I'm throwing my hat in because I really liked it- The builds show imagination and are very keep-able. This is very much more an advent calendar than the tired old Star Wars concept where we just get a bunch of micro-builds that are very much the same as last year, and the year before, and the year before that. I can see that TLG is struggling to keep the advent calendar theme going and wish you luck in finding a formula that works for everybody.
We absolutely love this calendar set! My five year old wakes up every morning to find her surprise in the box. After putting it together, she likes to put it on our tree. I also love the ornament idea!
My daughters built one small item every day in Dec till Xmas. Every evening, they were eagerly waiting for the moment to build the new one and discover the new item they built. After finished the item, they put a string through the hole in the item and hung it on the Xmas tree.
We have had at least one lego advent calendar every year. For the last bunch of years Friends has been one of them. THIS IS THE BEST ONE EVER! I have teens that have loved lego since birth and are lifetime Lego people (like their parents). So tired of the little trinket legos in these sets. My kids as old as they are will still build and play but certainly never loved the trinkets except for a few possible ones (and so many of the mini-figs weren't "Christmasy" enough) after the advent season and they sit in the big trinket box that accumulated ...as I have MANY. This set was awesome. Both girls got a tree in their room and they have split the ornaments. They loved taking turns on this advent (we had 3 this year) and said they need more so they hope they do the same thing next year! They said they wish there were ornaments every year and it could be their mini lego ornament collection for their personal trees. Keep doing this PLEASE!
First off I'm not a big fan of the Lego Friends minifigures so the fact that there were none didn't bother me. But the value is superb! 24 (TWENTY-FOUR) ornaments. Everyday was a new buildable LEGO ornament. I really don't get the negative reviews. I wish LEGO did a set like this every Christmas. I know there are books on making LEGO ornaments and DIYs, but parts for those aren't always available and you sometimes have to order from multiple sites. But 24 LEGO ornaments in one box! SOLD. Great value and will be used every year and hopefully added to next year!
Bought this for my daughter, was very excited to have a none candy based advent calendar. However, the flaps do not match the pieces inside. Made it more difficult to figure out what to put together. Also noticed other customers posted about having Lego friends included in previous years. I understand they are ornaments but at least add string or Lego hooks
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Response from LEGOBy Emily, Customer Service, December 27, 2018
Hey there! I'm sorry to hear you had some trouble with your advent calendar. If none of the pieces matched the instructions, that's an easy fix. It's very rare, but every once in awhile a tray will be upside-down in the box. Just open up the side of the box, take out the tray, turn it around, and you'll be good to go!
As a Mom who doesn't like the "candy" Advent Calendars I look for new ideas each year and happened upon this one. What a great purchase!! My 8 year old daughter loves to open each new day and rushes to open it each morning before she gets ready for the day. There hasn't been a day that she hasn't enjoyed yet and we are on day 16. We bought a small Christmas tree for her room and are hanging her ornaments on the tree. She thinks it's pretty cool to have her own tree. Perhaps those who have been complaining about no mini-figures or "playability" should do the same thing. And make that something special for your daughter. And you can set up the tree and ornaments year after year to enjoy again and again!! I have nothing but praise for Lego on this one. And your creativity was just perfect!!
My 6 year-old son selected this as his advent calendar this year. He loves the mystery of finding what's behind every door. The builds can be a little difficult for him at times because it is just the one picture, but that means that we get to work on them together. I think he is a little disappointed to not have any mini-dolls yet, but he does love the idea of making his own ornaments to hang on the tree. He loves the colors and the variety of the builds.