Peow's Passions: Lego 2824 - City Advent Calendar 2010

30 January 2011

Lego 2824 - City Advent Calendar 2010

Following from the Lego Kingdoms Advent Calendar 2010, I've also had the pleasure of ripping open this companion set - the City Advent Calendar 2010. This was due in greater part to spring cleaning for the Chinese New Year period than an actual desire to view the toys contained within. So the box had to go and the Lego pieces went straight into storage after the pictures were taken for this post.

On the whole, I prefer this set to the Kingdoms Advent Calendar. Despite containing only six mini-figures compared to the nine in the Kingdoms set, the various little compartments contained little toys that were more fun to build. They also hold their own if you desired to distribute the contents as separate gifts, unlike the Kingdoms set where the little gifts were better off paired with each other (e.g. blacksmith with his anvil or barmaid with the cask). Here, you get a few mini-vehicles, two Santa figures and a little toy train to go along with the other pieces of furniture. Furthermore, they fit easily into any Lego Town or City that you build, especially the great series of modular buildings that Lego has been releasing over the past couple of years.