LEGO City Advent Calendar 2008
by LEGO
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: LEGOBrand: LEGO
Release Date: 2008-09-01
Model: 7724
Product features:
- Great addition to Lego city sets
- Celebrate 24 days of festive building with the 2008 LEGO City Advent Calendar
- Includes 10 minifigures
- Includes 24 city-themed surprises for the season, including LEGO minifigures, accessories and more
- A wonderful gift for any LEGO builder or the whole family to enjoy
Toys and Games Reviews of LEGO City Advent Calendar 2008
Customer Review: Disappointing 2008 Lego Advent Calendar
Summary: 1 Stars
I should start off by saying that I LOVE Lego. It was my favorite toy as a child... and adolescent... well, and as a young adult. Now, as an older adult, one of my favorite things to do is to create and play with Lego with my children.
Over the past several years, we have purchased one (sometimes more, either for other kids in our family, or as was the case last year different varieties for our two children -- boy and girl) of the Lego Advent calendars. It was with excitement each morning that our kids woke up and wanted to open a Lego window... before going to the bathroom, before having breakfast... heck, they were talking about Lego prizes before they even had one foot on the floor.
And the grown-ups loved them, too... there were holiday-themed toys that could be built on a daily basis; and the projects that were in the Advent calender were the inspiration for the kids building their own Santas and reindeer and snowmen...
This year's Advent calender has been a HUGE disappointment. The daily sets are boring, have little if anything to do with the season, and sometimes just don't make any sense at all. Worse yet, "what is it?" has turned into "I don't want to put it together."
WHAT?? This is Lego we're talking about!! What do you mean, "I don't want to put it together??!!" That NEVER happens with Lego!!
Well, it happened this year. The daily sets get opened up, and if they get assembled at all, the pieces just end up mixed in with our big Lego box.
I'd like to think that we'll just hope that next year's Advent calendar is going to live up to the high standards that Lego has always lived up to, but frankly, I'm not sure that we're going to spend the money on next year's Advent calendar... And that makes me sad, because new Lego sets are one of the things that I think of when I reflect on my childhood Christmas memories... and I hate to think that my kids' Lego memories will be letdowns.
Description of LEGO City Advent Calendar 2008
Children who love to build can countdown to the holidays with 24 days of building fun. Behind every numbered door are mini-figures and other cool, constructible LEGO City accessories. Includes eight mini-figures. 196 pieces.Building Sets Toys
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