Name: Friends Advent Calendar
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 41131-1
Rating: 75 (7 reviews)

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Recommendations

Indifference 67%

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Price Per Part (PPP)

worse

Average PPP for System in 2016 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.15, which is worse.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPP is a guide, not a rule, and affected by the type of parts included. A set containing small generic parts generally have better PPP than one containing larger specialized parts.

Price Per Minifig (PPM)

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Average PPM for System in 2016 is 16.66. PPM for this set is 15.98, which is better.

All prices are in $USD, adjusted for inflation. This set is compared to other sets categorised as System. Read more about this in our article about price comparisons.

PPM only takes the number of minifigs into account and discards everything else. It's a guide, not a rule.

Review breakdown

Scored reviews

ttpm Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5 → 90 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 → 88 / 100

Just2Good Recommendation: meh B+ → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: no 3.2 / 5 → 64 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: no 2.55 / 5 → 51 / 100

Unscored reviews

FriendsBricks Recommendation: meh

BricktasticBlog

Set information

Set ID: 41131-1
Name: Friends Advent Calendar
Parts: 218
Minifigs: 2

Retail price (USD):
Original: 29.99
Inflation adjusted: 31.95

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.14
Inflation adjusted: 0.15

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 15.00
Inflation adjusted: 15.98

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ttpm

Recommendation: meh 4.5 / 5

This is a fun and buildable countdown to Christmas that will be fun for kids who like building with LEGO Friends. Kids will like the surprise of opening the doors to see what mystery set they're getting, and it gives them something to play with even after the holiday season is over. For those who have been collecting the LEGO Friends Advent Calendars, this new one will be a must-have with its set exclusive accessories. But it's also just a lot of fun for any kids who likes LEGO Friends, whether or not they've ever done an Advent Calendar before.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.4 / 5 from 226 reviews

This is an awesome idea and I knew immediately that I needed to get it for my daughter. I was right, she loves it... except the instructions are horribly placed.The paperboard that covers each hole is really stiff and not perforated well... the end result is that the door itself and the surrounding paperboard tear - a lot. The issue is that the instructions for each package inside the door is on that paperboard door that just ripped. :-/ After needing to tape the instructions back together each night, I finally just opened them all myself and abandoned the idea of opening them daily.Save your money - move along...

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 226 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Just2Good

Recommendation: meh B+ → 80 / 100

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Brickset

Recommendation: no 3.2 / 5 from 1 review

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LEGO

Recommendation: no 2.55 / 5 from 11 reviews

I love the idea of this set and my girls love to open a new set each day, but, the Lego Friends calendar needs some improvement. I have been buying my girls the Lego City set because it has much better builds every day and the kit has more pieces for the same price (290 versus 218). The city set has a Santa and his sleigh, a snow mobile, pretty lamp posts, an oven with cookies, plus more. Lego, I appreciate the Lego Friends set, but please up your game and put some more interesting builds besides pots and pans and grilling chicken legs.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 11 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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FriendsBricks

Recommendation: meh by Maya

With all those fun builds and accessories, your Heartlake City must be perfectly decorated for Christmas by now!

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BricktasticBlog

by John

The Friends advent calendar is one that tends to polarise people (pun intended). It can be hit and miss, which is exactly what we've seen this year. There's been some great builds, and some terrible ones, but for parts like what we've got today, I'll be coming back every year to pick one up.

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