Name: LEGO City Advent Calendar
Brand: LEGO
SKU: 60235-1
Rating: 73 (6 reviews)

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Recommendations

Avoid 50%

A review is considereded a recommendation when its score is above the reviewers median score or if it's explicitly said so in the review. Read more in our article about recommendations.

Price Per Part (PPP)

worse

Average PPP for System in 2019 is 0.12. PPP for this set is 0.13, 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)

better

Average PPM for System in 2019 is 17.83. PPM for this set is 3.75, 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

amazon.com Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 → 94 / 100

True North Bricks Recommendation: meh 83 / 100 → 83 / 100

amazon.com Recommendation: no 4 / 5 → 80 / 100

Brickset Recommendation: meh 3.7 / 5 → 74 / 100

LEGO Recommendation: no 3.33 / 5 → 67 / 100

Brick Architect Recommendation: no 2 / 5 → 40 / 100

Set information

Set ID: 60235-1
Name: LEGO City Advent Calendar
Parts: 234
Minifigs: 8

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

Price Per Part (USD):
Original: 0.13
Inflation adjusted: 0.13

Price Per Minifig (USD):
Original: 3.75
Inflation adjusted: 3.75

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amazon.com

Recommendation: meh 4.7 / 5 from 758 reviews

This has been a tradition in our family for 5 years now. We buy a new one every year. My 8 year old son loves doing this and so does my 17 year old son, even though he won't admit it. It is one of our favorite Christmas traditions now and we look forward to September when the new advent calendar becomes available.

This score from amazon.com is an aggregate of 758 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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True North Bricks

Recommendation: meh 83 / 100 by Tom

I liked this year's City Advent calendar a little more than previous years. There were fewer bricks, which made the value a bit worse. However, there were also more Minifigures. Additionally, there was more of a consistent theme and flow to the builds. I like that they lend themselves to a MOC project well.

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amazon.com

Recommendation: no 4 / 5 from 2 reviews

The first one was damaged. Box end was torn off. I had to return it.

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Brickset

Recommendation: meh 3.7 / 5 from 2 reviews

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LEGO

Recommendation: no 3.33 / 5 from 6 reviews

We are only 10 days into the calendar but the kids are loving building the mini kits each day and then playing with with them. This has been a great purchase.

This score from LEGO is an aggregate of 6 reviewers. The snippet above represent only one of them.

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Brick Architect

Recommendation: no 2 / 5 by Koen Van Der Hoeven

With the exception of the fireplace flames mentioned above, there's not much in the way of clever parts usage or building technique. Combined with spoiler-filled packaging, and you get a particularly lascklustre advent calendar set.

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