- Thursday, December 15, 2016 2:52 PM
- DisneyDan
Hello everyone,
Over the coming days I am going to be reviewing three of LEGO's advent calendars for this year. The LEGO Star Wars calendar, the LEGO City calendar, and the small giveaway calendar that they had as a promotional item a few weeks back. I am going to start with the latter one; the free with purchase calendar.
The set number for this this advent calendar is 40222, and it contains 250 pieces. There are no minifigures in this set.
This set is a little different than the other advent calendars in that you do not open a door each day to reveal the mini-build behind it, but rather you reconstruct the set everyday into something different. Therefore, you cannot build all 24 models at once.
Let's start with taking a look at the front and the back of the box:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20161.jpg)
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20162.jpg)
The contents of the box:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20163.jpg)
Day one:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20164.jpg)
Day two:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20165.jpg)
Day three:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20166.jpg)
Day four:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20167.jpg)
Day five:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20168.jpg)
Day six:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20169.jpg)
Day seven:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 201610.jpg)
Day eight:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20161_1.jpg)
Day nine:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20162_1.jpg)
Day ten:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20163_1.jpg)
Day eleven:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20164_1.jpg)
Day twelve:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20165_1.jpg)
Day thirteen:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20166_1.jpg)
Day fourteen:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20167_1.jpg)
Day fifteen:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20168_1.jpg)
Day sixteen:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20169_1.jpg)
Day seventeen:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 201610_1.jpg)
Day eighteen:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 201611.jpg)
Day nineteen:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 201612.jpg)
Day twenty:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20161_2.jpg)
Day twenty one:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20162_2.jpg)
Day twenty two:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20163_2.jpg)
Day twenty three:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20164_2.jpg)
Day twenty four:
![](http://www.twolostboys.com/assets/img/upload/f625/Lego advent freebie 20165_2.jpg)
I would give this set four and a half out of five. Considering this set was a free with purchase item, it isn't bad. At 250 pieces, it's pretty generous. I will say however that some of the designs are a little questionable! I have no idea whether day four is meant to be a dog or some other poor deformed animal, but it's pretty bad! Day ten is just as ambiguous, and as for eighteen, your guess is as good as mine! I think the cat, the two little birds, the second, larger castle, and the dragon are my favourites of the set.
Have a great day everyone,
Dan.