The Lego Friends advent calendar new for 2019 features 330 puzzle pieces with 24 buildable gifts for the bedroom or to hang from the Christmas tree. This set includes a mini Mia figurine in addition to a snowman, hamster, 2 penguins, Zobo and Zobita figures that complete the calendar. On Day 22, with only 2 days left in the 2020 Harry Potter Advent Calendar, we get the final member of the main trio – the smartest witch in the of her age, Hermione Granger. Part of an extensive assortment – LEGO® Harry Potter™ toy building sets put favorite characters, familiar locations and magical adventures into the hands of all young wizards, witches and Muggles™ A pretty solid addition for Day 5, and now Harry Potter has his crush that he failed to ask out as a Yule Ball partner to join him! The construction was pretty fun, I do like the use of overlapping plates and trans-blue pyramids, and clear cheese slopes to give it that sparkly ice-sculpture look.

The focus on the Yule Ball has made this a particularly cohesive experience, and it’s been a lot of fun reliving the scenes, characters and even small little references to obscure scenes/props from the Goblet of Fire movie. Here’s how it all looks connected – I like the end result, as it’s quite large and dwarfs all the other models – as well as serves as significant wall structure – I do wish they’d have done it in 2 days instead of 3, which feels like it was stretched out too much.On Day 8 of the Harry Potter Advent Calendar, we get the golden egg that Harry courageously snagged from the Hungarian Horntail in the Triwizard Tournament! It’s great that we got the Parvati Twins and Cho Chang, but there is a massive Hufflepuff omission – I think not having the Hogwarts champion (and future vampire teenage hearththrob) Cedric Diggory is a big miss for this calendar. Day 13 of the 2020 Harry Potter Advent Calendars gives us another proper Yule Ball build, a stunning white Christmas tree – the likes that adorned the Hogwarts Great Hall in the Goblet of Fire movie. LEGO® Harry Potter™ sets contain favorite characters, amazing features and familiar locations from the popular movies. They make ideal gifts for anyone wanting to recreate the movie magic. And there we have it, all 24 builds from the 2020 Harry Potter Advent Calendar! Putting all the models together, it’s great to see the Yule Ball and Goblet of Fire scenes as a whole.

Includes 6 minifigures – Harry Potter™, Hermione Granger™, Ron Weasley™, Draco Malfoy™, Aberforth Dumbledore and Madam Rosmerta, plus iconic items from the Harry Potter movies Nothing too exciting or Yule Ball-related, but as we’re approaching Christmas, it feels suitably festive! I do like the construction of the window, which uses some really clever SNOT (studs not on top) technique, and I especially like the glass of water which has blue liquid at the bottom. Yup, that’s it. Wizards don’t use electricity, so the microphone is pretty much a cone to amplify sound, and at the very least the sheet is printed.And that’s it for Day 20! Really love how large the table is and how it’s able to accommodate all 5 minifigures around it. Here we are, the grand finale of the 2020 Harry Potter Advent Calendar! A fitting finale to this year’s Yule Ball/Goblet of Fire-themed Advent Calendar, day 24 gives us the Triwizard Cup! The sheet music tile is relatively rare (and new!), having only been available in 2 sets so far this year, with the most notable being Rapunzel’s Tower.

Day 9 is a pretty basic build – not as impressive or eye-catching as the previous model, but a useful addition to build out the Yule Ball scene. The 2020 version will include the likes of Darth Vadar in ugly Christmas jumpers, droids with Santa hats and miniatures of the iconic space ships including the Millennium Falcon. To everyone that has been participating in the comments, and sharing your thoughts, I’ve really enjoyed getting to know and hear from so many of you, and it’s always a massive pleasure reading about what you and your family has thought about the calendars! Only the Mic Stand has been a little forgettable, and I think the combination builds (Wall + Fireplace, and Banquet Tables) which work to create larger more substantial models.

Updated every year, older Lego advent calendars feature different characters and builds, so it can be a viable choice for 2019. This calendar allows children to discover the Star Wars universe piece by piece, a day at a time. With over 24 different StarWars themed Lego gifts, there’s a new character or themed lego piece waiting to be uncovered every day. The set is based on the Christmas Ball featured in the Goblet of Fire and includes a piano, speakers, a white Christmas tree and the characters in their dress robes. Together with the trees, it really feels like the Yule Ball is coming together, and I really like the design of the banquet table, and especially the great use of colours that contrast nicely against the white and transparent pieces. The design is pretty similar to the first window, with its coffin-lid inspired design, but Window #2 has a chocolate frog on the sill.

Paired with the nano-Hogwarts, I think the Durmstrang Ship looks great in spite of the scaling being a little off, but I highly enjoyed the design and putting this together this morning. I love the use of Day 2 for microbuilds (we got an amazing micro Hogwarts Express in Day 2 last year), and I think the design works for Hogwarts, and I like that the Gryffindor Tower, Great Hall and entrance are immediately recognizable. Once again it will include Santa himself, along with Rudolph and his sleigh, a Christmas tree and other Lego City festive vehicles and items. Now we finally know that the clips on yesterday’s Fireplace are for – as they connect to today’s window, which suggests we may get another similar attachment in the coming days for the other end!The Christmas Trees are quite basic, I like the clean large cone piece used for the tip and the trans-white and blue cheese slopes on the base. The good news is that despite being a Muggle invention, gramophones do exist in the Wizarding World! Take note of the piece count for each Lego advent calendar in the table above, this is the total amount of lego pieces in each calendar. They are whole Lego sets that include a great number of different lego pieces that allow a wide range of creations possible. Making them the perfect advent calendar for kids. What ages are Lego Advent Calendars suitable for?