First look at what I’m guessing is the promo.

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Nice tree but underwhelming for a holiday promo

On ‎9‎/‎20‎/‎2019 at 7:35 AM, Mark Twain said:

First look at what I’m guessing is the promo.


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boring

Nice looking tree, but I bet they'll be giving that away for years to come.

I like that tree set - Certainly worth holding off on buying the house until I can get the tree (some wind up feature would be cool).

42 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said:

Nice tree but underwhelming for a holiday promo

Not sure why you say that. Looks like a substantial build (I'm guessing 200-300 pieces), and the tree (and train) rotates on the base. If this is underwhelming for a holiday promo, then the GB GWP was too, and so was the Santa Snowglobe. Both of those were great to build and display, and did wonderfully in terms of resale.

The rotating aspect is nice, and it's a well built tree.  But I've long since grown tired of this type of promo - sets like the box last year are so underwhelming.  Really wish they would get back to these sets being adjunctive to the Winter Village.

Are we sure it's a set and not just a box with a picture of a tree...?

It's not a bad looking set overall. It's nicely decorated and the spinning function makes it interesting.

However, almost every holiday set comes with some form of tree so it's not like this is totally unique. For a GWP, (likely for over $99), I think this could have tried to set a bar for build quality. I would have liked to see less plates and more curved pieces to give it a little more natural look. Maybe if the train looked more like a mini version of the Holiday Train would have been nice. This looks a little too comparable to the tree from the Winter Toy Shop set.

I like it.  In for a few hundred. 

this could start a new holiday trend of ever growing micro builds of the 'town" christmas tree...basically what's happening in real life...I'm sure there are tons of AFols looking for a cool way to display their MOC micro builds and what better than a massive brick-build christmas tree at the center of their LEGO town

I'm wondering which parts rotate (based upon the box).  Entire tree or just the train, or maybe parts of it including the train?  Could be interesting.

It is a nice tree seeming to mix elements from past Winter Village designs ....which would explain the sense of deja vu this is giving me.

It's nice for what it is, but trees are the Christmas/Winter version of City helicopters.

November calendar is out...$120 purchase needed to get this tree. Little steep.

 

Ouch.....may be a deal breaker for many....

11 minutes ago, MrToes16 said:

 Little steep.

For sure - this might be the first year I pass on getting the Xmas giveaway

Nov 29 through Dec 2 - Is that later than usual?

1 minute ago, KShine said:

Nov 29 through Dec 2 - Is that later than usual?

Yes...because Turkey Day falls late this year...

26 minutes ago, KShine said:

Nov 29 through Dec 2 - Is that later than usual?

Last year the Carousel was available after the Black Friday...started on Dec 1st. This year they will have the tree available during Black Friday.

Edited October 29, 20196 yr by MrToes16

I hate building the trees for the Winter Village sets so this doesn't do anything for me.  Even if this is bigger and spins I don't know that's unique enough to drive big demand, but I'm usually wrong about that kind of thing.

38 minutes ago, fuzzy_bricks said:

I hate building the trees for the Winter Village sets

I hate building trees period.  They look nice at the end but man they can be redundant.  Props to those who build those huge displays with lots of detailed flora.

There have been two holiday GWP's for years.  I thought the Black Friday GWP was usually the second of the two.  If 40293 was the Black Friday set, when was 40292 available last year?  Was it December, or earlier in November?