Every year before Christmas, LEGO has put out some special edition holiday themed sets that are typically free with a purchase of up to a specific amount. This year one of them was #40338-1: Christmas Tree. It contains 392 pieces and right now you have to look for them on the secondary market as they are not available anymore.
The box front shows the full set while the back shows that the model is a bit over 8.5 inches high, it spins, and you can remove some of the pieces on the bottom.
The set contains 2 parts bags and an instruction booklet.
The first bag builds the base of the tree and the bottom layer branches. You can see the Technic parts sticking up. The tree is stationary while the bottom part with the trains rotates. It also contains 3 gift boxes that can be displayed at the base of the tree.
The final build… The branches are complete. The top of the tree is attached to the base and rotates the base. The bottom 3/4 of the tree or so is stationary. You can see in the pictures that there are 2 “trains” at the base of the tree. One is blue and one is yellow.
Overall this was a good build. I built this one with my 5-year old and it went okay. I had to help some, but she managed to put it together. We had fun and maybe we’ll leave this one out as a decoration for a few weeks.
What were your thoughts on this one?
Happy building!
