Well, this is the only Advent Callender we have had. Me and my brother had to share it, but thta was okay. I got the woman building the snowman, the mountain climer [but I traded for the Snowmobile], the Policeman with the camra, the handcuffed robber, the chef, the woman with NO SLEEVES ON, the Coast Guard gear, the jack, the fire place, the grill and maybe some others I can't remember.

My friend brought this back from Germany (also the Castle Advent Calendar, I've reviewed that as well) and let me have a look at it for inspection. It seems that this set is more complete than previous sets and have a proposed scene for each minifig. Let's go through the item inventory for those of you who isn't going to follow the ritual of opening a window each day for 24 days. SPOILER ALERT WARNING.

MINIFIGS
There are a total of 10 minifigs. We'll go through them. The minifigs are numbered in this review and will be used for reference in the next section.

1-Man in tan collar shirt with black wig and chicken drumstick.
2-Beach girl with black ponytail and white ice cream. (What flavor is that?!)
3-Fireman with white hardhat and walkie-talkie.
4-Chef with boat oars. (Actually supposed to be pizza-carrying sticks)
5-Coast Guard diver with snorkels and harpoon gun.
6-Policeman with a camera. (Camera made out of several pieces)
7-Construction guy with red hardhat.
8-Extreme dude in red shirt with grey beanie and pickaxe.
9-Criminal with black beanie and handcuffs.
10-Girl in blue overalls with white 1x1 round piece. (Snowball)

ACCESSORIES
(Please follow minifig numbers above for each accessory)

1-Barbecue pit & table with frying pan and red mug.
2-Cooler box with umbrella & wheeled trolley with white sundae and blue box(?)
3-Cat on a tree & black ladder
4-Cooker hob and brick oven (ironic!)
5-Set of warning buoy, orange flippers and life vest & personal underwater propeller sub.
6-Chair with spotlight. (Interrogation room?)
7-Crate trolley & crate of bottles.
8-Snowmobile
9-No accessories for criminal (confiscated?)
10-Snowman with broomstick and top hat.

I hope you will find this detailed inventory useful. Each of the minifigs have a little scene as I have mentioned earlier and some of them are funny. I find the fireman and cat-in-a-tree situation highly amusing. The snowmobile is awesome! A vehicle in a Advent Calendar set! Also the crate trolley and crate of bottles are superb and well done! If you did not already know, the Snowman has a plain white minifigure head and a minifig's black tophat on it. Also, the policeman's camera is a weird item. A black wine glass is calling substitute for the large bulky lens. Nevertheless, this set is awesome! I am so envious for my friend that got it. I hope you all have fun with this for Christmas this year!

-asianlego

I love these Advent Calendars they do every year. I always open them all in order as fast as I can put them together, but I still love them...
First off, you get lots of mini-figs. This set had 10 of them. Each one is also somewhat unique and that in and of itself makes it great...to get a set that had this many figures normally would be way over $50 and they would all look pretty much alike(i.e. cops, construction guys, etc.)
Then there are the fairly unique accessories. After you open a day you then get either one or two accessories..to go with that figure. Sometimes the two accessories can be put together to make the first one even better. I know this sounds vague...but I don't want to ruin that surprise for those who have more patience than I.
There is one accessory I don't get...I know what the 20th one is and I have a decent guess what 21 is and it goes on 20...but what does that have to do with 19???
Except that one issue I love this set(s). If they put the leftovers on clearance again this year like last,... I will buy a couple more like I did last year.

This is outstanding! 13 minifigures, and over 10 small sets to build 'til the 25th! LEGO, try making a better LEGO City advent Calendar, because I think this is the best Advent you've done so far, I would give it %100, but some errors are in the set, read.

To small of kits
Over priced.
Ice cream stand..in winter!?

...That's it! %80!

Lego City 2008 Advent Calendar List by Day

01 – Man with Turkey Leg
02 – Barbeque
03 – Table with pan and cup
04 – Lady with Ice Cream (?)
05 – Ice Cream Cart
06 – Recliner with Clear Goblets and Ice Cream (?)
07 – Fireman with Radio
08 – Cat and Tree
09 – Ladder
10 – Chef with Paddle
11 – 2 Pie/Pizzas and Table
12 – Brick Oven
13 – Coast Guard Diver with Helmet
14 – Life Vest, Flippers, Small Buoy
15 – Diver Propeller
16 – Police Officer with a Camera
17 – Interrogation Chair with Light
18 – Prisoner with Handcuffs
19 – Construction Worker
20 – Palate Jack
21 – Palate of Bottles
22 – Rock Climber with ice pick
23 – Snowmobile!
24 – Snowman and woman(?)

Overall this was a great set to get. It really allowed for a lot of new generic people for my Lego City without going broke. 10 new minifigs!
I think as an advent calendar, I would was expecting more winter type scenes like the snowmobile and snowman.

I am definitely looking forward to next year's Advent calendar.