Seasonal

Celebration Series: Gingerbread Train Ornament

A little gingerbread locomotive that turns your tree into the display case.

Brick Rated Score

4.1/5

Set 40777 · 2025

Pieces190

Minifigsn/a

Year2025

Set number40777

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The verdict

I love that LEGO keeps expanding this holiday ornament lineup instead of just reissuing the same wreath every year, and the gingerbread train is a genuinely charming addition to it.

It is a quick, cozy build, the kind of thing I hand to a family member on December first and let them go at their own pace with cocoa nearby. It will not challenge an experienced builder for more than half an hour, and that is exactly the point. This is a stocking filler and a tree topper, not a weekend project, and it earns its spot by being adorable rather than complex.

Best for: Gift givers and LEGO fans building out a growing collection of holiday tree ornaments

The full review

What it is

This is part of the small run of holiday ornament sets LEGO has been building out for a few years now, and the gingerbread train slots in nicely next to the gingerbread houses and Christmas trees that came before it. It is built to hang, with a loop worked into the design so it can go straight onto a branch once you are done, and the whole thing leans hard into warm browns, reds, and cream accents that make it look like actual gingerbread and icing rather than generic red and green Christmas plastic.

The catch

The honest caveat here is scale and price relative to piece count. At 190 pieces, this is not a set you sit with for an evening, it is closer to a twenty or thirty minute build, and the value math only really works if you think of it as a decoration first and a LEGO set second. There are no minifigures included, so if you are hoping for little characters riding along in the cars, this will not scratch that itch. It is also, like most ornament sets, a once-a-year object for most households unless you decide to keep it out on a shelf through the winter.

Who it's for

I would put this in the hands of anyone building a rotating collection of LEGO holiday ornaments, or a parent looking for a calm, low-stakes build to do with a kid the week before Christmas. If you want a substantial train set to actually play with and rebuild, look toward the Creator or City train lineup instead, this one is decoration first, build experience second, and it is happy to admit that.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

Building it feels less like assembling a train and more like decorating a gingerbread cookie, one brick at a time. The construction is straightforward and forgiving, with the kind of chunky, satisfying steps that make it a good hand-off build for a less experienced builder or a kid who wants to feel useful during holiday prep.

The standout here is the color story rather than any single rare part, dark tan and reddish brown pieces stacked to sell the gingerbread look, with small white and red accents standing in for icing and candy. It is the same trick LEGO has used well on its other gingerbread ornament sets, and it works just as well shrunk down into train form. There is nothing exotic in the parts list, but the palette is doing real work, and the hanging loop is a small, thoughtful touch that saves you from jury-rigging string through the frame yourself.

Fun facts

01The Gingerbread Train Ornament continues a run of small holiday ornament sets LEGO has released in recent years, following gingerbread houses, Christmas trees, and other festive display pieces designed to hang rather than sit on a shelf.
02The set is built as a Celebration Series item, LEGO's branding for its rotating cast of seasonal and occasion-based novelty sets outside the main numbered themes.
03Like its ornament predecessors, the train is designed with a built-in loop so it can go straight onto a tree branch once finished, no extra string threading required.
04At 190 pieces it sits firmly in the quick-build category, closer in scale to LEGO's other small seasonal ornaments than to any of its mainline train sets.