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Holiday Main Street

The Winter Village finally gets its tram, and it steals the whole show.

Brick Rated Score

4.1/5

Set 10308 · 2022

Pieces1,516

Minifigs6

Year2022

Set number10308

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The verdict

The tram is what got me here.

After more than a decade of Winter Village sets, LEGO finally added a little Christmas trolley, and it's the best thing in the box by a mile. The two shops are lovely to look at and the six minifigs give you real playability, but I'll be straight with you, these buildings are shallower and flatter than the older cottages, so if you love the deep, detailed Winter Village architecture you'll notice what's missing. Still a warm, easygoing build at a fair price.

Best for: Winter Village collectors who want a tram and don't mind flatter shops

The full review

What it is

There's a specific feeling that comes with the Winter Village sets, that warm, snow-dusted, string-lights-in-the-window coziness, and Holiday Main Street leans right into it. This 2022 LEGO® set is the 13th entry in the collection and, at 1,516 pieces, the biggest Winter Village release to date, just edging past Santa's Visit and the Gingerbread House. You get two shops, Santa's Toys and Games and H. Jollie's Music Store, plus a decorated Christmas tree, a mailbox and signpost, a street section, and the star of the whole thing, a little red Christmas tram. It's built for up to four people to work on at once, which makes it a lovely one to put together with company while a holiday movie plays in the background.

The catch

Now for the honest part, because there's a real catch here. The two shops are the shallowest buildings in the entire Winter Village line, reaching about five studs deep at most, so they read more as pretty facades than the deep, room-by-room cottages you might remember from earlier sets. A few reviewers noted it starts to feel like a LEGO City set with snow sprinkled on top, and that's a fair hit. There's also no light brick, which stings a little because the Winter Village had included one for years, and it means the Christmas tree stays dark unless you buy a third-party lighting kit. The build itself is gentle to the point of being simple, so if you live for clever techniques and engineering puzzles, this won't scratch that itch.

Who it's for

So who ends up happy here? If you already collect Winter Village and you want that tram running down your display, this is an easy yes, and honestly the tram alone almost justifies the box. It's also a warm, forgiving build for anyone who wants festive LEGO they can put together slowly without stress, and the six minifigs make it a real playset for younger builders. If you're chasing dense architecture, deep interiors, or a challenging build, you'll probably feel a bit shortchanged and might prefer one of the older cottages. But for the price, the charm, and that trolley, I came around on this one. It won me over slowly, and it retired in early 2024, so if you want it new, don't sit on it too long.

The parts story

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

The build splits neatly into four sub-models, which is why four people can dig in at once, and none of them will tax you. The two shops go up fast because they're shallow, mostly facade work with festive window dressing, garlands, and little printed signs rather than deep interior engineering. The tree is a quick, satisfying cone of dark green wing plates layered up with ornaments tucked between them. The real highlight is the tram. Building it is easily the most interesting stretch in the box, with a proper rounded body, a conductor, and side placards for the two shops, and it's the one section where you'll slow down and actually admire what you've made. It's a relaxed, low-stress build overall, the kind you do on the couch, not a puzzle you wrestle with.

On the parts front, don't come looking for brand-new molds, because there aren't any, which is pretty standard for Winter Village since LEGO keeps the price down that way. What you do get is a pile of useful recolors: the Technic half-pin with friction shows up in dark bluish gray for the first time, and there are handy neutral and festive recolors scattered through the tan, white, and dark green elements that snow-scene builders hoard. The printed shop signs and holiday details are the pieces most people will want to raid. As a value story, 1,516 pieces, six minifigs, two buildings, a tree, and a full tram for $99.99 is genuinely strong, and with the set now retired it's already climbing on the aftermarket.

Fun facts

01This is the first Winter Village set ever to include a tram, added after more than a decade of the collection running without any local transport.
02At 1,516 pieces it's the largest Winter Village set to date, narrowly beating out Santa's Visit and the Gingerbread House.
03It's the first Winter Village set to ship without a light brick, ending a long-running tradition for the theme.
04The two shops are the shallowest buildings in the entire Winter Village line, maxing out at around five studs of depth.