Seasonal

Santa's Delivery Truck

A pocket sized holiday build that punches well above its size

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 40746 · 2024

Pieces224

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number40746

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The verdict

I love a good seasonal truck, and this one has that chunky, rounded cab that makes small vehicles feel like real trucks instead of shrunk down toys.

It builds fast, it photographs well next to a tree or on a shelf during December, and it has that specific joy of a set you did not have to plan a whole afternoon around. The catch is availability and price per piece, since sets like this tend to move through stores as a seasonal promotion rather than sitting on shelves year round, so if you want it you generally cannot dawdle. I would grab this for the stocking stuffer crowd and the office desk builders, not for anyone chasing maximum brick value.

Best for: Holiday decorators and desk builders who want a quick, cheerful December build

The full review

What it is

There is a specific kind of charm to LEGO's small seasonal trucks, and Santa's Delivery Truck has it. The proportions are stubby and cartoonish in the best way, the kind of build where the cab looks a little too big for the bed and somehow that is exactly right. At 224 pieces it is not a long build, but it is not a throwaway either, there is enough going on with the front grille and the load area that your hands stay busy for a proper sitting rather than five distracted minutes.

The catch

I will be honest about where this set sits in the lineup. It is a seasonal release, which means the window to actually get it tends to be tight, and once December passes it is the kind of set that quietly disappears from shelves and then shows up on the secondary market at a markup. If you are the type who tracks price per piece obsessively, a small truck like this will never be your best deal, that is just true of nearly every seasonal LEGO release regardless of theme. What you are paying for is the mood, not the piece count.

Who it's for

Get this one if you like rotating a few cheerful builds through your desk or mantel every December, or if you want a low commitment gift for a LEGO fan who already has the big sets and just wants something new and festive to build on a Saturday morning. Skip it if you are shopping purely for piece value or want a display piece with real long term shelf presence, because trucks this size are built for a season, not for permanence.

The parts story

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

Building this one feels brisk and cheerful rather than technical. The cab goes together in recognizable truck logic, wheel wells first, then the grille and windshield, then the little details that make it read as festive rather than generic, and the whole thing comes together quickly enough that it never drags.

The real appeal here is in the color story more than any single rare piece, the kind of saturated red and green combination that only shows up a couple of times a year in LEGO's catalog, plus small printed or detailed elements around the front end that give the truck its personality. It is not a set that will hand you a jaw dropping new mold, but it earns its keep by making a small pile of bricks look unmistakably like a holiday delivery truck the moment you set it down.

Fun facts

01Small seasonal delivery trucks like this one have become a recurring format for LEGO, following the same stubby cab and cargo bed layout the company has reused for both winter and summer themed vehicles.
02Sets in this size class are typically positioned as approachable, low cost seasonal pieces rather than headline releases, which is part of why they build so quickly and rotate through stores so fast.
03Because seasonal sets like this one are tied to a specific time of year, secondhand prices for them often creep upward once the holiday selling window closes and official stock dries up.