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Spider-Man Advent Calendar 2024

Twenty four tiny doors of web slinging fun, one door at a time

Brick Rated Score

3.7/5

Set 76293 · 2024

Pieces255

Minifigs1

Year2024

Set number76293

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The verdict

I love the ritual of this calendar more than any single piece inside it.

Every December first I hand it to whoever is around and let them open door one, and by Christmas Eve you have a little shelf of Spider-Man themed micro builds and holiday trinkets that genuinely make you smile while you assemble them. It will never wow you the way a big System set does, and a few doors are clearly there to fill a number rather than delight you, but as a countdown ritual with a Spidey twist it does its job with warmth. Get it for the daily surprise, not for the parts count.

Best for: Marvel fans and families who want a daily December ritual more than a serious build

The full review

What it is

This is LEGO's yearly Spider-Man spin on the advent calendar format, twenty four numbered doors hiding small builds that lean into the wall crawler's world with a Christmas twist. You get a proper Spider-Man minifigure tucked behind one door, plus a run of tiny vehicles, web themed ornaments, and a couple of scene pieces that nod to the comics, like a scaled down newsstand and a motorcycle wrapped in webbing. Opening one door a day with a kid or just for yourself is genuinely the point, and it works. There is a small thrill in not knowing whether tonight's door holds a cool little build or just a single festive brick.

The catch

I will be honest about the caveats though. A chunk of the two hundred and fifty five pieces go toward doors that are barely builds at all, think one brick standing in for a present, or a two piece snowflake. That is normal for the advent calendar format across every LEGO theme, but it means the actual building time across all twenty four days adds up to maybe forty five minutes total, and the piece count looks bigger on the box than it feels in your hands. Price per piece runs well above what you would pay in a standalone Spider-Man polybag or small set, you are buying the calendar experience and the packaging, not bargain plastic.

Who it's for

Get this if you have a Marvel fan in the house who loves a daily ritual leading up to Christmas, or if you collect the yearly Spider-Man calendars and want this year's minifigure variant for the shelf. Skip it if you are shopping by price per piece or want a substantial single build, in that case a regular Spider-Man set will serve you far better for the same money.

The parts story

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

Building this one is a drip feed rather than a sitting. You crack open one numbered door a day, follow a half page of instructions, and either end up with a tiny recognizable scene or a simple festive filler piece. There is no single big build to sink into, so if you are the type who wants an afternoon project this format will frustrate you, but if you enjoy short daily building moments it is oddly satisfying.

The headline piece is the Spider-Man minifigure itself, which is the only full minifigure in the box and the reason most collectors pick this up. Beyond that the standout doors are the small scene builds, a compact Daily Bugle style newsstand and a motorcycle dressed up in webbing, both of which use recognizable Spider-Man color choices in red and blue on smaller elements. The rest of the two hundred and fifty five pieces skew toward single bricks, small ornaments, and simple stocking stuffer style extras that pad the door count without adding much building substance, which is the honest tradeoff of every LEGO advent calendar.

Fun facts

01LEGO has released a Marvel Spider-Man themed advent calendar as a yearly holiday tradition, following the same twenty four door format used across its City, Friends, Star Wars, and Harry Potter calendars.
02Advent calendars across every LEGO theme reliably rank among the company's best selling seasonal products every fall, despite the low piece count relative to price.
03The calendar format almost always hides its single named minifigure behind one of the later numbered doors rather than door one, encouraging buyers to work through the whole month before getting the headline figure.
04Spider-Man advent calendars have become an annual fixture in LEGO's Marvel lineup, giving each year a slightly different mix of vehicles, scene pieces, and holiday themed extras built around the same core web slinging character.