BobThePom Posted August 22, 2015 It's that time of year again! Well. Maybe not. But at least its the second half of the year right!? A combination of feeling Christmas-y and finding no review of this listed in the review index led me to do my own. Enjoy! (Disclaimer: The opinions presented below are those of the reviewer only and not the general population of anywhere at all. Please don't take them too seriously or worship them, despite what the reviewer might want ) Name: (None printed on Box) Christmas Tree Truck Set Number: 40083 Ages: 7+ Pieces: 118 Theme: Creator, Holiday, Christmas Minifigures: 1 Extra Information: Limited Edition 2013, oh and its written on the box that its a building toy. (Instructions unclear, sausage stuck in ceiling fan) . Also this was part 2 of a little cheeky give away thing LEGO did around Christmas. I didn't have to pay a cent for it as mine came free (just as well ) with the Tower of Orthanc. The box is the smallest LEGO set box I own, excluding polybags, and doesn't say what the sets name is... It does however, come with an additional languages lesson free of charge! I am curious though, and if anyone could tell me what the last language is I'd love to know . The back of the box shows our man, the Christmas tree truck driver, struggling to load a tree into the back of his truck, while LEGO subtly shows us the opening play feature on the back of the vehicle and encourages us to go on bricklink and get the adjoining set. Something I feel strangely drawn to doing, I mean doesn't it just look festive? Enticing? With LEGO's subtle product placement its no wonder that vendor is holding two hundred dollars in his little LEGO hands. (Also I'd just like to point out that, in case you were wondering , the small print down the bottom left smashes all hopes that the second set could be included. Its not that easy bucko!) The language tour-de-force continues on the top cover stating that your parts come from not just Denmark, but HUNGARY and the CZECH REPUBLIC and even MEXICO too. We also get a life size image of our truck driver. I swear his face is familiar... ... no, it'll come to me though. Now because I took the picture of the back of the instructions first, thats what you're gonna get first. Laugh it up, Fuzzball. Here we have a perfect exemplar of product placement, two more winter village sets, the cottage and the abomination, both at expert level. I'm eying that cottage up and will probably be reviewing it come December. As for the abomination, at least it has nice horseys. Alright you can stop panicking now the review will follow a linear format from now on... Here is the front of the instructions. They're exactly the same as the front of the box minus the complimentary language lesson. You can also see the massive red wax seal over the top right corner saying limited edition to make you feel special about yourself for having this set. A totally random and in no way staged or pre-decided page from the instruction manual. Boy this thing is red. Except for the piece that isn't. That bit's blue. Unlike the instructions mentioned above these ones were easy to follow, no pieces of meat got lodged in any mechanical equipment. That snotty bit at the front produces a nice effect on the finished vehicle. However because this review is now linear you're gonna have to wait until the end to see a picture of it. Or you could scroll up. I'm pretty sure it's on the box. Cheesus! People do this for fun?! Organizing these parts by color was the longest part of the review process! and I still messed up! Regardless of my ineptitude you can all view the parts at your leisure and this will hopefully make up for my lack of a photo of the parts call out from the instructions. Wait, I should have a photo of that too? No wonder I'm not in the reviewers academy... I'm not going to make it easy for people to reverse engineer this! I'm only taking photos at steps 9, 18 and 27!! Muhaha It's not like you can get the instructions online or anything... Step 18, or is it? Or who really cares for that matter?? Oh look. Its done. That took all of 10 minutes. Short, Sharp and over before it really got started; everything my girlfriend dislikes . Fortunately, she doesn't have to build it. The dark red highlights are snazzy and will probably get used up in some obscure Star Wars build or something. Here's what I made you wait for. You can all relax if you've been holding on to see the snot at work since I mentioned it. Bask in that beautiful simplicity. On another note, this truck has no license plate number. Our minifig friend likes to live on the wild side In the back we get one Christmas tree. What you wanted more? To put more presents under? Don't be greedy! (Note to self: buy second Christmas tree to get more presents) ahem, you also get one of those lifty wheelie thingy mabobs that I haven't seen since the old Ferrari line where it was used to lift tires. Good piece though. From this angle we also can see the one play feature! Stylish angle from the front. I find it really hard to put a date on these winter village sets. I mean this truck has wheel guards from the 40's and front grill from the 90's. ah what can I say, Christmas is truly timeless. Our friend the truck driver is here to tell you that I lied about the one play feature. We also have opening doors. The torso of our man looks awfully similar to one that came in a farm set a while back... Here he is showing off. I RECOGNIZE THAT FACE! Its the face of the old king from the castle line! What's he doing here?! Got a new job, moved up in the world, I still wouldn't trust him to drive a car... Regardless he didn't listen to me and hopped right in. This shot does however show that the body is only four studs wide. Our kingly friend won't be taking any female passengers along with him to romantic spots any time soon. It's a tight fit in the drivers seat. You know how normal trucks can take two to four passengers? Yeah not this one. Also his arms stick up a bit. Not giving me confidence when his hands aren't on the steering wheel. Did I not tell you something like this was going to happen!?! He's gonna wreck it and I only just built it!! ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ Needless to say its only LEGO no need to be so worried. After a brief intermediate period I put him back together and here he is showing the functionality happily albeit subdued. The 2x2 brick fits nicely on the trolley. The Christmas Tree doesn't. So we have an awkward angle as he loads it into the back. This shows his backprinting however and I can now quite certainly say his torso is from that farm set a while back. You know, the one with the farm. Now he safely drives away. Happily Ever After. The End. Go Away. Oh I'm supposed to put more on? Moron. Heres the set in its entirety. Succinctly posed like the box and instruction art. Its even got the tree behind the truck, look at that I'm an artist. Ratings, Ratings, Ratings Playability: 2/10 fish, its a Christmas tree truck. It has doors and a little wheelie trolley. Thats two play features. 2/10. What did you expect. Wait? the back opens? 3/10 Swooshability: 10/10 fish, very swooshable. Would recomend Price: 10/10 fish, are you kidding?! It was free! Accuracy: 1/10 fish, least accurate LEGO truck I own. Only enough room for one passenger. I have a dino 2010 truck that can fit eight people and its only designed for two! Christmas-y feel: 10/10 fish, this made me want to buy more Christmas LEGO and got me all excited for Christmas. Well played LEGO, well played. Overall: 100/100 fish, best set I own. Now that really is the end. Thanks for reading. Worship me. Go Away. (If at any point you got offended please refer to the disclaimer above. Also I'm pretty sure it said over 18 on the signy upy form) Bob P.S. I didn't proof read this (naughty! ) so excuse the spelling and gramatical errors alright nobodies perfect! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MontyPython Posted August 22, 2015 Well it looks quite good. Thanks for review! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legocity2713 Posted August 22, 2015 Great review. I have this set and honestly, what a great promotion. Really hits you with that whole Christmas feeling. Once again, great job showing all that makes it such a fantastic set in your review. :thumbup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheLazyChicken Posted August 23, 2015 Enjoyable review, keep it up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Humdrum Posted August 23, 2015 A quick google search revealed that the last language on the box is Hungarian. But some web sites seem to write it in two words though (ÉpÃtÅ‘ játék). I have no idea what that's about because I don't speak Hungarian . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Merlict Posted August 23, 2015 A great review of a rather meh set. Maybe I've been spoiled by better MOCs, but a 6 wide passenger vehicle really needs to be careful with proportions. The tiny windscreen and narrow passenger compartment don't work with the big Caddillac looking front end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
