Hooray! We haven't missed it!

A superb Christmas GWP - love it.

WOW ... Who knows how much the minimum purchase will be to receive a similar gift ... Let's hope it's not a bleeding.

I think that this is a very cool Looking GWP but I must breathe a sigh of relief that the GWP is something I am not interested in. I just always hated the Christmas Carol book and its many interpretations, so I can definitely pass. My wallet is relieved too.

This is so beautiful, I love this set.

Looks kinda like a new face for Scrooge, that’s exciting

This is terrific! I would like to get this along with the new wreath that’s now available.

Cute.

Nice. Definitely will have to try to snag this one.

I love vignettes, more please!

Ah a Christmas Carol. What a lot of nightmares the third ghost gave me :-)
Cool set, and i like the classic storybook theme.

Just want it to be able to fetch around $50 on the secondary markets to pay for a few of my sets.

I absolutely love this set! It's a pity none of the ghosts are included though, as they are the most iconic and would make some great minifigures. Maybe we'll get another Christmas Carol gwp next year depicting Scrooge's bedroom and the three spirits? ??

@AllenSmith said:
"Is this the first set to use flesh-colored parts for figures who do not depict specific actors?

I think there are good reasons for Lego to use yellow for figures which are left to people's imaginations. In my imagination, Lego minifigures aren't humans at all—they're a squat little species that's literally yellow. Consequently, all the fleshies I acquire go straight to resellers. Alas for Tiny Tim!"

While I do agree that generally they're better in yellow, A Christmas Carol is set in a time and place where these three would have this skin color, so I see their reasoning even if I'd rather they were yellow.

This is great and stickers look fine but only for as long as they last, therefore: sorry kids, I'm keeping this one.

As a bit of a recovering font nerd, I recognize Harrington right off! This is really cute, what a fun idea--wonder if we'll be getting more book vignettes?

What will the min spend be?? When do you think this will appear?

I get what it is, but what does GWP stand for, please?
Something-Something-Promotion?

@Pongo said:
"I get what it is, but what does GWP stand for, please?
Something-Something-Promotion?"

Gift with purchase :)

@Pongo said:
"I get what it is, but what does GWP stand for, please?
Something-Something-Promotion?"

Gift With Purchase

@MasterJumpyCake said:
" @Pongo said:
"I get what it is, but what does GWP stand for, please?
Something-Something-Promotion?"

Gift with purchase :)"

thank you. P

thank you. P

Weird that Scrooge is wearing his hat sideways in an official image. Still, beautiful set! Pity it’s a GWP.

@iso3200 said:
"Love it. Wonder what the threshold will be?"

Usually, just above the price of the main Christmas set.

Tiny Tim isn't the only thing lame in this set... stickers will NOT be applied. And Scrooge ought to be draped in a cape (have to see if I have any spare black capes lying around).

Bah! Humbug!

@kelano28 said:
"The stickers completely ruin the look of this"

than dont apply them, simple :D

What a beauty, i want this!!

What a beauty, i want this!!

Ooh, I can't wait to get my hands on this one, it looks stunning! I'm now really glad I delayed ordering the Elves clubhouse, hopefully I will be able to pick up both when this GWP becomes available. I'm guessing early December?

Looks great.
Though a shame they couldn't rustle up some dark red 1x2 cheese slopes for the book edges.

@Toc13 - Never mind Kermit, where's Bean Bunny???

Realistic minifigures in a non-licensed set! I like that.

I did A Christmas Carol for GCSE English, so it might be nice to actually build the novel for once, rather than breaking it down for analysis! I'm looking to get the Saturn V when it's re-released, so hopefully that'll pass the price threshold and I'll get this as a free gift.

Glad I held off on buying the Cantina. I thought Yoda's lightsaber was 'meh'. But the book vignette is a must have for me.

I’m interested...

Looks excellent. I will hopefully get several of those since I've built up a bit of a backlog of wanted sets with all the recent GWPs being rubbish or repeats.

(I just hope Lego don't suddenly start enforcing their 'One per household' rule that's always in the GWP T&C's)

Flesh colour skintones ... rare in GWP as far as I can tell. Do begin phasing out yellow skintones.

@ForestMenOfEndor said:
"

Is anyone else going to immediately swap out the minifigures for their Disney counterparts? Because Scrooge McDuck is definitely going to star in our version!"

I thought the same!

@Toc13 said:
"I'm confused - where's Kermit?"

Yeah, there's no Muppets here. Is this some kind of knockoff???

Not a big fan of using fleshies in GWP sets, but this set featuring a book story , it makes sense.

Still miles better then a Microscale GWP.

Lovely set with great decorations and stuff.

A beautiful set. This is why I'm waiting to get the Elf Clubhouse.

Very nice. It would be nice to open the cover of the book and store bricks inside when not in use.

Doesn't look like or reminiscent of A Christmas Carol.
We see Tiny Tim but Bob Cratchit's clothing is not reminiscent of that Victorian era imho.

Should've been Scrooge with one of the ghosts in his bedroom like Marley with the chains or the ghost of Xmas present with the horn of plenty spilling about Scrooge's detailed Victorian bedroom.
There's a lovely scene illustrated that has the Ghost of Xmas Present with his cornucopia like torch and robe (very reminiscent of Father Xmas) with all manner of food and drink about him, roaring fireplace and elaborate bedroom with Scrooge in his night cap and gown. That would've been lovely.

This seems meh to me. BUT, a Gw/P is always welcome. "A Merry Christmas to us all; God bless us, every one!"

@Toc13 said:
"I'm confused - where's Kermit?"

That's a different record: John Denver and the Muppets - highly recommended :)

I'm surprised they didn't do the Mickey mouse version of Christmas Carol as unlike the Muppets they have all the min-figs already? Although using a book as a base is a really clever and original idea, my only concern is that there are more pieces in the book than the scene, which is a shame as I would rather have a larger scene and a smaller book.

Not really a negative comment, but I think this would have been nice as a riff on the Hans Christian Anderson model with a similar book base purely as this would compliment it and potentially set up a rather cool occasional series.

That's actually really really nice! Feels much more 'mature' than most Christmas GWP

Yay! Another GWP that will entice me to buy more LEGO only to have LEGO write me after they’ve billed my credit card to tell me they’ve canceled my GWP because they are out of stock.

TLG has royally sucked it this year on fulfillment. I don’t wanna hear “Covid! Covid!” You either manage an inventory effectively or you don’t. Covid does NOT infect an online ordering system. And theirs is in need of major, major work.

OK, I’m good now.

The piece itself looks great. I just hope I can get one. I’ve only got one strike left.

@iso3200 said:
"Love it. Wonder what the threshold will be?"

Probably the same cost as the Winter Village set.

How many stickers are there?

For all the hate on the stickers, seem to miss printed wood long round tiles. Great pieces to have!!!

@lego_lover2008 said:
"i wish it could go in to the book like the 21315: Pop-Up Book."

;) We tried... https://ideas.lego.com/challenges/99a66402-19d3-4c70-a631-2d56b59a062b/application/d6e92fd0-1f3c-4564-a5c6-a6e5268b645e

@ArmoredBricks said:
"I absolutely love this set! It's a pity none of the ghosts are included though, as they are the most iconic and would make some great minifigures. Maybe we'll get another Christmas Carol gwp next year depicting Scrooge's bedroom and the three spirits? ??

@AllenSmith said:
"Is this the first set to use flesh-colored parts for figures who do not depict specific actors?

I think there are good reasons for Lego to use yellow for figures which are left to people's imaginations. In my imagination, Lego minifigures aren't humans at all—they're a squat little species that's literally yellow. Consequently, all the fleshies I acquire go straight to resellers. Alas for Tiny Tim!"

While I do agree that generally they're better in yellow, A Christmas Carol is set in a time and place where these three would have this skin color, so I see their reasoning even if I'd rather they were yellow."

Technically there is no reason why Bob or his son or even Scrooge couldn't be any other colour...

Like the idea but other than for the stickers announcing the book it could be from anywhere, it's a pity that they didn't choose a scene from the actual story and that there are no ghosts!!! Unless they are hiding in that book base...

@TomKazutara said:
"Whuuuaaaat ? It is NOT an SDCC Exlusive ?
But how will Lego now bring those small nice set to the people worldwide ?"

Yeah i've also had it with all the nice small exclusive sets. (Btw nice avatar.. Mega Man 2 rocks)

@NLRCreations:
Are you sure? I don't think I've ever actually read the book, but I've seen several adaptations. Most regularly, I've watched the Muppets version. Granted, he's missing the giant turkey, but he does knock on the Cratchit door at least once in the story.

@PurpleDave said:
" @NLRCreations:
Are you sure? I don't think I've ever actually read the book, but I've seen several adaptations. Most regularly, I've watched the Muppets version. Granted, he's missing the giant turkey, but he does knock on the Cratchit door at least once in the story."

Yes very! Have read it several times, he only goes to their house with the 2nd ghost. On Christmas Day he goes to his nephew's house!

@CDM said:
"Incredible GWP. Only way it could be better is printed pieces instead of stickers but I realize that is an unrealistic ask for a free set."

Agreed. I won't be applying the stickers, but it'll look good without them. Cute scene, a nice addition to my slowly growing LEGO Christmas set piece.

@NLRCreations:
He definitely went to the Cratchit house in the Muppets Christmas Carol, because Miss Piggy started to give him a piece of her mind before she realized that Scrooge had just given Bob a raise and offered to pay off their mortgage.

Well it's available now at Lego shops in Australia with purchases of AU$200 and over. Hopefully elsewhere and online soon!

@Wrecknbuild said:
" @Toc13 said:
"I'm confused - where's Kermit?"

That's a different record: John Denver and the Muppets - highly recommended :)"

JD and the Muppets Christmas was the first CD I ever bought; well beside Rick Astley's Whenver You Need Somebody for my gf of course. :)

Oh this looks fantastic! I wonder if they'll do more than one Christmas freebie this year. I think they did a few last year...I'll need to try to split order into a few!