Beginner
≈ 1 h 22 minSuggested range49 min – 2 h 12 min
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City · SET 60436
Advent Calendar 2024
The 2024 City calendar gathers little city and winter models, with characters and vehicles to build a little at a time.
- Pieces
- 195
- Release year
- 2024
- Theme
- City
- Set number
- 60436
- LEGO recommended age
- 5+
- Archived regional retail price · Germany
- 26.99 €
Archived regional retail price in the stated market and currency. It does not establish the Italian launch price; no estimated currency conversion. Brickset ↗ · Reference checked on 22 October 2026
Official English name verified at: LEGO English archive ↗ · Checked on 26 October 2026.
TIME TO BUILD
How long does it take to build Advent Calendar 2024?
A starting point for planning your build. Times for each experience level are editorial estimates, not measurements submitted by HowLongToBuild users.
Editorial estimate · first build
Intermediate
≈ 55 minSuggested range33 min – 1 h 28 minExperienced
≈ 38 minSuggested range22 min – 1 h 1 minBased on one person building the set for the first time, following the original instructions and using numbered bags where supplied. Includes normal piece-finding and minor adjustments; excludes long breaks, filming, dismantling and modifications. Sources may use different methods. This range is neither a statistical interval nor a limit: your build may take less or more time.
How we estimate times · sources and method
Editorial assessment: The 2024 City calendar gathers little city and winter models, with characters and vehicles to build a little at a time. The estimate adds only building time, without counting calendar days. A first build following the instructions, including normal piece finding; an adult may help when needed. Breaks and subsequent play are excluded. For older sets, unnumbered bags or previously mixed pieces may prolong sorting. No verified timed build: indicative values with substantial variation.
Sources do not always specify the builder’s experience. The three experience bands are our editorial assessment, based on the complexity of the set and individual accounts where available.
- LEGO · set-specific instructions ↗
Official name, pieces, age and imagery; no timed building data.
- LEGO · set manual ↗
Document for this set number. The duration is an editorial estimate, not a LEGO timing.
Checked: 26 October 2026 · Method v1.0 · Limited reports; not a statistical average.
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Varied subjects
The surprises alternate little objects, vehicles and figures.
LEGO sourceOverall time
The estimate adds only building time, without counting calendar days.
LEGO sourceBeyond the set
The stories, places and inventions behind your build.
An influential image
An 1848 Illustrated London News image of Britain’s royal family around a decorated tree popularised the custom.
Victoria and Albert MuseumTrains brought people home
New railways let city workers return to families for Christmas, linking celebration with transport change.
Victoria and Albert MuseumWritten by HowLongToBuild · Sources are linked with each story · Checked on 26 October 2026. Historical facts and story details refer to the context described.
THE COMMUNITY’S EXPERIENCE
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Small synthesizer melodies lend plant forms a curious, homely character. A sonic garden for alternating leaves, stems and details without a large orchestra.
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Mother Earth's Plantasia
Mort Garson
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