Last year we as a family had the pleasure of reviewing the Lego Star Wars advent calendar. It was our first foray into the world of the filled advent calendar, before that we’d always gone with the traditional chocolate ones. After the excitement of getting a new Lego Star Wars toy everyday I think the days of the chocolate calendars are over for us, It was just too much fun.
The main plus point of them is that instead of a small insignificant piece of chocolate every morning, you now get a really cool toy which your youngster will obviously get x100 more play out of. The Santa Yoda we had out of the Lego Star Wars advent calendar last year has been played with most days for the last year.
The downside is they do tend to be rather expensive. However if you have a young Lego Star Wars, Playmobil or Moshi Monsters fan than they act as an early christmas present every morning leading up until the big day.
The big 2 brands that everyone instantly thinks of are the Lego and Playmobil calendars. However I was surprised by how many of these toy filled advent calendar there are available right now. The Moshi Monsters Moshlings Advent Calendar is a new one for this year, and I can imagine it being very in demand.
Here’s a round-up of all the toy filled advent calendars on the market right now:
Lego Advent Calendar’s
Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar 2012 – Fans of last years Father Christmas Yoda will love this years calendar featuring Santa Darth Maul and Snowman R2-D2.
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Lego Star Wars 9509: Advent Calendar (2012 Version) (Amazon) |
 £24.99 
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Lego City Advent Calendar 2012 – It’s Christmas time but Santa’s sleigh is stuck in the snow. Open the 24 doors of your calendar and collect all the minifigs, tools and vehicles needed to rescue Santa in time.
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Lego 2012 City Advent Calendar 4428 (Amazon) |
£49.99
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Lego City 2012 Advent Calendar 4428 (Amazon) |
£46.95
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Lego City 4428: Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£43.43
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2 X Lego City 4428: Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£Check!
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Lego City 4428 Advent Calendar (Gameseek) |
 £32.49
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Lego City 4428 Advent Calendar (Gameseek) |
 £32.49
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar 2012 Celebrate Christmas Heartlake City style with the Lego Friends advent Calendar.
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Lego Friends 3316: Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£39.90
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Lego Friends 41016: Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£30.96
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Lego Friends 850581 Brick Calendar (Amazon) |
£29.99
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Lego Friends 41102 Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£29.23
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Lego Friends 41040 Lego Friends Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£25.46
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Lego Friends 41131 Advent Calendar Building Kit (218 Piece) By Lego (Amazon) |
£24.99
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Lego Friends 41131 Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£14.03
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Lego Advent Calendar 2015 Combo Set Contains City And Lego Friends (Amazon) |
£Check!
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar 41102 (Amazon) |
£Check!
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar (41102) (Amazon) |
£Check!
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar (Gameseek) |
£32.49
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar (Gameseek) |
£32.49
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Lego Friends 41016 Advent Calendar (Gameseek) |
£27.49
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Lego Friends 41016 Advent Calendar (Gameseek) |
£27.49
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Lego Friends 41131 Advent Calendar (Gameseek) |
£21.44
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar (41040) (Gameseek) |
£21.25
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Lego Friends - Advent Calendar 2015 (Gameseek) |
£18.12
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar 3316 (Tesco Direct) |
 £23.99
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Lego Friends Advent Calendar 41016 (Tesco Direct) |
£18.75
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Playmobil Advent Calendar’s 2012
Playmobil Winter Wonderland Advent Calendar
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Playmobil 4166 Advent Calendar Forest Winter Wonderland (Amazon) |
£17.99
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Playmobil Pirates Treasure Cave Advent Calendar
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Playmobil 4164 Advent Calendar Pirates Treasure Cove (Amazon) |
£19.99
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Playmobil Advent Calendar Secret Pirates Treasure Island (6625) (IWOOT) |
 £17.99
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Playmobil Advent Calendar Secret Pirates Treasure Island (6625) (IWOOT) |
 £17.99
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Playmobil Advent Calendar Secret Pirates Treasure Island (6625) (Zavvi) |
 £17.99
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Playmobil Princess Wedding Advent Calendar
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Playmobil Princess Wedding Advent Calendar (4165) (Toys R Us) |
 £17.99
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Playmobil Christmas Post Office Advent Calendar
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Playmobil Christmas Post Office Advent Calender (4161) (Toys R Us) |
£17.99
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Various other Character filled Advent Calendars I found
Moshi Monster Moshling Advent Calendar 2012
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Mattel Barbie Doll Accessories Girl's Christmas Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£32.99
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Official Mattel Barbie Advent Calendar Includes Barbie Doll Christmas Accessories (Amazon) |
£Check!
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| + 2 others available from Amazon ↓ | ||
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2 X Mattel Barbie Doll Accessories Girl's Christmas Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£Check!
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Zhu Zhu Pets Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£27.87
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Littlest Pet Shop Advent Calendar
Ben 10 Ultimate Alien Advent Calendar
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Hello Kitty Pop-up Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£14.01
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Hello Kitty Advent Calendar (Amazon) |
£Check!
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Yesterday whilst my oldest was in school me and Jacob sat down and enjoyed the new Zhu Zhu Pets movie – Quest for Zhu. If truth be told I didn’t think Thomas would be too interested, so that’s why we watched it on our own. However after seeing it I think I’ll be sitting down and watching it tonight with both of them as Thomas is a sucker for a good story and he will love this.
the whole Go Go / Zhu Zhu craze. However I did notice a lot of new furry characters I hadn’t seen before lining the shelves. Apart from the new 
