Today I have a short review of the LEGO December 2015 Christmas Tree Ornament (5003083). It was only available for a week with purchases of $50 or more at LEGO Brand stores and on Shop@Home. This is the second year that LEGO has done this particular promotion with last year being the Christmas Train (5002813) and this one comes in at 32 pieces.
Like with the previous one, it does come in a resealable packaging with protects the inner fabric bag that holds the set. The tree itself is pretty simple with the usual building techniques of stacking the sloped pieces. There are some printed pieces like the envelope tile as well as the 2015 tile which is exclusive to the ornament. At the top, you have the Technic axle connector which allows you to tie the gold cord to hang it up.
Overall, it’s a pretty nice little exclusive that LEGO has included with their promo and I hope that it continues next year as well. If you missed out on it, the parts are very common minus the 2015 1×2 tile and the cord that LEGO has included. The instructions are below if you want to make your own.
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The difference between these is that last year’s train ornament was handed out for free at the Black Friday VIP Preview event, and any leftovers were probably just given to loyal customers who didn’t get the invite (or who didn’t use their invite) because attendance at the BFP event is a lot lower recently than it was the first year. This year the ornament was made available to anyone who made the qualifying purchase, which means it was easy to get multiple copies if you felt like it (and could afford it after all the other recent promotions and whatever Christmas shopping you had to do). I expect the 2014 train will be a lot harder to obtain now than the 2015 tree will be a year from now.