A Festive Review of the Lego Compatible Funwhole Christmas Newsstand F9055 Building Block Set

 


Hey brick fans!  

Check out this newest limited edition Christmas version of the classic Funwhole Newsstand set.  If you recall, Funwhole released their original French inspired Newsstand set around this time last year.  

Here's my review of the set on the  bricktoyreviews blog: https://bricktoyreviews.blogspot.com/2023/11/i-got-to-preview-new-lego-compatible.html



For the 2024 Christmas season, we have this new version of the Newsstand. which comes in this beautiful burgundy red box.

Thanks to Funwhole who provided this set for my review!

Product Highlights

Lego compatible: Yes
Exclusive Minifigures: 2 
Lighting kit included: Yes
Printed pieces: Yes
Stickers: No
Numbered bags: Yes
Number of pieces: 718 pieces
Age Rating: 16+

Unboxing the set



There's a lot of holiday goodness packed into the small red box!  There's a lovely instruction manual with several numbered parts bags and 2 special pouches containing the Funwhole lighting kit.

One thing I really love about Funwhole is the beautiful illustrations that are included in every Funwhole manual.  The Christmas scene looks amazing!  I'm hoping we can have a white winter this year, so I can put my Christmas Newsstand out in the snow to take pictures of it.

Lighting

The Exclusive light kit comes with 23 light points attached to 2 different strings.  One is used to adorn the Christmas tree and the other one decorates the newsstand.

The light strings can be found in pouch #1.

In pouch #2, we get lighting components to light up the interior of the newsstand, along with a USB plug, a battery pack.  The battery pack powers the lights using 2 CR2032 batteries (not included).

As a reminder always test out the lighting components before you install them into the set to make sure that all of the lights and attachments are working properly.  If any issues, contact Funwhole customer service and they will set you straight.

The Build process






As you can see from the instruction manual, it's built following the 5 simple steps:

1.  Build the base
2.  Build the storefront
3.  Complete the rest of the building
4.  Build the roof
5.  Build the Christmas tree and put on the lights!

Minifigures


Here is the bag for the 2 exclusive minifigures in the set, we will see them later.

Step 1:


Here are the 3 bags of parts for step 1.

And here's step 1 completed.  I like the footprints in the show!  Those are printed pieces!

Step 2

We get 3 numbered bags for step 2.

Some very nice printed pieces can be found here.

The printed pieces really enhance the front of the newsstand.  Yum, is that hot chocolate or apple cider in the pot?  

This cute little crate can be put inside the newsstand or displayed outside.

I put the crate inside as per the manual.

Step 3


Yup, another 3 bags for step 3.

Which gives us even more printed parts, nice!

Finished building the newsstand.  The structure is exactly the same as the original newsstand set including the use of the dark green bricks, however the canopy is now red and white.  Before it was sand green and white.  The rear of the building houses the battery compartment.

Step 4


The two bags for Step 4 contains all the parts necessary to build the snow covered roof.

It is the same design as the original newsstand, but now it's white instead of dark green with the printed Newsstand sign.

Wow, it looks great and we haven't even added the tree or lighting yet, which we will do in the next step.

Step 5


Here are the three bags for the tree and other decorations.

A Bonus snowman is included in the set!  And here's a look at the Funwhole guy dressed up in a Santa suit.  I think he needs to put on a few more pounds though!

Here's the tree and newsstand all lit up from inside and outside!  Awesome!   

The extra minifigure is a girl with a christmas sweater on.

Here's a peek out back. Use the red door to go inside the newsstand.  All of the lighting wires feed into the back switch.  There is an extra port on the switch to use the included USB plug if you don't want to use the watch batteries.  


These are some pics of each side of the newsstand.  We can see all those printed posters put to good use.

Summary


The Lego compatible Funwhole Christmas Newsstand makes a great gift, especially with the beautiful box it comes in.   It was very easy to put together and would make a great display piece on the mantle or under tree!  You can even add it to your winter village scene or incorporate it into your Lego city.

Funwhole consistently has great quality in their bricks usage and designs.  All of their sets will display well with your other Lego or alternative brick branded sets.  If you haven't tried them yet, here's a great set to get your feet wet.


Hope you've enjoyed this look at the stunning Christmas Newsstand by Funwhole!  Thanks for looking, Bye!
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