Review: 40756 Lucky Knots GwP from LEGO® Lunar New Year

LEGO® Lunar New Year (aka Chinese Traditional Festival) sets have become increasingly popular since their introduction in 2019. As well as two new releases this year – 80116 Trotting Lantern and 80117 Good Fortune, which I recently looked at the new parts of and shall be reviewing in full very soon – we also get a Gift with Purchase (GwP) in this theme, 40756 Lucky Knots. Now I'm going to take a closer look at the set itself.

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40756 Lucky Knots GwP

• Pieces: 317
• Release date: 1 to 7 January 2025 while stocks last – click links below to check if available still in your country:

Threshold: 

• LEGO.com US – free with purchases of $150 or more, excluding pre-orders.
• LEGO.com Canada – free with purchases of $195 or more, excluding pre-orders.
• LEGO.com UK – free with purchases of £135 or more, excluding pre-orders. 
• LEGO.com Australia – free with purchases of $240 or more, excluding pre-orders.
• LEGO.com New Zealand – free with purchases of $260 or more, excluding pre-orders.
• LEGO.com Deutschland – free with purchases of 150€ or more, excluding pre-orders. 
• LEGO.com Nederland – free with  purchases of 150€ or more, excluding pre-orders. 
• LEGO.com France – free with purchases of 150€ or more, excluding pre-orders. 
• LEGO.com Polska – free with purchases of  625 zł or more, excluding pre-orders. 
• LEGO.com Norge – free with purchases of  1750 kr or more, excluding pre-orders. 
• LEGO.com Danmark – free with purchases of  1.125 kr or more, excluding pre-orders. 

Other countries click here

Other GwPs are available during the same period. For a full rundown of the various spend thresholds required to qualify around the world, see our January 2025 LEGO GwP article. 

New moulds

Unusually for a Gift with Purchase release, we are treated to a new mould: Chain, Short with Bars in Pearl Gold (6512378 | 6891). Eight are provided here. Their inclusion is entirely down to the mould being developed for the Trotting Lantern and Good Fortune sets, I would imagine, since GwP rarely even warrant a recolour, let alone a new mould in their own right. I covered the geometry of this new part more fully in my recent article Parts review: January 2025 LEGO® Chinese Traditional Festival sets.

Printed elements

This coin, Tile Round 2x2 with print in Pearl Gold (6516513 | 14769pr) also appears in the other two Lunar New Year sets. We get two with Lucky Knots, both of which are a surprise buried underneath the large 4x4 tan tiles in the centre of each build.

Rare elements

Considering this is such a small set, it is surprising that there are also three rare parts in Lucky Knots, all of which have been seen in two other sets to date:

• 2x Tile 4x4 in Brick Yellow/Tan (6488487 | 1751) – I had already applied the sticker before taking this photo of the parts.
• 8x Plate 3x3 Corner in Red (6493105 | 77844)
• 30x Equipment Flotation Ring [Life Preserver] in Red (6438242 | 30340)

The build

The set contains just two numbered bags; each holds the same elements shown above. Both knots can be built simultaneously as there are two copies of the instructions included in the box. 

The builds are identical apart from applying two different stickers to each of the 4x4 tan tiles. They are fairly straightforward to construct, with just 17 steps in each booklet.

Once the builds are completed, they form a beautiful pair of hanging ornaments. The central diamond decals translate to Blessing and Spring respectively.

In tradition, knotted decorations made with a single piece of string ward off evil spirits. Red is symbolic in Chinese culture of prosperity and good luck.

Conclusion

The set is a nice thematic tie-in with the other Spring Festival releases, but with quite a high spend threshold for just 317 pieces. If you don't have a cultural attachment to lucky knots, then they would certainly make a nice gift for somebody who does, but I must confess that they weren't particularly exciting to me. 

As a parts pack, there are certainly plenty of interesting elements in extremely good quantities for a GwP, but I'm not sure who needs 30 red lifebelts! Unless you are building a huge beach scene...?

READ MORE: All January LEGO Gifts with Purchase and their thresholds

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