Does the Gingerbread House include any minifigures?

No, the set is built purely as a display model, there are no minifigures included.

What colours make up most of the set?

White, medium nougat, red and reddish brown together create the icing and gingerbread look of the finished model.

How much building time does it take compared with other Christmas sets?

With 277 pieces and 73 part types it is a moderate build, manageable in a single sitting such as an advent afternoon.

Christmas

Gingerbread House

The Gingerbread House 40139 is a seasonal Christmas set built from 277 pieces, designed as a display model rather than a play set. Its colour scheme of white, medium nougat, red and reddish brown is chosen to mimic icing and gingerbread rather than any real building material. There are no minifigures included, since the model itself is the entire point of the set.

Set number: 40139
Year: 2015
Pieces: 277
Minifigures: 0
Theme: Christmas
Different parts: 73

What can I build with it?

View the official building instructions at LEGO® ↗

Parts list 73

As BrickLink list (XML)

Import on BrickLink: Wanted → Upload, upload the file (or paste its content), pick a Wanted List and add the parts.

Spare parts (27)

These extra parts come with the set in case one gets lost.

Description

A building, not a scene

Where many Christmas sets combine a small scene with a couple of minifigures, the Gingerbread House is built purely as a standalone structure. Its 277 pieces form a compact house with roof, walls and decorative detail meant to look like icing, gingerbread and sweets, with no figures or vehicles involved. That focus makes it a straightforward build-and-display project: it goes together once and then serves as a decoration, rather than being taken apart and rebuilt the way many other sets are.

A colour scheme built around icing

The white, medium nougat, red and reddish brown palette is not arbitrary, it is chosen to recreate the look of an actual gingerbread house: reddish brown stands in for the biscuit itself, white for icing, and red for decorative touches such as candy canes or berries. A large share of the 73 different part types falls into these four colours. Anyone using the set as a starting point for their own festive display can check the parts list on this page for exactly which shapes come in which colour.

A manageable build for the season

At 277 pieces across 73 different part types, the Gingerbread House sits in a comfortable middle ground, substantial enough to be an actual build, small enough to finish in an afternoon. That makes it a reasonable pick for anyone wanting a seasonal project without a large time commitment, whether as an advent activity or a table decoration. With no minifigures included, it works better as a display piece than a toy, though its colours pair well with other Christmas sets on a shelf.

How it compares with other seasonal sets

LEGO's small Christmas sets change theme every year, sometimes a treehouse, sometimes a winter cabin, and here a gingerbread house, which makes each release fairly distinct from the ones before it even when the piece count stays similar. At 277 pieces, the Gingerbread House sits in the usual range for this line, considerably smaller than the large flagship Christmas sets that run into the thousands of pieces, but more substantial than the smallest seasonal minis. For anyone collecting a new seasonal model each year, it adds a theme that pairs naturally with other winter display pieces already on the shelf.

FAQ

Does the Gingerbread House include any minifigures?: No, the set is built purely as a display model, there are no minifigures included.
What colours make up most of the set?: White, medium nougat, red and reddish brown together create the icing and gingerbread look of the finished model.
How much building time does it take compared with other Christmas sets?: With 277 pieces and 73 part types it is a moderate build, manageable in a single sitting such as an advent afternoon.