LEGO Chinese Traditional Festivals 40648 Money Tree

LEGO set 40648, Money Tree, depicts a stylized money tree associated with Lunar New Year celebrations.

Money Tree belongs to LEGO’s Chinese Traditional Festivals theme. The subject is a decorative symbol linked with prosperity, built as a small plant model rather than as a character based scene. Its role in the theme is therefore symbolic and seasonal.

The build focuses on the tree, its foliage and its display base.

This set is suited to collectors of Chinese Traditional Festivals releases and to builders looking for a festive display piece. Among sets in the same theme, it sits as a compact decorative object, useful for representing Lunar New Year customs alongside larger or more scene oriented builds.

Inventory of set 40648

The inventory of set 40648 lists 336 pieces, spare parts excluded: 73 different lots (one shape in one color) for 66 part shapes. The box also contains 10 spare parts, for small elements that are easy to lose.

Colors of set 40648

Main color: red, making up 20% of the parts, followed by bright green (12%) and reddish brown (11%).

Part types

Most common parts in set 40648

64 of the 66 part shapes in this set have their own page on Setopedia, with their colors, element numbers and the other sets that use them. See all LEGO parts

No part in set 40648 is exclusive: each one is found in at least one other set, which makes replacing a lost element easier.

No similarly sized set supplies more than a quarter of its parts: set 40648 relies on a little-shared assortment.

Size of set 40648 within its line

With 336 pieces, set 40648 ranks #21 out of 32 Chinese Traditional Festivals sets in our database, which have an average of 786 parts. Among the 518 sets released in 2023, it ranks #225. That is less than half the average Chinese Traditional Festivals set size.