Love the Friends lines! Mini-dolls and mini-figs looks just fine together in a City, and they are some of the best parts packs as well as fun builds to boot!
44:55 It’s nice to see a Heroica reference since I grew up with those & have 3 of the sets still. Also, I’m pretty interested in the Beach Amusement Park set. That mechanism is so good!
A lot of these sets are actually redesigns of the OG Friends. News van, Sea Rescue centre, Sea rescue boat, (plane was a helicopter in OG), Sports Cantre, even pier water park is copies of the OG Pier theme park, and the stables.... there are about 20 of them in some way shape or form. Yes, the designs are WAY cooler but they are things that are being duplicated.... which sucks a bit, especially for us minidoll/Friends AFOL's.
Jumping back into Lego after a long time. I have two sons, now early 20’s and they were not interested in Friends sets as children, so I never even investigated this theme. So when I first saw the botanical garden set, and purchased two copies to do a moc, I started looking closer. Wow they have some great sets! I will be buying more! Looking for deals leading up to Christmas. Currently Amazon and Walmart have a number of sets on sale. Thanks for the great review!
I agree with you, 90% of my stash in friends specially with the new 2023 wave and 10% are city. those are my 2 favorite lines. Im not a huge disney fan but this year lego is killing it. I got the tower and the botanical garden, and the pancake shop and buggy. plan to get leos kitchen and the bus even though i think they are over price. also plan to get the park and news van. Im going to make a moc for the pancake shop and make it bigger.
Correction: the recolored saxophones in the Botanical Gardens are Bright Spring Green (Bricklink color), not Lime Green. The best part about Autumn's Riding Stable is that it perfectly complements Autumn's House, which we got in the previous wave. Also, do those stickers on the sides of the catamaran floats cover more than one piece each?!?! I thought LEGO had stopped putting single stickers over multiple pieces.
Friends theme is yes so underrated🤔 Some one who not like Friends, says it it too colorful, and there are mini dolls instead to mini figs😱 I like the theme👌😎🔥
Wanted to shoutout the Friends 30635 Beach Cleanup polybag available from the Lego VIP Rewards Center for 500 VIP points (~$3.50) that includes one of those adorable otters! I think it's a great value set to nab in place of or along with the Sea Rescue Center. Going to disagree slightly on the Autumn's Stable set being overpriced-it's pretty in line with Friends horse-themed sets. It most closely correlates to 41126 Heartlake Riding Club from 2016-for the same price it has a few less pieces and is a little smaller overall but has the same number of horses and minifigs and a generally comparable build. And it's just so gorgeous. ❤
25:52 When Lego friends makes a better Foosball set than the actual foosball set. Sometimes I wish Lego would give the side builds the option to be sold separately Because there are many times where I find the side build better than the main build and I just want the side build. Like if this mini tennis/soccer arena sold by itself for like 10 bucks or around there, I'd buy it in a heart beat.
There has been another Friends gym in 2017: set 41312 Heartlake Sports Center. And also the Downtown Diner modular included a gym! :) Thanks for the great reviews! I love Friends so much and I definitely agree it’s underrated and overlooked by many in the AFOL community!
I broke down and got the kitchen because it was $54.39 at target. I figured it wouldn’t be on sale later on, and I want the full tower 😍. I also got the bro pack with Leo and Olie and the pizza pack haha. Leo and Olie were $15 They had the small sets on sale too, but decided against them and for the pizza pack for full price. Love it!
FRIENDS got me to LEGO since 2015, and I can definitely say that the 2023 reboot is the BEST era of the theme to date!
Finally someone agrees to say that it’s underrated !!!!
The sets are amazing and they have unique styles !
Has anyone here watched the series ?
Me lol. Girls on a kiss as well as next generation, I really enjoyed them both!
Love the Friends lines! Mini-dolls and mini-figs looks just fine together in a City, and they are some of the best parts packs as well as fun builds to boot!
Friends has some of the best builds ever, even something as simple as a school
Ha ha ha, the character falling off the ride @ 40:45
That’s a really great set with amazing movement
44:55 It’s nice to see a Heroica reference since I grew up with those & have 3 of the sets still. Also, I’m pretty interested in the Beach Amusement Park set. That mechanism is so good!
LEGO Friends is my childhood, and the current waves are my favourites!
My 5yo son: Why are you looking at girls' LEGO dad?
Me: LEGO friends is now being targeted at grown men, son.
It's targeted for every human! Apart from people who physically can't use it or people for who it would be dangerous to use it, like babies.
Honestly, kids nowadays are so lucky :)
Wow that botanical garden looks really special, like a custom MOC.
A lot of these sets are actually redesigns of the OG Friends. News van, Sea Rescue centre, Sea rescue boat, (plane was a helicopter in OG), Sports Cantre, even pier water park is copies of the OG Pier theme park, and the stables.... there are about 20 of them in some way shape or form.
Yes, the designs are WAY cooler but they are things that are being duplicated.... which sucks a bit, especially for us minidoll/Friends AFOL's.
Jumping back into Lego after a long time. I have two sons, now early 20’s and they were not interested in Friends sets as children, so I never even investigated this theme. So when I first saw the botanical garden set, and purchased two copies to do a moc, I started looking closer. Wow they have some great sets! I will be buying more! Looking for deals leading up to Christmas. Currently Amazon and Walmart have a number of sets on sale. Thanks for the great review!
makes me wish I was a little kid again, cause I'd totally ask for some of these for Christmas or my birthday :')
I agree with you, 90% of my stash in friends specially with the new 2023 wave and 10% are city. those are my 2 favorite lines. Im not a huge disney fan but this year lego is killing it. I got the tower and the botanical garden, and the pancake shop and buggy. plan to get leos kitchen and the bus even though i think they are over price. also plan to get the park and news van. Im going to make a moc for the pancake shop and make it bigger.
can't say how we got there but Friends is now a better CITY line than CITY is
So true!
FINALLY someone who acknowledges Lego friends and how underrated they are
Correction: the recolored saxophones in the Botanical Gardens are Bright Spring Green (Bricklink color), not Lime Green.
The best part about Autumn's Riding Stable is that it perfectly complements Autumn's House, which we got in the previous wave.
Also, do those stickers on the sides of the catamaran floats cover more than one piece each?!?! I thought LEGO had stopped putting single stickers over multiple pieces.
I have the botanical set. It is amazing. I hadn’t seen the otter set yet. Now that you’ve shown it, I want to get it!!!!
Friends theme is yes so underrated🤔 Some one who not like Friends, says it it too colorful, and there are mini dolls instead to mini figs😱 I like the theme👌😎🔥
Friends is fantastic!
Wanted to shoutout the Friends 30635 Beach Cleanup polybag available from the Lego VIP Rewards Center for 500 VIP points (~$3.50) that includes one of those adorable otters! I think it's a great value set to nab in place of or along with the Sea Rescue Center.
Going to disagree slightly on the Autumn's Stable set being overpriced-it's pretty in line with Friends horse-themed sets. It most closely correlates to 41126 Heartlake Riding Club from 2016-for the same price it has a few less pieces and is a little smaller overall but has the same number of horses and minifigs and a generally comparable build. And it's just so gorgeous. ❤
25:52 When Lego friends makes a better Foosball set than the actual foosball set.
Sometimes I wish Lego would give the side builds the option to be sold separately Because there are many times where I find the side build better than the main build and I just want the side build. Like if this mini tennis/soccer arena sold by itself for like 10 bucks or around there, I'd buy it in a heart beat.
There has been another Friends gym in 2017: set 41312 Heartlake Sports Center. And also the Downtown Diner modular included a gym! :)
Thanks for the great reviews! I love Friends so much and I definitely agree it’s underrated and overlooked by many in the AFOL community!
I think bc no minigures :(
Plus, the LEGO City Police Training Academy has a gym, with some of the same exercise equipment.
I broke down and got the kitchen because it was $54.39 at target. I figured it wouldn’t be on sale later on, and I want the full tower 😍. I also got the bro pack with Leo and Olie and the pizza pack haha. Leo and Olie were $15 They had the small sets on sale too, but decided against them and for the pizza pack for full price. Love it!
Keep it underrated, then the prices will stay reasonable and it will have quality set designs...unlike City.
The beach set is awesome 😍
Love & appreciate these reviews👍🏻. Have y'all notice how sharp and snazzy duck bricks dresses 👌🏻
Botanical Garden is superior!! Bought multiple, making a large campus of buildings. It’s amazing!
10:50 I really like how they made a white whale because it really resembles a beluga whale!
I posted a Lego friends unboxing because you inspired me!💘
Bros rocking CDG and owns all bionicle sets living my dream 😭😭
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if these had regular minifigures i migh have wanted to get one of them they give off a great summer vibe
These “mega reviews” are very hard to follow when you lay out all the sets together like this. Hard to tell which parts belong to which set
Love lego friends dont like minidolls