@560heliport said:
"Ferrets!"

Lego is making pests now?

42655 Seeing the cat on the menu, I just assumed the restaurant was named "The Fat Cat", which is a great name for a Restaurant.
Also, so many food pieces!
Friends is killing it with city sets. Where is City at?

I have a port wine stain myself, so its a rather numb feeling for me to see it in lego form too.

A little late, 2025 friends was already on the database earlier today.

Another great showing, lots of personality from these sets.
it's interesting that the Botanicals sunflower and CMF plushy were seemingly developed for Friends, appearing in multiple sets and (in the case of the plushies) with multiple prints. Other new elements are the rollerblades which fit Minidolls better than the existing rollerskate, the new Minidoll baby, and an interesting new globe piece that scales between the Barraki eye and the Technic orb, it fits on a stud and resembles the old 9v light cover.

I also love the new prints for held objects: the passports, the flower seed packets, and the photobooth printout (Lego's finally upholding that design rule again!). The Sweets Shop 42649 is a great parts pack with plenty of Guble Bubble and Granola bars, 42655 also has a great selection of food items new and old (including the margarita/sundae glass in a large quantity).

New bee tile
Love the micro plane in the logo, the new plane makes you wonder who designs the lego planes, remember 60367

42652 is very lovely, but just a couple of years ago, its predecessor 41703 cost only a little more for an extra 400 pieces.

Why are the babies wearing helmets?

Propeller plane?

These Fried sets are in style.

LEGO CORGIS!!! LEGORGIS!!!

@Lyichir said:
"
-Eniko the veterinarian has a port wine stain (a vascular skin discoloration), continuing the Friends theme's commitment to diversity. Love the shaggy dog family in that set as well!
-The treehouse has some cool DIY customization features, and I love the little room for the raccoon (complete with a bed, a portrait by Liann, and an accumulating hoard of goodies) "

I was wondering what that mark was!
I love the raccoon’s room!

I've pretty much stopped buying sets that cost more than twenty dollars, but I love the look of 42663. I love the Fifties look of the vehicle, the scenery side-build, and FINALLY! A bicycle mold that can be adapted for use by minidolls or minifigs!

@8BrickMario said:
"I can't stand the way LEGO spelled the fictitious Guble Bubble brand name. The first word appears to be nonsense, but thay would be fine if both words just had a double "b". "Gubble Bubble" would look so much nicer. It's an absolutely inconsequential thing that bothers me, but it does!"

The way it's spelled means it's pronounced "Gooble Bubble" or "Gyooble Bubble", it also bugs me.

It's nice to see characters from the Systar System still finding work after The Lego Movie 2. I wonder if the ice cream is still voiced by Richard Ayoade...

Green and pink in 42670... subtle Wicked reference?

That 42670 Heartlake City Apartments and Stores set looks bonkers cool. And that 42656 Airport and Airplane? Man, that is slick. Very nice.

Nice folding table in the camper van. Nice flush toilet too.
Wait.
Friends put a working flush toilet in a camper van?
Truly, Friends is something else!

Edit: Squishmallows too. Just wrapped up two of those for holiday gifts today.

I may pick up 42669 bee keepers hut for my park layout!

@MeganL said:
"They look great! Did I see corgis????

I suppose now I'm going to have to rebuild 41732 for a comparative review...."

Looks like it, but since they have tails that would make them Cardigan Welsh Corgis. The more common form of Corgi is the Pembroke Welsh Corgi and they don't have tails.

Are there two new hair molds in these sets? I don't recognize the black hair in 42644 or the hair dresser hair in 42662. I'm curious to see them on minifigs.

Friends isn't my thing personally, but these looks like fantastic sets - Friends has just been knocking it out of the park for a few years now.

Well. Just so long as we don’t hitch a trailer to that van and then drive away after using the toilet, we should have a happy camping trip!

Ok. I want 42670 Heartlake City Apartments and Stores. I'm curious how it'll look next to other large friends sets such as 41732 and 41704 . Also, are those Squishmallow lego bits?!? My daughter will so be going eeeee! for those. :-)

My only issue looking at these is Autumn seems to have the same outfit in each set she appears.

These are the type of sets that used to be "City" but now have pastel colors and branded under "Friends". Nice sets, but I wish , at least some of them, would have been released under City series with more real life colors as they used to be.

42670 looks beautiful. I wonder how this looks next to modulars.

Happy to finally see LEGO guinea pigs. However... that set includes a round tile representing seeds, and it is NOT safe for guinea pigs to eat seeds.

I like a lot of the friends sets, but I often want two of some because I don't like the open backs. Too much of a modular fan I suppose.

42670 is my favourite, reminds me of San Francisco. I'd reallyike that as an architectural set.

Lots of new animals I want and I'll end up collecting those plushies (or teddies as we used to call any stuffed toy).

Ridiculous mini dolls aside, the beekeeper and city block sets both look great. I still regret not getting the theater set for my Muppets

@deathmoth said:
"Well. Just so long as we don’t hitch a trailer to that van and then drive away after using the toilet, we should have a happy camping trip!"

My grandpa on my mother's side saw a bumper sticker he wanted to get for their motor home: "Back off or I'll flush!" Grandma wouldn't let him.

@MVives said:"Happy to finally see LEGO guinea pigs. However... that set includes a round tile representing seeds, and it is NOT safe for guinea pigs to eat seeds."

Really? Their mouths aren't big enough to fit a wide variety of foods into. Do they eat berries?

@Ridgeheart said:"The dog loves Nova, because it is a dog, and it is made of love. It can't help itself, it's in its nature. I cannot blame the dog.

Nova does not love the dog back, because she is a heartless monster, incapable of love. She can't help herself, but she must still be stopped. Just because I understand her predicament doesn't mean I condone it."

@Ridgeheart's version of Nova ends up in Brickset's comment section's version of Fabuland. What happens?

42649 - Izzie's hair piece is getting a recolor, and the new color looks to be just as fun as the last one!

Oh my goodness, I don't care for minidolls per say, but I love 42669 Beekeeper's house!

I don't know what's the problem of the black cat that appears in a few of these sets, but I love him instantly! <3

That airplane is an interesting choice; a v-tail with pusher type engines… That won’t handle well.

That Resturant Attic is gonna make them inevitably fail health inspection.

The restaurant and beekeeper's house will be modded into my winter village next year for sure.

@domboy said:
"Oh my goodness, I don't care for minidolls per say, but I love 42669 Beekeeper's house! "

Often the scale in the builds is quite close to the one needed for minifigs just by pure chance.

idc that they are friends sets I want those ferrets

@TheOtherMike said:
" @Ridgeheart's version of Nova ends up in Brickset's comment section's version of Fabuland. What happens?"
Death, destruction, and a big barbecue. Same as usual, really, except—plot twist—first she amputates limbs of living animals and barbecues them while they watch. Leg of Lucy Lamb! Pass the mint jelly!

Then the dismembered animals have to go around on little roll carts or use prostheses until the rest of them becomes dinner too.

Speaking of inclusion, looks like eating so many sweets and fast-food in Heartlake City payed off. Not only are the cats getting plumper but the mini-dolls too. ;) Spotted new wider hipped legs on several figures. All that remains is some love handles on the torsos too. :))

The Snot beaded buildings are blooding our wallets

The piece count is increasing to the moon an that means that even maintaining the 10c per piece cost, the price of the sets is being higher every year

Friends is for 10 years old girls but the most part of the 2025 Friends sets are not for them (to many pieces to build, to much money to pay for)

You can get equivalent playsets for barbie at these prices, and the building process is more simple and 6 times bigger toys (1:32 lego scale vs 1:6 Barbie scale)

@R0Sch said:
"Speaking of inclusion, looks like eating so many sweets and fast-food in Heartlake City payed off. Not only are the cats getting plumper but the mini-dolls too. ;) Spotted new wider hipped legs on several figures. All that remains is some love handles on the torsos too. :))"

Those are just bell-bottom pants.

As a ferret owner, I am absolutely getting Set 42646!!!!

So many colors... Eyes hurt...

@AllenSmith said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @Ridgeheart's version of Nova ends up in Brickset's comment section's version of Fabuland. What happens?"
Death, destruction, and a big barbecue. Same as usual, really, except—plot twist—first she amputates limbs of living animals and barbecues them while they watch. Leg of Lucy Lamb! Pass the mint jelly!

Then the dismembered animals have to go around on little roll carts or use prostheses until the rest of them becomes dinner too."

'I love the smell of Fabuland in the morning... smells like barbeque.' - Nova

So, Autumn has a pet Fossa then, judging by the size of it.

@lumpybricks said:
"As a ferret owner, I am absolutely getting Set 42646!!!!"

Oh my gosh, seeing another ferret in 42663. These sets are so incredibly imagined and vibrant. The beekeeper set has beautiful details!! I would have fallen over backwards asking for some of these if I were the target age today. I see why Friends has become such a hugely popular Lego theme! I really like these a lot more than the DreamZzz sets, although I suppose those appeal to the fantasy-surreal fans.

@TheOtherMike said:
" @R0Sch said:
"Speaking of inclusion, looks like eating so many sweets and fast-food in Heartlake City payed off. Not only are the cats getting plumper but the mini-dolls too. ;) Spotted new wider hipped legs on several figures. All that remains is some love handles on the torsos too. :))"

Those are just bell-bottom pants."

I wasn't talking about those. Look closer to 42656 for instance.

Am I the only one who thinks that 42643 and 42649 are very evocative of the Lego Movie 2 characters from 70822?

@R0Sch said:
" @TheOtherMike said:
" @R0Sch said:
"Speaking of inclusion, looks like eating so many sweets and fast-food in Heartlake City payed off. Not only are the cats getting plumper but the mini-dolls too. ;) Spotted new wider hipped legs on several figures. All that remains is some love handles on the torsos too. :))"

Those are just bell-bottom pants."

I wasn't talking about those. Look closer to 42656 for instance."

If you want figures with wider hips, you could always add some standard minifigures to your Heartlake City.