Review: 42642 Friendship Movie Night
Posted by MeganL,
What's better for a sleepover than watching a movie? That's one of the activities that was featured in 41740 Aliya's Room, when Aliya had Paisley over for a sleepover. It looks like those two are true cinephiles, as they're also the focus of 42642 Friendship Movie Night. This time the focus is just watching the movie, as there's a grander screen, more popcorn, and a light brick!
Summary
42642 Friendship Movie Night, 154 pieces.
£12.99 / $14.99 / €14.99 | 8.4p / 9.7c / 9.7c per piece.
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A fun pocket money set
- Unique printed tiles for the movies
- Cute garden gnome
- Light brick
- None
The set was provided for review by LEGO. All opinions expressed are those of the author.
Inside the box there are four numbered bags, two 4x8 plates, two instruction books, and an insert explaining the light brick (which happens to be larger than the instruction books! I'm rather pleased to see a light brick in such a small set. There's also a small sticker sheet with only four stickers.
Minidolls
The two Friends in this set are Paisley and Aliya. While they're watching a movie, they're decidedly not in pajamas. They're both dressed casually in outfits we've seen several times before. There are two inserts provided for the movie projector, so it looks like the Friends will have a double feature.
The completed model
The Friends are equipped with all the accoutrements to have a fun movie day/night! Aliya has a book that covers one of the movies, and there's an enormous box of popcorn for the two to share. Most importantly, there are two very comfortable armchairs available.
So comfortable, in fact, others might want to use them too.
(Note: movie-watching sloths not included in this set.)
Just in case the Friends run out of popcorn, never fear! There's another enormous box on stand-by, as well as a popcorn machine! Because movie watching is thirsty work, there's a couple of drinks handy as well.
There's a nice little moving function in the back. Press the level, and the popcorn in the machine will "pop"!
It looks like the movie-watching is happening outside! The screen is mounted on a fence, under some wisteria branches and some neon lights. I love the touches of the watering can and especially the little garden gnome.
There are two clear panes (printed pieces) that show a frame from two movies. The first one looks to be from the same movie (or perhaps a sequel?) of the movie that the pair were watching in 41740. I rather like the continuity here, as we've seen this character featured on stickers in several sets.
Pressing the light button has the desired effect - this is showing the other tile, which looks like it pairs with the book that Aliya is holding.
Overall thoughts
This is a good pocket money or impulse set. The movie set up is fun. I love that the Friends have a popcorn machine, especially one that pops! The garden gnome is very cute, and I'm really impressed that a small set this size has a light brick!
This is a good set to add to your cart if you're looking to bump over a GWP threshold, or for a stocking stuffer.
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20 comments on this article
A proper picture of those printed tiles would have been nice....
@WizardOfOss said:
"A proper picture of those printed tiles would have been nice...."
You can find them in the images on the set page.
@UProbeck said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"A proper picture of those printed tiles would have been nice...."
You can find them in the images on the set page.
"
Ah, thanks!
What a well-thought-out little set! Glad to see so much attention given by the designers to something at this price level! (Loved the garden gnome--perfect at this scale.)
Clearly someone in the friends team misses Elves almost as much as I do!
Even a small set still has great functions in the friends line. Bought it!
This is such a cute set. There have been projector functions like this in the past, but usually as part of a larger set. This set focuses more on that feature but still manages to create a satisfying little scene of two friends having a backyard movie night (I love the picket fence behind the screen to establish the setting). The inclusion of two separate movies (of different genres) is a great story starter, with the characters perhaps having to agree on one or the other to watch—or maybe just making it a double feature!
Is this the cheapest set ever with lightbrick?
Imagine if you made a bunch of micro scale cars to make a micro scale drive in movie!
Two points of detail I'd like to add:
- The 'dvd sleeve' (99563 book cover) with the alien sticker is part of a series that matches with 42674 Friends Comic Book Store.
- Unfortunately, in the Comic Book Store set there is no matching sleeve for the other film in this set. Nor is it in this set, unfortunately.
Okay, you win, LEGO Friends, I might have to get this
An almost perfect set. (Replace minidolls with minifigs, and it would be.)
More slides/ a proper film strip would have been nice on this one. Other than that it's surprisingly good. Bought it for 7 Euro or something like that a few weeks ago.
Pretty nice to get a light brick in a $15 set!
A cute detail is that this is intended to be Paisley's backyard, you can tell by the garden gnome and lavender leaves seen in 42620. I always like when two sets show the same location from different perspectives.
@VictorvanSchagen said:
"Two points of detail I'd like to add:
- The 'dvd sleeve' (99563 book cover) with the alien sticker is part of a series that matches with 42674 Friends Comic Book Store.
- Unfortunately, in the Comic Book Store set there is no matching sleeve for the other film in this set. Nor is it in this set, unfortunately."
The alien movie is a comic adaptation while the Elves movie is seemingly a book adaptation (which is seen in other sets), though maybe the unicorn comic is part of the same franchise.
Great set! Already ordered. I'm a drive-in movie fan, so this set speaks to me. I may need to get 42620 to go with this.
The garden gnome is perfect.
I love the "projector"
The sloths have the perfect pose for these seats.
If I had to take a guess I'd say those are supposed to be inflatable rubber armchairs like the ones you can also use in a pool:
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I just received this as a Fathers Day gift (in Australia). It is super cute with lots of play value. I did not know what the gnome was until one of the junior members explained. The popcorn mechanism is a small and useful detail that might be good for inclusion in MOCs. A lovely set!