LEGO Friends 2016 Official Set Images!

The wait is over, fellow fans! The official images of the upcoming 2016 Friends sets are finally out!

41110 Birthday Party

41111 Party Train

41112 Party Cakes

41113 Party Gift Shop

 

41114 Party Styling

41115 Emma's Creative Workshop

41116 Olivia's Exploration Car

41118 Heartlake Supermarket

41119 Heartlake Cupcake Cafe

41120 Adventure Camp Archery

41121 Adventure Camp Rafting

41122 Adventure Camp Treehouse

41117 Pop Star TV Studio

41135 Livi's Pop Star House

See additional images on our web site: January 2016 Friends sets

Girlz 4 Life - an original LEGO Friends movie

GIRLZ 4 LIFE - a LEGO Friends movie by M2 Entertainment and The LEGO Group

Synopsis: Our friends must devise and execute a plan—and fast—when popstar Livi’s manager steals the girls’ hit song: Girlz. As Livi gains more fame and recognition from the new hit single, the girls try to share the truth behind the song in hopes that Livi will do the right thing. As the friends set their plan into motion, they come to realize that fame doesn’t mean everything and friendship is the most precious thing in the world! Join Olivia, Stephanie, Emma, Mia and Andrea as they learn one of life’s most important lessons while having fun along the way.
Watch the trailer:

CGI animation by M2 Entertainment
The Blu-ray combo pack and DVD is due to release February 2016 by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment

Preview 2016 New Adventures sets!

A preview of the upcoming 2016 sets featuring camp adventures!

See all of them here!

Heartlake Grand Hotel modular conversion by Kristel

Kristel takes the beautiful Heartlake Grand Hotel and converts it into a different kind of modular.


This will now fit nicely in a row of Creator style LEGO modular buildings.

As with all building, trying out new ways to configure the bricks is what led her to first re-create it with the revolving door in the corner.  It looks fabulous, yet presented further challenges.  Read about her process and see the rest of the images of the hotel's transformation on her blog Modulars By Kristel.

Trick-or-Treat on a Heartlake City street ~ Fan creations!

It's not a trick -- check them out on our Creations blog!

Click the Jack-o-Lantern if you dare!

Halloween Building Challenge

Trick-or-Treat on a Heartlake City street!

Build a Halloween scene: 
Perhaps a costume party, or your Friends trick-or-treating at a neighborhood house, or a Haunted house (or maybe another Heartlake City establishment is haunted!) or some other fun activities.

The basic rules are: 
- Real LEGO bricks & elements 
- Original MOC never presented before 
- No Photoshop backgrounds 
- Post your creation's photographs by October 15
- Add one image to the topic thread on Flickr here > www.flickr.com/groups/legofriends/discuss/72157658243483209/ and up to 3 in the group photo pool
- And/or Friends Bricks Forum here > forum.friendsbricks.com/thread/606/halloween-building-cha...

 - Be spooky, yet still G-rated ;-)

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See all the fan creations here!

Review: 41101 Heartlake Grand Hotel

The place to stay when visiting Heartlake City is the Heartlake Grand Hotel. Let’s take a closer look to see why!

The FriendsBricks community wishes to thank TLG’s CEE Team for generous support of this set to review and share with fans.

The front of the box shows the hotel located on the outskirts of Heartlake City. I noticed after that it was missing the flag at the top of the elevator section - no doubt to make it easier to fit onto the box.



The set box carries the familiar purple flanges on the sides and ribbon wave across the top, indicating that this set belong to the base theme and not a sub-theme. We also get to see the five mini-dolls that come with the set, including the new ones: Susan and Nate.

I was surprised how big and heavy this box was, and hadn’t appreciated the size of this set. It is big!

The back of the box shows us what we can expect to find in the box, highlighting the playing features and loads of accessories. The left hand shows the modular nature of the building, and some alternative combinations. 



I see that the flag has been reinstated at the top of the hotel for these shots.

LEGO Friends Music

Possibly to coincide with the release of the Pop Star sets, most of the LEGO Friends songs from the mini-movie episodes have recently become available for download. Each song is $1.29, but if you get all the six songs, it's $5.99. Get your Livi and Andrea mini-dolls to sing these happy LEGO Friends songs!

Build Your Own Adventure!

A book with 77 bricks that inspires kids to build, play, and learn all about the fascinating world of LEGO® Friends.

LEGO Friends: Build Your Own Adventure combines fan built inspirational ideas for building with enthralling story starters. Get inspired to build with creative building ideas, then play out your own adventures using your own LEGO collection. The book comes with bricks to build one exclusive model that appears throughout the book.
See inside images of this August release with some super cute builds! >>

Review: 41105 Pop Star Show Stage

This is the fourth Pop Star set we will be showing you. By now we have met Livi and had a look at her glamorous life. Now we are ready to see her on stage! Accompanying her in the spotlight is the future pop star Andrea. Together the two lovely performers will mesmerize the crowd in Heartlake City.

The FriendsBricks community wishes to thank TLG’s CEE Team for generous support of this set to review and share with fans.

Box Art: Front

Box Art: Back

Review: 41106 Pop Star Tour Bus

 

Introducing the largest vehicle the streets of Heartlake City have ever welcomed: Pop Star Tour Bus! What you see is VIP luxury on wheels! It can conveniently turn into a mini-concert stage on the go, so wherever Livi finds herself on this bus, that’s where the best show in town is going to be!

The FriendsBricks community wishes to thank TLG’s CEE Team for generous support of this set to review and share with fans.

Box Art: Front

What immediately drew my attention was the suggested age range of 8-12, appearing for the first time in LEGO Friends. It shows that this set requires more complex building techniques than any previous Friends sets, typically marked ages 5-12, 6-12 or 7-12. The only other Friends set for ages 8-12 is 41101 Heartlake Grand Hotel.

Box Art: Back

Review: 41104 Pop Star Dressing Room

 Livi the pop star is finally in town and fans in Heartlake City can’t contain their excitement at her first show! But before she can step out onto the stage, our fashion conscious Friend Emma helps her get ready and look her best in this Pop Star Dressing Room set!

The FriendsBricks community wishes to thank TLG’s CEE Team for generous support of this set to review and share with fans.

Box Art: Front

The background picture shows a concert crowd. I like the small details like those two sets of raised hands forming the shape of a heart!

Box Art: Back

Review: Heartlake Skate Park 41099

Feel the cool breeze as you practice new stunts at the Heartlake Skate Park!  Half-pipe, trick ramps, music, vending machine, and a quaint island pier await.  Bring your pet and stay the day!
The Friends Bricks community wishes to thank the LEGO CEE Team for their support of this set to review and share with fans.


Box front


Box back - showing some fun action & relaxin' for us!


Box contents: 2 bags of parts, stickers, 1 instruction booklet (199 pieces, plus 17 extra/spare)

Review: 41103 Pop Star Recording Studio

The summer is almost here, and something exciting is coming up: Livi the pop star is touring in Heartlake City! This set is one of the five sets from the brand new Pop Star sub-theme, and our tech-savvy Friend Olivia volunteers to help with the recording equipment in the studio!

The FriendsBricks community wishes to thank TLG’s CEE Team for generous support of this set to review and share with fans.

Box Art: Front

The overall package design is the same as the regular Friends sets, but this one, as well as the other Pop Star sets, has a bold look with dark purple, pink and bright yellow sprinkled with shining stars and spot lights in white.
And exclusive to the Pop Star box design is the appearance of Livi in the box art together with the five Friends.

Box Art: Back

Box Contents: 1 Booklet, 1 Sticker Sheet & 3 Bags. There are 172 (plus extra) pieces in this set.

Review: Heartlake Food Market 41108

Fresh is always best! Build the Heartlake Food Market for a "just around the corner" spot to buy groceries and catch up with friends.

This 2-story shop has an owner's apartment upstairs with a rooftop terrace. Check out the farm-fresh produce in the baskets & crates, then step inside for jar of strawberry jam!
The Friends Bricks community wishes to thank the LEGO CEE Team for their support of this set to review for our community.


Box front - also shows interior of market


Box back - with loads of play images and insert of food items


Box contents: 3 bags of parts, 2 Instruction booklets, 2 blue baseplates, stickers

A few additional upcoming sets have been found!

Brickset has recently reported that Aanchir, while visiting Billund, Denmark, found two additional Friends sets that we had not known about!


40156 Organizer



41109 Heartlake City Airport
The plane looks very nice! I wish the airport itself were much bigger, though. The security area that comes with 41100 Heartlake Private Jet will be a nice addition to the airport.

A new polybag has recently been added to Brickset's database as well.

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And the photo of the Limousine finally finally got revealed a few days ago:

41107 Pop Star Limousine


For those of you who haven't seen our updated article about the summer wave, here's the pic of the grocery store Heartlake Food Market 41108.

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Thanks to Aanchir and Brickset for the news!

New stuff on LEGO Club page

I have just found the instruction on the LEGO Club page for the new model you can build with 41090 Olivia's Garden Pool and 41091 Mia's Roadster. I haven't taken apart those two sets since January, and I think now it's time to turn them into something different! This little juice bar model can be a nice addition to Heartlake City Pool.

This cute model can also be seen in the Yellow Brick Insert of LEGO Club magazine for May/June 2015.

Shovels of bricks break ground for Heartlake City

Look at all those bricks flying in the air -- like dirt!  I'd like a bucket to catch them!

It's a Heartlake City groundbreaking ceremony and these lucky Girl Scouts / LEGO Friends fans get to be part of the building process. These new Legoland areas will be opening at most of the parks across the world in late May, or early June (check the website of the one near you).
In addition to a riding camp, carousel, car driving track, animal rescue, and building areas with LEGO bricks, there will be a performance stage and loads other Friends activities to enjoy.

 

Mini-movie Episode 7

Finally, the brand new mini-movie is scheduled to air this month! Episode 7 is called *"Kate's Island" , and should be 22 minutes long just like the previous six episodes. It will be broadcast on Disney Channel at 9:00AM on Sunday, March 15th in my area of the US. Please check if and when it will come on in your region or country. I know it will premier a week earlier on French TV.

*Edited on March 12th: the title for the new episode has recently been changed from "Kate's Island" to "Andrea's Big Moment". "Kate's Island" must be another episode for later this season. 

If you are also a fan of the new Elves Elves theme, don't forget to watch the Elves mini-movie, either! In my area it will come on at 9:00 AM on Sunday, March 8th on Disney Channel.

*Spoiler Alert* (added on March 12th)

Fabie, a forum member in France, has told me about the new episode which aired on Gulli in France on Saturday, March 7th!