Review: 41336 Emma's Art Café

Paint for a Panini!  Ethan is willing to work for a delicious meal at Emma's swanky new spot!

The *Art* of making a delicious Panini! Ethan is willing to paint for one and Emma is happy to create it!
The LEGO Friends "Friends" Logo has changed a bit for 2018 with a TM (trademark) symbol replacing the previous years' butterfly; most likely due to many clone brands infringing.

This set was provided by the AFOL Engagement of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. Opinions provided here solely reflect those of our reviewer. Photographs are property of FriendsBricks and are not directed by TLG in any fashion.


Box Front: Lots of lovely Lavender here! Flanges have Emma-style art doodles over dark purple. The new Heartlake City skyline (better pic in instructions) has more prominence now without the previous ribbon graphic, and is quite close -- indicating her cafe is Downtown.

While it looks like Ethan is about to spray graffiti, Emma is looking for him with a Panini sandwich and cuppa something ... hopefully hot cocoa or coffee.
The bottom left insert shows inside. It's nice to get the "cameo" appearance of which Mini-doll is in the set, since some product descriptions can vary.


Box Back: Shows all the fun (and yummy!) stuff at the cafe --> coffee machine, hot Teapot, Panini press, cupcakes, cookies, and Cake! Relaxing to enjoy some of it too, while outside Ethan is painting something.


Box Top shows detailed pictures of some great elements we get, like the Artist palette. A cute scene of E & E enjoying a picnic outside near the paint table.
Then Emma as a feature and illustration of actual size of Mini-dolls.

Summer 2018 LEGO Friends set images

 Andrea's Bedroom 41341

 Emma's Bedroom 41342

Heartlake City Airplane Tour 41343

Andrea's Accessories Store 41344

Heartlake City Pet Center 41345

 Friendship Box 41346

 Heartlake City Resort 41347

 Service & Care Truck 41348

 Drifting Diner 41349

Spinning Brushes Car Wash 41350

 Creative Tuning Shop 41351

 The Big Race Day 41352

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Fun LEGO Friends Gear items for 2018:

Creative Rings 853780


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Autumn 2018:

Advent Calendar 41353

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High-Res set build images of 2HY2018 LEGO Friends (too big for HT)

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Review: 41333 Olivia's Mission Vehicle

When there's trouble in Heartlake City, "Who ya gonna call?" ... Olivia and her Friends, of course!  Follow Olivia and Zobo as they head out on an important mission.

This set was provided by the AFOL Engagement of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. Opinions provided here solely reflect those of our reviewer. Photographs are property of Friends Bricks and are not directed by TLG in any fashion.

This medium-sized set features Olivia. I love this character, so I’m thrilled to take a closer look at this kit! On the front of the box, she appears with a station-wagon-like car and some high-tech equipment, in what looks like a public park, by the lake. As others have observed, this vehicle closely resembles the “Ecto-1” (which has been available as a LEGO set, a number of times) from the Ghostbusters movies. This reference is in keeping with the Friendship House [41340] having similarities to the Ghostbusters Headquarters.



This year’s new Friends branding graphics adorn the box. The LEGO Friends logo has lost its butterfly – now replaced with a “TM” symbol. The five girls form a heart shape by posing in a “go-team” hand stack. The loss of the purple brand ribbon area now allows more space for background painting details, which really set the scene nicely here. It looks like there’s some construction going on in Heartlake City!

A detail picture in the lower left corner illustrates that the car has a removable roof and top layer of equipment. We see that this set features Olivia. Her portrait is framed by a hot pink 8-toothed gear.



From the box back, we can see that Zobo will have a command station atop the vehicle, where he rides along, in open air. LEGO’s product description mentions that we will need to remove this top level of the vehicle for it to fit inside the garage of the Friendship House. Hand-drawn doodles and frames lend a casual creative feel, like a scrapbook. A photographic diagram illustrates minidoll assembly, and painted portraits of the five characters are labled with their names. Unfortunately, Olivia is blocked by a non-resale sticker.


The European packaging includes disclaimers in many languages. But along one of the tall sides we have a wonderful vertical image of the set. I love this new use of space on the boxes! If I get spare copies of sets, now I might cut these out to use as fun bookmarks. (bonus!)

Review: 41339 Mia's Camper Van

"Mia to Stephanie. Come in, Stephanie. Let's start our camping adventure fun..."

This set was provided by the AFOL Engagement of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans.
Opinions provided here solely reflect those of our reviewer.
Photographs are property of Friends Bricks and are not directed by TLG in any fashion.



The front of the box features the new 2018 look with the new Friends inside a heart and doodle artwork on the purple flanges. There is a nice wooded settings for Mia's Camper Van with a hint of Heartlake City's skyline in the distance. In one corner we have Mia and Stephanie as the main characters in this set. In the other corner, we have some of the play features of the camper van. This is a non-North America box, no piece count information is provided on the box.