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Toy Fair 2020: Friends
 Monday, February 24th, 2020 at 9:54pm by Andrew, BZPower News ManagerContinuing our Toy Fair 2020 coverage, we're taking a look at Friends next. It was once of the few themes that had unreleased sets on display, namely the second way of Play Cubes - which are a bit reminiscent of Polly Pocket if you're looking for a comparison. We're not going to go into a huge amount of depth, but you can still check out what the original minidoll theme is up to. Friends Most of the sets in the January wave are Heartlake City focused. It's always good to get some more locations in the town, and as usual there's lots of great colors. The standout for me was Nature Glamping, because apparently 'glamping' is mainstream enough for LEGO to make a set about it.
41389 Ice Cream Cart
97 Pieces.
6+
41390 Andrea's Car & Stage
240 Pieces.
6+
41391 Heartlake City Hair Salon
235 Pieces.
6+
41392 Nature Glamping
241 Pieces.
6+
41394 Heartlake City Hospital
379 Pieces.
6+
41395 Friendship Bus
778 Pieces.
8+
41396 Puppy Playground
57 Pieces.
4+
41397 Juice Truck
103 Pieces.
4+
The Play Cubes are the big thing Friends seems to be trying out this year. They're a little similar to the pods we've seen in past years, but a bit bigger. They have studs on the top and anti-studs on the bottom, so you can stack them up easily. There's also studs on the 'floor' on the inside and a couple on the 'walls,' which adds a lot of opportunities for building in them. The final part of the Play Cubes is that they're blind boxes - each one comes with an animal in one of four colors, which I guess is to encourage trading with your friends to get the colors you want. We'll see how that goes over with collectors. 41400 Andrea's Play Cube
49 Pieces.
6+
41401 Stephanie's Play Cube
44 Pieces.
6+
41402 Olivia's Play Cube
40 Pieces.
6+
41403 Mia's Play Cube
40 Pieces.
6+
41404 Emma's Play Cube
36 Pieces.
6+
41405 Andrea's Shopping Play Cube
40 Pieces.
6+
The first of the new Play Cubes we saw, this one is a bit disappointing in the build, with no SNOT techniques used. 41406 Stephanie's Shopping Play Cube
44 Pieces.
6+
Stephanie's cube is only mildly better, with the main standout being the poodle mold, which if it isn't new is not one we see often. 41407 Olivia's Shopping Play Cube
47 Pieces.
6+
The chocolate fountain in Olivia's cube is a nice touch, and it looks like we get a nice variety of printed sweet-related tiles. 41408 Mia's Shopping Play Cube
37 Pieces.
6+
BZPower Reporter Danny found this Cube a little odd, but who doesn't want a movie theater with just one seat for yourself? It's the best seat in the house! I also like the new owl mold, although the best animal is reserved for... 41409 Emma's Shopping Play Cube
49 Pieces.
6+
LLAMAS! Whoever managed to get a LEGO llama approved is a hero. I never thought I wanted a LEGO llama until I saw one, but this certainly makes this the best Play Cube of the bunch. What have we learned here today? Friends is still Friends, with its usual selection of solid set designs, augmented in 2020 by Polly Pockets and llamas! Check out the rest of our Toy Fair 2020 coverage right here and stay tuned for more, right here on BZPower!
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