If you have been following the news about the upcoming LEGO Friends line, you know the sets will come with some very different looking LEGO figures. They are skinny, curvy and very girly. Nothing like the square-ish, stocky LEGO minifigures we are used to. 
See the upcoming LEGO Friends sets here: 2012 LEGO Friends Sets
Close-up of the LEGO Friends figures here: 2012 LEGO Friends Figures
For some people it was love at first site with these cuties, for others it was instant suspicion, disappointment, and even hatred. The burning and defining question everyone had though is how the LEGO Friends figures compare to regular LEGO minifigures? How would they look in the same LEGO creation as regular LEGO minifigs? Are they taller? Shorter? And in any way compatible?
So wait no more! A Brickset member from France (see original post here) just picked up one of the #3931 LEGO Friends Emma’s Splash Pool sets – now why would the French have to have these first? 
Here is what she says: “How does the LEGO Friends fig compare? I don’t know Polly Pocket or even Belville, I know Playmobil. The figs are a cross between Playmobil and LEGO. Emma’s got big, big eyes, a sweet face, a raised button nose (!), with a pointed chin (!!). Her hair is rubbery and very detailed with a braid. The LEGO Friends fig’s hair is interchangeable with regular minifigs. None of the other parts are (torso, legs, head).”
Regular LEGO minifigure vs. LEGO Friends figure.
“Beautiful printing on her shirt with a metallic flowery graphic, and her shoes are printed, too. Emma is the same height as the LEGO Collectible Minifigures Series 5 Cleopatra, so look at any LEGO female with a wedge-piece skirt and there’s your LEGO Friends fig scale.”
‘The LEGO Friends fig comes in the same number of pieces as a regular minifig; head, torso, legs, hair. Her proportions are the most dramatic difference – she is elongated, with longer arms and longer legs, and skinny like hell. Full articulation everywhere – head spins, arms turn, torso bows – except for one key area: her legs are like Playmobil figs, fully immobile, you can’t do a split like you can with the regular LEGO minifigs.”
- LEGO Friends figure and regular LEGO minifigs with fully interchangeable hair/headgear.
So, there you have it! What do you think? 
Here are the links to other posts about the 2012 LEGO Friends sets:
- 2012 LEGO Sets: LEGO Friends
- 2012 LEGO Sets: LEGO Friends Pictures!
- 2012 LEGO Sets: LEGO Friends More Pictures!
- LEGO Friends – LEGO’s Billion Dollar Girl
- Dear LEGO… My Opinion on LEGO Friends
- LEGO Friends Undergo Plastic Surgery
- LEGO Friends Press-Release, Video & More!
- LEGO Friends Available Now! (yes, they are on the shelves!)
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I think that the new Lego sets are very well balanced and the mini-figures are cute.
Ann, thanks for the link! Well written post! So far my understanding is the Friends are flying off the shelves.
Admin, I keep reading of a Lego Mag. if you belong to a Lego club? where/how do I sign up?
Thanks
VIE, we are just talking about the standard LEGO Club Magazine. It is free and you can subscribe here: http://club.lego.com/en-us/Default.aspx
It is for kids, but it is fun anyway. Has some comics, stories, puzzles, etc.
I love this theme. I don’t care that the figures are different. They are still lego. People who waste time being offended by them should REALLY GET LIVES! I really wonder why people get offended so easilly by things like this. My best answer is this: “Because people are morons! morons! morons!” Rat from Pearls Before Swine. I hope these sets sell really well, and I will definitely buy a few!
I had to eat shoe on my stance on Lego Friends…we also did a comparison on the mini-figures…
~Lisa
Lisa, great post! I appreciate your honesty!
They should have made the legs independently posable. Other than that, it’s a great platform. Scale compatibility with minifigs is the single best decision. I hope they stick with it for the next 10 years.
These have already come out in Canada and these are so dumb! (in my opinion.) Because I’m not a girly-girl (and everyone thinks I am) I’m probably gonna get a bunch of the sets for my birthday!
If you don’t like them you can always sell the figs on eBay and just keep the sets. They are full of great colors and elements.
frieds
ik ben echt een fen van jullie
groetjes lize !
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