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LEGO Friends Pop Star sets review

The latest sub-theme for LEGO Friends is all about the glamorous life of the pop star named Livi, who visits Heartlake City and meets the five friends. There are five sets in this series, all with black-magenta-turquoise color-scheme, and some really interesting accessories. So let’s take a look! 🙂

LEGO Friends Pop Stars Sets

#41103 LEGO FRIENDS POP STAR RECORDING STUDIO: This is the smallest of the LEGO Friends Pop Star sets, but it comes with some really fun little builds, and a brand new purple guitar. Here is the official description: Record hit after hit in the Pop Star Recording Studio! Get ready to lay down some new tracks! Help Olivia get all the technical equipment in the production room ready for Livi the pop star to come in and record her next big hit album. Now it’s time to head into the recording booth to test out all the settings. Put Olivia’s headset on then grab the guitar, step up to the microphone and have fun recording a demo. At the end of the song, press the button to eject the CD and have a rest on the sofa with a drink and a magazine. You are all set for a great hit! Includes Olivia mini-doll figure. 172 pieces. Price: $14.99 – BUY HERE

#41103 LEGO Friends Pop Star

#41104 LEGO FRIENDS POP STAR DRESSING ROOM: One of the most unique features of this set is that it folds out, so you can set it up in several different ways just by opening or closing the sides (watch the video-review below to see how it works). Here you also get a tremendous amount of unique accessories, including special color wigs and glittery skirts. Here is the official description: Give Livi a superstar makeover for her big performance! Get glammed up in the foldout Pop Star Dressing Room! Livi the pop star has a big show tonight and Emma is her stylist. Help Emma choose an amazing outfit for Livi to wear on stage, then sit Livi down at the vanity desk to have her hair done. Which style and accessories will you choose tonight? Then it’s time to relax before the performance. Fold the dressing room back to create a special doggy pampering area for Livi’s Dalmatian, Cookie. Put him in his doggy bed with a bone while Livi sits on the sofa to read some fan mail. The show is about to start, so put the finishing touches to Livi’s makeover, take a glamorous fabric skirt from the hangers and dress Livi with it. Now, she really looks like a superstar! Includes Livi the pop star and Emma mini-doll figures, plus Cookie the Dalmatian. 279 pieces. Price: $29.99 – BUY HERE

#41104 LEGO Friends Pop Star

#41105 LEGO FRIENDS POP STAR SHOW STAGE: This is a really glamorous set. While normally I’m not a fan of stickers, the glittery stage décor in this set is super sweet. Here is the official description: Put on a spectacular show with LEGO Friends! Get set for a show-stopping performance with Livi the pop star! The incredible stage is set for tonight’s concert. As the show starts, turn the stage panels to make Livi appear as if from nowhere. Set Andrea up on the drums or at the keyboard to accompany Livi for the first songs. Then it’s time for the highlight of the show—Livi sings her hit single while Andrea plays the electric guitar like a pro. Use the dancing function to see their slick dance moves! Now it’s time to rearrange the stage while Livi has a costume change before her big finale. This has been Livi’s best show yet! Includes Livi the pop star and Andrea mini-doll figures. 446 pieces. Price: $39.99 – BUY HERE

#41105 LEGO Friends Pop Star

#41106 LEGO FRIENDS POP STAR TOUR BUS: The expandable design of this luxury tour bus is really interesting, so make sure you watch the video-review below. Here is the official description: Experience the pop star lifestyle on Livi’s Tour Bus! Drive with Livi the pop star on her amazing Tour Bus! The Tour Bus is a home away from home for Livi when she is on the road, and has everything a pop star needs to relax and prepare for performances. Chill out in the living area and help Livi go through her fan mail before having fun singing karaoke on the TV with her friends Stephanie and Mia. Stop the bus and reveal the rehearsal stage area for Livi to practice for tonight’s show, while her friends watch from their sun loungers under the umbrella with some drinks and snacks. Pump some tunes from the DJ decks as Livi joins them after rehearsal to get in the party mood. Then relax in the hot tub before Stephanie takes the wheel and drives Livi to the venue in time for the big show! Includes 3 mini-doll figures: Livi the pop star, Stephanie and Mia. 682 pieces. Price: $59.99 – BUY HERE

#41106 LEGO Friends Pop Star

#41107 LEGO FRIENDS POP STAR LIMO: I’m not a big fan of the design of this limo, but the it does come with some interesting parts. Here is the official description: Travel in pop star style with Livi’s amazing Limo! Stretch out with Livi the pop star in her luxurious Limo. Help yourself to a drink from the mini bar while you watch TV. Look on as Livi poses for the camera on the red carpet before she meets Olivia at the interview booth to talk about her latest show. Includes 2 mini-doll figures: Livi the pop star and Olivia. 265 pieces. Price: $24.99 – BUY HERE

#41107 LEGO Friends Pop Star

The LEGO Friends Pop Star sets are an interesting and well-executed idea. I particularly like the #41104 LEGO Friends Dressing Room because of the unique fold-out design and sheer number of accessories. The stage and the recording studio are also very nice. If you would like to expand on the theme, you may also want to add the gorgeous #41101 LEGO Friends Heartlake Grand Hotel, which we will review separately.

Also remember that this month you get a free #30205 LEGO Pop Star Red Carpet set with any LEGO Friends, LEGO Elves or LEGO Brand Disney Princess purchase of $35 or more. You can find all the new LEGO Friends Pop Star sets at the LEGO Friends section of the Online LEGO Shop.

Shop LEGO Friends 2015 Summer Sets #30205 LEGO Friends Pop Star

So what do you think? How do you like the LEGO Friends Pop Star sets? Did you get any of them already? Or are you planning to? Which one is your favorite set? Feel free to share your thoughts and own reviews in the comment section below! 😉

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Custom LEGO phonetic heads for animators

One thing I really like about LEGO customizers is that they take the time to listen to LEGO fans and find out what are their wants and needs. Do you need special minifigures printed for a promotion, corporate event, sporting event, birthday or wedding? They can do it! Would you like to recreate a favorite character from a book or movie? They can do that too! How about if you are a brickfilmer and you want your minifigures to have realistic facial expressions when talking? Yep! That’s also possible! 🙂

Custom LEGO Minifig Heads by Minifigs.me

The LEGO customizing team at Minifigs.Me is especially good at serving a wide selection of unusual niche request. We have written about them before (see links at the end of this post), and this time I wanted to show you their newest product; a series of custom printed minifigure heads specifically meant to mimic realistic talk in LEGO films. They call them: Phonetic Heads for Animation. Below is a picture of what they look like, and the full description and details from Minifigs.Me.

Custom LEGO Minifig Heads for BrickFilmers by Minifigs.me

Creating a professional stop-motion animated film using LEGO parts is a long, rewarding process. Those that graduate out of simplistic films often struggle to capture natural speech with the faces currently available from standard LEGO minifigs. Hours are spent in post processing to create moving lips, necessarily compromising the authentic and genuine charm of stop motion in order to create a better film.

We worked with professional animators to create a set of 12 high grade heads, each with the mouth in the correct shape for a different phonetic sound. By swapping these heads during filming, the time taken in post processing is dramatically reduced. The end result is a more pure film, where it’s apparent the animator went the extra mile.

Each set comes complete with 12 professionally printed, highly durable heads and three printed display blocks to keep them organized. Each head has their corresponding sound printed discretely on the back so that you don’t get them mixed up. Time to treat yourself – get the right tools for the job.

I’m very impressed with these custom printed minifig heads. First of all just the fact that Minifigs.Me took up such an unusual project and got experts involved to create the right shapes for each sound is remarkable enough. Then they took the time to add even more useful features like corresponding letters/sounds printed on the back of the heads, and have printed stands to store the heads. They obviously knew the needs of their target audience very well and thoughtfully worked out the details.

If you are a brickfilmer, and interested in this collection of LEGO minifigure phonetic heads for animation, they are available as a set of 12 heads for £24.99. Minifigs.Me is based in the UK, however they do ship worldwide if you are in another country. Here is the direct link to the heads, and you can also browse their other custom items.

So what do you think? Are you a brickfilmer? Do you think these heads would be useful for your LEGO animations? What other products would make your job easier for making LEGO films? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comment section below! 😉

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