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2013 LEGO Friends sets now available!

by Thita (admin) on December 6, 2012

LEGO continues to be good to us and released more of the 2013 LEGO sets early! This time two of the largest 2013 LEGO Friends sets; the #41008 LEGO Friend Hearlake City Pool, and the #41007 LEGO Friends Heartlake Pet Salon. Both wonderful gifts for Christmas, and an excellent way to get unique LEGO parts in lovely colors. 😛

Also, don’t forget that right now you will also get a free LEGO Friends Mia’s Skateboard polybag when you make any LEGO Friends purchase plus free shipping on orders above $99 until the 18th of December!

➡ #41007 LEGO Friends Heartlake Pet Salon– Pamper every pet at the Heartlake Pet Salon! Celebrate the grand opening of the Heartlake Pet Salon! Everyone’s excited to check it out! Help Emma to shampoo her friend Joanna’s pretty white poodle in the bubble bath, then trim and clip her on the rotating grooming table. Use the blow dryer and brushes to make her perfect! While Joanna is waiting for her puppy to be groomed, help her to shop for new pet food and lots of accessories in the salon’s shop. Then fill up the water dish at the tap for the poodle to drink. With all of these accessories and functions, you can really pamper all of the pretty pets in Heartlake City! Includes Emma and Joanna mini-doll figures and a poodle. Price: $29.99 – SEE MORE DETAILS & BUY HERE

And here are the accessories included with the LEGO Friends Pet Salon, along with the two mini-dolls. Please note Emma’s lovely new shirt, and Joanna is completely unique to this set with a new hair-mould – which is also compatible with regular LEGO minifigures. 🙂

➡ #41008 LEGO Friends Heartlake City Pool – The summer fun never ends at the Heartlake City Pool! The Heartlake City Pool is the hottest spot to spend a long summer day in the sun. Put on your swim shorts in the double-door changing room and rinse off in the shower before you head to the big blue pool to hang out with Andrea and her friend Isabella. Climb the ladder up to the spiral pink water slide or diving board to make a splash! Play basketball in the pool or go grab an ice cream cone at the snack bar with a cool umbrella table and chairs. Then wind down on the lounge chairs or soak in the bubbly hot tub. Lots of realistic accessories include: shady palm tree leaves, an ice cream cone, money, a cash register and drinks. End a perfect day at Heartlake City Pool by splashing around under the waterfall. Includes Andrea and Isabella mini-doll figures. Price: $39.99 – SEE MORE DETAILS & BUY HERE

Below are some of the accessories you will get with the LEGO Friends Pool, as well as some of the cute details. Both Andrea and Isabella are really sweet and their dresses are so cute! Isabella is unique to this set.

I’m not sure when the other, smaller 2013 LEGO Friends sets will be added to LEGO’s website, but I would suggest to keep an eye out for them. LEGO may add those early as well. Here is the link to the LEGO Friends page: LEGO Friends at the Online LEGO Shop

LEGO Friends have been hugely successful with girls, many of them even taking up the LEGO hobby when previously had shown no interest. LEGO got heavy criticism that the sets are promoting too much “girly” activities, although LEGO made an endeavor from the beginning to add sets that focus on science, hobbies and crafts. (And what is exactly wrong with being a girly girl?) In the 2013 LEGO Friends sets we will get even more variety with Emma practicing karate, Mia magic tricks, and Stephanie playing soccer. You can check out all the 2013 LEGO Friends sets here: 2013 LEGO Sets: LEGO Friends – More Coming! And see the currently available LEGO Friends sets here: LEGO Friends at the Online LEGO Shop

What do you think of the new LEGO Friends sets? I know a lot of adults get these sets just for the accessories and the lovely colors. How do you like them? What else would you wish Friends would do? Share your thoughts in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO book review: The LEGO Adventure Book

by Thita (admin) on December 5, 2012

in LEGO Books & Magazines

Today I would like to show you one of my favorite LEGO books; The LEGO Adventure Book by Megan Rothrock. The book came out recently and so far everyone only has good things to say about it. And for a good reason. The book is big, beautiful and most importantly, full of interesting and inspiring LEGO models. Check it out below! 🙂

Megan, the author of The LEGO Adventure Book, is a former LEGO designer herself, so she knows what LEGO fans like. She takes readers on a tour featuring nearly 200 LEGO models and 25 brick-by-brick instructions. You will learn to build robots, trains, medieval villages, spaceships, airplanes, and much more. In the process she also introduces you to thirteen of some of the most accomplished LEGO builders including Pete Reid (Legoloverman) known for his LEGO Turle Factory, Jon Hall (jonhall18) with his sleek planes, Mark Stafford (Nabii) the robot and mecha designer, Aaron Andrews (DARKspawn) with his wonderful medieval villages, and Katie Walker (Eilonwy77) the queen of beautiful LEGO mosaics.

This LEGO book is divided into 14 chapters, and each chapter features a different LEGO building subjects like LEGO town buildings, LEGO cars, planes, starfighters, medieval villages, dinosaurs, mosaics, trains and LEGO steampunk creations. Each chapter is guided by one of the featured LEGO fans mentioned above. They share their models, building tips and even step-by-step instructions.

Besides the LEGO models themselves, what I like the most about this LEGO book is how nicely the pages are designed. Each page is full of full-color LEGO models, but there is also enough white-space in between to give a nice balance and a fresh look. Any text included is short and sweet; just enough to make the pages friendly and give enough information. Also, this is a hard-cover book, with durable pages, so it can stand up to a lot of use.

I would say that this LEGO book is more for the intermediate to advanced builder. I think most of the models would be too complex for young children, or beginner builders, although they could still get great inspiration and ideas from the book. I have read on Amazon though that even children as young as 8-years-old enjoy the book greatly. So I may be underestimating what beginner LEGO fans can accomplish, but to be on the safe side, I would get this book for someone who is already familiar with LEGO to some extent.

If you would like to add a wonderful book to your LEGO book library for inspiration and learning new techniques, or if you are looking for a great gift for a LEGO fan, this book will surely please! Also, the LEGO Adventure Book is titled as #1, so it seems there is going to be a series. I’m definitely looking forward to more!

The LEGO Adventure book is available on Amazon for less than $15. Here is the direct link: BUY THE LEGO ADVENTURE BOOK. It is also available in a Kindle edition for $10 at the same link. You can also download a PDF version at the publisher’s website for $15. Enjoy! 😛

What do you think? Is this a LEGO book you are planning to pick up? Will it be for yourself, or a gift to someone? And if you have the book already would you like to share your thoughts and opinion? Just use the comment section below. Would love to hear your feedback! 😉

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