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LEGO Elves 2017 summer sets review

by on July 5, 2017
in LEGO Mini-Doll Sets

The first wave of 2017 LEGO Elves sets were released back in March, and included some really beautiful sets like the #41183 LEGO Elves The Goblin King’s Evil Dragon, and the #41185 LEGO Elves Magic Rescue from the Goblin Village. At the beginning of June, a second wave of LEGO Elves sets were added, continuing the elves vs. goblins story. If you would like to learn more about the spring releases, see: 2017 LEGO Elves Sets & New Story Review, and below we will look at the newly released sets. 🙂

The overall story of the 2017 LEGO Elves sets is the conflict between the Goblin King and his goblin minions who kidnap Emily Jones’ little sister Sophie, and the elves who are trying to help the two human girls. All of this plays out in the LEGO Elves: The Capture of Sophie Jones webisodes that I have included in the earlier review: 2017 LEGO Elves Sets & New Story Review. A unique feature of the 2017 LEGO Elves sets is the beautiful color-combination of dark-blue and yellowish-green representing the goblins, which both contrasts and compliments the purples, pinks and lighter blues LEGO Elves sets are known for. And, of course, there are always flowers and jewels, and magical things to add to the enchanted atmosphere.

➡ #41186 LEGO ELVES AZARI & THE GOBLIN FOREST ESCAPE: Looks like LEGO is really into carnivorous plants this year, as they appear in both LEGO Elves and the LEGO City Jungle sets. Here we get a fiery aerial chariot for Azari the fire elf, pulled by a winged Pegasus named Firebolt, and a single goblin hiding in a bit of ground cover. The price/piece ratio of this set is not very good, nor there are a whole lot of play-features, so unless you really want to own the fire Pegasus, you might consider skipping this set for one of the better ones. Here is the official description: Join exciting adventures in Elvendale as Azari the fire elf evades Guxlin the Goblin and its carnivorous plant traps in her flying Fire Chariot, featuring extending flames, space for up to 3 mini-doll figures, crossbow shooter and her Pegasus. Includes an Azari mini-doll figure plus Guxlin the Goblin and Firebolt the Pegasus figures. Fire Chariot with Firebolt measures over 1” (5cm) high, 8” (22cm) long and 4” (12cm) wide. 145 pieces. Price: $19.99 – BUY HERE

➡ #41187 LEGO ELVES ROSALYN’S HEALING HIDEOUT: This set is full of beautiful colors, interesting details, and great play-features. It is basically a little health clinic run by an elf named Rosalyn Nightshade. The dark-blue and light-aqua color-scheme with intricate decorations on both Rosalyn and her dragon is very dramatic, and there are many interesting little accessories as well. The whole set has a deeply enchanted feel to it. Here is the official description: Join exciting adventures in Elvendale as Rosalyn Nightshade the healer elf aids the elves in their quest and guards the forest with Sapphire the dragon, featuring translucent wings, space for 2 mini-doll figures and the baby dragon on her back, plus an unfolding tree that reveals a hidden 2-level treehouse with an alchemy room and medical workstation. Includes 2 mini-doll figures: Rosalyn Nightshade and Naida Riverheart, plus Rimlin the Goblin, Sapphire the dragon, Lula the baby dragon and Lil’ Blu the baby bear figures. Dragon with wings extended measures over 1” (5cm) high, 7” (20cm) long and 9” (23cm) wide. Healing hideout measures over 6” (16cm) high, 3” (9cm) wide and 6” (16cm) deep. 460 pieces. Price: $49.99 – BUY HERE

➡ #41188 LEGO ELVES BREAKOUT FROM THE GOBLIN KING’S FORTRESS: This is the largest LEGO Elves sets for the summer, featuring the lair of the Goblin King himself. The structure itself is quite low and stocky – more like a medieval fortress, rather than tall and intimidating, like most evil castles (the #41180 LEGO Elves Ragana’s Magic Shadow Castle was a good example of this). Make no mistake though, just because this fortress is short, it doesn’t mean it’s less evil. There is a prominently featured dangling prison cage, lots of carnivorous plants, a firing catapult, sharp thorns everywhere, and an ominous portal. Here is the official description: Join the exciting adventures in Elvendale as Emily Jones sneaks into the Goblin King’s Fortress to save her sister, Sophie Jones. This set includes Emily’s raft with a grappling hook and movable rudder, plus the fortress with a lowering drawbridge, secret door behind the crystals, firing catapult, revolving throne and a dangling cage over snapping plants. Includes 3 mini-doll figures: the Goblin King, Emily Jones and Sophie Jones, plus Tufflin the Goblin and shadow raven figures. Goblin King’s Fortress measures over 7” (20cm) high, 11” (28cm) wide and 5” (13cm) deep. 695 pieces. Price: $69.99 – BUY HERE

LEGO Elves sets continue to be beautiful and magical with really nice offerings. I particularly like the goblin sets this year, especially the #41183 LEGO Elves The Goblin King’s Evil Dragon, the #41185 LEGO Elves Magic Rescue fro the Goblin Village, and the #41188 LEGO Elves Breakout from the Goblin King’s Fortress. On the elves side, the most beautiful sets are the #41184 LEGO Elves Aira’s Airship & the Amulet Chase and the #41187 LEGO Elves Rosalyn’s Healing Hideout. But that’s just my preference. You can’t really go wrong with any of the LEGO Elves sets. You can find them all under the LEGO Elves section of the Online LEGO Shop.

What do you think? How do you like the latest LEGO Elves sets? Do you have a favorite? Are you planning to get any of them, or do you have some of them already? Feel free to share your thoughts and own review in the comment section below! 😉

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LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store more details

by on July 4, 2017
in LEGO Exclusives

We discussed the #21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store already (see: LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store Details), and the set won’t be available until September, however I wanted to bring to your attention that it is already listed at the Online LEGO Shop with a full description and more pictures than what we have seen before. 🙂

To recap, the #21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store was originally submitted by Dutch LEGO fan Robert Bontenbal, it achieved the required 10K public votes, and was chosen by the LEGO Ideas team to be the next set in the collection of fan-designed models. You can read more about the project and its creator at LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store Details.

Here is the official description of the set: Visit the beachside Old Fishing Store, featuring a shop packed with fishing-themed elements, and a connected watchtower with a 360-degree viewing balcony and office on the lower level. Ideal for display and role-play, this model has 2 removable roofs, an opening back wall in the shop for easy access, 4 minifigures, cat and 3 seagull figures, as well as loads of other cool details and elements to fire up the imagination. Includes 4 minifigures: a captain, fisherman, fisherwoman and a child, plus cat and 3 seagull figures. Also includes a booklet about the fan designer and LEGO designer of this set. Measures over 12” (32cm) high, 9” (25cm) wide and 9” (25cm) deep. 2,049 pieces. Price: $149.99 – SEE THE ONLINE LEGO SHOP

While previously we were only able to see the box design and the exterior of the building, now LEGO also added pictures of many of the interior details. For example, on the picture above, you can see that the building it set up with easily removable roof pieces to play inside. In addition, the lookout tower splits into two sections, with a little office on the lower level, and a viewing balcony on the upper level.

The shop itself features an opening back wall for more accessibility, and as you can see, it is fully packed inside with all kinds of interesting accessories. Some of the most noteworthy ones are the printed fishing hook boxes, the printed notespads (these are not new, but still pretty rare), the red tool box (also not new, but fairly rare), and a good selection of diving gear. The whole store is messy and crammed, just like a real old fishing store.

The exterior features steps to the front and side doors, railings going around the front and side, and lots of accessories thrown about. I believe that the ‘Anton’s Bait Shop’ sign is a 2×4 printed tile, and the roof tiles are also printed, but some of the other decorations are stickers. Also note that the set includes some very desirable rare colors like sand-green, olive-green, and several shades of tan and brown.

Three of the four minifigs come with very detailed new prints, and moulded-in boots. The designs would fit well with pretty much any LEGO City setting. And of course there is a cat – every fishing store has to have a cat. If you would like to see larger versions of the pictures, check the LEGO Ideas section of the Online LEGO Shop. They also have a few more images I haven’t included here.

The #21310 LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store is definitely expected to be very popular, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it sells out just as fast as the #21309 LEGO Ideas NASA Apollo Saturn V when it becomes available. I hope LEGO makes enough…

What do you think? How do you like the LEGO Ideas Old Fishing Store? Are you happy with the final design? Did you notice any other interesting details we haven’t seen before? Are you looking forward to this set? Feel free to share and discuss in the comment section below! 😉

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