LEGO 41704 Friends Main Street, Heartlake City Café & Hair Salon, Mini Dolls House with Toy Shops, Modular Building Set, Gifts for Girls and Boys

Lego is ridiculously expensive anyway, but my children love it, and this was the best deal around for this set. It’s a good set as each part is packed separately, so not to confusing for beginners, you could give them a small pack at a time, and the packs can be constructed in any order. My girls are Lego experts though, it took them several weeks to save up for this, and maybe two hours to build it!

Theres not a lot in the interior (which is quite common in lego sets of I'm being honest) of some of the rooms but other than that its perfect

The media could not be loaded.  Great quality, fantastic value, so much to do!The set really is an all in one set! So many figures, so many aspects, so many accessories, so many play opportunities. The box alone is impressive, immediately our three children (7, 5 and 4 - two boys/one girl) were enthralled with the packing looking at the images of what was to be built, what came with it, what it could be changed and made into. They had expressed they had seen adverts for this and it was “mega cool!” Even as an adult Lego fan I was pretty excited to get stuck in and build. I was unperturbed by the size of the build assuming that being a Lego Friends set aimed at children it would be a breeze. Well it challenged me! Not because it was challenging, in particular, but because there are just so many aspects to this set with it being modular. The different rooms/buildings, the different styling, and my particular favourite all of the tiny accessories such as a small coffee machine so on point in design it had me inspired at how the designers come up with these ideas! The tiny playroom with dolls house, a little baguette with removal filling… I won’t give it again and spoil the build but on just the accessories alone I would say this set is worth it! Yes the set is in the higher bracket of Lego purchases for children but for me it’s huge value for money with the time is takes to build, the fact it’s split into different manuals makes it easier to pause and restart the build. There are different modules which can be played with in a variety of ways, and lots of mini figures. It would make a great birthday gift, or addition to any budding Lego Friends fans collection, and has 100% inspired me to get more Lego Friends sets.

LEGO 41704 Friends Main Street Set, Heartlake City Café & Hair Salon, Dolls House with Toy Shops, Modular Building Set for Girls and Boyskeep the kids entertained for hours

The item model number is 41704SIOC.This comes in a big plain brown box, inside which, is the regular Lego retail box. (That's what sustainable packaging seems to mean - there's just no plastic shrink wrap.)There are 1682 pieces.I warmly recommend LEGO Friends Main Street Heartlake City Set 41704 for girls aged 8 and above.There are so many characters / mini figurines / dolls.The different rooms/shops/settings have lots of detail

At the time of this review this lego main street set is £103.99 instead of £129.99. I received the reduced packaging, meaning that it comes in a plain brown box, no colours or pictures - just plain. But this does mean that 100% of the packaging can be recycled which to me is a huge win.Now there are so many build instruction booklets here - 10 to be precise but i actually preferred this. It means you can just do one and then get to the next booklet next time you want to do the next piece and then at the end pop them all together.The attention to detail here is fantastic, along with their being a little diversity with the little playfigures too which i was quite impressed with. Little things in this like the sliding doors etc just make it that much more exciting and i can say that lego has definitely come on since i was younger! Now this did take alot longer than i would normally care to admit but it was approximately 4ish+ hours. I actually like that it took that long as it is quite an expensive activity it felt like it was worth it at the end.Overall lego is and has always been expensive but the attention to detail in this set is truly amazing and i would honestly whole heartedly recommend.

Super fun and excellent quality as usual from Lego

This is a great lego set. It's a high street, with lots of different shops and activities. I love the fact that it is modular and you can change the structure of the street as you wish. As always, the Lego instructions are easy to follow and the set is relatively simple to construct and most 8 year olds should be able to manage it with a little or no help. However, it is a big set so it might have to be done in stages as attention spans may fade. I like the colours and the design - it's nice and bright and looks good when built. I like the mixture of commercial and residential space. Once constructed it is sturdy enough to keep intact and then the real fun comes - time to play!One of the fantastic aspects of the Friends range is the inclusivity and diversity of characters and this set really is excellent. There is a wheelchair, along with a lift for accessibility, and there are also sight-aids for visually impaired. There are 8 people in toal with a mixture of ages and backgrounds, and some pets, which really increases the community feel of the set. There is a removal truck and some boxes so you can move people about the place - this has created a lot of entertainment in our house. The cat gets accidently packed away a lot!There are so many accessories in this set, it really is amazing. There is everything you can think of from a hairdryer to coffee maker - the detail really is incredible, so much more than the sets when I was young. Some of the pieces are a bit small, so might be lost if not careful. I love the skatepark - this seems to be the central focus point for most of the kids stories.This is an expensive lego set but you actually get a lot for your money and it is a good investment. There are lots of characters and lots of potential storylines for kids creative play. I really like the everyday theme, this is something that kids can relate to and engage with. It encourages community spirit and being nice to neighbours which is good.Highly recommended, this has endless hours of play and can be used over and over.