REVIEW: 41742 Cat Hotel

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on 2023 Friends 41742 Cat Hotel:

THE GOOD:

• Good looking build with interesting building experiences filled with interior details.
• Another variant of the chonky/chubby cat.
• Some very interesting exterior designs, for example the use of wheel arch for windows.
• Speechless on the cat litter build XD

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• Being a retailer exclusive makes it both hard to find and hard to get big discount.

Originally there was no plans to buy this but the product photos on the box caught my eyes.  It's actually a very good looking small set and a really fitting cat hotel.  While it is small, there are lots of small parts to create many surprising details.  The exterior looks great with some interesting builds and design.  The use of wheel arch pieces to create the windows arch is great, the sleep cat sign is also great.  I do wish the cat eyes were printed instead of stickers but the end results still great.  Then the interior and the court yard also have plenty of space and detailed builds as well.  The cat litter tray build caught me off guard and never expected LEGO put such detail in.  Although i doubt any cats would like to expose their poop and pee as that's the whole point of cat litter.  Minidolls wise, both comes with new 2023 hair pieces which is going to useful for minifigs.  Obviously being a cat hotel will include some cats and it's great you get another variant of the chonky/chubby cat in a smallish set.  I really don't have any negative on this set apart from this being hard to find due to the retailer exclusive nature, at $60 NZD it's not the cheapest, being an retailer exclusive means it's also hard to get a big discount too,  At the end, I did did enjoy this set and like it so I found it worth my money.  And definitely a recommendation from me.  Now really tempted to get an extra one or two to make a modular cat hotel