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I’m excited for the tree house! I’m hoping that the apartment building has at least five apartments so that you can fit them out for each of the main five, or that it has a plethora of additional characters to populate heartlake the houseboat sounds interesting- depending on the colour scheme. I’m sick of getting bits of the dolphin cruiser in bulk buys- and I wasn’t interested in a party boat. If it has a real live in feel, it could be awesome

what an amazing set. Day 1 purchase for me. I love the intent with this. Do we know release date yet?

Surfer beachfront is on Lego com - £60 in the UK. Much more reasonable than I thought it was going to be! Looking at the pictures of the horseback riding centre - how can they imply that the minidolls are that articulated? They simply can't do that with their legs surely?

Really interested in the official pics for this one. The blur looks vaguely interesting, and I love that it has minidolls and not figs. But yet to understand what kind of build / parts it's going to bring us. I think it MIGHT have a couple of recolours that look awesome to me. But it realise is hard to tell. Would be nice to know official date for photos so I could plan my summer purchases accordingly (but aware this is why Lego, most likely, like to stagger them!)

There’s a four plus set, and a 6-12.... it’s only the 13 year olds that are without an ice castle!

Exactly. Ten years down the line can we please stop questioning if Lego was doing ‘something bad’ by catering to 50% of its potential market share? So what if mini dolls are more appealing to girls than mini figs? And.... if Lego wants to sell to girls, better to include minidolls then. They are 50% of the market, and they’re a zillion times better than any of the competition on the same scale.

Very little of the 1st June releases are on the store yet. Only Vidiyo and Harry Potter as far as I can think. There is a lot more coming out, but they haven't put it up yet

Exactly. I am an adult. I now own a range of sets. But the FIRST one I bought "just for me" was a Lego Friends set.....

They did a lot of market research to come to that opinion, and the sales figures certainly bore it out. 10 years later for Friends (near enough), I think we can assume the mini doll was a successful adaptation of "the system" to open up the market for them to children who weren't building with them before. They did do cross over in The LEGO Movie 2 theme, which is something I personally loved. If they released City sets with mini figs and mini dolls in them, though, I think the press would hound them. They wouldn't try it for Friends (hope!) as there is clearly a huge, and equally dedicated market at this point.

I think anything that entices children to play with such a good toy as Lego is a great thing!

Really pleased to hear about the mini dolls! Can't wait to see the pics come out

https://jedijacpenguin.com/everythingweknowaboutLEGO2021.htm this site has them listed separately

Agree that the price is really steep. I'd be hoping that there is some way to get a discount on that.

Anyone got any hints re making / designing capes? Including what materials to use please?

Wow - love this. im thinking it will go really well with the beach house (Andrea’s) love the hippy vibes!