2023 Friends Rumours, Leaks, Information And Discussion

[Lemerbrix]

2 hours ago, DragonElves said:

https://www.blue-ocean.de/lego-friends/detail/detail/lego-friends-2
Another magazine is out, hopefully the new generation magazines start coming out in the uk in the next couple of issues.

Cool! I’ll translate it later today (when I’m not half asleep)

[Killian]

14 hours ago, DragonElves said:

https://www.blue-ocean.de/lego-friends/detail/detail/lego-friends-2
Another magazine is out, hopefully the new generation magazines start coming out in the uk in the next couple of issues.

Someone needs to tell Blue Ocean that Friends hasn't been marketed as a "girls" property for several years now.   🙄

Also, Blue Ocean haven't updated the characters in their description

 

"

LEGO® Friends - the magazine for the successful girls' world of LEGO® !

The LEGO® Friends Magazine takes girls to the charming town of "Heartlake City". In two exciting comic stories, the readers experience all sorts of adventures to do with friendship, music, sport, dance and animals together with their friends Stephanie, Emma, Mia, Olivia and Andrea. Craft ideas, tricky puzzles, great competitions and exclusive posters complete the magazine.

With the original LEGO® Friends Extra in every issue, the magazine is a real highlight for girls among LEGO® fans!"

[Lemerbrix]

4 minutes ago, Killian said:

Someone needs to tell Blue Ocean that Friends hasn't been marketed as a "girls" property for several years now.   🙄

Also, Blue Ocean haven't updated the characters in their description

 

"

LEGO® Friends - the magazine for the successful girls' world of LEGO® !

The LEGO® Friends Magazine takes girls to the charming town of "Heartlake City". In two exciting comic stories, the readers experience all sorts of adventures to do with friendship, music, sport, dance and animals together with their friends Stephanie, Emma, Mia, Olivia and Andrea. Craft ideas, tricky puzzles, great competitions and exclusive posters complete the magazine.

With the original LEGO® Friends Extra in every issue, the magazine is a real highlight for girls among LEGO® fans!"

Lego friends is for everyone, not just girls, Blue ocean, take notes

I liked lego friends before the reboot, and I'm referring to the 2018 reboot, not the 2023

Also, I'm still working on the comic translation

[Lemerbrix]

Something I’m wondering about future Lego friends: the next chapter episodes is if they’ll acknowledge autumn’s limb difference, this short does acknowledge it, but I want to see if the main episodes do, as well as other things, like paisley’s dead mother, liann (probably) having ADHD, jordin having vitiligo, Charli’s gender identity, etc

also here’s the short in question (they acknowledge autumn’s limb difference at 0:33)

 

[Lemerbrix]

11 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

Something I’m wondering about future Lego friends: the next chapter episodes is if they’ll acknowledge autumn’s limb difference, this short does acknowledge it, but I want to see if the main episodes do, as well as other things, like paisley’s dead mother, liann (probably) having ADHD, jordin having vitiligo, Charli’s gender identity, etc

also here’s the short in question (they acknowledge autumn’s limb difference at 0:33)

 

Speaking of autumn’s limb difference, I just discovered that the arm doesn’t fit on other minidolls (at least the one I tried it on)

I literally sacrificed a Mia minidoll to test this

[Killian]

21 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

Speaking of autumn’s limb difference, I just discovered that the arm doesn’t fit on other minidolls (at least the one I tried it on)

I literally sacrificed a Mia minidoll to test this

Is it because it has the longer peg that plugs into the torso that the newer minidolls have? You can trim that to fit it in as long as you leave the part near the shoulder. Assuming it works like the 2022 arms.      Ellie shows how it works here:      

 

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In other news, it's been a good week for saving money on 2023 Friends sets here in the UK.

I got a second copy of set 41728 Heartlake Downtown Diner for £18 instead of £24.99 in B&M so I can start my extended Diner.

Then in Sainsbury's I went Paisley crazy and got set 41743 Hair Salon and 41724 Paisley's House for £32 each instead of £40 each and Aliya's Room 41740 for £14.40 instead of £18. They're selling all the Room sets for that price at the moment. My Friends Rooms collection is complete!

Yesterday I had no Paisley minidolls, today I have 3. 🤣😅

 

 

[Lemerbrix]

10 minutes ago, Killian said:

Is it because it has the longer peg that plugs into the torso that the newer minidolls have? You can trim that to fit it in as long as you leave the part near the shoulder. Assuming it works like the 2022 arms.      Ellie shows how it works here:      

 

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In other news, it's been a good week for saving money on 2023 Friends sets here in the UK.

I got a second copy of set 41728 Heartlake Downtown Diner for £18 instead of £24.99 in B&M so I can start my extended Diner.

Then in Sainsbury's I went Paisley crazy and got set 41743 Hair Salon and 41724 Paisley's House for £32 each instead of £40 each and Aliya's Room 41740 for £14.40 instead of £18. They're selling all the Room sets for that price at the moment. My Friends Rooms collection is complete!

Yesterday I had no Paisley minidolls, today I have 3. 🤣😅

 

 

Thanks for the tip, I currently just have 2 autumn minidolls, so when I get some more I'll try that 

[Killian]

The terrible Irish accent just keeps going....

Also, Paisley has a bedroom in her house, set 41724; so I don't know why she's in Aliya's Room, set 41740 in this video

 

 

Edited March 4, 2023 by Killian
Paisley's a Squatter

[Lemerbrix]

2 hours ago, Killian said:

The terrible Irish accent just keeps going....

Also, Paisley has a bedroom in her house, set 41724; so I don't know why she's in Aliya's Room, set 41740 in this video

 

 

Plot twist: this short takes place after her and Aliya's sleepover

Imagine autumn just hanging in lianns room, she has a full house. there's also one with Zac and Nova, and they are in the same room

Also just wanted to bring this up again

On 3/2/2023 at 6:12 AM, Lemerbrix said:

Something I’m wondering about future Lego friends: the next chapter episodes is if they’ll acknowledge autumn’s limb difference, this short does acknowledge it, but I want to see if the main episodes do, as well as other things, like paisley’s dead mother, liann (probably) having ADHD, jordin having vitiligo, Charli’s gender identity, etc

also here’s the short in question (they acknowledge autumn’s limb difference at 0:33)

 

 

[Killian]

Slightly off topic.. But Imma mention Friends.

Just discovered this show on the UK Netflix. Assumed it'd be a bad Monster High rip off, and it is... But it doesn't seem to be for kids, there's mild swearing and sexuality references. The animation reminds me of Lego Friends: Girls on a Mission. It got me thinking that if Lego did it's own school for monsters theme it'd be awesome! Or just made a minidoll theme of this show like they did for DC Super hero Girls or even if Lego did a deal with Mattel and gave us Monster High minidoll sets.    Wonder if the Supernatural Academy book series that this is based on is any good?  🤔

 

 

 

[Lemerbrix]

Was browsing Lego.com and found a potential new outfit for olly in the summer wave

[Killian]

1 hour ago, Lemerbrix said:

Was browsing Lego.com and found a potential new outfit for olly in the summer wave

"no clashes" Um.. It's Hot Pink with Chartruse Olly   🙄

The controller on the shirt seems like a Zac thing, but the colours feel more Leo inspired. If each of the characters even particularly has a set signature colour palette like the OG 5 did this time around.

[Lemerbrix]

17 minutes ago, Killian said:

"no clashes" Um.. It's Hot Pink with Chartruse Olly   🙄

The controller on the shirt seems like a Zac thing, but the colours feel more Leo inspired. If each of the characters even particularly has a set signature colour palette like the OG 5 did this time around.

Yeah, makes sense

[Lemerbrix]

I just noticed zac doesn’t have a pet, but in nova’s room he’s playing with pickle, and the description of the dog rescue center mentions he likes dogs, so why no pet for zac

[Killian]

10 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

I just noticed zac doesn’t have a pet, but in nova’s room he’s playing with pickle, and the description of the dog rescue center mentions he likes dogs, so why no pet for zac

To be relatable for children who aren't allowed pets maybe?

[Lemerbrix]

23 minutes ago, Killian said:

To be relatable for children who aren't allowed pets maybe?

Dash (black dog in the dog rescue center probably going to be Zac’s pet

speaking of pets, I’m only missing Aliya’s, paisley’s, and olly’s pets, I want to get paisley’s house over the weekend, if not the cat hotel

[Lemerbrix]

The Lego friends media guy delivers again!
enjoy this video about Leo

 

[Killian]

On 3/7/2023 at 11:45 PM, Lemerbrix said:

Dash (black dog in the dog rescue center probably going to be Zac’s pet

speaking of pets, I’m only missing Aliya’s, paisley’s, and olly’s pets, I want to get paisley’s house over the weekend, if not the cat hotel

Autumn's House should have also included Aira and Churro, since it's a pet friendly household Leo and Aliya could totally bring their pets over.

I should build the sets that have Melody and Aira this week. They're just sitting around.

That reminds me. I'd better go pick up the new magazine with the foal when it stops snowing.

 

[Lemerbrix]

10 minutes ago, Killian said:

Autumn's House should have also included Aira and Churro, since it's a pet friendly household Leo and Aliya could totally bring their pets over.

I should build the sets that have Melody and Aira this week. They're just sitting around.

That reminds me. I'd better go pick up the new magazine with the foal when it stops snowing.

 

Looking forward to seeing if the 2023 friends will be in the April issue

Oddly, aria is exclusive to Aliyas room, only pet to only be in a room and nowhere else

Edited March 9, 2023 by Lemerbrix

[DragonElves]

4 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

Looking forward to seeing if the 2023 friends will be in the April issue

Oddly, aria is exclusive to Aliyas room, only pet to only be in a room and nowhere else

I was in sainsburys today, and looked at the new magazine. Next issue is still the old friends and a poodle for the next gift, unfortunately, I really thought we’d get it next issue :-( Usually though it was an animal one issue and a normal build the other issue, so perhaps they’re getting rid of excess stock and it’ll be soon- that might be wishful thinking though!

[Lemerbrix]

34 minutes ago, DragonElves said:

I was in sainsburys today, and looked at the new magazine. Next issue is still the old friends and a poodle for the next gift, unfortunately, I really thought we’d get it next issue :-( Usually though it was an animal one issue and a normal build the other issue, so perhaps they’re getting rid of excess stock and it’ll be soon- that might be wishful thinking though!

I'm not even from the u.k and this is a big problem 😒

Oh well 

[DragonElves]

22 minutes ago, Lemerbrix said:

I'm not even from the u.k and this is a big problem 😒

Oh well 

Do they have a friends magazine in the USA?

[Lemerbrix]

1 hour ago, DragonElves said:

Do they have a friends magazine in the USA?

Nope 

[Killian]

7 hours ago, Lemerbrix said:

Oddly, aria is exclusive to Aliyas room, only pet to only be in a room and nowhere else

Yeah. Aria feels almost like an afterthought Lego just shoved in the room set. I wonder if we'll see her elsewhere eventually?

In other news... Project Give Autumn A Prosthetic To Match All Her Outfits has begun!

 

[Lemerbrix]

3 minutes ago, Killian said:

Yeah. Aria feels almost like an afterthought Lego just shoved in the room set. I wonder if we'll see her elsewhere eventually?

In other news... Project Give Autumn A Prosthetic To Match All Her Outfits has begun!

 

Nice! What color corresponds to what outfit?