LegoMyMamma Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Anyone got a picture of this new camera? Since I made the comment, I felt compelled to follow-through with a photo for detail comparison Quote
escortmad79 Posted January 23, 2012 Posted January 23, 2012 Since I made the comment, I felt compelled to follow-through with a photo for detail comparison Lol, shows how observant I am! Got Emma's design studio & never noticed the camera was different!! Quote
DLuders Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 New fashion accessories from the Brixit website: Quote
Oky Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Looks like these girls take friendship VERY serious. Although I doubt they will make many friends with accessories like that. Quote
The_Box Posted February 1, 2012 Posted February 1, 2012 Nice pic, DLuders. I think a thread has to be started to show off the Friends figs with mini figure accessories. I already have a few made myself and they're quite amusing. It should be noted that that's Emma in her different outfits and not 3 completely different friends. Quote
Alywin Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Reported to be from the German Toy Fair, originally from Kocke klub Photos about Friends, including those to be released in the second wave Hope we will get better photos disclosed soon Quote
the enigma that is badger Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 An interesting and fun review from a LEGO-friendly family about their experiences with LEGO Friends Quote
Aanchir Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Haven't found too many good pics of the summer Friends sets from the German ToyFair, but I did come across this and figured I'd share it. It's better detail than the leaked retailer's catalog pics we've seen in videos, so I figure it's worth sharing. Quote
lightningtiger Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 Something to watch from the German Toy Fair. Quote
just2good Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 You could see pictures of Friends from the German Toy Fair here. I really like the teal bike, the speedboat, and country club. Quote
The_Box Posted February 3, 2012 Posted February 3, 2012 http://brickset.com/news/article/?ID=2464 I will be running this event at my TRU. When I ran the Cars event back in the fall, I let anyone grab a set if they were respectful for the kids around them and if there was no one else there, I would let someone take an extra because we had so many. I just hope this runs as smooth as the previous event. Everyone that can so come by for this since its actually for a cause. Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 I always pronounced Andrea's name as "An-DRAY-uh" rather than "AN-dree-uh", even though I've heard both pronunciations in real life. Indeed, the official LEGO Friends commercials and promo videos I've seen so far all pronounce it "An-DRAY-uh." What? One dollar per piece?! That's gotta be the most horrible price-piece ratio ever! Well, thanks anyway. Well, it is TRU, after all. As you've probably become aware since making that post, it is indeed a promo item, available free this week (today's the last day of the promotion) with any LEGO Friends purchase of $20 or more, though it can also be bought on its own for $4.99. As a freebie it'd be great, were it not for the fact that all the other Friends sets are also overpriced at TRU, and as far as I can tell there's no way to make a Friends purchase there of $20 or more that isn't at least $4 above the MSRP for the same sets sold nearly anywhere else (some of the sets are more than $10 higher than MSRP!). But I think the most "horrible" price-piece ratio ever would have to be for 10287 - $170 for one piece! Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 http://brickset.com/news/article/?ID=2464 I will be running this event at my TRU. When I ran the Cars event back in the fall, I let anyone grab a set if they were respectful for the kids around them and if there was no one else there, I would let someone take an extra because we had so many. I just hope this runs as smooth as the previous event. Everyone that can so come by for this since its actually for a cause. I just got back from this at my own TRU (I was just a visitor, not someone running it as I'm not a TRU or LEGO employee). I saw several families stop by with their little girls, and several of them were quite interested, including at least one who may have just "discovered" the brick today. Let's hope! There were plenty of extra copies of these sets to go around, though, and I did get a couple copies for myself, plus one for my girlfriend. Something not everyone here may know is that there were actually a couple different baggies, one with the parts for this lemonade stand, and one with a couple LEGO Friends promo bricks - similar to the DUPLO bricks offered in conjunction with various other promotions, only these were non-DUPLO ("System") bricks instead - 2x4x3 bricks, probably the closest "System" analogue to the 1x2x2 DUPLO element commonly used for these promotions. Both bricks in the baggie are printed on two sides, "front" and "back" - the backs of both have the LEGO Friends logo, while the fronts are printed with the word "Best" on one brick (the "top" brick), and "Friends" on the other, and purple butterflies around both, including a large one printed between the two words, split across the two bricks - putting the bricks together brings the two halves of the butterfly image together, the way the TRU "Bricktober" Halloween promo DUPLO bricks from 2009 fit together to make a picture of a skeleton minifigure with a banner and a stack of bricks. Quote
Darth Hagrid Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 I just got back from this at my own TRU (I was just a visitor, not someone running it as I'm not a TRU or LEGO employee). I saw several families stop by with their little girls, and several of them were quite interested, including at least one who may have just "discovered" the brick today. Let's hope! There were plenty of extra copies of these sets to go around, though, and I did get a couple copies for myself, plus one for my girlfriend. Something not everyone here may know is that there were actually a couple different baggies, one with the parts for this lemonade stand, and one with a couple LEGO Friends promo bricks - similar to the DUPLO bricks offered in conjunction with various other promotions, only these were non-DUPLO ("System") bricks instead - 2x4x3 bricks, probably the closest "System" analogue to the 1x2x2 DUPLO element commonly used for these promotions. Both bricks in the baggie are printed on two sides, "front" and "back" - the backs of both have the LEGO Friends logo, while the fronts are printed with the word "Best" on one brick (the "top" brick), and "Friends" on the other, and purple butterflies around both, including a large one printed between the two words, split across the two bricks - putting the bricks together brings the two halves of the butterfly image together, the way the TRU "Bricktober" Halloween promo DUPLO bricks from 2009 fit together to make a picture of a skeleton minifigure with a banner and a stack of bricks. Yes, I got both baggies, as well as some odd paper Friends valentines... Quite a good hall! Quote
Pingles Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 Ugh... Didn't read about it until too late. Sorry I missed the event. My daughter would have flipped out. Quote
Darkdragon Posted February 4, 2012 Posted February 4, 2012 I stopped by my local TRU to pick up these promos and they are pretty cool. I've been working on adding them to the Bricklink catalog this evening. My favorite part is that the set came with dark orange kitten. Least favorite part is that it came with a sticker sheet - I was really hoping for a printed "lemonade" tile which would have been super cool. Quote
Darth Hagrid Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 My favorite part is that the set came with dark orange kitten. Least favorite part is that it came with a sticker sheet - I was really hoping for a printed "lemonade" tile which would have been super cool. I agree with you on both counts, but I do appreciate the fact that it came with bonus stickers not used in the build. Quote
LegoMyMamma Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Even on a snowy-rain-mix day in the NorthEast USA, there were about 30 kids within the first minutes of the event. The table was surrounded. I've photographed all the Lemonade Stand kit contents, here is the set: I also photographed all 16 pages of the booklet that was part of the Launch of Friends: Here is photo of the Lemonade stand built -- I added Olivia for this image, just to give perspective. Olivia showing her support for Alex's Lemonade Stand! by LegoMyMamma, on Flickr That TRU sold their last City Park Cafe right after event started! The rest of inventory was 1/2 gone. I would say that's quite successful for any new theme Quote
SilvaShado Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Aw, dang, I missed it. Had plans yesterday so it would have been hard to make it, but I would have tried. Oh, well. If everything was stickered then I guess I didn't miss out on much. Would have like printed bricks. Quote
LegoMyMamma Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 Aw, dang, I missed it. Had plans yesterday so it would have been hard to make it, but I would have tried. Oh, well. If everything was stickered then I guess I didn't miss out on much. Would have like printed bricks. The 2 LEGO Friends bricks are *printed* here is a photo of the reverse side: LEGO Friends "Bricks" from Alex's Lemonade Stand kit and TRU special Free Stephanie by LegoMyMamma, on Flickr Although, yeah, it would be cool to have "LEMONADE" printed on the 1x6 white brick in the kit -- the fact that TLG is giving the kit free, plus donating $1 per kit given away to Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation -- a sticker will do Quote
The_Box Posted February 5, 2012 Posted February 5, 2012 It was a great turnout yesterday and I gave out all the whole sets that my store received for the event. I had brought some of my own collection into the store so people could see some of the new figures in person. I had 2 friends sets, Olivia's Workshop and Emma's Design Studio, new Star Wars, Superheroes, CM 6, Harry Potter, PotC, and Nijago figs out. They were a real hit. Due to the huge success of this event, we may even make our own events for our store. Since I'm basically the store's event coordinator I can even choose what our personal events will be. Next Saturday will probably be something Star Wars related. Quote
Blondie-Wan Posted February 6, 2012 Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) I stopped by my local TRU to pick up these promos and they are pretty cool. I've been working on adding them to the Bricklink catalog this evening. My favorite part is that the set came with dark orange kitten. Least favorite part is that it came with a sticker sheet - I was really hoping for a printed "lemonade" tile which would have been super cool. So was I, but before the event I somehow overlooked the fact it included the kitty (was it pictured on the in-store sign? I just remember the rendering of the lemonade stand itself), and of course I didn't know about the paired promo bricks at all. I think the kitty and the two promo bricks more than make up for not having the "LEMONADE" sign be printed. For promotional freebies, they were really quite a nice set of parts on the whole - not only a printed cat/kitten and two printed promo bricks (perhaps of somewhat limited usefulness, but still), the whole deal included a pink 2x6 plate, two trans-clear glasses / chalices, a trans-clear mug, two white 1x2x2 bricks, a red flowerhead sprue, a triple flower stalk, two black telescopes, and more. Not too shabby for freebies - and we got to enjoy seeing potential new fans of LEGO get their first taste of the brick, which was a pleasure in itself. (And it's also worth noting TLG is donating a dollar for each participant in the promotion to a children's cancer charity. :thumbup: ) Edited February 6, 2012 by Blondie-Wan Quote
just2good Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 (edited) There's another promo! Did you guys spot anything wrong with it? The picture of the Friends logo isn't CGI! Instead, it looks a bit like wannabe-Disney animation. My guess was that this polybag was originally a concept set, only used for test markets. This probably makes it the rarest Friends set. Edited February 10, 2012 by just2good Quote
just2good Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 (edited) Toy Fair picture of the camper from the Brick Show! Edited February 12, 2012 by just2good Quote
Redhead1982 Posted February 12, 2012 Posted February 12, 2012 So we get the blue bike! Yay! That's definitely my favourite! Toy Fair picture of the camper from the Brick Show! I've been googling, and found a link for Lego World Copenhagen 2012, where it says something in Danish about the Friends series. My Danish is very poor, and so is google-translate's. Does anyone know if Friends might be introduced to European stores any time soon? Quote
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