Lego Magical Caravan 41688

 Although the main feature of this set is the caravn it also comes with a fortune teller stall, which I figure sort of makes sense.  The little stall is highly detailed and there is even a fun little mechanism to rotat the crystal ball which has a comedy and a tragedy mask printed on the glow in the dark roundel so either a good ro abad outcome.  Definitely super fun and quirky.

The caravan comes with a horse to pull it.  Even better you have a spare jumper tile so you can disconnect the harness and still have a functional horse - although the minidoll does have to stand on it's back rather than sit.  The best bit though is that it comes with the world's cutest owl figure - definitely made the set for me.

What I didn't realise until I came to build this set was that the side of the caravan lifts up to make a genuine playset.  Great idea and the inside of the caravan is strangely detailed which surprised me, I expected it to be more of a shell of a vehicle than an operational home on the road.  The little table that lifts up to reveal a toilet made me giggle (it's the little things it seems!).

Again, the real let down in the set is the inclusion of only 2 minidolls.  Definitely need to see more figures with sets like these so you can really get the most out of the play experience.

Overall this is a cute set but something just feels off for me on the set as a whole.  I'm not entirely sure what it is but I just felt a little bit let down overall .  I do question the design choice of the glow in the dark pieces for the caravn roof as it automatically means they are an off white and it just looks weird.  I'm not even sure why your caravan roof would glow in the first place.

Many thanks to the Amazon Vine Program for a review copy of this product.  The opinions expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Lego or Amazon.  This is also an honest and unbiased opinion based on my experience with the product and is not influenced by it being a review copy.

Number Of Pieces: 348

Approximate Price Per Piece: £0.13

Build Time: 1 Hour

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Lego Magical Funfair Stalls 41687

 This is a super fun little set and incredibly versatile.  On the face of it the set allows you to make 4 little stalls for a fairground but it just feels like so much more is possible with the set.  They can be connected together or used stand alone so you can definitely use them in your own fairground layout and endlessly tweak the display to your own taste.

What really surprised me was the detail on each little stall:

1. A little turnstile style entry way to the fiargorund of your dreams.  Super cute little rabbit decal over the entryway.

2. Ice Cream Shop with possibly the greatest signage to ever come of out the Lego Designer's minds - the sundae and cone on top of this building just make me smile so much.

3. A little card trick stand with a top hat sign.

4. Small face painting cart, or it could be a fortune teller's cart.  I'm not entirely sure but it is cute.

5. The incredible levitating person trick.  This is such a neat idea and works incredibly well.

A pity you only get 3 mini-dolls with the set.  However, they are highly detailed with great prints to really bring your fairground to life.

The set has two books and a small handful of stickers to really bring the buildings to life.  The stickers are holographic which somehow manages to bypass my dislike of adding the stickers to my Lego.  Ooo, shiny definitely works for me!

I absolutely love this set as it is so versatile.  You could add it to a City layout and pretend that there is a milliners in the card trick stall and what have you.  Alternatively a little bit of tweaking and they could easily blend in to a funky city.

As may be apparent I LOVE the Friend's theme of kits but there is just something about this Magical Fairground range that is so joyful, fun and eminently playable that just looking at the photos of the pieces I took as I built makes me smile and reminds me of what fun I had.

Many thanks to the Amazon Vine Program for a review copy of this product.  The opinions expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Lego or Amazon.  This is also an honest and unbiased opinion based on my experience with the product and is not influenced by it being a review copy.

Number Of Pieces: 361

Approximate Price Per Piece: £0.07

Build Time: 45 Minutes

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Lego Magical Ferris Wheel & Slide 41689

 I absolutely LOVED building this set.  The fairground / theme park really speaks to me but there was just something about the techniques and colour selection about this one that made me exceptionally happy.  The colours are fresh and bright and really pop against the white highlights and just make the whole thing come together so beautifully.

The set comes with:

A small sideshow building which is decked out as a candy store - the gumballs on the roof are a great touch.

The Helter Skelter or slide as they call it.  The minidolls easily fit in the slide and do genuinely slide down it under their own steam.  This is where the magic trick comes in as well - as far as I can tell it is the great disappearing top hat but I'm not entirely certain.  Really cute styling n this building and the black and white tower to hold the slide in poition is a great foil for the brighter colours.

The Ferris Wheel.  The choice of top hats for the seating is absolutely genius, works so well with the overarching Magic theme (even better they are in my favourite colour).  Only one minidoll will fit in the seat at a time but that is a minor niggle.  The fact there is a little handle at the back to turn the wheel is an unexpected feature - it turns just as well by pushing it and it took me a couple of plays to realise that was what the piece was for and it wasn't just for holding all the pieces together.

Also included are 3 minidolls.  This set really could have done with more as it looks really sparsely populated with only the 3 dolls to play in it.

I am completely obsessed by the Friends Theme and this range has just made that so much worse.  Great colours and some unusual building techniques along with a theme that speaks to me and I was like a child again.  I am absolutely thrilled with everything about this and it is difficult to write a review that isn't just a great big love letter to the Lego Gods.

Many thanks to the Amazon Vine Program for a review copy of this product.  The opinions expressed in this review are my own and do not reflect the opinions of Lego or Amazon.  This is also an honest and unbiased opinion based on my experience with the product and is not influenced by it being a review copy.

Number Of Pieces: 545

Approximate Price Per Piece: £0.10

Build Time: 1.25 Hours

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