As LEGO® Friends embarks on a two-month celebration of friendship and diversity, my reviews of the new sets continue. After a focus on animal-themed builds, it’s time to get adventurous with a trip to Heartlake City’s Skate Park. From pulling off kick-flips on the colourful ramps or hanging out in the clubhouse, the Skate Park is an interesting set but is it worth its price tag? Read on for my hands-on look at the new LEGO Friends Skate Park. As previously mentioned, these reviews will be a little briefer, with a focus on images and interesting parts or features.
Product Details
Set Name: Skate Park | Set Number: 41751 | Pieces: 431 | Theme: LEGO Friends
RRP: £44.99/$49.99/49.99€ | Number of Bags: Bags x 5 (plastic) | Instructions: Paper + Builder App | Mini-dolls: 3 | Stickers: Sheets x 1
Availability: LEGO Stores, LEGO Online & General Retail
The Skate Park is made up of three sections. These include two different-sized ramps and a sort of clubhouse building. The build begins with a simple little ramp. This has a couple of rare elements including the blue roof front slopes and the grey ridged slopes. These combine to create a cool area of unique slopes and ramps.
The most complex part of the build is a much larger and more detailed ramp zone. As well as being a much bigger area and having various slopes, rails and ramps to do tricks on, it also uses some fairly rare pieces. Both of the larger ramp slopes are unique to this set. Some of the other pieces have only appeared in one or two offer sets in their particular colours so the two lattice towers and the yellow 1/4 domes have only been used in a handful of other sets. Even a couple of the brick yellow plates used in the base of the skate ramp is quite rare. So this is a great set for interesting parts. But it also offers a fun play area, with plenty of surfaces to use to pull off tricks using the included skateboards, scooter and wheelchair.
Although the focus of a Skate Park is the ramp areas, the set also features a small two-storey building. This combines a workshop and a hangout area. The ground floor features a till area, along with a gumball machine and a small workbench. This uses elements to great effect, I especially like the little bench vice. The upper section is a hip outdoor hangout area, with just a sofa to chill on and a graffiti wall, which uses a fun-looking sticker. But the best feature of the building is a simple lift. This features a small platform which is connected to a long Technic axle. The platform is big enough to hold the wheelchair element and can be lifted up to reach the upper floor. The wheelchair can also fit through the door.
The set features three unique mini-dolls including two of the main characters, Liann and Zac. They are joined by wheelchair user Luna. All three of the characters are unique to this set, with all three pairs of legs and torsos only found in this set. Obviously, the heads and hair used for the main characters have been used in other sets, Luna’s head is unique making her the most unique of the characters found in the set. There’s also alternate headwear for each character, with two helmets complete with hair and just a helmet.
Overall
The biggest issue with this set is the pricing, it features fewer elements than the Cat Hotel yet costs almost double the price of that set. It does feature some unique and quite large pieces such as the ramps, which I guess has bumped up the price. Admittedly, they do offer a much bigger play space and play features. I really like the colours used for the ramp. Oddly, they almost feel more like something you’d expect to see from a VIDIYO set, with darker, brighter colours used. You could say the small building could have been left out of the set completely or made smaller, to help reduce the price tag but it actually offers a unique play feature in the wheelchair lift.
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This set was provided BricksFanz and provided by the LEGO Group for review purposes. The thoughts within this review are that of BricksFanz and do not reflect those of the LEGO Group. Providing a set for free does not guarantee a favourable opinion of the set.
