6625- Speed Trackers

I always remember having this set, so it was likely one of my first 10 and certainly a staple to my town.  It remains one of only two pure Police sets I own, the other also being a 1996 release.

This lovely Town set comes with 2 policemen, a police car, a police motorbike, and a couple accessories.

6517- Water Jet

It's hard for me to believe that this Town set is 18 years old.  I would have been about 7 when I received it to bulk up my town, which is right about when I started getting a lot of sets as gifts.  The water jet set stands the test of time and comes with one minifigure, water vehicle, and two buoy constructions.  A great little addition to my Summer Collection.

41028- Emma's Lifeguard Post

This is my third Friends set with Emma in it.  It's nice to see that they moved the settings of these small sets to the outdoors and it thus provides a nice addition to my Summer Collection.











This set comes with minidoll Emma, a dolphin, a lifeguard tower, a flag post, a sandcastle construction, and several accessories including swimming flippers, binoculars, a bucket, and a first aid case.

4200- Mining 4x4

This vehicle is part of a city mining set, but I pretend it is a construction one to go along with set 4201- Loader and Tipper and put it to work fixing up my City.  Likely with mini set 5610- Builder helping out.

This set comes with one minifig worker, vehicle with construction accessories and crate, and openable boulder with rocks and gold pieces.

60019- Stunt Plane

I was very happy to see this little City plane up for sale, as the airport planes are a bit pricey for me at the moment.  Aside from the model plane in 31001-Mini Skyflyer, the only other plane I have is from the 1996 set 6331-Patriot Jet, which is something of a stunt plane as well.  See additional images below for back of box.










This set comes with a stickered stunt plane, a tool cart, and 2 minifigures.  See below for picture of sticker sheet.  

40025- New York Taxi

This polybag seemed pretty adorable, so I decided to buy it as a retired product on Amazon.  Originally though, it was available in Lego Stores in New York  for a limited time and in Toys R Us stores during December 2012.  I really liked the concept of a little yellow taxi, as the one in my Train Station set seemed a bit bulky.  However, what I didn't know is that this car is actually a model, meaning not to Lego figure scale.

40078- Hot Dog Stand

This was a free polybag with qualifying Lego purchases during July 2013 and I'm fairly certain I made sure my virtual cart was full enough to qualify for this set.  Some of the "free with purchase" sets are truly amazing and this is my favorite one so far with two minifigures (male and female), a hot dog cart, and a bicycle.

5613- Firefighter

This little city-themed box set is in the same year and series as 5610- Builder.  A cute little way to bulk up my fire crew with plenty of accessories.  See below for an image of the back of the box.

The set comes with a fireman in a hat, a small fire construction, a fire hydrant, and a wall with accessories including a fire extinguisher, a black axe, a chainsaw, and a handheld circular saw (forgive me for not knowing proper saw terminology).  See below for an image of the back of the wall.

3061- City Park Cafe

I'm not too fond of the flamboyancy of the Friends sets in general, but it's not too common to see these everyday life sets in the City theme, so this was really welcome.  Compared to normal sets of this size though, this was a bit simplistic to put together.  Lots of stickers are used and you can see the sheet below.  The mini-dolls in this set are of Andrea and Marie (not pictured).  Andrea is wearing a pink top and a pink skirt.  Marie has a orange top and a light blue skirt.  See below for an image of the back of the box.

This set comes with a cafe and small outdoor area.  Inside the cafe is a table and seating area, condiment table, sink, oven, full set of kitchenware, milkshake machine, pie display case, and cash register.  The outdoor area features many flowers, a small table with two stools, and food.

3933- Olivia's Invention Workshop

What drew me to this set was that is has a nice science theme.  I'm really happy that while the Friends theme is targeted at girls, it explores all kind of different interests people may have.  It's daily life without having to be police or fire.












This set features the mini-doll Olivia.  She's not pictured here, but is wearing an orange-yellow tanktop and lime green cropped pants.  Included in the set is a table with a Lego model microscope, flask, and seat; a model robot with remote control; a shelf unit with bottles; a printed blackboard; and a workstation with drawers, tool wheel, and model clamp mechanism.

3936- Emma's Fashion Design Studio

This set always seemed to be in limited supply, and taking a look at all the accessories, it's no wonder why.  More on that, but first note that while Emma is not pictured, she is wearing a purple tanktop and a dark blue skirt.  See the back of box image below to get a better look at her.












This set comes with a small table and stool with a sandwich and Lego laptop, a printed design board and stand, four drawers with four bolts of cloth and hairbrush, a larger work table with stepladder and lamp, flower cluster, mp3 player, mug, camera, and printed measuring tape.

3939- Mia's Bedroom

I was pretty psyched to see a more domestic setting like this in the Friends series.  This set is works fairly well, scale-size for normal Lego minifigures.













This set is made up of three main parts: bed with side table, table with radio, and a drumset.  The mini-doll Mia is not pictured but she is wearing a white halter top and a pink skirt.  Is anyone else really excited to have a proper Lego drumset?

41011- Stephanie's Soccer Practice

I'll not complain about the overuse of purposely "girly" coloured bricks in this Friends set, as it's not really too bad.  I actually got two of these sets since it only comes with one goal post and a proper footie game needs two, really.











Set comes with goalpost, sideline/bench area, obstacle training area, and a mechanism to set the ball in motion.  See below for back of box image.

41002- Emma's Karate Class

I was excited to see this set, as I'm a fan of martial arts and the set seemed to have a lot of nice elements.  As with all Friends sets, there are lots of pastel bricks and the scale doesn't quite fit normal Lego minifigures and I will always complain about both, but it's still a decent set overall.  See below for back of box image.


This is my second set with Emma, the other being 3936- Emma's Fashion Design Studio from 2012.  However, since I don't like the Friends mini-dolls, both of my Emma's remain mostly packaged and put away.  Hence no picture of her.  I do know that she is wearing a white karate outfit, with cropped pants, and what appears to be a black belt and a light purple flower printed on her torso.  The lavender bow she comes with matches the printed flower.

5610- Builder

I absolutely love small sets like these.  Generally a fantastic price point and good playability.  A nice way to fill in the gaps in your Lego City (or any other theme) or build on things you already have.  For example, this little guy will give my small construction outfit a little more oomph.

In this set, we have our construction worker (builder) minifigure, his little cement mixer, and a few pieces of cement.  The figure is in a nearly all orange jumpsuit, with the hint of a blue shirt underneath and grey gloves. His torso print also features silver striping, a zipper, two breast pockets, and a pen sticking out of one of the pockets.  He comes sporting a red construction helmet.

3177- Small Car

Front of the box

I love this little car.  The blue and white versions of this Smart Car come with set 7939 Cargo Train, but I wish they came in other sets as well.  The car is just so sleek, adorable, and functional.  It can easily be going anywhere around town.

4201- Loader and Tipper

I'm not very impressed with the larger sets of the Mining theme, so this will be my most expensive set.  Mining in general doesn't feel like it belongs in my Lego Universe, so I easily can pretend that these vehicles are just construction ones.  The yellow colour certainly aids in that.  If the crew happen to find some gold or gems during the daily grind, then that's nice a nice bonus for them.  To fill out the crew, I've also purchased set 4200- Mining 4x4.

7634- Tractor

I came across this little set while browsing my Lego Collector's Guide.  I had no idea there was a small Farm theme in 2009/2010!  I hope they bring this back in a few years and do a bit more with it. The only other set I liked in this small theme was the Pig Farm.  Loving Lego animals, I'd love to see a little chicken coop or dairy barn with at least 3 animals in each set and a a few tools/special pieces.