Today we examine LEGO Friends 3189 Heartlake Stables
This set is the most complex I’ve built so far in this wave. You get two stables and a barn, two horses, and some equestrian accessories. It’s all pretty basic construction, but I imagine girls will be able to have a ton of fun playing with it once built. A few observations I have about the build:
- Dark pink hand truck? that’s new. But each new part/color combination costs LEGO a slot in their pallette. Is it really worth it to produce this in dark pink instead of red? Do you really think it matters to kids to have this part in pink? I’d much rather have some basic bricks and plates in dark pink.
- Use of sliding garage doors held in place by clips is a clever surprise and nice parts usage (the red equestrian hurdle).
- Still annoyed that minidolls can’t sit in the horses. They have to stand in the saddles, which looks strange. Nice to have more colors of horses though.
- 8×16 tiles in dark red!
- 2×4 roof peak slopes in pink!
- Yet another treasure chest sans lid. What’s up with that?
- More stickers. :-(
- I like the helmets with hair coming out the back.
- The well is simple, but cute.
- Another new Friends character, Katharina.
