REVIEW: 42638 Castle Bed and Breakfast

[Pchan1983]

Here is my review on LEGO Friends 42638 Castle Bed and Breakfast:

THE GOOD:

• Looking beautiful.
• New and interesting building techniques through out to create some of the exterior architecture.
• Packs with interior details with a stunning bathroom.
• Interesting new pieces like new printed postcard & rubber duck with no eye prints.

THE NOT SO GOOD:

• can't find any.

This is another absolute stunner from Friends.  Already caught my eyes when it was first announced and I did prioritise my budget to get this first.  And I was not disappointed.  First, it looks absolutely beautiful with perfect colour coordinations and interesting details both on the exterior and inside the interior.  It also have one of the most refreshing build I had lately because the new techniques they use to create the exterior.  Especial the curved pillar type structure, it's so smart is also built the curtains for you to view from the inside.  The build is designed to stack each level on top of each other in a modular way.  It's not fully connected but much tighter than your typical modular build.  One thing to note is that it looks smaller than you see in picture but it still look good.  And it also utilise the microphone piece very well.  Each level has very detailed interior, I particularly think the bathroom on the top level is one more the most elegant bathroom I've seen so far.  the combination with the windows structure just made it even better.  There is also a very interesting customisation do with the beds as it can be configured between double and 2 singles.  This set also comes with some interesting new pieces like a new printed post card/letter tile which I absolutely love.  Also a rubber duck with no eye prints.  The minidolls are great with very fitting details and I particularly like Renee's hair style.  Making this full modular can be challenging as it requires planning on what needs to be incorporated if you decide to build the other half of this building.  With a more reasonable pricing compared to other reason sets and not difficult to get 20% off this set at least, I'm indeed tempted to buy another one to try modularise it.  This is another set that I would absolutely recommend!!!

[brickbuilder711]

Great video review; I'm amazed how critical SNOT is to the facade of the building, they are really stepping it up with the Friends and City lines.

[Pchan1983]

22 minutes ago, brickbuilder711 said:

they are really stepping it up with the Friends and City lines.

Friends line has set the bar really high in the past 24 months.