Fans of the 90’s sitcom Friends were pretty excited a couple of years ago when the 21319 LEGO Ideas Central Perk set came to fruition. Now, out of the blue, we are going to see some more iconic locations from that series recreated in LEGO® form. Today, The LEGO Group announced the forthcoming 10292:LEGO F.R.I.E.N.D.S Apartments Set. This set is 31cm x 64cm x 10cm, and again uses a studio set metaphor to bring the set to life. Bringing us both Chandler and Joeys’s Apartment, along with Monica and Rachel’s apartment.
The Set will go on sale on June 1st, or 176th May to LEGO VIP Customers. it will cost €149.99 / $USD149.99 / £134.99 / 259.99 AUD / 199.99 CAD / 1499.99 BRL
11th May 2021: Today, the LEGO® Group announces the new LEGO F.R.I.E.N.D.S Apartments Set – which allows fans of the iconic Warner Bros. TV series the chance to recreate their favourite scenes. The 2,048-piece set, features both Monica and Rachel’s, and Chandler and Joey’s New York apartments, plus the adjoining hallway.
Following the hugely popular LEGO Ideas Central Perk set, which was released in 2019, the LEGO Friends Apartments set is complete with iconic features and props, such as the classic moment when Monica put the Thanksgiving turkey on her head, the one where Joey and Chandler only had a canoe as furniture and when Phoebe’s dollhouse went up in flames.
Other accessories from the show include the Poking Device; Gladys, Phoebe’s creepy art piece; the cheesecake that falls on the floor; Pat the Dog; the chick and duck, and many more. The set also gives fans the real sense of the original filming studio with set lights and allows you to display both apartments either separately or linked together with the hallway.
Additional features of the set include; new minifigures of the whole gang, in some of their most memorable outfits; Rachel’s iconic plaid skirt; Ross’ too tight leather pants; Monica in an apron; Phoebe in a classic floral look; Chandler in a suit and loud designer tie; and Joey wearing all of Chandler’s clothes. And for the first time ever, Janice will also feature as a minifigure in a classic over-the-top gaudy outfit.
Anderson Ward Grubb, LEGO Set Designer commented “Following the success of the LEGO Ideas Central Perk set, we wanted to develop another tribute to this iconic TV show with a focus on the famous apartments. We worked directly from production photos of the set as well as watching and re-watching a lot of episodes so we could capture as many iconic moments as possible. One fun challenge was figuring out how to represent some aspects that change over the course of the show that appear in some episodes and not in others. I am looking forward to seeing if the eagle-eyed fans will spot them.”
LEGO® The Friends Apartments set is available exclusively for LEGO VIP members from 19th May and from LEGO Stores and www.LEGO.com/Friends-Apartments from 1st June, 2021.
If you are a fan of the LEGO Ideas Central Perk set, or the show itself, I suspect you will enjoy the contents of this set.
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‘176th May’, & here I thought the 12th of Never was a long, long time…. lol, great article as always Mr Jones.