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Today, we’re going to take a closer look at the two LEGO Friends FunPacks from EDEKA’s current loyalty promotion.
I recently did the same thing with the two NINJAGO FunPacks. If you’d like to check out that review as well, click here.
And if you’d like to learn more about the entire EDEKA loyalty promotion, including all eight FunPacks, you can also find our original article here.
But today, we’re going to focus on LEGO Friends first.
Let’s get started!
The Small Animal Care Center
We’ll start with the little animal care station.
The actual LEGO model consists of just 20 pieces, and it comes with a small cart, a Friends minifigure, and a puppy.
The cart is built on a 2×4 plate and is kept very simple indeed.
We also get various small accessories for animal care: a syringe, a brush, an otoscope for examining ears, and a larger lamp under which we can place the puppy.
And that’s really all there is to it.
With just 20 pieces, this is truly a very small paper bag model. The official EDEKA website also describes it as a mobile animal care station complete with a figure and a pet.
Just like with the NINJAGO FunPacks, we’re getting the same game included again.
The set includes eight playing cards, the instructions (or puzzle booklet), and, of course, the game board, which is printed directly on the inside of the tin.
However, the same applies here as well: The small LEGO bricks required as play figures, according to the instructions, are not included.You’ll need to bring your own.
The puzzle book once again contains various small puzzles and coloring pages.
The LEGO Friends Foal Fun Pack
Let’s move on to the second LEGO Friends FunPack.
And here, I need to correct an error right away from my original article about the entire loyalty campaign.
I had describedthis set there as a FunPack featuring a golden foal.
Unfortunately, the foal isn’t golden at all.
In the press photos and even on the box, it really looks pretty golden to me. In reality, though, it’s an ochre-colored foal that has already appeared in this color and design in another Friends set.
And I actually think that’s a bit of a shame, because I would have thought a truly golden foal would have been pretty cool.
The model consists of a total of 39 pieces.
Of course, we get the foal itself, along with a small grooming and feeding station.
Included are a water faucet with a bucket, a small trough with an apple and a carrot, a broom and a brush next to it, and last but not least, a small jumping obstacle for the foal.
Here, too, we get the same slide-out box with the printed play area inside, eight game cards, and the puzzle booklet.
And once again, the small LEGO bricks—which, according to the game instructions, are needed as game pieces—are missing.
It’s the exact same game all over again
And that brings us to a point I’ve already criticized regarding the NINJAGO FunPacks.
It’s exactly the same game all over again.
To be honest, I would have thought they’d at least add a little variety between the different themed worlds.
With *Friends*, in particular, it would have been much easier to develop a different little game than with *NINJAGO*.
Instead, we get the same game board, the same basic concept, and the same eight cards all over again.
I do think that’s a bit of a shame.
In my opinion, these are the weakest FunPacks
When I compare these two Friends FunPacks to the rest of the models in the promotion, they’re unfortunately by far the weakest in my opinion.
And I’ve now built all eight of them.
The little animal care station, in particular, with its 20 pieces, is really quite sparse. The foal model is also kept pretty simple.
Of course, I know we shouldn’t expect any big LEGO sets here. These are small paper bag sets, and LEGO Friends, in particular, has often featured very simple polybags and paper bags in the past.
Still, when compared directly with the other FunPacks, it really stands out.
I find that particularly unfortunate when it comes to the foal.
I had actually counted that among my personal highlights of the entire event, because based on the product pictures, I really thought we were going to get a golden foal.
That would have made the model even more special to me.
Unfortunately, that’s not the case.
Is the 5.99 euro price justified?
And then, of course, we come back to the price.
With five loyalty points , each FunPack costs 5.99 euros. Without loyalty points, EDEKA charges as much as 11.99 euros.
With these two Friends sets in particular, I find it harder to justify the six euros than, say, with the NINJAGO FunPacks.
Of course, you’re not just paying for the LEGO pieces. You also get the metal tin or collector’s box, the game, the cards, and the puzzle book.
Still, in my opinion, the overall package could have been made much more complete with very little effort.
Just include the two required game pieces right in the box and maybe throw in two or three very simple little colored pencils.
Green, brown, and blue—something along those lines.
Then a child could open the box on the go, build the LEGO model, play the game, and then solve the puzzles or color something.
Because, in my opinion, that’s exactly what these FunPacks are meant for.
But if the parents don’t even have a pencil or pen with them when they’re out and about, the child simply won’t be able to do much with a good portion of the puzzle book.
I find that a little strange.
My Conclusion
I still think the basic idea behind the FunPacks is a good one.
I especially like the cans themselves, and I think the idea of being able to put everything right back inside them works great.
With the two LEGO Friends sets, though, I just find the actual LEGO content to be too lackluster.
The small animal care station consists of only 20 pieces, and the foal set is also very simple in design. Once again, we get exactly the same set as with NINJAGO, and the necessary bricks are still missing.
Of all eight FunPacks I’ve built so far, the two Friends sets are personally my least favorite.
Reviews of the remaining FunPacks will, of course, follow soon. If you don’t want to miss them, be sure to check back regularly here on the Brick-Tracker blog.
Now I’m curious: What do you think of these two LEGO Friends FunPacks?
Do you still like the foal, or do you also think the models are a little too simple for 5.99 euros?
Feel free to write anything in the comments!
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Author: Dante