This set was provided by the AFOL Relations & Programs team (AR&P) of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans.Opinions provided here solely reflect those of our reviewer. Photographs are property of Friends Bricks and are not directed by TLG in any fashion. This awesome little set really delivers when it comes to play-ability and features. The main features in this set are Stephanie and her delivery van. The van is nicely shaped, and has lots of room for parcels in the back. You can also sit two mini-dolls in the cab. This set also includes a small store front, which has some parcels, flowers, balloons, a mailbox, a check out stand, and a hand cart. This really rounds out the set and provides a lot of additional opportunities for play. This set was provided by the AFOL Relations & Programs team (AR&P) of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. Opinions provided here solely reflect those of our reviewer. In the above image you can see Stephanie loading up the van before making an important delivery.
The front of the box is adorned with the usual Friends logo, BFF's and a colorful ribbon which runs across the box. The contents of this set is well represented here. The back of the box shows how the doors at the back van can be opened up, and provides more details regarding the store front. In these images you can see a scale to weigh parcels, a mailbox, and some items for purchase. This set box is easily opened by pressing down on the thumb indicators. Inside the box is two numbered bags, a sticker sheet, and the instruction booklet. This set was provided by the AFOL Relations & Programs (AR&P) team of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. wasI'll link to itcome right back set was provided by the AFOL Relations & Programs team (AR&P) of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. Opinions provided here solely reflect those of our reviewer. are property of Friends Bricks and are not directed by TLG in any
This set is part of a new Friends sub theme which will introduce six new puppies into the Friends world:The box art for this new theme has a modified ribbon which is appropriately, a dog collar, that wraps around the entire box. front of the box highlights a parade Limousine which Andrea uses to show off her canine companion. A winner’s podium and video camera are shown in the background. These little add-on’s round out this set providing some additional play features. Andrea and her BFF’s appear in the top right corner, as usual. When she’s not lounging around at the Beach House, Stephanie can be found at her parents’ house. Let’s take a closer look! This set was provided by the AFOL Relations & Programs (AR&P) team of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. Opinions provided here solely reflect those of our reviewer. Photographs are property of Friends Bricks and are not directed by TLG in any fashion.
The front of the box shows Stephanie’s House located in a quiet suburban street, with lots of grass for the bunny. The inset at the bottom left gives a snapshot of the back of the building, while the inset at the right shows us that this set includes her parents, Alicia and James. The set box carries the familiar purple flanges on the sides and ribbon wave across the top, indicating that this set belong to the base theme and not a sub-theme. The back of the box highlights the numerous playing features and accessories included in this set.2017 is the 5th anniversary of LEGO Friends. 2017, Robert is going to the Heartlake Sports Center (41312) to work on his New Year's resolution with Mia's help. of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. front of the box shows the front of the sports center with Mia andThere is an insert showing the inside and back of the sports The box has the familiar purple flanges and ribbon wave across the top indicating this set is part of the base theme.
The back of the box highlights the many play features and accessories included with this set. This set was provided by the AFOL Relations & Programs team (AR&P) of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. This set is part of the Hobby sub-theme, and as previously seen, each of the five sets has special pictures of the Friends character and her favorite pet on the front of the box. The back of the box shows a few play features of the set as well as the other four sets in the Friendship Collection. On the top of the box, the actual size of the best friend charm is shown. Yes, it is too small for your baby brother, and no, don’t let him eat it! This set was provided by the AFOL Relations & Programs team (AR&P) of The LEGO Group for the purpose of sharing set details with fans. New York Toy Fair 2017 Snow Resort Ski Lift Snow Resort Ice Rink 2017 LEGO Friends Advent Calendar Nuremberg (DE) Toy Fair 2017 LEGO Friends snow Resort sub-theme:
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Play.OverviewCommunitiesThings to DoArts & CultureHealth & WellnessContact Us << Back to News The players in Polk County’s economic development efforts are unified in purpose, plan, and program, and that pleases Adrian Jones, the general manager of LEGOLAND® Florida in Winter Haven. “Five years ago when I came here, that wasn’t the case,” says Jones, who moved from Southern California to Central Florida in March 2010 to open and run the popular family theme park. “I think it took the last recession for people to recognize that something had to change,” Jones says. “We asked the question: ‘Why is it like this?’ When we went somewhere and people told us the histories, we had to say ‘It’s irrelevant. Fast forward to early 2015. There’s a much more coordinated and positive approach to business recruitment and expansion within the county, and it’s getting noticed in key circles. “It’s different now,” Jones says. “It’s a more united front with business leaders, chambers of commerce, political leaders, and the city and county commissioners.”
He says that when he, Central Florida Development Council President and CEO David Petr and others were in Tallahassee for meetings with state leaders recently, “Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam and the other officials really appreciated that we were putting on a unifying front.” The Central Florida Development Council (CFDC), the primary economic development organization for Polk County, is supported in its efforts by more than 50 financial investors. LEGOLAND Florida is a fairly recent investor, at $10,000 per year, giving Jones an inside track on what’s happening economically within the region and how the CFDC serves as a “one-stop shop” for prospective business investors. “It’s a very exciting time in Polk,” he says, noting in particular a resurgence in tourism, led by LEGOLAND; the county’s location along the Interstate 4 high-tech corridor, represented by the new Florida Polytechnic University; and Polk’s positioning as a major logistics and transportation hub, thanks to the 2014 opening of the CSX Central Florida Intermodal Logistics Center in Winter Haven.
“Logistics here is about to explode,” he says. Turning to the industry he knows best, Jones foresees a steady growth in the level of tourism, the number of tourists, and the amount of tourism dollars in Polk. “LEGOLAND is a hot topic driving the economy,” he says. “LEGOLAND Florida and Florida tourism in general is a growth market, a resilient market. I think Orlando proved that during the recession.” In 2011, during the heart of the recession, Florida had a then-record 87.3 million visitors and maintained its lead as the top travel destination in the world, according to state reports. At the time, tourism had an overall $67 billion impact on the Florida economy. Jones says LEGOLAND, which opened in October 2011 on the site of the former Cypress Gardens, will employ up to 1,500 full-timers and part-timers by the time the park’s new LEGOLAND Hotel opens on May 15. Construction also is under way on Heartlake City, the park’s newest land, which is scheduled for a summer 2015 opening.
Based on the popular LEGO Friends line of toys for girls, Heartlake City will feature a horse-themed disc coaster, an interactive show, and shops inside the Heartlake Mall. Merlin Entertainments, LEGOLAND Florida’s London-based parent company, not only is expanding the Winter Haven park, it’s expanding massively in Florida and all across North America, Jones shares. Jones has been a key figure in the development of the Merlin’s new I-Drive 360 entertainment complex on Orlando’s International Drive, just north of SeaWorld Florida. Set to open in the spring of 2015, the $90 million I-Drive 360 will feature a 400-foot-high “observation wheel” called the Orlando Eye, a Madame Tussauds wax museum and Sea Life aquarium. Jones says the business strategy for Merlin, the world’s second-largest visitor attractions operator, isn’t to compete directly with Walt Disney World. Instead, it’s to attract (with a secondary and more affordable level of entertainment) a good percentage of the millions of tourists who flock to Disney annually.
In addition, buses will shuttle visitors to and from the Merlin attractions in Winter Haven and Orlando, boosting the entertainment value for guests of LEGOLAND and I-Drive 360, and likely increasing the length of their stay in the region. “Orlando is THE brand for tourism; you can’t argue with that,” Jones says. “We need to feed off of that and align ourselves with the internationally recognized brand for tourism.” Jones is a leading supporter of plans to build the Central Polk Parkway, a proposed six-lane toll route that would loop from the Polk Parkway in central Polk County, south to the Bartow area, east to the Waverly area and north to Interstate 4, near the Polk-Osceola County line. A major section of the proposed parkway would parallel U.S. Highway 27 to the east of 27. The Central Polk Parkway would serve the Merlin attractions well, providing a faster route for buses running between LEGOLAND in Winter Haven and I-Drive 360 in Orlando, but Jones sees a need for the parkway beyond just the interests of his parent company.