Review:41135 Livi's Pop Star House/Soupperson1
Soupperson1
Country: Ireland Age Group: TFOL (Sweet Sixteen) Gender: Female
Joined: 28th December 2011 
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Building Experience: Enough
Today I'm reviewing the set: 41135 Livi's Pop Star House. This set another Friends house and is the biggest Friends pop star set. Will the biggest become my favourite, let's find out in the review:
- Theme: Friends
- Pieces: 597
- Mini-doll figures: 2
- Price: $59.99 USD
- Brickipedia / Brickset
The box[edit | edit source]
The box of the set has the same design as the pop star sets from last year. Livi is the scale reference and the friend on the back of the box. Most of the images on the back of the box, are available on our article: 41135 Livi's Pop Star House.
The contents[edit | edit source]
We get 5 numbered bags that contain 597 bricks, plus the extra ones to the side. We get an extra piece of sushi, two warm gold accessory holders and two warm gold 1x1 plates! The sticker sheet is very instresting too, this year TLG has ditched the "only 5 colours rule" for stickers and prints! This sheet features 7 colours, including white!
The build[edit | edit source]
The build, like the other friends sets is easy and the instructions are quick to follow.
Here are the advertisements in the back of the instructions.
There's advertisements for the apps, camp sets and the other pop star sets at the back. I wonder why they didn't include an add for the party sets?
There's also an advertisement for Stephanie(?) and Heartlake City. What did they do to you?! Why is it on a lavender background?! Where did all the buildings go?! Was there a zombie apocalypse we don't know about?! If so why can't we get sets based on it?!
If your interested to see what each bag builds:
Bag 1-most of outside
Bag 2-finishing touches to outside, the exterior of downstairs
Bag 3-interior of downstairs
Bag 4-half of upstairs
Bag 5-the other half of upstairs and the roof
Outside[edit | edit source]
The garden has a nice rocky pathway, leading up to the deck. The deck has a lovely looking lounge chair. The chair has a quite clever construction, placing a tile on a jumper plate to act as the pillow! To the side there's anice bed for Cookie, which is on a jumper plate, so it can be easily removed. I love the build of the pool, simple but very effective. I love the trans blue pieces looking in at the water, I think it makes the pool look deeper. There's a nice little floatie build in the water. Then we have the stairs...eh...I have to applaud the designers for trying something different to the other houses, but this seems out of place. There's far too many colours in the build and they just seem randomly placed. I do like the waterfall in the middle of the stairs, flowing into the pool, but as for the stairs itself, just no.
The stairs and pool section is on hinges, so it can pulled in front of the house.
This is how the stairs look leading up to the second floor, which I think looks more normal.
Exterior[edit | edit source]
I quite like the exterior of this house, it's unique compared to other Friends sets. A lot of people are saying it looks like 41037 Stephanie's Beach House, but I don't think it looks like it that much. There's different angles and proportions to that set.
I like the use of white as the colour scheme, it works quite well. I would've liked to seen black, just because we have never got a black friends building before. I really like the entrance, the gold stars are quite striking. There's another rocky footpath, leading up to the door. It's a shame the footpaths don't meet up, but oh well. I don't see a need for the palm leafs at front, but I guess it fills up empty space. I like the triangular lights on the building and the purple stripe on the second floor. I would've preferred white or transparent over the transparent blue bricks, but the rest of the exterior is great!
The house is modular, so can be separated into different sections, which makes the hinged stairs even more peculiar.
Downstairs[edit | edit source]
I love the interior here! Surprisingly, there's a colour scheme; black, amber, white and magenta. I didn't like the inclusion of the cooking utensils in amber, before I realized it fit in with the colour scheme. I'll go through the interior; anti-clockwise, top to bottom. The drawer, to my surprise is black! We haven't got these pieces in black in a Friends set before and they are very welcome! The drawer has a croissant in a bowl over it and a mixing bowl inside it. There's a nice little sink, which uses that new tile with corners piece in transparent blue! It is nice to see that this new piece is not replacing the old one, as Cookie's bed uses it in black! The sink uses the dual tap piece, which has a bottle of soap beside it. The fridge construction is nice and simple, there's a popsicle in the top fridge and an apple and carrot in the bottom one. I like the inclusion of things over the fridge, a mixer and a jar of strawberry jam. The modern fire place at the back, has a simple construction but is very effective. There's a television with Naomi instructing you how to make cupcakes, overhead. I love how she tells you to use cases, as in 41119 Heartlake Cupcake Café there isn't any! Underneath the television, there's two stools. I would've liked the counter to lead up to the fireplace, so the person sitting on the left stool could put their plate somewhere. The counter consists of an oven and a drawer. The oven has a stove above it which is cooking celery(I think). There's a cupcake in a baking tray, in the over. The top drawer holds fork, while the bottom one holds knives. I love the lamp at the back! It has such a lovely design. The corner couch has an amazing design too, I love the cushion stickers. There's a newspaper with What's at 💙?, which I'm beginning to think Livi is forcing the publishers to keep the same issue so Cookie will always be on the front. Livi doesn't just brag about Cookie though, so she has her gold record on the wall.
These are the contents from the drawers, fridges and oven, same direction as prior.
Upstairs[edit | edit source]
The guitar on the wall looks really nice, no doubt Livi brags about that too. A lot of Friends sets have been including beds with fancy sides, but this is different. This set has tiles on the side, rather then large curved pieces. The blanket of the bed uses a really nice sticker.
The sink has a similar construction to before. The tap is smaller and it's a bar of soap instead of a bottle. I love the black and gold colour scheme for the bathroom, the toilet also has this.
The inclusion to such a window looking on the shower is peculiar, why not include the piece in white or switch the position of the shower? There's no door either. :S To make things even stranger a security camera is included, does Livi think a security camera will protect her from not having a door? The shower uses a frying pan for the shower head, which has been used in multiple Friends sets now. There's a nice sticker on the wall with tiles and a towel. The floor is decorated with gold drainage. Livi's closet has a nice build and has an over skirt, box of shoes and pair of roller skates in it.
There's a large television with a dog winning a trophy on it. The television can be turned upside down to have a view from the security camera. It's a shame the mirror sticker doesn't have a shine to it. The vanity table has a perfume bottle, bow and lipstick.
The balcony has a similar construction to the pool. There's a potted plant in a magenta bowl on the balcony.
The roof[edit | edit source]
The roof is completely new for a Friends roof design, it's curved! There's a small vent and plant on the roof. It would've been interesting if there was something cool on the roof like a music writing area or secret garden.
Mini-doll figures[edit | edit source]
Livi has a new torso, that has a large star on the front, which I do like. I would've liked to see her without her makeup and died hair, just for some variation. Her over skirt is in a new colour and has a new gold star print.
Andrea's new torso is pretty nice. I like the frilly jacket over her aqua top. Her face, skirt and hair are pretty common. Her over skirt is white and has various gold dots printed on one side. It's a shame Andrea was included. I would've preferred Livi's parents, manager or even a boyfriend. Why where only two characters included anyway? 41106 Pop Star Tour Bus had three...
Cookie is the same as before, a Dalmatian with black spots, some of which are music themed.
Conclusion[edit | edit source]
| Build/Design |   4 / 5 |
| Playability | 4 / 5 |
| Parts | 4 / 5 |
| Price | 4 / 5 |
| Overall | 4 / 5 |
This set is four stars for me in every way possible! The build is nice but there's some strange additions, such as the stairs and windows looking into the bathroom. The interior is really nice, but I wish there was a counter in-between the stools. White isn't a particularly rare colour, but the other parts have a lot of variety and some are rare. The playability would've been increased; if there was a slide or diving board into the pool, some vehicle for Livi or even another character. The price seems steep in the sense the tour bus has a similar number of pieces, but is $5 less. I do really like this set, but I think small differences could've made it better. What do you think of this set? Let me know in the comments!
Who will you invite to your Livi's House?
Anyways, thanks for reading my review! I hope you liked it <3 Soup
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